48 CFR § 1414.201-70 - 1414.201-70 Alternate bids.

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title: "48 CFR § 1414.201-70 - 1414.201-70   Alternate bids."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "1414.201-70"
section_name: "1414.201-70   Alternate bids."
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
part_number: "1414"
part_name: "SEALED BIDDING"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390, 40 U.S.C. 486(c); and 5 U.S.C. 301."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 19829, Apr. 15, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1414.201-70 1414.201-70   Alternate bids.

(a) Solicitations for supplies or services (other than construction) shall specify whether alternate bids are permitted, provide instructions for submitting alternate bids and clearly indicate how alternate bids will be evaluated.

(b) The clause set forth in 1452.236-71 may be used in non-construction contracts where additive and deductive alternate bids will be permitted.