FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 3: Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest › Subpart 3.4
FAR 3.406 Records.
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 agencies to keep evidence of the violations listed in 3.405(a) along with related records for enforcement purposes. Contracting offices may not retire or destroy these records until they are no longer needed for enforcement. If the original record is kept in a central file, a copy must be kept in the contract file.
Applies to: Agencies and contracting offices handling records related to violations in 3.405(a)
What it requires
- Preserve specific evidence of violations in 3.405(a) and all other pertinent data, including a record of actions taken
- Do not retire or destroy these records until certain they are no longer needed for enforcement purposes
- If the original record is in a central file, retain a copy in the contract file
Key terms: enforcement purposes · 3.405(a) · contracting offices · retire · contract file
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
For enforcement purposes, agencies shall preserve any specific evidence of one or more of the violations in 3.405(a), together with all other pertinent data, including a record of actions taken. Contracting offices shall not retire or destroy these records until it is certain that they are no longer needed for enforcement purposes. If the original record is maintained in a central file, a copy must be retained in the contract file.
Sections it refers to
- 3.405 Misrepresentations or violations of the Covenant Against Contingent Fees.
← 3.405 Misrepresentations or violations of the Covenant Against Contingent Fees. · 3.501 Buying-in. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 3
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 3 and 49 ↗ · 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: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Controlled Unclassified Information ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- 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: Reverse Auction Guidance ↗ · final rule 2024-07-30 · effective 2024-08-29
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Improving Consistency Between Procurement and Nonprocurement Procedures on Suspension and Debarment ↗ · proposed 2024-01-09 · comments due 2024-03-11
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.