---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 570.203-3"
title: "48"
number: "570.203-3"
heading: "Soliciting offers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/570.203-3"
---

# §570.203-3. Soliciting offers.

- (a) The contracting officer must solicit offers by providing each prospective offeror a proposed short form lease GSA Form 3626 or SFO. The short form lease or SFO must:
  - (1) **Describe the Government's requirements.**
  - (2) List all award factors, including price or cost, and any significant subfactors that the contracting officer will consider in awarding the lease.
  - (3) **State the relative importance of the evaluation factors and subfactors.**
  - (4) **State whether all evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are either—**
    - (i) **Significantly more important than cost or price.**
    - (ii) **Approximately equal in importance to cost or price.**
    - (iii) **Significantly less important than cost or price.**
  - (5) Include either in full text or by reference, applicable FAR provisions and contract clauses required by 570.6.
  - (6) **Include sustainable design requirements.**
- (b) As necessary, review with prospective offerors the Government's requirements, pricing matters, evaluation procedures and submission of offers.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 30850, May 27, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

### Source

Source: 64 FR 37265, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 30850, May 27, 2011]