[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: 48CFR15.507]

[Page 288]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 15--CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart 15.5--Preaward, Award, and Postaward Notifications, Protests, 
                              and Mistakes
 
Sec. 15.507  Protests against award.

    (a) Protests against award in negotiated acquisitions shall be 
handled in accordance with part 33. Use of agency protest procedures 
that incorporate the alternative dispute resolution provisions of 
Executive Order 12979 is encouraged for both preaward and postaward 
protests.
    (b) If a protest causes the agency, within 1 year of contract award, 
to--
    (1) Issue a new solicitation on the protested contract award, the 
contracting officer shall provide the information in paragraph (c) of 
this section to all prospective offerors for the new solicitation; or
    (2) Issue a new request for revised proposals on the protested 
contract award, the contracting officer shall provide the information in 
paragraph (c) of this section to offerors that were in the competitive 
range and are requested to submit revised proposals.
    (c) The following information will be provided to appropriate 
parties:
    (1) Information provided to unsuccessful offerors in any debriefings 
conducted on the original award regarding the successful offeror's 
proposal; and
    (2) Other nonproprietary information that would have been provided 
to the original offerors.