{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-15.002","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 15.002","heading":"15.002 Types of negotiated acquisition.","body":"(a) Sole source acquisitions. When contracting in a sole source environment, the request for proposals (RFP) should be tailored to remove unnecessary information and requirements; e.g., evaluation criteria and voluminous proposal preparation instructions.\n(b) Competitive acquisitions. When contracting in a competitive environment, the procedures of this part are intended to minimize the complexity of the solicitation, the evaluation, and the source selection decision, while maintaining a process designed to foster an impartial and comprehensive evaluation of offerors' proposals, leading to selection of the proposal representing the best value to the Government (see 2.101).","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER C—CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES","PART 15—CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"b3f7349bde6f7cf0d86f860bff4f736ef0f21bc50d7e9f65f05c5d9d874248a8","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-15.001","next":"us/48-cfr-15.100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}