---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 15.507"
title: "48"
number: "15.507"
heading: "Protests against award."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/15.507"
---

# §15.507. Protests against award.

- (a) Protests against award in negotiated acquisitions shall be handled in accordance with [part 33](/cfr/48/part33.md). Use of agency protest procedures that incorporate the alternative dispute resolution provisions of Executive Order 12979 is encouraged for both preaward and postaward protests.
- (b) If a protest causes the agency, within 1 year of contract award, to—
  - (1) Issue a new solicitation on the protested contract award, the contracting officer shall provide the information in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section to all prospective offerors for the new solicitation; or
  - (2) Issue a new request for revised proposals on the protested contract award, the contracting officer shall provide the information in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section to offerors that were in the competitive range and are requested to submit revised proposals.
- (c) The following information will be provided to appropriate parties:
  - (1) Information provided to unsuccessful offerors in any debriefings conducted on the original award regarding the successful offeror's proposal; and
  - (2) **Other nonproprietary information that would have been provided to the original offerors.**

## 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.