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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 209: Contractor Qualifications › Subpart 209.4

DFARS 209.402 Policy.

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 states that uniform suspension and debarment procedures for all debarring and suspending officials are found in DFARS appendix H. It also requires the department or agency to give contractors a copy of those procedures when they are suspended or proposed for debarment, and to provide them to other interested parties on request.

Applies to: Debarring and suspending officials, and contractors who are suspended or proposed for debarment

What it requires

  • Provide a copy of the Debarment and Suspension Procedures at DFARS appendix H to contractors at the time of their suspension or when they are proposed for debarment
  • Provide a copy of those procedures upon request to other interested parties

Key terms: suspension · debarment · debarring and suspending officials · DFARS appendix H

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

The text

(d) The uniform suspension and debarment procedures to be followed by all debarring and suspending officials are set out in appendix H to this chapter.

(e) The department or agency shall provide a copy of the Debarment and Suspension Procedures at DFARS appendix H to this chapter to contractors at the time of their suspension or when they are proposed for debarment, and upon request to other interested parties.

← 209.270-5 Contract clause. · 209.403 Definitions. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 209

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

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