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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 4: Administrative and Information Matters › Subpart 4.10

FAR 4.1007 Solicitation alternative line item proposal.

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 solicitations should be structured so offerors can propose alternative line items, as described in 4.1008 and 52.212-1(e). It gives the example that when items are solicited using units like kit, set, or lot, an offeror may not be able to group and deliver all items in one shipment.

Applies to: Solicitations and offerors responding to them

Key terms: alternative line items · solicitations · offerors · units of measure · kit, set, or lot

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The text

Solicitations should be structured to allow offerors to propose alternative line items (see 4.1008 and 52.212-1(e)). For example, when soliciting certain items using units of measure such as kit, set, or lot, the offeror may not be able to group and deliver all items in a single shipment.

Sections it refers to

  • 4.1008 Solicitation provision.
  • 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

← 4.1006 Modifications. · 4.1008 Solicitation provision. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 4

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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