---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 14.103-1"
title: "48"
number: "14.103-1"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/14.103-1"
---

# §14.103-1. General.

- (a) Sealed bidding shall be used whenever the conditions in 6.401(a) are met. This requirement applies to any proposed contract action under [part 6](/cfr/48/part6.md).
- (b) Sealed bidding may be used for classified acquisitions if its use does not violate agency security requirements.
- (c) The policy for pricing modifications of sealed bid contracts appears in 15.403-4(a)(1)(iii).

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42171, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1737, Jan. 11, 1985; 50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985; 62 FR 51270, Sept. 30, 1997; 67 FR 6114, Feb. 8, 2002; 68 FR 43856, July 24, 2003]

### Authority

Authority: 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: 48 FR 42171, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42171, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1737, Jan. 11, 1985; 50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985; 62 FR 51270, Sept. 30, 1997; 67 FR 6114, Feb. 8, 2002; 68 FR 43856, July 24, 2003]