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- 36C25726Q0762
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This is FAR clause 52.214-21 regarding descriptive literature requirements for sealed bid solicitations. The clause defines descriptive literature as information furnished by bidders—such as cuts, illustrations, drawings, and brochures—that demonstrates a product's characteristics, construction, or operation. The descriptive literature must be limited to information necessary for evaluating product acceptability and exclude operational or maintenance documentation.
Descriptive literature is required when the solicitation specifies details about significant product elements including design, materials, components, performance characteristics, and methods of manufacture, assembly, construction, or operation. Bidders must clearly identify which items in their offer the descriptive literature applies to and submit it by the deadline specified in the solicitation. Failure to submit descriptive literature timely will result in bid rejection, except that late submissions sent by mail may be considered under the solicitation's late submissions provision. Additionally, if the submitted descriptive literature fails to demonstrate that the offered product conforms to solicitation requirements, the Government will reject the bid.
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| 36C25726Q0762_1.docx | DOCX document |
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52.214-21 DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE (APR 2002)
(a) Descriptive literature, as used in this provision, means information furnished by a bidder, such as cuts, illustrations, drawings, and brochures, that shows a product's characteristics or construction or explains its operation. The term includes only that information required to evaluate the acceptability of the product and excludes other information for operating or maintaining the product.
(b) Descriptive literature is required to establish, for the purpose of evaluation and award, details of the product offered that are specified elsewhere in the solicitation and pertain to significant elements such as—
(1) Design;
(2) Materials;
(3) Components;
(4) Performance characteristics; and
(5) Methods of manufacture, assembly, construction, or operation.
(c) Descriptive literature, required elsewhere in this solicitation, shall be—
(1) Identified to show the item(s) of the offer to which it applies; and
(2) Received by the time specified in this solicitation.
(d) If the bidder fails to submit descriptive literature on time, the Government will reject the bid, except that late descriptive literature sent by mail may be considered under the Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Bids provision of this solicitation.
(e) If the descriptive literature fails to show that the product offered conforms to the requirements of the solicitation, the Government will reject the bid.
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