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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 14: Sealed Bidding › Subpart 14.4

FAR 14.409-2 Award of classified contracts.

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 covers how contracting officers handle awards of classified contracts. If classified information was involved in the solicitation, the contracting officer must tell unsuccessful bidders to follow agency procedures for disposing of that information. The name of the winning bidder and the contract price are only given to unsuccessful bidders if they ask, and never by phone.

Applies to: Contracting officers awarding classified contracts

What it requires

  • Advise unsuccessful bidders, including those who did not bid, to take disposition action per agency procedures
  • Furnish the successful bidder's name and contract price to unsuccessful bidders only upon request
  • Do not provide information about a classified award by telephone

Key terms: classified information · unsuccessful bidders · disposition action · agency procedures · classified award

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

The text

In addition to 14.409-1, if classified information was furnished or created in connection with the solicitation, the contracting officer shall advise the unsuccessful bidders, including any who did not bid, to take disposition action in accordance with agency procedures. The name of the successful bidder and the contract price will be furnished to unsuccessful bidders only upon request. Information regarding a classified award shall not be furnished by telephone.

Sections it refers to

  • 14.409-1 Award of unclassified contracts.

← 14.409-1 Award of unclassified contracts. · 14.501 General. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 14

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

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