---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 37.603"
title: "48"
number: "37.603"
heading: "Performance standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/37.603"
---

# §37.603. Performance standards.

- (a) Performance standards establish the performance level required by the Government to meet the contract requirements. The standards shall be measurable and structured to permit an assessment of the contractor's performance.
- (b) When offerors propose performance standards in response to a SOO, agencies shall evaluate the proposed standards to determine if they meet agency needs.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 71 FR 218, Jan. 3, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### 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 42365, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.