{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-873.110","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 873.110","heading":"873.110 Solicitation provisions.","body":"(a) As required in 873.109(d), contracting officers shall set a reasonable time for receipt of quotations or proposals and shall insert the provision at 852.273-70, Late Offers, in all RFQs and RFPs exceeding the micro-purchase threshold. However, this provision shall not be used if the provision 852.273-71, Alternative Negotiation Techniques, is to be used. (38 U.S.C. 8153)\n(b) The contracting officer shall insert a provision in RFQs and solicitations, substantially the same as the provision at 852.273-71, Alternative Negotiation Techniques, when either of the alternative negotiation techniques described in 873.111(d)(1) will be used. (38 U.S.C. 8153)\n(c) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 852.273-72, Alternative Evaluation, in lieu of FAR provision 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Items, when the alternative negotiation technique described in 873.111(d)(1)(ii) will be used. (38 U.S.C. 8153)\n(d) When evaluation information, as described in 873.112, is to be used to select a contractor under a RFQ or RFP for health-care resources consisting of commercial services or the use of medical equipment or space, the contracting officer may insert the provision at 852.273-73, Evaluation—Health-Care Resources, in the RFQ or RFP in lieu of FAR provision 52.212-2. (38 U.S.C. 8153)\n(e) As provided at 873.113(f), if award may be made without exchange with offerors, the contracting officer shall include the provision at 852.273-74, Award Without Exchanges, in the RFQ or RFP. (38 U.S.C. 8153)\n(f) The contracting officer shall insert the FAR clause at 52.207-3, Right of First Refusal of Employment, in all RFQs, solicitations, and contracts issued under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 8151-8153 which may result in a conversion, from in-house performance to contract performance, of work currently being performed by Department of Veterans Affairs employees. (38 U.S.C. 8153)","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 8—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","SUBCHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS","PART 873—SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR HEALTH-CARE RESOURCES"],"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":"4df1d3023c858b8774ed95c8538d1d51c7d2392e5fb62e08279cbb7479b9978a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-873.109","next":"us/48-cfr-873.111"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}