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FAR 11.604 Solicitation provision and contract clause.

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 when to include two specific priority-rating provisions in solicitations and contracts. It matters to contractors because it signals that a solicitation or contract may be a rated order, which carries special priority and allocation requirements.

Applies to: Contracting officers issuing solicitations and contracts that are rated orders

What it requires

  • Insert the provision at 52.211-14 in solicitations when the contract to be awarded will be a rated order.
  • Insert the clause at 52.211-15 in contracts that are rated orders.

Key terms: rated order · solicitation · provision · clause · 52.211-14

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

The text

(a) Contracting officers shall insert the provision at 52.211-14, Notice of Priority Rating for National Defense, Emergency Preparedness, and Energy Program Use, in solicitations when the contract to be awarded will be a rated order.

(b) Contracting officers shall insert the clause at 52.211-15, Defense Priority and Allocation Requirements, in contracts that are rated orders.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.211-14 Notice of Priority Rating for National Defense, Emergency Preparedness, and Energy Program Use.
  • 52.211-15 Defense Priority and Allocation Requirements.

Sections that refer to it

  • 16.603-2 Application.
  • 52.211-14 Notice of Priority Rating for National Defense, Emergency Preparedness, and Energy Program Use.
  • 52.211-15 Defense Priority and Allocation Requirements.

← 11.603 Procedures. · 11.701 Supply contracts. →

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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