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DFARS 252.215-7009 Proposal Adequacy Checklist.

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 complete a Proposal Adequacy Checklist, providing the location of requested information or explaining why it is not provided. It matters because it makes the offeror document where required proposal information can be found, or why it is missing. Offerors may also choose to have prospective subcontractors use the same or a similar checklist.

Applies to: Offerors responding to solicitations that include this provision

What it requires

  • Complete the Proposal Adequacy Checklist
  • Provide the location of requested information, or explain why the requested information is not provided

Key terms: offeror · Proposal Adequacy Checklist · subcontractors

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

The text

As prescribed in 215.408(4), use the following provision:

Proposal Adequacy Checklist (MAR 2023)

The offeror shall complete the following checklist, providing location of requested information, or an explanation of why the requested information is not provided. In preparation of the offeror's checklist, offerors may elect to have their prospective subcontractors use the same or similar checklist as appropriate.

Proposal Adequacy Checklist

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 252.215-7008 Only One Offer. · 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data. →

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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