---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 217.7004"
title: "48"
number: "217.7004"
heading: "Solicitation and award."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/217.7004"
---

# §217.7004. Solicitation and award.

- (a) Solicitations shall include a request for offerors to state prices—
  - (1) For the new items being acquired without any exchange; and
  - (2) **For the new items with the exchange (trade-in allowance) for the exchange property listed.**
- (b) **The contracting officer is not obligated to award on an exchange basis.** If the lowest evaluated offer is an offer for the new items without any exchange, the contracting officer may award on that basis and forgo the exchange.
- (c) Exchanges may be made only with the successful offeror. When the successful offer includes an exchange, award one contract for both the acquisition of the new property and the trade-in of the exchange property. The only exception is when the items must be acquired against a mandatory Federal supply schedule contract, in which case, award a separate contract for the exchange.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36345, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.