---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 14.202-7"
title: "48"
number: "14.202-7"
heading: "Facsimile bids."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/14.202-7"
---

# §14.202-7. Facsimile bids.

- (a) Unless prohibited or otherwise restricted by agency procedures, contracting officers may authorize facsimile bids (see 14.201-6(v)). In determining whether or not to authorize facsimile bids, the contracting officer shall consider factors such as—
  - (1) Anticipated bid size and volume;
  - (2) Urgency of the requirement;
  - (3) Frequency of price changes;
  - (4) Availability, reliability, speed, and capacity of the receiving facsimile equipment; and
  - (5) Adequacy of administrative procedures and controls for receiving, identifying, recording, and safeguarding facsimile bids, and ensuring their timely delivery to the bids opening location.
- (b) If facsimile bids are authorized, contracting officers may, after the date set for bid opening, request the apparently successful offeror to provide the complete original signed bid.

## Notes

### Amendments

[54 FR 48983, Nov. 28, 1989, as amended at 64 FR 51838, Sept. 24, 1999]

### 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

[54 FR 48983, Nov. 28, 1989, as amended at 64 FR 51838, Sept. 24, 1999]