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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 17: Special Contracting Methods › Subpart 17.8

FAR 17.805 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.

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 reverse auction provisions and clauses to include in solicitations and contracts. It matters to contractors because it determines when reverse auction terms will appear in the solicitation or contract you are bidding on or performing. The section itself imposes duties on the contracting officer, not on contractors.

Applies to: Contracting officers using reverse auctions in solicitations and contracts

Key terms: reverse auction · solicitation · contract clause · blanket purchase agreement · multiple-award contract

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 52.217-10, Reverse Auction, in solicitations when using a reverse auction to award a contract or blanket purchase agreement.

(b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.217-11, Reverse Auction—Orders, in solicitations and contracts for a multiple-award contract or blanket purchase agreement, when a reverse auction may be used to place orders under the basic contract or blanket purchase agreement.

(c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.217-12, Reverse Auction Services, in all solicitations and contracts for the purchase of reverse auction services.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 17.804 Procedures.

Rule changes for FAR Part 17

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

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