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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 15: Contracting by Negotiation › Subpart 15.2

FAR 15.205 Issuing solicitations.

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 how to issue solicitations for negotiated acquisitions, pointing them to the policies and procedures in FAR 5.102, 19.202-4, and Part 6. It also allows a master solicitation, described in FAR 14.203-3, to be used for negotiated acquisitions. For contractors, this means the solicitation you receive should follow those referenced rules and may be based on a master solicitation.

Applies to: Contracting officers issuing solicitations for negotiated acquisitions

What it requires

  • Issue solicitations to potential sources in accordance with the policies and procedures in 5.102, 19.202-4, and part 6

Key terms: solicitations · potential sources · master solicitation · negotiated acquisitions

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

The text

(a) The contracting officer shall issue solicitations to potential sources in accordance with the policies and procedures in 5.102, 19.202-4, and part 6.

(b) A master solicitation, as described in 14.203-3, may also be used for negotiated acquisitions.

Sections it refers to

← 15.204-5 Part IV—Representations and Instructions. · 15.206 Amending the solicitation. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 15

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

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