{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-15.101-3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 15.101-3","heading":"15.101-3 Tiered evaluation of small business offers.","body":"An agency shall not create a tiered (or “cascading”) evaluation of offers, as described in 13 CFR 125.2, for multiple-award contracts unless an agency has statutory authority.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER C—CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES","PART 15—CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION","Subpart 15.1—Source Selection Processes and Techniques"],"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":"6894446052982e83947033eb43147dca022eab9075130d25d04cc2e0906d1f9b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-15.101-2","next":"us/48-cfr-15.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}