(a) Conditions. To use outside evaluators, you must meet the restrictions in FAR 37.203 and 537.2.
(b) Limitations on disclosing proposal information. You may disclose proposal information outside the Government before the Government’s decision as to contract award only to the extent authorized in this section. Disclosure and handling must comply with FAR 3.1 and 503.1.
(c) Solicitation notice. Include in the solicitation a notice substantially as follows:
Notice About Releasing Proposals
(1) The Government intends to disclose proposals received in response to this solicitation to nongovernment evaluators.
(2) Each evaluator will sign and provide to GSA a “Conflict of Interest Acknowledgment and Nondisclosure Agreement.”
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(d) Relationship to the Freedom of Information Act. Release of a proposal outside the Government for evaluation does not constitute the release of information under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
