6 U.S.C. § 394

(a) Regulations required Within 1 year of November 25, 2002 , the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to include regulations with regard to unsolicited proposals. (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.