48 CFR § 9.703 - 9.703 Contracting with individual pool members.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s9.703"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 9.703 - 9.703 Contracting with individual pool members."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "9.703"
section_name: "9.703 Contracting with individual pool members."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "ACQUISITION PLANNING"
part_number: "9"
part_name: "CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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: "48 FR 42142, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "9"
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# 9.703 9.703 Contracting with individual pool members.
(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.