{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-926.7005","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 926.7005","heading":"926.7005 Preferences under the Energy Policy Act.","body":"Solicitations for all competitive Energy Policy Act procurements not for 8(a) firms and in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold shall provide for an evaluation preference for offers received from entities from among the Energy Policy Act target groups. The evaluation criteria shall provide that in instances in which two or more proposals being considered for final selection are ranked as essentially equal after consideration of all technical and cost evaluation factors, and if one of these proposals is from an offeror from among an Energy Policy Act target group that offeror will be selected for award.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 9—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","SUBCHAPTER D—SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS","PART 926—OTHER SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS","Subpart 926.70—Implementation of Section 3021 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992"],"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":"3e5eb483748c06d2f23c5109b5272a78f48aba821e1c82277ab8103c864fd78f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-926.7004","next":"us/48-cfr-926.7006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}