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DFARS 204.1202 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 how to handle annual representations and certifications in solicitations. When they use the FAR annual representations provision, they must pair it with DFARS Alternate A, and if the System for Award Management provision is also included, they must not separately include the listed DFARS provisions because those are already covered by the Alternate. For contractors, this means you may see fewer separate provisions in a solicitation, with those requirements consolidated into one alternate provision.

Applies to: Contracting officers preparing solicitations that use FAR 52.204-8 and DFARS 252.204-7007

What it requires

  • Use the FAR 52.204-8 provision together with DFARS 252.204-7007, Alternate A
  • When FAR 52.204-7 is in the solicitation, do not separately include the listed DFARS provisions that are already in 252.204-7007

Key terms: Annual Representations and Certifications · Alternate A · System for Award Management · solicitation · provision

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

The text

When using the provision at FAR 52.204-8, Annual Representations and Certifications—

(1) Use the provision with 252.204-7007, Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications; and

(2) When the provision at FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, is included in the solicitation, do not include separately in the solicitation the following provisions, which are included in DFARS 252.204-7007:

(i) 252.204-7016, Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation.

(ii) 252.209-7002, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by a Foreign Government.

(iii) 252.216-7008, Economic Price Adjustment—Wage Rates or Material Prices Controlled by a Foreign Government—Representation.

(iv) 252.225-7000, Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate.

(v) 252.225-7020, Trade Agreements Certificate.

(vi) 252.225-7031, Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel.

(vii) 252.225-7035, Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program Certificate.

(viii) 252.225-7042, Authorization to Perform.

(ix) 252.225-7049, Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commercial Satellite Services—Representations.

(x) 252.225-7050, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism.

(xi) 252.226-7002, Representation for Demonstration Project for Contractors Employing Persons with Disabilities.

(xii) 252.229-7012, Tax Exemptions (Italy)—Representation.

(xiii) 252.229-7013, Tax Exemptions (Spain)—Representation.

(xiv) 252.232-7015, Performance-Based Payments—Representation.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
  • 252.204-7007 Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications.
  • 52.204-7 System for Award Management.
  • 252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation.
  • 252.209-7002 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by a Foreign Government.
  • 252.216-7008 Economic price adjustment—wage rates or material prices controlled by a foreign government—representation.
  • 252.225-7000 Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate.
  • 252.225-7020 Trade Agreements Certificate.
  • 252.225-7031 Secondary Arab boycott of Israel.
  • 252.225-7035 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program Certificate.
  • 252.225-7042 Authorization to perform.
  • 252.225-7049 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commercial Satellite Services—Representations.
  • 252.225-7050 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
  • 252.226-7002 Representation for Demonstration Project for Contractors Employing Persons with Disabilities.
  • 252.229-7012 Tax exemptions (Italy)—representation.
  • 252.229-7013 Tax exemptions (Spain)—representation.
  • 252.232-7015 Performance-Based Payments—Representation.

Sections that refer to it

  • 252.204-7007 Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications.

← 204.1103 Procedures. · 204.1601 Policy. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 204

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

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