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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 21.05.03.06" title_num="21" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="03" heading="Debriefing of Unsuccessful Offerors.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>When a contract is to be awarded on some basis other than price alone, unsuccessful offerors may submit a written request for a debriefing to the procurement officer within a reasonable time. Debriefings shall be provided at the earliest feasible time after the procurement officer receives a request for a debriefing and before the contract award is presented to the agency head or designee or the Board for approval. The debriefing shall be conducted by a procurement official familiar with the rationale for the selection decision and contract award.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Debriefing.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Debriefing shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be limited to discussion of the unsuccessful offeror's proposal and may not include specific discussion of a competing offeror's proposal;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Be factual and consistent with the evaluation of the unsuccessful offeror's proposal; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Provide information on areas in which the unsuccessful offeror's technical proposal was deemed weak or deficient.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Debriefing may not include discussion or dissemination of the thoughts, notes, or rankings of individual members of an evaluation committee, but may include a summary of the procurement officer's rationale for the selection decision and recommended contract award.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A summary of the debriefing shall be made a part of the contract file.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>