(a) When soliciting for a long-term contract and an offer for a fixed quantity is received, the contracting officer shall consider whether the quantity offered meets the requirements of the solicitation. If so, the contracting officer shall consider the offer to be responsive to the solicitation. If not, the contracting officer shall reject the offer as not conforming to the solicitation and shall forward a summary of the offer to the item manager (supply planner). The item manager (supply planner) shall take appropriate action in the best interest of the Government, based on the item manager’s (supply planner’s) judgment; such as initiating a separate, fixed-quantity purchase request, if warranted by the agency’s supply position.
(a)(4) The Chief of the Contracting Office is delegated authority to determine whether technical evaluators may have access to cost information.
(a)(5) As stated in the FAR, the procuring agency must give to the small business offeror on bundled acquisitions the highest possible score for the factors set forth in 15.304 (c)(3), above. However, note that subcontracting plans are not required from small business concerns, and are only required from large businesses for contracts valued at $500,000 or more ($1 million or more in the case of construction).
