48 CFR § 14.408-7 - 14.408-7 Documentation of award.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s14.408-7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 14.408-7 - 14.408-7 Documentation of award."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "14.408-7"
section_name: "14.408-7 Documentation of award."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
part_number: "14"
part_name: "SEALED BIDDING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42171, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "14"
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# 14.408-7 14.408-7 Documentation of award.
(a) The contracting officer shall document compliance with 14.103-2 in the contract file.
(b) The documentation shall either state that the accepted bid was the lowest bid received, or list all lower bids with reasons for their rejection in sufficient detail to justify the award.
(c) When an award is made after receipt of equal low bids, the documentation shall describe how the tie was broken.
[48 FR 42171, Sept. 19, 1983. Redesignated at 60 FR 34738, July 3, 1995]