FAR 15.608 Prohibitions
Section Federal Acquisition Regulation
Facts
- Citation
- FAR 15.608
- Type
- Section
- 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) Government personnel shall not use any data, concept, idea, or other part of an unsolicited proposal as the basis, or part of the basis, for a solicitation or in negotiations with any other firm unless the offeror is notified of and agrees to the intended use. However, this prohibition does not preclude using any data, concept, or idea in the proposal that also is available from another source without restriction.
(b) Government personnel shall not disclose restrictively marked information (see 3.104 and 15.609) included in an unsolicited proposal. The disclosure of such information concerning trade secrets, processes, operations, style of work, apparatus, and other matters, except as authorized by law, may result in criminal penalties under 18 U.S.C. 1905.
Sections cited
- FAR 3.104 Procurement integrity
- FAR 15.609 Limited use of data
Quick answers
What is FAR 15.608?
FAR 15.608 is a section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Prohibitions".
Are changes to FAR 15.608 proposed?
No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.
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