Source Selection Step by Step

CHAPTER 3SOURCES OF GUIDANCE FOR THE ACQUISITION PROFESSIONAL

The acquisition professional looks for official guidance on the source selection process in:

• The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

• Agency regulations that implement or supplement the FAR. While the FAR applies to most source selections in the federal executive agencies and thus provides for consistency in the process, agency regulations may vary widely in how they implement or supplement the FAR.

• Precedent established by the Comptroller General (Comp Gen), who is head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in decisions made in response to preaward or postaward protests from ...