Table 2. Minimum Timeframes for Receipt of Quotations or Offer
Subject to WTO GPA or FTA, but included in annual forecast 10 days from presolicitation notice or solicitation, as applicable
Subject to WTO GPA or FTA, but not included in annual forecast 40 days from presolicitation notice or solicitation, as applicable
Not subject to WTO GPA or FTA
Value
Description
None, allow a reasonable opportunity to respond
>$15k to ≤ SAT Any acquisition
Acquisition of commercial products or commercial services
None, allow a reasonable opportunity to respond
10 days from combined synopsis/solicitation
40 days from combined synopsis/solicitation
Research and Development (R&D) acquisitions
45 days from presolicitation notice
N/A
N/A
>SAT
30 days from presolicitation notice (reducible to 10 days, if warranted) 30 days from solicitation (reducible to 10 days, if warranted)
Orders under a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) or similar (non-R&D)
30 days from presolicitation notice
40 days from presolicitation notice
All other noncommercial acquisitions
30 days from solicitation
30 days from solicitation
Source: Adapted from FAR Table 5-3 Note . FTA = Free Trade Agreement; GPA = Government Procurement Agreement; SAT = Simplified Acquisition Threshold; WTO = World Trade Organization.
More Than SAT. When soliciting items over the SAT for commercial items , the requirements are the same as actions under the SAT: • If not subject to WTO GPA or FTA, a reasonable time. • If subject to them but included in your annual forecast, 10 days from the combined synopsis/ solicitation. • If not included in your annual forecast, 40 days from combined synopsis/solicitation. For noncommercial items , it de - pends on what you are buying. In gen - eral, you must allow 30 days from the date you issue your solicitation before requiring offers. For purchase of Re - search and Development (R&D), you must wait 45 days from the presolici - tation notice. For orders under agree - ments, you must wait 30 days from the date of the presolicitation notice or 40 days from the presolicitation notice if subject to the WTO GPA or FTAs and not included in the annual forecast. DFARS 205.201-70(a) requires at least a 45-day response time when requested by a qualifying country (as
This may be a request for quote, re - quest for proposal, or an invitation for bids. The solicitation must allow offerors enough time to prepare of - fers. And as it was for presolicitation notices, there are required minimum periods for receipt of offers from a solicitation, depending upon dollar value and commerciality. (See Table 2, adapted from FAR 53 respectively, for a summary.) More than $15,000, but less than or equal to SAT. In this dollar range, unless the purchase is subject to the World Trade Organization Govern - ment Procurement Agreement or Free Trade Agreements (WTO GPA or FTAs), you must allow a reasonable response time. (See note on page 24 regarding the WTO GPA and FTAs.) If these trade agreements do apply and you have included this requirement in your annual forecast, then you must allow 10 days from the presolicitation notice. If you did not include it in an annual forecast, you must allow 40 days from the presolicitation notice or solicitation before offers are due.
defined in DFARS 225.003 ) if consistent with our requirements. Paragraph (b) of this subsection requires us to re - solicit if we allow less than 30 days for receipt of offers and only receive one offer. It is interesting to note that be - cause the clock for R&D and orders under agreement starts at the date of issuing the presolicitation notice, not the date of the actual solicitation, the actual lead time could be less than for normal buys. Award Notices Synopses of Contract Award are the third category discussed in FAR subpart 5.3. Further to our goal of supporting small businesses and fulfilling our treaty obligations, we must post notices of actual contract awards of over $25,000 in the GPE. Specifically, we must do so if they are covered by the WTO GPA or FTAs (within 60 days of award) or have subcontracting opportunities (as soon as possible after award). This will enable small businesses to identify contracts under which they
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