{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-25.408","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 25.408","heading":"25.408 Procedures.","body":"(a) If the WTO GPA or an FTA applies (see 25.401), the contracting officer must—\n(1) Comply with the requirements of 5.203, Publicizing and response time;\n(2) Comply with the requirements of 5.207, Preparation and transmittal of synopses;\n(3) Not include technical requirements in solicitations solely to preclude the acquisition of eligible products;\n(4) Specify in solicitations that offerors must submit offers in the English language and in U.S. dollars (see 52.214-34, Submission of Offers in the English Language, and 52.214-35, Submission of Offers in U.S. Currency, or paragraph (c)(5) of 52.215-1, Instruction to Offerors—Competitive Acquisitions); and\n(5) Provide unsuccessful offerors from WTO GPA or FTA countries notice in accordance with 14.409-1 or 15.503.\n(b) See Subpart 25.5 for evaluation procedures and examples.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER D—SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS","PART 25—FOREIGN ACQUISITION","Subpart 25.4—Trade Agreements"],"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":"93d25534ff456a2bb51f7090265c8d08601c582e8824f688d7431bdc279eb24d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-25.407","next":"us/48-cfr-25.501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}