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

DFARS 252.225-7042 Authorization to perform.

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 represent that it is duly authorized to operate and do business in the country or countries where the contract will be performed. It matters because the government uses this representation to confirm the contractor can legally perform the work in the required location.

Applies to: Offerors responding to solicitations that include this provision

What it requires

  • Represent that it has been duly authorized to operate and do business in the country or countries where the contract is to be performed

Key terms: offeror · represent · duly authorized · country or countries · contract is to be performed

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

The text

As prescribed in 225.1103(3), use the following provision:

Authorization to Perform (APR 2003)

The offeror represents that it has been duly authorized to operate and to do business in the country or countries in which the contract is to be performed.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 204.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
  • 225.1103 Other provisions and clauses.
  • 252.204-7007 Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications.

← 252.225-7041 Correspondence in English. · 252.225-7043 Antiterrorism/force protection policy for defense contractors outside the United States. →

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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