{"data":{"id":"us/41-u.s.c.-3701","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"41 U.S.C. § 3701","heading":"Basis of award and rejection","body":"(a) Award.—An executive agency shall evaluate sealed bids and competitive proposals, and award a contract, based solely on the factors specified in the solicitation. (b) Rejection.—All sealed bids or competitive proposals received in response to a solicitation may be rejected if the agency head determines that rejection is in the public interest.","path":["Title 41—PUBLIC CONTRACTS","CHAPTER 37—AWARDING OF CONTRACTS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc41@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:59Z","sha256":"d3707c98f2194ae364a33c7a7881ded8f063f437142b08b45f97d70cf15efa30","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/41-u.s.c.-3509","next":"us/41-u.s.c.-3702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}