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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 1: Federal Acquisition Regulations System › Subpart 1.1

FAR 1.102-4 Acquisition team.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section defines the Federal Acquisition Team as including everyone from the customer to the contractor of the product or service. It encourages teamwork, unity of purpose, and open communication among team members to share the vision and achieve the System's goal. Individual team members are expected to participate in the acquisition process at the appropriate time.

Applies to: Participants in the Federal Acquisition System, including customers and contractors

What it requires

  • Participate in the acquisition process at the appropriate time

Key terms: Federal Acquisition Team · Guiding Principles · System · customer · contractor

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

The purpose of defining the Federal Acquisition Team (Team) in the Guiding Principles is to ensure that participants in the System are identified—beginning with the customer and ending with the contractor of the product or service. By identifying the team members in this manner, teamwork, unity of purpose, and open communication among the members of the Team in sharing the vision and achieving the goal of the System are encouraged. Individual team members will participate in the acquisition process at the appropriate time.

← 1.102-3 Evaluating agency acquisition processes. · 1.102-5 Role of the acquisition team. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 1

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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