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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.6

FAR 22.604-1 Statutory exemptions.

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 lists supplies that are exempt from the statute referenced in FAR 22.604-1. It matters because if a contract is for one of these items, the statute's requirements do not apply to that acquisition.

Applies to: Contracts for the acquisition of certain supplies

Key terms: statutory exemptions · in the open market · commercial products · commercial services · public exigency

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

The text

Contracts for acquisition of the following supplies are exempt from the statute:

(a) Any item in those situations where the contracting officer is authorized by the express language of a statute to purchase “in the open market” generally (such as commercial products and commercial services, see part 12); or where a specific purchase is made under the conditions described in 6.302-2 in circumstances where immediate delivery is required by the public exigency.

(b) Perishables, including dairy, livestock, and nursery products.

(c) Agricultural or farm products processed for first sale by the original producers.

(d) Agricultural commodities or the products thereof purchased under contract by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Sections it refers to

  • 6.302-2 Unusual and compelling urgency.

← 22.604 Exemptions. · 22.604-2 Regulatory exemptions. →

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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