---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 13.105"
title: "48"
number: "13.105"
heading: "Synopsis and posting requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/13.105"
---

# §13.105. Synopsis and posting requirements.

- (a) The contracting officer must comply with the public display and synopsis requirements of 5.101 and 5.203 unless an exception in 5.202 applies.
- (b) When acquiring commercial products or commercial services,or supplies or services produced in accordance with 12.102(f)(1), the contracting officer may use a combined synopsis and solicitation. In these cases, a separate solicitation is not required. The contracting officer must include enough information to permit suppliers to develop quotations or offers.
- (c) See 5.102(a)(6) for the requirement to post a brand name justification or documentation required by 13.106-1(b) or 13.501.
- (d) When publicizing contract actions funded in whole or in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5):
  - (1) Notices of proposed contract actions shall follow the procedures in 5.704 for posting orders.
  - (2) Award notices shall follow the procedures in 5.705.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 64917, Dec. 9, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 58593, Oct. 30, 1998; 66 FR 27413, May 16, 2001; 68 FR 4050, Jan. 27, 2003; 69 FR 8314, Feb. 23, 2004; 71 FR 57360, Sept. 28, 2006; 72 FR 63076, Nov. 7, 2007; 74 FR 14639, Mar. 31, 2009; 86 FR 61025, Nov. 4, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 64917, Dec. 9, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 64917, Dec. 9, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 58593, Oct. 30, 1998; 66 FR 27413, May 16, 2001; 68 FR 4050, Jan. 27, 2003; 69 FR 8314, Feb. 23, 2004; 71 FR 57360, Sept. 28, 2006; 72 FR 63076, Nov. 7, 2007; 74 FR 14639, Mar. 31, 2009; 86 FR 61025, Nov. 4, 2021]