---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 15.002"
title: "48"
number: "15.002"
heading: "Types of negotiated acquisition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/15.002"
---

# §15.002. Types of negotiated acquisition.

- (a) **Sole source acquisitions.** When contracting in a sole source environment, the request for proposals (RFP) should be tailored to remove unnecessary information and requirements; e.g., evaluation criteria and voluminous proposal preparation instructions.
- (b) **Competitive acquisitions.** When contracting in a competitive environment, the procedures of this part are intended to minimize the complexity of the solicitation, the evaluation, and the source selection decision, while maintaining a process designed to foster an impartial and comprehensive evaluation of offerors' proposals, leading to selection of the proposal representing the best value to the Government (see 2.101).

## Notes

### 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 51230, Sept. 30, 1997, unless otherwise noted.