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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2

DFARS 252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation.

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 requires an offeror to check SAM for parties excluded from receiving federal awards related to covered defense telecommunications equipment or services, and to represent whether it provides such equipment or services as part of its offered products or services to the Government. It matters because the offeror must make this representation when responding to a solicitation, which affects eligibility and compliance.

Applies to: Offerors responding to solicitations that include this provision

What it requires

  • Review the list of excluded parties in SAM for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for covered defense telecommunications equipment or services
  • Represent whether it does or does not provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument

Key terms: covered defense telecommunications equipment or services · Offeror · System for Award Management (SAM) · excluded parties · representation

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

The text

As prescribed in 204.2105(a), use the following provision:

Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation (DEC 2019)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision, covered defense telecommunications equipment or services has the meaning provided in the clause 252.204-7018, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services.

(b) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for “covered defense telecommunications equipment or services”.

(c) Representation. The Offeror represents that it [ ] does, [ ] does not provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 204.2105 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
  • 252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services.

Sections that refer to it

  • 204.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
  • 204.2103 Procedures.
  • 204.2105 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 252.204-7007 Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications.
  • 252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation.

← 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support. · 252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

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

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