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         <ph class="- topic/ph " props="autonumber">515.101-2</ph> Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.</title>
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                  <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">General</i>. Lowest Price Technically
Acceptable is a source selection process that may be useful in acquisitions
in which the Government, or the market, does not benefit from technical
tradeoffs. A contracting officer should not use the lowest price
technically acceptable source selection process without doing the
following:</p>
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                        <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Documentation requirements</i>.
The contracting officer shall include documentation as to why the
lowest price technically acceptable source selection is being utilized.
The rationale for why this method of source selection is being utilized
should be clearly described in the acquisition plan (see FAR <xref href="https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-7#FAR_7_105"
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                              class="- topic/xref ">7.105</xref>(b)(4)). The
rationale should include a description as to why utilizing this
methodology will not harm the Government.</p>
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                  <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Federal
Procurement Data System (FPDS)</i>. Contracting officers shall ensure
that FPDS is properly coded to include if lowest price technically
acceptable is the source selection process used.</p>
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