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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.13

FAR 22.1310 Solicitation provision 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 tells contracting officers when to include certain veterans' employment clauses and a provision in solicitations and contracts. It matters to contractors because it determines whether they will be bound by equal opportunity for veterans requirements and related reporting obligations.

Applies to: Solicitations and contracts meeting the stated conditions

Key terms: 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans · 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans · 52.222-38, Compliance with Veterans' Employment Reporting Requirements · simplified acquisition threshold · commercial products or commercial services

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

The text

(a)(1) Insert the clause at 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans, in solicitations and contracts if the expected value is $200,000 or more, except when—

(i) Work is performed outside the United States by employees recruited outside the United States; or

(ii) The Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the U.S. Department of Labor, has waived, in accordance with 22.1305(a), or the head of the agency has waived, in accordance with 22.1305(b), all of the terms of the clause.

(2) If the Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the U.S. Department of Labor, or the head of the agency waives one or more (but not all) of the terms of the clause, use the basic clause with its Alternate I.

(b) Insert the clause at 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans, in solicitations and contracts containing the clause at 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans.

(c) Insert the provision at 52.222-38, Compliance with Veterans' Employment Reporting Requirements, in solicitations when it is anticipated the contract award will exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and the contract is not for acquisition of commercial products or commercial services.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans.
  • 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans.
  • 52.222-38 Compliance with Veterans' Employment Reporting Requirements.

← 22.1309 Actions because of noncompliance. · 22.1400 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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