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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 4: Administrative and Information Matters › Subpart 4.12

FAR 4.1200 Scope.

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 that the FAR subpart sets rules for submitting and keeping representations and certifications through SAM. It matters because it aims to reduce duplicate paperwork for contractors and makes their information available government-wide, while allowing those representations and certifications to be included in awarded contracts by reference.

Applies to: Contractors submitting representations and certifications via SAM

Key terms: representations and certifications · System for Award Management (SAM) · incorporate by reference · contracting offices · procurement offices

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

The text

This subpart prescribes policies and procedures for requiring submission and maintenance of representations and certifications via the System for Award Management (SAM) to—

(a) Eliminate the administrative burden for contractors of submitting the same information to various contracting offices;

(b) Establish a common source for this information to procurement offices across the Government; and

(c) Incorporate by reference the contractor's representations and certifications in the awarded contract.

← 4.1105 Solicitation provision and contract clauses. · 4.1201 Policy. →

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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