United States Code
USC most recently checked for updates: Jun 09, 2025
§ 394.
 Unsolicited proposals
(a)
 Regulations required
Within 1 year of 
(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.
cite as: 6 USC 394
