---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 223.102"
title: "36"
number: "223.102"
heading: "Procedures when sale is not awarded to highest bidder."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/223.102"
---

# §223.102. Procedures when sale is not awarded to highest bidder.


If the highest bid is not accepted and the sale is still deemed desirable, all bids may be rejected and the timber readvertised; or, if the highest bidder cannot meet the requirements under which the timber was advertised or the withholding of award to him is based on one or more of paragraphs [(c)](/cfr/36/223.100.md?p=c), [(d)](/cfr/36/223.100.md?p=d), and [(e)](/cfr/36/223.100.md?p=e) of § 223.100, award at the highest price bid may be offered to the next highest qualified bidder or to the other qualified bidders in order of their bids until the award is accepted by one or refused by all of the qualified bidders.


## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 73029, Dec. 17, 1979. Redesignated at 49 FR 2761, Jan. 23, 1984, and 53 FR 33132, Aug. 30, 1988]

### Authority

Authority: 90 Stat. 2958, 16 U.S.C. 472a; 98 Stat. 2213, 16 U.S.C. 618, 104 Stat. 714-726, 16 U.S.C. 620-620j, 25 U.S.C. 3055 and 3057, 113 Stat. 1501a, 16 U.S.C. 528 note; unless otherwise noted. Link to an amendment published at 73 FR 79386, Dec. 29, 2008. This amendment was delayed until Mar. 30, 2009 at 74 FR 5107, Jan. 29, 2009. This amendment was further delayed until May 29, 2009 at 74 FR 14049, Mar. 30, 2009. This amendment was delayed indefinitely at 74 FR 26091, June 1, 2009.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 28252, June 2, 1977, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 49 FR 2760, Jan. 23, 1984.

### Amendments

[44 FR 73029, Dec. 17, 1979. Redesignated at 49 FR 2761, Jan. 23, 1984, and 53 FR 33132, Aug. 30, 1988]