Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sealed bid solicitations shall not include provisions for evaluations of options unless the contracting officer determines that there is a reasonable likelihood that the options will be exercised (10 U.S.C. 3206(e)). This limitation also applies to sealed bid solicitations for the contracts excluded by FAR 17.200. [63 FR 11529, Mar. 9, 1998, as amended at 71 FR 27642, May 12, 2006; 87 FR 76993, Dec. 16, 2022]