---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 36.602-1"
title: "48"
number: "36.602-1"
heading: "Selection criteria."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/36.602-1"
---

# §36.602-1. Selection criteria.

- (a) Agencies shall evaluate each potential contractor in terms of its—
  - (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services;
  - (2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, including, where appropriate, experience in energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and the use of recovered materials;
  - (3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time;
  - (4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules;
  - (5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; provided, that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project; and
  - (6) **Acceptability under other appropriate evaluation criteria.**
- (b) When the use of design competition is approved by the agency head or a designee, agencies may evaluate firms on the basis of their conceptual design of the project. Design competition may be used when—
  - (1) Unique situations exist involving prestige projects, such as the design of memorials and structures of unusual national significance;
  - (2) Sufficient time is available for the production and evaluation of conceptual designs; and
  - (3) The design competition, with its costs, will substantially benefit the project.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42356, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 28498, May 31, 1995; 62 FR 44812, Aug. 22, 1997; 62 FR 51379, Oct. 1, 1997]

### 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: 48 FR 42356, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42356, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 28498, May 31, 1995; 62 FR 44812, Aug. 22, 1997; 62 FR 51379, Oct. 1, 1997]