FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 45: Government Property › Subpart 45.2

FAR 45.201 Solicitation.

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 tells contracting officers what they must include in solicitations when Government-furnished property is expected. It requires a detailed listing of the property, evaluation procedures, and specific information from offerors about any Government property they plan to use rent-free. Contractors need to know this because it affects what they must submit with their offers and how property costs will be evaluated.

Applies to: Contracting officers preparing solicitations and offerors responding to them when Government property is involved.

What it requires

  • Offerors must submit a list or description of all Government property they or their subcontractors propose to use on a rent-free basis, identifying the accountable contract and authorization.
  • Offerors must provide the dates the property will be available for use, including first, last, and intervening months, and details for prorating rent if used concurrently on multiple contracts.
  • Offerors must state the amount of rent that would otherwise be charged under FAR 52.245-9.
  • Offerors must describe their property management system, plan, and any customary commercial practices, voluntary consensus standards, or industry-leading practices they will use.

Key terms: Government-furnished property · as-is condition · rent-free basis · accountable contract · property management system

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

The text

(a) The contracting officer shall insert a listing of the Government property to be offered in all solicitations where Government-furnished property is anticipated (see 45.102). The listing shall include at a minimum—

(1) The name, part number and description, manufacturer, model number, and National Stock Number (if needed for additional item identification tracking and management, and disposition);

(2) Quantity/unit of measure;

(3) Unit acquisition cost;

(4) Unique-item identifier or equivalent (if available and necessary for individual item tracking and management); and

(5) A statement as to whether the property is to be furnished in an “as-is” condition and instructions for physical inspection.

(b) When Government property is offered for use in a competitive acquisition, solicitations should specify that the contractor is responsible for all costs related to making the property available for use, such as payment of all transportation, installation or rehabilitation costs.

(c) The solicitation shall describe the evaluation procedures to be followed, including rental charges or equivalents and other costs or savings to be evaluated, and shall require all offerors to submit the following information with their offers—

(1) A list or description of all Government property that the offeror or its subcontractors propose to use on a rent-free basis. The list shall identify the accountable contract under which the property is held and the authorization for its use (from the contracting officer having cognizance of the property);

(2) The dates during which the property will be available for use (including the first, last, and all intervening months) and, for any property that will be used concurrently in performing two or more contracts, the amounts of the respective uses in sufficient detail to support prorating the rent;

(3) The amount of rent that would otherwise be charged in accordance with FAR 52.245-9, Use and Charges; and

(4) A description of the offeror's property management system, plan, and any customary commercial practices, voluntary consensus standards, or industry-leading practices and standards to be used by the offeror in managing Government property.

(d) Any additional instructions to the contractor regarding property management, accountability, and use, not addressed in FAR clause 52.245-1, Government Property, should be specifically addressed in the statement of work on the contract providing property or in a special provision.

Sections it refers to

← 45.107 Contract clauses. · 45.202 Evaluation procedures. →

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

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