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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 3: Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest › Subpart 3.2

FAR 3.203 Reporting suspected violations of the Gratuities clause.

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 requires agency personnel to report suspected violations of the Gratuities clause to the contracting officer or another designated official, following agency procedures. It also requires agencies to publish those reporting procedures, specifying what and how to report and the channels reports must pass through. It matters to contractors because it establishes how suspected gratuities violations are reported within the agency.

Applies to: Agency personnel

What it requires

  • Report suspected violations of the Gratuities clause to the contracting officer or other designated official in accordance with agency procedures.

Key terms: Gratuities clause · contracting officer · designated official · agency procedures

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

The text

Agency personnel shall report suspected violations of the Gratuities clause to the contracting officer or other designated official in accordance with agency procedures. The agency reporting procedures shall be published as an implementation of this section 3.203 and shall clearly specify—

(a) What to report and how to report it; and

(b) The channels through which reports must pass, including the function and authority of each official designated to review them.

Sections that refer to it

  • 203.070 Reporting of violations and suspected violations.

← 3.202 Contract clause. · 3.204 Treatment of violations. →

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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