48 CFR § 852.273-74 - 852.273-74 Award without exchanges.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s852.273-74"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 852.273-74 - 852.273-74 Award without exchanges."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "852.273-74"
section_name: "852.273-74 Award without exchanges."
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "CLAUSES AND FORMS"
part_number: "852"
part_name: "SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "38 U.S.C. 8127-8128 and 8151-8153; 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 41 U.S.C. 1121(c)(3); 41 U.S.C. 1303; 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 2717, Jan. 15, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "852"
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# 852.273-74 852.273-74 Award without exchanges.
As prescribed in 873.110(e), insert the following provision:
****Award Without Exchanges (NOV 2021)
The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without exchanges with Offerors. Therefore, each initial proposal should contain the Offeror's best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct exchanges if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary.