Part 15 — Contracting by Negotiation

• § 15.000— Scope of part.
• § 15.001— Definitions.
• § 15.002— Types of negotiated acquisition.

Subpart 15.1 — Source Selection Processes and Techniques

• § 15.100— Scope of subpart.
• § 15.101— Best value continuum.
• § 15.101-1— Tradeoff process.
• § 15.101-2— Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
• § 15.101-3— Tiered evaluation of small business offers.
• § 15.102— Oral presentations.

Subpart 15.2 — Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and Information

• § 15.200— Scope of subpart.
• § 15.201— Exchanges with industry before receipt of proposals.
• § 15.202— Advisory multi-step process.
• § 15.203— Requests for proposals.
• § 15.204— Contract format.
• § 15.204-1— Uniform contract format.
• § 15.204-2— Part I—The Schedule.
• § 15.204-3— Part II—Contract Clauses.
• § 15.204-4— Part III—List of Documents, Exhibits, and Other Attachments.
• § 15.204-5— Part IV—Representations and Instructions.
• § 15.205— Issuing solicitations.
• § 15.206— Amending the solicitation.
• § 15.207— Handling proposals and information.
• § 15.208— Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals.
• § 15.209— Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
• § 15.210— Forms.

Subpart 15.3 — Source Selection

• § 15.300— Scope of subpart.
• § 15.302— Source selection objective.
• § 15.303— Responsibilities.
• § 15.304— Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
• § 15.305— Proposal evaluation.
• § 15.306— Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
• § 15.307— Proposal revisions.
• § 15.308— Source selection decision.

Subpart 15.4 — Contract Pricing

• § 15.400— Scope of subpart.
• § 15.401— Definitions.
• § 15.402— Pricing policy.
• § 15.403-1— Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
• § 15.403-2— Other circumstances where certified cost or pricing data are not required.
• § 15.403-3— Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data.
• § 15.403-4— Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
• § 15.403-5— Instructions for submission of certified cost or pricing data and data other than certified cost or pricing data.
• § 15.404-1— Proposal analysis techniques.
• § 15.404-2— Data to support proposal analysis.
• § 15.404-3— Subcontract pricing considerations.
• § 15.404-4— Profit.
• § 15.405— Price negotiation.
• § 15.406-1— Prenegotiation objectives.
• § 15.406-2— Certificate of current cost or pricing data.
• § 15.406-3— Documenting the negotiation.
• § 15.407-1— Defective certified cost or pricing data.
• § 15.407-2— Make-or-buy programs.
• § 15.407-3— Forward pricing rate agreements.
• § 15.407-4— Should-cost review.
• § 15.407-5— Estimating systems.
• § 15.408— Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Subpart 15.5 — Preaward, Award, and Postaward Notifications, Protests, and Mistakes

• § 15.501— Definition.
• § 15.502— Applicability.
• § 15.503— Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
• § 15.504— Award to successful offeror.
• § 15.505— Preaward debriefing of offerors.
• § 15.506— Postaward debriefing of offerors.
• § 15.507— Protests against award.
• § 15.508— Discovery of mistakes.
• § 15.509— Forms.

Subpart 15.6 — Unsolicited Proposals

• § 15.600— Scope of subpart.
• § 15.601— Definitions.
• § 15.602— Policy.
• § 15.603— General.
• § 15.604— Agency points of contact.
• § 15.605— Content of unsolicited proposals.
• § 15.606— Agency procedures.
• § 15.606-1— Receipt and initial review.
• § 15.606-2— Evaluation.
• § 15.607— Criteria for acceptance and negotiation of an unsolicited proposal.
• § 15.608— Prohibitions.
• § 15.609— Limited use of data.