Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 17, 2025

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Dec 02, 2025
11.801 - 11.801 Preaward in-use evaluation.

Supplies may be evaluated under comparable in-use conditions without a further test plan, provided offerors are so advised in the solicitation. The results of such tests or demonstrations may be used to rate the proposal, to determine technical acceptability, or otherwise to evaluate the proposal (see 15.305).

authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.
source: 60 FR 48238, Sept. 18, 1995, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 48 CFR 11.801