48 CFR § 9.105-3 - 9.105-3 Disclosure of preaward information.

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title: "48 CFR § 9.105-3 - 9.105-3   Disclosure of preaward information."
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title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
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section_name: "9.105-3   Disclosure of preaward information."
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# 9.105-3 9.105-3   Disclosure of preaward information.

(a) Except as provided in subpart 24.2, Freedom of Information Act, information (including the preaward survey report) accumulated for purposes of determining the responsibility of a prospective contractor shall not be released or disclosed outside the Government.

(b) The contracting officer may discuss preaward survey information with the prospective contractor before determining responsibility. After award, the contracting officer or, if it is appropriate, the head of the surveying activity or a designee may discuss the findings of the preaward survey with the company surveyed.

(c) Preaward survey information may contain proprietary or source selection information and should be marked with the appropriate legend and protected accordingly (see 3.104-4).

[48 FR 42142, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 54 FR 20496, May 11, 1989; 62 FR 232, Jan. 2, 1997; 67 FR 13063, Mar. 20, 2002; 81 FR 58638, Aug. 25, 2016; 82 FR 51530, Nov. 6, 2017]