FAR 12.203 Procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award
Section Federal Acquisition Regulation
Facts
- Citation
- FAR 12.203
- Type
- Section
- Last amended
- 90 FR 41872 Effective Oct 1, 2025
- Proposed changes
- 1
- Text as of
- FAC 2026-01
- Official text
- acquisition.gov
Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this section.
Text
(a) Contracting officers shall use the policies unique to the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services prescribed in this part in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation and award prescribed in part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures; part 14 Sealed Bidding; or part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, as appropriate for the particular acquisition. The contracting officer may use the streamlined procedure for soliciting offers for commercial product or commercial service prescribed in 12.603. For acquisitions of commercial products or commercial services exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold but not exceeding $9 million ($15 million for acquisitions as described in 13.500 (c)), including options, contracting activities may use any of the simplified procedures authorized by subpart 13.5.
(b) Contracting officers shall ensure the criteria at 15.101-2(c) are met when using the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
Federal Register history
Proposed changes
| Proposed rule | Published | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Parts 8, 12, 13, 15, 38, 44, and 51 | Closed Oct 19, 2026No final rule found |
Sections cited
- FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures
- FAR Part 14 Sealed Bidding
- FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation
- FAR 12.603 Streamlined solicitation for commercial products or commercial services
- FAR 13.500(c) General
- FAR Subpart 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services
- FAR 15.101-2(c) Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process
Quick answers
What is FAR 12.203?
FAR 12.203 is a section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award".
When was FAR 12.203 last changed?
The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds" (90 FR 41872), published Aug 27, 2025 and effective Oct 1, 2025.
Are changes to FAR 12.203 proposed?
One proposed change has no final rule yet.
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