Owner's procurement regulations.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

Owner's procurement requirements must comply with the following standards: (a) (1) The owner's officers, employees or agents shall neither solicit nor accept gratuities, favors or anything of monetary value from contractors, potential contractors, or parties to subagreements. (2) To the extent permitted by State or local law or regulations, the owner's standards of conduct shall provide for penalties, sanctions, or other disciplinary actions for violations of such standards by the owner's officers, employees, agents, or by contractors or their agents. (b) (c) (d) Solicitation of offers, whether by competitive sealed bid or competitive negotiation, shall: (1) Incorporate a clear and accurate description of the technical requirements for the material, product or service to be procured. When it is impractical or uneconomical to make a clear and accurate description of the technical requirements, a “brand name or equal” description may be used to define the performance or other salient requirements of a procurement. The specific feature of the name brands which must be met by the offeror shall be clearly stated; and (2) Clearly specify all requirements which offerors must fulfill and all other factors to be used in evaluating bids or proposals. (e) Affirmative steps should be taken to assure that small, minority, and women businesses are utilized when possible as sources of supplies, equipment, construction and services. (f) (g) (1) An engineer as an individual or firm who has pr

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1780.70