48 CFR § 2415.304 - 2415.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s2415.304"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 2415.304 - 2415.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "2415.304"
section_name: "2415.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors."
chapter_number: 24
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACTING TYPES"
part_number: "2415"
part_name: "CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "40 U.S.C. 121(c); 41 U.S.C. 3301-3306 and 3105; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 7703, Mar. 1, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2415"
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# 2415.304 2415.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
(c)(3)(i) The extent of participation of small businesses in performance of the contract, whether as a joint venture, teaming arrangement, or subcontractor, shall be addressed in the source selection for contracts to be awarded using the tradeoff source selection process (see FAR 15.101-1) that require the use of the clause at FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
(d) The solicitation shall state the basis for the source selection decision as either the “lowest price technically acceptable” (LPTA) process or the dquo;tradeoff” process (as defined at FAR subpart 15.1).
[77 FR 73527, Dec. 10, 2012]