(a) Evaluate offers submitted in response to solicitations that include the provision at 252.225-7023, Preference for Products or Services from Iraq or Afghanistan, as follows:
(1) If the low offer is an offer of a product or service from Iraq or Afghanistan, award on that offer.
(2) If there are no offers of a product or service from Iraq or Afghanistan, award on the low offer.
(3) Otherwise, apply the evaluation factor specified in the solicitation to the low offer.
(i) If the price of the low offer of a product or service from Iraq or Afghanistan is less than the evaluated price of the low offer, award on the low offer of a product or service from Iraq or Afghanistan.
(ii) If the evaluated price of the low offer remains less than the low offer of a product or service from Iraq or Afghanistan, award on the low offer.
(b) If the provision at 252.225-7023 is modified to provide a preference exclusively for products or services from Iraq or Afghanistan, also modify the evaluation procedures in paragraph (a) of this subsection to remove “or Afghanistan” or “Iraq or”, respectively, wherever the phrase appears.
