{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-25.501","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 25.501","heading":"25.501 General.","body":"The contracting officer—\n(a) Must apply the evaluation procedures of this subpart to each line item of an offer unless either the offer or the solicitation specifies evaluation on a group basis (see 25.503);\n(b) May rely on the offeror's certification of end product origin when evaluating a foreign offer;\n(c) Must identify and reject offers of end products that are prohibited in accordance with subpart 25.7; and\n(d) When trade agreements are involved, must not use the Buy American statute evaluation factors prescribed in this subpart to provide a preference for one foreign offer over another foreign offer.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER D—SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS","PART 25—FOREIGN ACQUISITION","Subpart 25.5—Evaluating Foreign Offers—Supply Contracts"],"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":"5b2c0f1b7099923c8f7517803cff2f7d744e0da88d26d9122d38f5dbdd10b49f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-25.408","next":"us/48-cfr-25.502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}