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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 3: Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest › Subpart 3.9

FAR 3.904-2 Procedures for investigating complaints.

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 explains how complaints are investigated under 41 U.S.C. 4712(b). After the investigation, the agency head must ensure the Inspector General's report of findings is given to the complainant and the contractor or subcontractor alleged to have committed the violation. Those parties may then submit a written response within a timeframe that lets the agency head act within 30 days of receiving the report.

Applies to: Contractors and subcontractors alleged to have committed a violation, and complainants

What it requires

  • The agency head must ensure the report of findings is provided to the complainant and the contractor and/or subcontractor alleged to have committed the violation.
  • The complainant, contractor, and/or subcontractor must be given the opportunity to submit a written response to the report of findings.

Key terms: report of findings · Inspector General · complainant · contractor · subcontractor

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

The text

(a) Investigation of complaints will be in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 4712(b).

(b) Upon completion of the investigation, the head of the agency shall ensure that the report of findings has been provided by the Inspector General to the head of the agency and to—

(1) The complainant and any person acting on the complainant's behalf; and

(2) The contractor and/or subcontractor alleged to have committed the violation.

(c) The complainant, contractor, and/or subcontractor shall be afforded the opportunity to submit a written response to the report of findings to the head of the agency and the Office of Inspector General in a time and manner that permits the agency head to take action not later than 30 days after receiving the report, as required by 3.905-1(a).

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 3.904-1 Procedures for filing complaints. · 3.905 Remedies and enforcement of orders. →

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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