---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 24.202"
title: "48"
number: "24.202"
heading: "Prohibitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/24.202"
---

# §24.202. Prohibitions.

- (a) A proposal in the possession or control of the Government, submitted in response to a competitive solicitation, shall not be made available to any person under the Freedom of Information Act. This prohibition does not apply to a proposal, or any part of a proposal, that is set forth or incorporated by reference in a contract between the Government and the contractor that submitted the proposal. (See 10 U.S.C. [3309](/usc/10/3309.md) and [41](/usc/10/41.md) U.S.C. 4702.)
- (b) No agency shall disclose any information obtained pursuant to 15.403-3(b) that is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. (See 10 U.S.C. [3705(c)(3)](/usc/10/3705.md?p=c-3) and [41](/usc/10/41.md) U.S.C. 3505(b)(3).)
- (c) A dispute resolution communication that is between a neutral person and a party to alternative dispute resolution proceedings, and that may not be disclosed under [5 U.S.C. 574](/usc/5/574.md), is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act ([5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3)](/usc/5/552.md?p=b-3)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 257, Jan. 2, 1997, as amended at 62 FR 51270, Sept. 30, 1997; 63 FR 58594, Oct. 30, 1998; 68 FR 56689, Oct. 1, 2003; 79 FR 24208, Apr. 29, 2014; 87 FR 73898, Dec. 1, 2022]

### 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 42277, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 257, Jan. 2, 1997, as amended at 62 FR 51270, Sept. 30, 1997; 63 FR 58594, Oct. 30, 1998; 68 FR 56689, Oct. 1, 2003; 79 FR 24208, Apr. 29, 2014; 87 FR 73898, Dec. 1, 2022]