Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-110
§394 Unsolicited Proposals
Title 6 › CHAPTER 1 — HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER VIII — COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part D — Acquisitions › § 394
Summary
By November 25, 2003, the Federal Acquisition Regulation had to add rules about unsolicited proposals. Those rules must make an agency contact check that a proposal isn’t a reply to a published need and that it includes technical and cost information to judge its merit.
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Title 6, §394
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(a)Regulations required
Within 1 year of November 25, 2002, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to include regulations with regard to unsolicited proposals.
(b)Content of regulations
The regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall require that before initiating a comprehensive evaluation, an agency contact point shall consider, among other factors, that the proposal—
(1)is not submitted in response to a previously published agency requirement; and
(2)contains technical and cost information for evaluation and overall scientific, technical or socioeconomic merit, or cost-related or price-related factors.
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Citation
6 U.S.C. § 394
Title 6, Domestic Security
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110