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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.10

FAR 22.1010 Notification to interested parties under collective bargaining agreements.

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 requires the contracting officer to determine if the incumbent contractor's service employees are represented by a collective bargaining agent. If so, the contracting officer must give written notice to both the incumbent contractor and the union about upcoming contract actions or anniversary dates. The notice must be sent at least 30 days before the earliest relevant date to trigger certain time-of-receipt limitations.

Applies to: Contracting officers handling contracts with service employees represented by a collective bargaining agent.

What it requires

  • Determine whether the incumbent prime contractor's or its subcontractors' service employees are represented by a collective bargaining agent.
  • If there is a collective bargaining agent, give written notification to both the incumbent contractor and the employees' collective bargaining agent.
  • Provide the notification at least 30 days in advance of the earliest applicable acquisition date or anniversary date.
  • Retain a copy of the notification in the contract file.

Key terms: collective bargaining agent · incumbent prime contractor · successor contract · contract modification · multiple year contract anniversary date

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

The text

(a) The contracting officer should determine whether the incumbent prime contractor's or its subcontractors' service employees performing on the current contract are represented by a collective bargaining agent. If there is a collective bargaining agent, the contracting officer shall give both the incumbent contractor and its employees' collective bargaining agent written notification of—

(1) The forthcoming successor contract and the applicable acquisition dates (issuance of solicitation, opening of bids, commencement of negotiations, award of contract, or start of performance, as the case may be); or

(2) The forthcoming contract modification and applicable acquisition dates (exercise of option, extension of contract, change in scope, or start of performance, as the case may be); or

(3) The forthcoming multiple year contract anniversary date (annual anniversary date or biennial date, as the case may be).

(b) This written notification must be given at least 30 days in advance of the earliest applicable acquisition date or the applicable annual or biennial anniversary date in order for the time-of-receipt limitations in 22.1012-2 (a) and (b) to apply. The contracting officer shall retain a copy of the notification in the contract file.

Sections it refers to

  • 22.1012-2 Wage determinations based on collective bargaining agreements.

Sections that refer to it

  • 22.1002-3 Wage determinations based on collective bargaining agreements.
  • 22.1008-1 Obtaining wage determinations.
  • 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
  • 22.1012-2 Wage determinations based on collective bargaining agreements.

← 22.1009-4 All possible places of performance not identified. · 22.1011 [Reserved] →

Rule changes for FAR Part 22

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

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