FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 35: Research and Development Contracting
FAR 35.010 Scientific and technical reports.
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 says that R&D contracts must require contractors to provide scientific and technical reports as a permanent record of the work. It also directs agencies to share R&D results and tells contracting officers to follow agency rules on security, data protection, and technology dissemination.
Applies to: Contractors performing R&D contracts
What it requires
- Furnish scientific and technical reports consistent with the objectives of the effort involved
- Submit a copy of the report documentation page (SF 298) with the report when the agency requires it
Key terms: scientific and technical reports · R&D contracts · National Technical Information Service (NTIS) · Standard Form (SF) 298 · report documentation page
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) R&D contracts shall require contractors to furnish scientific and technical reports, consistent with the objectives of the effort involved, as a permanent record of the work accomplished under the contract.
(b) Agencies should make R&D contract results available to other Government activities and the private sector. Contracting officers shall follow agency regulations regarding such matters as national security, protection of data, and new-technology dissemination policy. Reports should be sent to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. When agencies require that completed reports be covered by a report documentation page, Standard Form (SF) 298, Report Documentation Page, the contractor should submit a copy with the report.
Sections that refer to it
- 53.235 Research and Development Contracting (SF 298).
← 35.009 Subcontracting research and development effort. · 35.011 Data. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 35
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 16, 17, and 35 ↗ · proposed 2026-09-18 · comments due 2026-10-19
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.