§ 570.204-3 - Soliciting offers.

(a) Offers should be solicited by presenting each prospective offeror with a proposed short form lease or SFO which identifies all minimum requirements, all award factors, including price or cost, and any significant subfactors that will be considered in awarding the lease and which states the relative importance the Government places on the evaluation factors or subfactors. In describing the evaluation factors to be considered, the solicitation shall clearly disclose whether all evaluation factors other than cost or price when combined, are significantly more important than cost or price; approximately equal in importance to cost or price; or significantly less important than cost or price.

(b) The proposed lease or SFO must describe the Government's requirements and include, either in full text or by reference, applicable FAR provisions and contract clauses required by 570.701 and applicable GSAR provisions and clauses required by 570.702 and 570.703.

(c) To the extent necessary, the Government's requirements, pricing matters, evaluation procedures and submission of offers should be reviewed with prospective offerors.