{"identifier":"/us/usc/t41/s3701","title":41,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3701.","heading":"Basis of award and rejection","text":"\u00a7\u202f3701.\nBasis of award and rejection\n(a)\nAward.\u2014\nAn executive agency shall evaluate sealed bids and competitive proposals, and award a contract, based solely on the factors specified in the solicitation.\n(b)\nRejection.\u2014\nAll sealed bids or competitive proposals received in response to a solicitation may be rejected if the agency head determines that rejection is in the public interest.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t41/s3701.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s3701","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3701."},{"t":"heading","text":"Basis of award and rejection"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s3701/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Award.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"An executive agency shall evaluate sealed bids and competitive proposals, and award a contract, based solely on the factors specified in the solicitation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s3701/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Rejection.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"All sealed bids or competitive proposals received in response to a solicitation may be rejected if the agency head determines that rejection is in the public interest.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}