48 CFR § 536.270-2 - 536.270-2 Solicitations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s536.270-2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 536.270-2 - 536.270-2   Solicitations."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "536.270-2"
section_name: "536.270-2   Solicitations."
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING"
part_number: "536"
part_name: "CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS"
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)."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 37224, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "536"
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# 536.270-2 536.270-2   Solicitations.

Solicitations containing options shall:

(a) Include appropriate option provisions and clauses when resulting contracts will provide for the exercise of options (see 536.270-5);

(b) State the period within which the options may be exercised; and

(c) State whether the basis of evaluation is inclusive or exclusive of the options (if exclusive, see 536.270-4(c)).