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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 3: Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest › Subpart 3.1

FAR 3.103-1 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 when to include the Certificate of Independent Price Determination provision in solicitations. It applies when a firm-fixed-price or fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment is planned, but there are exceptions. Contractors may need to complete this certificate if the provision is included.

Applies to: Contracting officers issuing solicitations for certain fixed-price contracts

Key terms: Certificate of Independent Price Determination · firm-fixed-price contract · fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment · simplified acquisition procedures · two-step sealed bidding

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

The text

The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.203-2, Certificate of Independent Price Determination, in solicitations when a firm-fixed-price contract or fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment is contemplated, unless—

(a) The acquisition is to be made under the simplified acquisition procedures in part 13;

(b) [Reserved]

(c) The solicitation is a request for technical proposals under two-step sealed bidding procedures; or

(d) The solicitation is for utility services for which rates are set by law or regulation.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.203-2 Certificate of Independent Price Determination.

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.203-2 Certificate of Independent Price Determination.

← 3.103 Independent pricing. · 3.103-2 Evaluating the certification. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 3

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

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