At your discretion, you may elect to pay a stipend to unsuccessful offerors who have submitted responsive proposals. The decision to do so should be based on your analysis of the estimated proposal development costs and the anticipated degree of competition during the procurement process.
authority: Sec. 1503 of Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1144; Sec. 1307 of Pub. L. 105–178, 112 Stat. 107;
23 U.S.C. 101,
109,
112,
113,
114,
115,
119,
128,
and;
49 CFR 1.48(b)
source: 67 FR 75926, Dec. 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 23 CFR 636.112