[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: 48CFR15.207]

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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. 15.207  Handling proposals and information.

    (a) Upon receipt at the location specified in the solicitation, 
proposals and information received in response to a request for 
information (RFI) shall be marked with the date and time of receipt and 
shall be transmitted to the designated officials.
    (b) Proposals shall be safeguarded from unauthorized disclosure 
throughout the source selection process. (See 3.104 regarding the 
disclosure of source selection information (41 U.S.C. 423)). Information 
received in response to an RFI shall be safeguarded adequately from 
unauthorized disclosure.
    (c) If any portion of a proposal received by the contracting officer 
electronically or by facsimile is unreadable, the contracting officer 
immediately shall notify the offeror and permit the offeror to resubmit 
the unreadable portion of the proposal. The method and time for 
resubmission shall be prescribed by the contracting officer after 
consultation with the offeror, and documented in the file. The 
resubmission shall be considered as if it were received at the date and 
time of the original unreadable submission for the purpose of 
determining timeliness under 15.208(a), provided the offeror

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complies with the time and format requirements for resubmission 
prescribed by the contracting officer.