FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 4: Administrative and Information Matters › Subpart 4.10
FAR 4.1002 Applicability.
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 states which procurement instruments the policies of this subpart cover. It matters to contractors because it tells them that these rules reach solicitations, contracts, agreements with pre-priced supplies or services, and task and delivery orders, including any amendments, modifications, or change orders to those instruments.
Applies to: Procurement instruments listed in this section, including amendments, modifications, and change orders
Key terms: Solicitations · Contracts · Governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWACs) · Task and delivery orders · Agreements that include pre-priced supplies or services
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
The policies of this subpart shall apply to the following procurement instruments, to include amendments, modifications, and change orders thereto:
(a) Solicitations.
(b) Contracts, including, but not limited to, Governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWACs), multi-agency contracts (MACs), Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts, indefinite-delivery contracts, and purchase orders.
(c) Agreements that include pre-priced supplies or services.
(d) Task and delivery orders.
Sections that refer to it
- 4.1000 Scope.
← 4.1001 Policy. · 4.1003 Establishing line items. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 4
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, and 53 ↗ · 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: Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Programs ↗ · proposed 2025-06-12
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Controlled Unclassified Information ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk ↗ · proposed 2025-01-13
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Rerepresentation of Size and Socioeconomic Status ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems From Covered Foreign Entities ↗ · final rule 2024-12-30
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.