---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 14.503-2"
title: "48"
number: "14.503-2"
heading: "Step two."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/14.503-2"
---

# §14.503-2. Step two.

- (a) Sealed bidding procedures shall be followed except that invitations for bids shall—
  - (1) Be issued only to those offerors submitting acceptable technical proposals in step one;
  - (2) Include the provision prescribed in 14.201-6(t);
  - (3) Prominently state that the bidder shall comply with the specifications and the bidder's technical proposal; and
  - (4) Not be synopsized through the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) as an acquisition opportunity nor publicly posted (see 5.101(a)).
- (b) The names of firms that submitted acceptable proposals in step one will be listed through the GPE for the benefit of prospective subcontractors (see 5.207).

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42171, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1739, Jan. 11, 1985; 50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985; 56 FR 15149, Apr. 15, 1991; 66 FR 27413, May 16, 2001; 68 FR 56679, Oct. 1, 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 1739, Jan. 11, 1985; 50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985; 56 FR 15149, Apr. 15, 1991; 66 FR 27413, May 16, 2001; 68 FR 56679, Oct. 1, 2003]