Attachment 5: Non Accetpable File Types

Attachment 0005 – Non-Acceptable File Types List
1. Purpose: To ensure the security of Government networks, proposals containing the file types listed below are considered non-compliant and will not be accepted. The Government's email system and security gateways may automatically block or quarantine submissions containing these file types without notification to the sender or recipient. It is the offeror's sole responsibility to ensure their proposal submission does not contain any of the prohibited file types. 2. Prohibited File Types: Offerors shall not submit files with the following extensions. This list is not exhaustive, and the Government reserves the right to reject any file type deemed to pose a security risk. Category
Prohibited File Extensions
Executable Files
.ade, .adp, .app, .bas, .bat, .cer, .chm, .cmd, .com, .cpl, .crt, .csh, .der, .exe, .fxp, .gadget, .hta, .inf, .ins, .isp, .its, .js, .jse, .ksh, .lnk, .mad, .maf, .mag, .mam, .maq, .mar, .mas, .mat, .mau, .mav, .maw, .mda, .mdb, .mde, .mdt, .mdw, .mdz, .msc, .msh, .msh1, .msh2, .mshxml, .msh1xml, .msh2xml, .msi, .msp, .mst, .ops, .pcd, .pif, .plg, .prf, .prg, .pst, .reg, .scf, .scr, .sct, .shb, .shs, .ps1, .ps1xml, .ps2, .ps2xml, .psc1, .psc2, .tmp, .url, .vb, .vbe, .vbs, .vsmacros, .vsw, .ws, .wsc, .wsf, .wsh, .xnk Compressed Archives
.zip, .rar, .7z, .tar, .gz, .iso, .jar
Media Files
.mp3, .mp4, .wav, .mov, .avi, .wmv
Database Files
.accdb, .accde, .accdr, .accdt, .db, .sql

3. Accepted File Formats: As stated in Section L of the solicitation, proposals must be submitted using only the following approved formats: Microsoft Word (.docx)
Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)
Adobe PDF (.pdf)