FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2
DFARS 252.204-7007 Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications.
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 DFARS provision replaces certain paragraphs of the FAR annual representations and certifications provision for DoD solicitations. It lets an offeror either rely on its current SAM registration representations or complete the individual representations and certifications in the solicitation, and it lists which DFARS representations or certifications apply. It matters because it tells contractors how and where their representations and certifications are submitted and which ones apply to a given solicitation.
Applies to: Offerors responding to DoD solicitations that include this provision
What it requires
- If FAR 52.204-7 is not in the solicitation and the offeror has an active SAM registration, indicate by checking a box whether paragraph (e) applies or whether the offeror completed the individual representations and certifications in the solicitation.
- If relying on SAM, verify that the posted representations and certifications have been entered or updated within the last 12 months and are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to the solicitation as of the offer date.
- Identify any changes to the SAM representations and certifications by provision number, title, and date.
Key terms: System for Award Management (SAM) · representations and certifications · Offeror · solicitation · annual representations and certifications
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The text
As prescribed in 204.1202, use the following provision:
Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications (OCT 2025)
Substitute the following paragraphs (b), (d), and (e) for paragraphs (b) and (d) of the provision at FAR 52.204-8:
(b)(1) If the provision at FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, is included in this solicitation, paragraph (e) of this provision applies.
(2) If the provision at FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, is not included in this solicitation, and the Offeror has an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), the Offeror may choose to use paragraph (e) of this provision instead of completing the corresponding individual representations and certifications in the solicitation. The Offeror shall indicate which option applies by checking one of the following boxes:
____ (i) Paragraph (e) applies.
____ (ii) Paragraph (e) does not apply and the Offeror has completed the individual representations and certifications in the solicitation.
(d)(1) The following representations or certifications in the SAM database are applicable to this solicitation as indicated:
(i) 252.204-7016, Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation. Applies to all solicitations.
(ii) 252.216-7008, Economic Price Adjustment—Wage Rates or Material Prices Controlled by a Foreign Government. Applies to solicitations for fixed-price supply and service contracts when the contract is to be performed wholly or in part in a foreign country, and a foreign government controls wage rates or material prices and may during contract performance impose a mandatory change in wages or prices of materials.
(iii) 252.225-7042, Authorization to Perform. Applies to all solicitations when performance will be wholly or in part in a foreign country.
(iv) 252.225-7049, Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commercial Satellite Services—Representations. Applies to solicitations for the acquisition of commercial satellite services.
(v) 252.225-7050, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism. Applies to all solicitations expected to result in contracts of $200,000 or more.
(vi) 252.229-7012, Tax Exemptions (Italy)—Representation. Applies to solicitations when contract performance will be in Italy.
(vii) 252.229-7013, Tax Exemptions (Spain)—Representation. Applies to solicitations when contract performance will be in Spain.
(2) The following representations or certifications in SAM are applicable to this solicitation as indicated by the Contracting Officer: [Contracting Officer check as appropriate.]
(e) The Offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov After reviewing the SAM database information, the Offeror verifies by submission of the offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically that apply to this solicitation as indicated in FAR 52.204-8(c) and paragraph (d) of this provision have been entered or updated within the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), as of the date of this offer, and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201); except for the changes identified below [Offeror to insert changes, identifying change by provision number, title, date]. These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer.
Any changes provided by the Offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications located in the SAM database.
(End of provision)
Sections it refers to
- 204.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
- 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
- 52.204-7 System for Award Management.
- 252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation.
- 252.216-7008 Economic price adjustment—wage rates or material prices controlled by a foreign government—representation.
- 252.225-7042 Authorization to perform.
- 252.225-7049 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commercial Satellite Services—Representations.
- 252.225-7050 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
- 252.229-7012 Tax exemptions (Italy)—representation.
- 252.229-7013 Tax exemptions (Spain)—representation.
- 4.1201 Policy.
Sections that refer to it
- 204.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
← 252.204-7006 Billing Instructions—Cost Vouchers. · 252.204-7008 Compliance with safeguarding covered defense information controls. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 252
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modifications to Printed Circuit Board Acquisition Restrictions (DFARS Case 2022-D011) ↗ · proposed 2026-07-02 · comments due 2026-08-31
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Certification Requirement for Military Recruitment Advertising (DFARS Case 2024-D022) ↗ · proposed 2026-06-25 · comments due 2026-08-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Small Purchase Exception for the Acquisition of U.S. Flags (DFARS Case 2024-D013) ↗ · proposed 2026-06-25 · comments due 2026-08-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Mitigating Risks Related to Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (DFARS Case 2021-D011) ↗ · proposed 2026-05-07 · comments due 2026-07-06
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041) ↗ · final rule 2025-09-10 · effective 2025-11-10
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023); Correction ↗ · final rule 2025-08-28 · effective 2025-08-28
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Disclosure of DoD Funding in Technical Publications (DFARS Case 2024-D003) ↗ · proposed 2025-08-25 · comments due 2025-10-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-08-25
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.