FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 203: Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest › Subpart 203.9
DFARS 203.970 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 directs contracting officers to include the clause at 252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights, in all solicitations and contracts. It applies even when commercial products or commercial services are acquired using FAR part 12 procedures. For contractors, this means the whistleblower rights notification clause will appear in essentially every DoD solicitation and contract.
Applies to: All solicitations and contracts, including those using FAR part 12 procedures for commercial products or commercial services
Key terms: 252.203-7002 · Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights · FAR part 12 · commercial products · commercial services
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Use the clause at 252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights, in all solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services.
Sections it refers to
- 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights.
Sections that refer to it
- 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
- 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights.
← 203.909-3 Solicitation provision and contract clause. · 203.1003 Requirements. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 203
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · proposed 2025-01-17 · comments due 2025-03-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inapplicability of Additional Defense-Unique Laws and Certain Non-Statutory DFARS Clauses to Commercial Item Contracts (DFARS Case 2018-D074) ↗ · final rule 2024-11-15 · effective 2024-11-25
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.