570.203-3 Soliciting offers.
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(a) The contracting officer must solicit offers by providing each prospective offeror a proposed short form lease GSA Form 3626 or SFO. The short form lease or SFO must:
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(1) Describe the Government’s requirements.
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(2) List all award factors, including price or cost, and any significant subfactors that the contracting officer will consider in awarding the lease.
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(3) State the relative importance of the evaluation factors and subfactors.
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(4) State whether all evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are either:
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(i) Significantly more important than cost or price.
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(ii) Approximately equal in importance to cost or price.
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(iii) Significantly less important than cost or price.
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(5) Include either in full text or by reference, applicable FAR provisions and contract clauses required by 570.6.
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(6) Include sustainable design requirements.
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(b) As necessary, review with prospective offerors the Government’s requirements, pricing matters, evaluation procedures and submission of offers.