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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.8

DFARS 225.870-2 Solicitation of Canadian contractors.

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 how to handle solicitations involving Canadian contractors. It requires providing a solicitation to the Canadian Commercial Corporation when requested, even if no Canadian firm is solicited, and directs that acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold be handled directly with Canadian firms rather than through the Canadian Commercial Corporation.

Applies to: Contracting officers handling acquisitions involving Canadian contractors

What it requires

  • Furnish a solicitation to the Canadian Commercial Corporation if requested, even if no Canadian firm is solicited
  • Handle acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold directly with Canadian firms, not through the Canadian Commercial Corporation

Key terms: Canadian Commercial Corporation · simplified acquisition threshold · Canadian firms · solicitation

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

The text

(a) If requested, furnish a solicitation to the Canadian Commercial Corporation even if no Canadian firm is solicited.

(b) Handle acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold directly with Canadian firms and not through the Canadian Commercial Corporation.

Sections that refer to it

← 225.870-1 General. · 225.870-3 Submission of offers. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 225

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

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