FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 26: Other Socioeconomic Programs › Subpart 26.3
FAR 26.304 Solicitation provision.
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 to include the provision at 52.226-2 in certain solicitations. It applies when the solicitation is above the micro-purchase threshold and is for research, studies, supplies, or services normally acquired from higher educational institutions. Contractors bidding on such solicitations will see this representation requirement.
Applies to: Solicitations above the micro-purchase threshold for research, studies, supplies, or services normally acquired from higher educational institutions
Key terms: micro-purchase threshold · solicitation · provision · 52.226-2 · higher educational institutions
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Insert the provision at 52.226-2, Historically Black College or University and Minority Institution Representation, in solicitations exceeding the micro-purchase threshold, for research, studies, supplies, or services of the type normally acquired from higher educational institutions.
Sections it refers to
- 52.226-2 Historically Black College or University and Minority Institution Representation.
Sections that refer to it
- 52.226-2 Historically Black College or University and Minority Institution Representation.
← 26.303 Data collection and reporting requirements. · 26.400 Scope of subpart. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 26
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 6, 7, 10, 18, 26, 37, and 41 ↗ · proposed 2026-06-23 · comments due 2026-07-23
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Improving Consistency Between Procurement and Nonprocurement Procedures on Suspension and Debarment ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Sustainable Procurement ↗ · final rule 2024-04-22 · effective 2024-05-22
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.