FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 222: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 222.14
DFARS 222.1406 Complaint procedures.
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 covers complaint procedures under DFARS. It requires the contracting officer to tell the complainant when a referral is made, and it prohibits telling the contractor anything about the complaint, including the complainant's identity, the complaint's nature, or even that a complaint was received. This matters because it protects complainants and keeps contractors from learning about complaints against them.
Applies to: Contracting officers handling complaints involving contractors
What it requires
- Notify the complainant of the referral
- Do not advise the contractor of the complainant's name
- Do not advise the contractor of the nature of the complaint
- Do not advise the contractor that the complaint was received
Key terms: contracting officer · complainant · contractor · referral · complaint
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The text
The contracting officer shall notify the complainant of such referral. The contractor in question shall not be advised in any manner or for any reason of the complainant's name, the nature of the complaint, or the fact that the complaint was received.
← 222.1403 Waivers. · 222.1703 Policy. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.