48 CFR § 315.204-5 - 315.204-5 Part IV—Representations and instructions.

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title: "48 CFR § 315.204-5 - 315.204-5   Part IV—Representations and instructions."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "315.204-5"
section_name: "315.204-5   Part IV—Representations and instructions."
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
part_number: "315"
part_name: "CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 40 U.S.C. 121(c)(2)."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 72151, Nov. 18, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
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# 315.204-5 315.204-5   Part IV—Representations and instructions.

(c) *Section M, Evaluation factors for award.* (1) The requiring activity shall develop technical evaluation factors and submit them to the contracting officer as part of the acquisition plan or other acquisition request documentation for inclusion in a solicitation. The requiring activity shall indicate the relative importance or weight of the evaluation factors based on the requirements of an individual acquisition.

(2) Only a formal amendment to a solicitation can change the evaluation factors.