Adequate price competition can be met with a single offer if:

• A. None of the above
• B. Price analysis demonstrates price reasonableness
• C. The CO can reasonably conclude competition was expected and approved above the CO
• D. Both A and B

Answer: (D)

Adequate price competition with a single offer rests on two safeguards: the price must be shown as reasonable through price analysis, and the contracting officer must reasonably conclude that competition was expected in the procurement process and that the award decision was approved at a higher level. The price reasonableness check ensures you’re not paying more than fair market value, while the expectation-and-approval element shows that the decision to proceed without another offer was deliberate and justified within the acquisition workflow. If you have only one of these elements, you haven’t demonstrated adequate price competition. Therefore, only when both conditions are present can a single offer meet the standard.