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FAR 11.204 Solicitation provisions.

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 tells contracting officers which solicitation provisions to include when a solicitation cites specifications that are not physically provided with the solicitation. It matters to contractors because it determines what information they will receive about where and how to obtain those specifications. The section addresses four situations depending on whether the specifications are in the GSA Index, in ASSIST, obtainable from a designated source, or available for examination at a specified location.

Applies to: Contracting officers preparing solicitations that cite specifications not furnished with the solicitation

What it requires

  • Insert the provision at 52.211-1 in solicitations citing specifications listed in the GSA Index that are not furnished with the solicitation
  • Insert the provision at 52.211-2 in solicitations citing specifications available in ASSIST that are not furnished with the solicitation
  • Insert a provision substantially the same as 52.211-3 in solicitations citing specifications not listed in the Index, not furnished with the solicitation, but obtainable from a designated source
  • Insert a provision substantially the same as 52.211-4 in solicitations citing specifications not listed in the Index that are available for examination at a specified location

Key terms: solicitation · provision · GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions · ASSIST · designated source

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

The text

(a) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.211-1, Availability of Specifications Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29, in solicitations that cite specifications listed in the Index that are not furnished with the solicitation.

(b) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.211-2, Availability of Defense Specifications, Standards, and Data Item Descriptions in the Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System (ASSIST) website, in solicitations that cite specifications available in ASSIST that are not furnished with the solicitation.

(c) The contracting officer shall insert a provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.211-3, Availability of Specifications Not Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, in solicitations that cite specifications that are not listed in the Index and are not furnished with the solicitation, but may be obtained from a designated source.

(d) The contracting officer shall insert a provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.211-4, Availability for Examination of Specifications Not Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, in solicitations that cite specifications that are not listed in the Index and are available for examination at a specified location.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.211-1 Availability of Specifications Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29.
  • 52.211-2 Availability of Defense Specifications, Standards, and Data Item Descriptions in the Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System (ASSIST) website.
  • 52.211-3 Availability of Specifications Not Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions.
  • 52.211-4 Availability for Examination of Specifications Not Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions.

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.211-1 Availability of Specifications Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29.
  • 52.211-2 Availability of Defense Specifications, Standards, and Data Item Descriptions in the Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System (ASSIST) website.
  • 52.211-3 Availability of Specifications Not Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions.
  • 52.211-4 Availability for Examination of Specifications Not Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions.

← 11.203 Customer satisfaction. · 11.301 Policy. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 11

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

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