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		    <title class="- topic/title " xtrc="GSAR">
         <ph class="- topic/ph " props="autonumber">570.203-3</ph> Soliciting offers.</title>
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					          <p id="d960e17" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(a)</ph>  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:</p>
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						            <li class="- topic/li " audience="GSAR">
							              <p id="d960e27" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(1)</ph>  Describe the Government’s requirements.</p>
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							              <p id="d960e36" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(2)</ph>  List all award factors, including price or cost, and any significant subfactors that the contracting officer will consider in awarding the lease.</p>
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							              <p id="d960e45" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(3)</ph>  State the relative importance of the evaluation factors and subfactors.</p>
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							              <p id="d960e54" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(4)</ph>  State whether all evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are either:</p>
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									                  <p id="d960e64" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(i)</ph>  Significantly more important than cost or price.</p>
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									                  <p id="d960e73" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(ii)</ph>  Approximately equal in importance to cost or price.</p>
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									                  <p id="d960e82" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                              <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(iii)</ph>  Significantly less important than cost or price.</p>
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							              <p id="d960e93" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(5)</ph>  Include either in full text or by reference, applicable FAR provisions and contract clauses required by <xref href="Subpart_570.6.dita#GSAM_Subpart_570_6"
                              outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly"
                              class="- topic/xref ">570.6</xref>.</p>
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							              <p id="d960e106" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(6)</ph>  Include sustainable design requirements.</p>
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					          <p id="d960e117" class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(b)</ph>  As necessary, review with prospective offerors the Government’s requirements, pricing matters, evaluation procedures and submission of offers.</p>
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