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DFARS 209.571-8 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 when to include a specific solicitation provision and contract clause about organizational conflicts of interest in major defense acquisition programs. It matters to contractors because if they bid on systems engineering and technical assistance work for these programs, the clause and its related notice will appear in the solicitation and contract.

Applies to: Solicitations and contracts for systems engineering and technical assistance for major defense acquisition programs or pre-major defense acquisition programs

Key terms: organizational conflict of interest · major defense acquisition program · pre-major defense acquisition program · systems engineering and technical assistance · solicitation provision

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

The text

(a) Use the provision at 252.209-7008, Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program, if the solicitation includes the clause at 252.209-7009, Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program; and

(b) Use the clause at 252.209-7009, Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program, in solicitations and contracts for systems engineering and technical assistance for major defense acquisition programs or pre-major defense acquisition programs.

Sections it refers to

  • 252.209-7008 Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.
  • 252.209-7009 Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.

Sections that refer to it

  • 252.209-7008 Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.
  • 252.209-7009 Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.

← 209.571-7 Systems engineering and technical assistance contracts. · 209.572 Conflicts of interest in certain consulting services. →

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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