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Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2023-10-01 2023-10-01 false Procedures. 25.408 Section 25.408 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS FOREIGN ACQUISITION Trade Agreements 25.408 Procedures. (a) If the WTO GPA or an FTA applies (see 25.401), the contracting officer must— (1) Comply with the requirements of 5.203, Publicizing and response time; (2) Comply with the requirements of 5.207, Preparation and transmittal of synopses; (3) Not include technical requirements in solicitations solely to preclude the acquisition of eligible products; (4) Specify in solicitations that offerors must submit offers in the English language and in U.S. dollars (see 52.214–34, Submission of Offers in the English Language, and 52.214–35, Submission of Offers in U.S. Currency, or paragraph (c)(5) of 52.215–1, Instruction to Offerors—Competitive Acquisitions); and (5) Provide unsuccessful offerors from WTO GPA or FTA countries notice in accordance with 14.409–1 or 15.503. (b) See Subpart 25.5 for evaluation procedures and examples. [64 FR 72419, Dec. 27, 1999, as amended at 68 FR 56679, Oct. 1, 2003; 69 FR 1055, Jan. 7, 2004; 69 FR 77875, Dec. 28, 2004; 73 FR 10962, Feb. 28, 2008]