---
title: "Build an offeror's compliance and departures matrix"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/government-procurement-and-tendering/build-the-tenderer-s-compliance-and-departures-matrix/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A50-X20260927-7-US"
practice_area: "Government Procurement & Tendering"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build an offeror's compliance and departures matrix

> For each requirement the lawyer marks in the solicitation, record whether the offer's words state compliance, state a departure, or are silent, and quote the offer. Do not decide that the offer is acceptable.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/government-procurement-and-tendering/build-the-tenderer-s-compliance-and-departures-matrix/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Government Procurement & Tendering](https://ailawframework.com/practice/government-procurement-and-tendering.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | For each requirement the lawyer marks in the solicitation, record whether the offer's words state compliance, state a departure, or are silent, and quote the offer. Do not decide that the offer is acceptable. |
| What the lawyer must review | FAR 15.304 requires the solicitation to state the factors and significant subfactors against which offers are evaluated. A departure that would change a Government requirement or term is read with FAR 15.206. That section provides that when, either before or after receipt of proposals, the Government changes its requirements or terms and conditions, the contracting officer shall amend the solicitation. If an offer of interest involves a departure from the stated requirements, the contracting officer shall amend the solicitation, provided this can be done without revealing to other offerors the alternate solution or other information entitled to protection. The contracting officer decides whether a departure requires an amendment and whether the offer remains acceptable. The matrix records the offer's words. It does not score them. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build the tenderer's compliance and departures matrix](https://ailawframework.com/practice/government-procurement-and-tendering/build-the-tenderer-s-compliance-and-departures-matrix.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: For each requirement the lawyer marks in the solicitation, record whether the offer's words state compliance, state a departure, or are silent, and quote the offer. Do not decide that the offer is acceptable.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Silence in the offer is recorded as silence. It is not recorded as compliance.
- The matrix is not an amendment and it is not a source-selection decision under FAR 15.308.

## Sources

- [FAR 15.304, Evaluation factors and significant subfactors](https://www.acquisition.gov/far/15.304) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [FAR 15.206, Amending the solicitation](https://www.acquisition.gov/far/15.206) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*