FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 37: Service Contracting › Subpart 37.2
FAR 37.202 Exclusions.
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 lists activities that are excluded or exempted from the definition of advisory or assistance services. It matters to contractors because it clarifies which services fall outside that category, which can affect how a contract is classified and competed.
Applies to: Contracts for advisory and assistance services
Key terms: advisory or assistance services · routine information technology services · architectural and engineering services · basic research
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
The following activities and programs are excluded or exempted from the definition of advisory or assistance services:
(a) Routine information technology services unless they are an integral part of a contract for the acquisition of advisory and assistance services.
(b) Architectural and engineering services as defined in 40 U.S.C. 1102.
(c) Research on theoretical mathematics and basic research involving medical, biological, physical, social, psychological, or other phenomena.
← 37.201 Definition. · 37.203 Policy. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 37
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 6, 7, 10, 18, 26, 37, and 41 ↗ · proposed 2026-06-23 · comments due 2026-07-23
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Sustainable Procurement ↗ · final rule 2024-04-22 · effective 2024-05-22
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.