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Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Oct 18, 2025
333.103 - 333.103 Protests to the agency.

(f)(1) Protests to the contracting officer must be in writing. The contracting officer is authorized to make the determination, using the criteria in Federal Acquisition Regulation 33.104(b), to award a contract notwithstanding the protest after obtaining the concurrence of the contracting activity's protest control officer and consulting with the appropriate legal office.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 40 U.S.C. 121(c)(2)
source: 80 FR 72151, Nov. 18, 2015, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 48 CFR 333.103