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§ 394. Unsolicited proposals
(a) Regulations required
(b) Content of regulations
The regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall require that before initiating a comprehensive evaluation, an agency contact point shall consider, among other factors, that the proposal—
(1) is not submitted in response to a previously published agency requirement; and
(2) contains technical and cost information for evaluation and overall scientific, technical or socioeconomic merit, or cost-related or price-related factors.
(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 834, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2227.)