507.107-5 Notifications.
(a) Notification to public of rationale for consolidated, bundled or substantially bundled requirement.
(1) A summary notification of a determination that a consolidated, bundled or substantially bundled requirement is necessary and justified will be published by the SPE on the GSA public website at http://insite.gsa.gov/consolidationbundling . The notice will be posted within 7 days of the SPE approved determination.
(2) Any solicitation related to the consolidation, bundled or substantially bundled requirement can only be published after the summary notice from subparagraph (a)(1) of this section has been published for at least 7 days.
(3) The contracting officer is encouraged to provide the summary notification from subparagraph (a)(1) of this section to the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE) before issuance of the solicitation.
(4) The contracting officer shall publish the SPE approved determination with the publication of the solicitation, redacted as necessary.
(5) For bundled or substantially bundled requirements, in addition to the requirements of this subsection, the contracting officer must verify compliance with the notification requirements of FAR 7.107-5(b).
(b) Notification to SBA of follow-on consolidated or bundled requirements.
(1) The contracting officer shall coordinate with the designated SBTA (see 519.4) to provide follow-on notification to the SBA PCR in accordance with FAR 7.107-5(c). The designated SBTA will provide notification to the AA OSBU.
(2) The SBTA will submit the notification to SBA PCR within 5 business days of receiving the notification from the contracting officer or request an extension from the contracting officer.