---
kind: "section"
citation: "23 C.F.R. § 636.513"
title: "23"
number: "636.513"
heading: "Are limited negotiations allowed prior to contract execution?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/23/636.513"
---

# §636.513. Are limited negotiations allowed prior to contract execution?

- (a) Yes, after the source selection but prior to contract execution, you may conduct limited negotiations with the selected design-builder to clarify any remaining issues regarding scope, schedule, financing or any other information provided by that offeror. You must comply with the provisions of [§ 636.507](/cfr/23/636.507.md) in the exchange of this information.
- (b) Limited negotiations conducted under this section may include negotiations necessary to incorporate the ideas and concepts from unsuccessful offerors into the contract if a stipend is offered by the contracting agency and accepted by the unsuccessful offeror and if the requirements of [section 636.113](/cfr/23/636.113.md) are met.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 75926, Dec. 10, 2002, as amended at 73 FR 77502, Dec. 19, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1503 of Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144; Sec. 1307 of Pub. L. 105-178, 112 Stat. 107; 23 U.S.C. 101, 109, 112, 113, 114, 115, 119, 128, and 315; 49 CFR 1.48(b).

### Source

Source: 67 FR 75926, Dec. 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 75926, Dec. 10, 2002, as amended at 73 FR 77502, Dec. 19, 2008]