FAR 9.703 Contracting with individual pool members

Section Federal Acquisition Regulation

Facts

Citation
FAR 9.703
Type
Section
Text as of
FAC 2026-01
Official text
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Text

(a) Pool members may submit individual offers, independent of the pool. However, the contracting officer shall not consider an independent offer by a pool member if that pool member participates in a competing offer submitted by the pool.

(b) If a pool member submits an individual offer, independent of the pool, the contracting officer shall consider the pool agreement, along with other factors, in determining whether that pool member is a responsible prospective contractor under subpart 9.1.

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What is FAR 9.703?

FAR 9.703 is a section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Contracting with individual pool members".

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