FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 4: Administrative and Information Matters › Subpart 4.7
FAR 4.702 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 explains when the record-retention rules in this subpart apply. It covers records created under contracts that include the Audit and Records clauses for sealed bidding or negotiation. It also notes a limited exception for certain Department of Energy contracts.
Applies to: Contracts containing the listed Audit and Records clauses, with a stated exception for certain Department of Energy contracts
Key terms: Audit and Records—Sealed Bidding (52.214-26) · Audit and Records—Negotiation (52.215-2) · record retention periods · Department of Energy contracts · Comptroller General
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) This subpart applies to records generated under contracts that contain one of the following clauses:
(1) Audit and Records—Sealed Bidding (52.214-26).
(2) Audit and Records—Negotiation (52.215-2).
(b) This subpart is not mandatory on Department of Energy contracts for which the Comptroller General allows alternative records retention periods. Apart from this exception, this subpart applies to record retention periods under contracts that are subject to 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (10 U.S.C. 3064) and 10 U.S.C. 3016 and chapter 203 or 40 U.S.C. 101, et seq.
Sections it refers to
Sections that refer to it
- 4.705 Specific retention periods.
← 4.701 Purpose. · 4.703 Policy. →
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.