Contracting with individual pool members.

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Title 48 CFR: Federal Acquisition Regulations System › Chapter 1 › Part 9 › Subpart 9.7 › § 9.703: Contracting with individual pool members.

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(a) Pool members may submit individual offers, independent of the pool. However, the contracting officer shall not consider an independent offer by a pool member if that pool member participates in a competing offer submitted by the pool. (b) If a pool member submits an individual offer, independent of the pool, the contracting officer shall consider the pool agreement, along with other factors, in determining whether that pool member is a responsible prospective contractor under subpart 9.1.

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