{"data":{"id":"us/23-cfr-636.407","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"23 CFR 636.407","heading":"Am I limited in holding communications with certain firms?","body":"Yes, if you establish a competitive range, you must do the following:\n(a) Hold communications with offerors whose past performance information is the determining factor preventing them from being placed within the competitive range;\n(b) Address adverse past performance information to which an offeror has not had a prior opportunity to respond; and\n(c) Hold communications only with those offerors whose exclusion from, or inclusion in, the competitive range is uncertain.","path":["Title 23—Highways","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER G—ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS","PART 636—DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTING","Subpart D—Exchanges"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-23.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:50Z","sha256":"9716544e5adb2af14e4864dc4fb112d6556ccd07d5ae2e32edf399e8087c599a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/23-cfr-636.406","next":"us/23-cfr-636.408"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}