[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR15.206]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 15--CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart 15.2--Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and Information
 
Sec. 15.206  Amending the solicitation.

    (a) When, either before or after receipt of proposals, the 
Government changes its requirements or terms and conditions, the 
contracting officer shall amend the solicitation.
    (b) Amendments issued before the established time and date for 
receipt of proposals shall be issued to all parties receiving the 
solicitation.
    (c) Amendments issued after the established time and date for 
receipt of proposals shall be issued to all offerors that have not been 
eliminated from the competition.
    (d) If a proposal of interest to the Government involves a departure 
from the stated requirements, the contracting officer shall amend the 
solicitation, provided this can be done without revealing to the other 
offerors the alternate solution proposed or any other information that 
is entitled to protection (see 15.207(b) and 15.306(e)).
    (e) If, in the judgment of the contracting officer, based on market 
research or otherwise, an amendment proposed for issuance after offers 
have been received is so substantial as to exceed what prospective 
offerors reasonably could have anticipated, so that additional sources 
likely would have submitted offers had the substance of the amendment 
been known to them, the contracting officer shall cancel the original 
solicitation and issue a new one, regardless of the stage of the 
acquisition.
    (f) Oral notices may be used when time is of the essence. The 
contracting officer shall document the contract file and formalize the 
notice with an amendment (see subpart 4.5, Electronic Commerce in 
Contracting).
    (g) At a minimum, the following information should be included in 
each amendment:
    (1) Name and address of issuing activity.
    (2) Solicitation number and date.
    (3) Amendment number and date.
    (4) Number of pages.
    (5) Description of the change being made.
    (6) Government point of contact and phone number (and electronic or 
facsimile address, if appropriate).
    (7) Revision to solicitation closing date, if applicable.