---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 815.370-2"
title: "48"
number: "815.370-2"
heading: "Promote competition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/815.370-2"
---

# §815.370-2. Promote competition.


Except as provided in 815.370-4, if only one offer is received when competitive procedures were used and the solicitation allowed fewer than 30 days for receipt of proposals, the contracting officer should—

- (a) Consult with the requiring activity as to whether the requirements document should be revised in order to promote more competition (see FAR 6.502(b) and 11.002); and
- (b) **Consider re-soliciting, allowing an additional period of at least 30 days for receipt of proposals.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 46452, Sept. 4, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 8127 and 8128; 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 41 U.S.C. 1121(c)(3); 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 2717, Jan. 15, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[84 FR 46452, Sept. 4, 2019]