48 CFR § 333.103 - 333.103 Protests to the agency.

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title: "48 CFR § 333.103 - 333.103   Protests to the agency."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "333.103"
section_name: "333.103   Protests to the agency."
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chapter_name: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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subchapter_name: "GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "333"
part_name: "PROTESTS, DISPUTES, AND APPEALS"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 40 U.S.C. 121(c)(2)."
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# 333.103 333.103   Protests to the agency.

(f)(1) Protests to the contracting officer must be in writing. The contracting officer is authorized to make the determination, using the criteria in Federal Acquisition Regulation 33.104(b), to award a contract notwithstanding the protest after obtaining the concurrence of the contracting activity's protest control officer and consulting with the appropriate legal office.