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title: "Log offeror questions and the answers the contracting officer has approved"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/government-procurement-and-tendering/log-tenderer-questions-and-the-approved-answers/united-states"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A50-A20260923-2-US"
practice_area: "Government Procurement & Tendering"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Log offeror questions and the answers the contracting officer has approved

> Record each question, the date it was received, and the answer the contracting officer has approved. If that answer changes a requirement or a term, mark the row for an amendment.…

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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 | Record each question, the date it was received, and the answer the contracting officer has approved. If that answer changes a requirement or a term, mark the row for an amendment. Do not write an answer the contracting officer has not approved and do not issue the amendment. |
| What the lawyer must review | FAR 15.206 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. Amendments issued before the time and date for receipt of proposals shall be issued to all parties receiving the solicitation. Amendments issued after that time shall be issued to all offerors that have not been eliminated from the competition. If, in the contracting officer's judgment, an amendment proposed after offers have been received is so substantial that additional sources likely would have submitted offers had its substance been known, the contracting officer shall cancel the original solicitation and issue a new one. Oral notices may be used when time is of the essence. The contracting officer shall document the contract file and formalize the notice with an amendment. At a minimum, an amendment should include the name and address of the issuing activity, the solicitation number and date, the amendment number and date, the number of pages, a description of the change, the Government point of contact, and any revision to the closing date. The tool logs what the contracting officer has approved. It does not decide that a change is substantial enough to require cancellation. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Log tenderer questions and the approved answers](https://ailawframework.com/practice/government-procurement-and-tendering/log-tenderer-questions-and-the-approved-answers.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Record each question, the date it was received, and the answer the contracting officer has approved. If that answer changes a requirement or a term, mark the row for an amendment. Do not write an answer the contracting officer has not approved and do not issue the amendment.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- An approved answer that changes the closing time has to be read with FAR 15.208. The log does not reset the closing time by itself.
- Do not send the log to offerors. Distribution of an amendment is the contracting officer's act.

## Sources

- [FAR 15.206, Amending the solicitation](https://www.acquisition.gov/far/15.206) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [FAR 15.208, Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals](https://www.acquisition.gov/far/15.208) (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.*