---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 25.408"
title: "48"
number: "25.408"
heading: "Procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/25.408"
---

# §25.408. Procedures.

- (a) If the WTO GPA or an FTA applies (see 25.401), the contracting officer must—
  - (1) Comply with the requirements of 5.203, Publicizing and response time;
  - (2) Comply with the requirements of 5.207, Preparation and transmittal of synopses;
  - (3) Not include technical requirements in solicitations solely to preclude the acquisition of eligible products;
  - (4) Specify in solicitations that offerors must submit offers in the English language and in U.S. dollars (see 52.214-34, Submission of Offers in the English Language, and 52.214-35, Submission of Offers in U.S. Currency, or paragraph (c)(5) of 52.215-1, Instruction to Offerors—Competitive Acquisitions); and
  - (5) Provide unsuccessful offerors from WTO GPA or FTA countries notice in accordance with 14.409-1 or 15.503.
- (b) See [Subpart 25.5](/cfr/48/subpart25.5.md) for evaluation procedures and examples.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 72419, Dec. 27, 1999, as amended at 68 FR 56679, Oct. 1, 2003; 69 FR 1055, Jan. 7, 2004; 69 FR 77875, Dec. 28, 2004; 73 FR 10962, Feb. 28, 2008]

### 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: 64 FR 72419, Dec. 27, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 72419, Dec. 27, 1999, as amended at 68 FR 56679, Oct. 1, 2003; 69 FR 1055, Jan. 7, 2004; 69 FR 77875, Dec. 28, 2004; 73 FR 10962, Feb. 28, 2008]