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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.11

FAR 22.1103 Policy, procedures, and solicitation provision.

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 professional employees must be compensated fairly and properly. It directs the contracting officer to include the provision at 52.222-46 in certain negotiated contract solicitations, requiring offerors to submit a total compensation plan for professional employees. Plans showing unrealistically low compensation may be viewed unfavorably in the award decision.

Applies to: Contracting officers and offerors on negotiated contracts for services requiring meaningful numbers of professional employees, when the contract amount is expected to exceed $900,000

What it requires

  • The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.222-46 in solicitations for negotiated contracts when the contract amount is expected to exceed $900,000 and services will require meaningful numbers of professional employees.
  • Offerors must submit a total compensation plan setting forth proposed salaries and fringe benefits for professional employees working on the contract.
  • Offerors must include supporting information such as recognized national and regional compensation surveys and studies used in establishing the total compensation structure.

Key terms: professional employees · compensated fairly and properly · 52.222-46 · total compensation plan · compensation surveys

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

The text

All professional employees shall be compensated fairly and properly. Accordingly, the contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.222-46, Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees, in solicitations for negotiated contracts when the contract amount is expected to exceed $900,000 and services are to be provided which will require meaningful numbers of professional employees. This provision requires that offerors submit for evaluation a total compensation plan setting forth proposed salaries and fringe benefits for professional employees working on the contract. Supporting information will include data, such as recognized national and regional compensation surveys and studies of professional, public and private organizations, used in establishing the total compensation structure. Plans indicating unrealistically low professional employee compensation may be assessed adversely as one of the factors considered in making an award.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.222-46 Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees.

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.222-46 Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees.

← 22.1102 Definition. · 22.1300 Scope of subpart. →

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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