Source Selection Step by Step

CHAPTER 6THE ACQUISITION PLAN AND SOURCE SELECTION PLAN

FAR Part 7 requires that planning take place for all procurements and provides a format for written acquisition plans. Agency regulations, in turn, stipulate the size and character of procurements that require a written acquisition plan. For example, one agency may require written plans for all procurements in excess of $1 million, while another agency may establish only $100,000 as the threshold for a written plan.

The FAR also requires that the head of the agency (or a designee) designate planners for acquisition. As a practical matter, planning normally begins with the identification of ...