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DFARS 217.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

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 sealed bid solicitations should not include provisions for evaluating options unless the contracting officer determines there is a reasonable likelihood the options will be exercised. This matters because it limits when option evaluations can appear in sealed bid solicitations, including for contracts otherwise excluded by FAR 17.200.

Applies to: Sealed bid solicitations

What it requires

  • Do not include provisions for evaluations of options in sealed bid solicitations unless the contracting officer determines there is a reasonable likelihood that the options will be exercised.

Key terms: sealed bid solicitations · options · contracting officer · FAR 17.200

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

The text

Sealed bid solicitations shall not include provisions for evaluations of options unless the contracting officer determines that there is a reasonable likelihood that the options will be exercised (10 U.S.C. 3206(e)). This limitation also applies to sealed bid solicitations for the contracts excluded by FAR 17.200.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 252.217-7000 Exercise of option to fulfill foreign military sales commitments.

← 217.207 Exercise of options. · 217.208-70 Additional clauses. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 217

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

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