48 CFR § 509.105-1 - 509.105-1 Obtaining information.

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title: "48 CFR § 509.105-1 - 509.105-1   Obtaining information."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "509.105-1"
section_name: "509.105-1   Obtaining information."
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION"
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subchapter_name: "COMPETITION AND ACQUISITION PLANNING"
part_number: "509"
part_name: "CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "40 U.S.C. 121(c)."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 37207, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
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# 509.105-1 509.105-1   Obtaining information.

FAR 9.105-1 lists a number of sources of information that a contracting officer may utilize before making a determination of responsibility. The contracting officer may request information directly from a prospective contractor using GSA Form 527, Contractor's Qualifications and Financial Information, but only after exhausting other available sources of information.

[83 FR 56740, Nov. 14, 2018]