48 CFR § 15.002 - 15.002 Types of negotiated acquisition.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s15.002"
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title: "48 CFR § 15.002 - 15.002 Types of negotiated acquisition."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "15.002"
section_name: "15.002 Types of negotiated acquisition."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
part_number: "15"
part_name: "CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 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: "62 FR 51230, Sept. 30, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 15.002 15.002 Types of negotiated acquisition.
(a) *Sole source acquisitions.* When contracting in a sole source environment, the request for proposals (RFP) should be tailored to remove unnecessary information and requirements; e.g., evaluation criteria and voluminous proposal preparation instructions.
(b) *Competitive acquisitions.* When contracting in a competitive environment, the procedures of this part are intended to minimize the complexity of the solicitation, the evaluation, and the source selection decision, while maintaining a process designed to foster an impartial and comprehensive evaluation of offerors' proposals, leading to selection of the proposal representing the best value to the Government (see 2.101).