6 USC § 394 - Unsolicited proposals

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identifier: "/us/usc/t6/s394"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "6 USC § 394 - Unsolicited proposals"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "394"
section_name: "Unsolicited proposals"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Acquisitions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 834, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2227.)"
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# § 394. Unsolicited proposals

**(a)** **Regulations required** November 25, 2002

Within 1 year of , the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to include regulations with regard to unsolicited proposals.

**(b)** **Content of regulations** The regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall require that before initiating a comprehensive evaluation, an agency contact point shall consider, among other factors, that the proposal—

**(1)** is not submitted in response to a previously published agency requirement; and

**(2)** contains technical and cost information for evaluation and overall scientific, technical or socioeconomic merit, or cost-related or price-related factors.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 834, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2227.)