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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 215: Contracting by Negotiation › Subpart 215.5

DFARS 215.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.

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 says that when the Government uses a specific authority, notifications to unsuccessful offerors must not reveal information that is withheld from disclosure under a certain law. It matters because it limits what a contractor can learn if they are not selected, protecting sensitive information.

Applies to: Notifications to unsuccessful offerors when the Government exercises authority in 239.7305(d)

What it requires

  • Do not reveal information determined to be withheld from disclosure in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3252

Key terms: unsuccessful offerors · preaward · postaward · withheld from disclosure · 10 U.S.C. 3252

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The text

If the Government exercises the authority provided in 239.7305(d), the notifications to unsuccessful offerors, either preaward or postaward, shall not reveal any information that is determined to be withheld from disclosure in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3252 (see subpart 239.73).

Sections it refers to

  • 239.7305 Exclusion and limitation on disclosure.

← 215.470 Estimated data prices. · 215.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 215

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