6 U.S.C. § 394

Unsolicited proposals

(a) Regulations required

Within 1 year of November 25, 2002 , the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to include regulations with regard to unsolicited proposals.

(b) Content of regulations

The regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall require that before initiating a comprehensive evaluation, an agency contact point shall consider, among other factors, that the proposal—

(1)

is not submitted in response to a previously published agency requirement; and

(2)

contains technical and cost information for evaluation and overall scientific, technical or socioeconomic merit, or cost-related or price-related factors.

( Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 834 , Nov. 25, 2002 , 116 Stat. 2227 .)