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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.1

FAR 52.100 Scope of subpart.

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 what the subpart covers: it gives instructions for using FAR Part 52, sets procedures for including, identifying, and changing provisions and clauses in solicitations and contracts, and describes where FAR provisions and clauses come from. It matters because it tells contractors how the contract language they see is structured and handled.

Applies to: Users of FAR Part 52 provisions and clauses

Key terms: provision · clause · solicitation · contract · alternates

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

The text

This subpart (a) gives instructions for using part 52, including the explanation and use of provision and clause numbers, prescriptions, prefaces, and the matrix; (b) prescribes procedures for incorporating, identifying, and modifying provisions and clauses in solicitations and contracts, and for using alternates; and (c) describes the derivation of FAR provisions and clauses.

← 52.000 Scope of part. · 52.101 Using part 52. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

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

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