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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.203-2 Certificate of Independent Price Determination.

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 provision requires an offeror to certify that its prices were set independently, without collusion or disclosure to competitors, and without attempts to restrict competition. It matters because signing the offer creates a binding certification, and any exception to the non-disclosure rule must be explained in a signed statement.

Applies to: Offerors submitting bids or proposals under solicitations that include this provision

What it requires

  • Certify that prices were arrived at independently without consultation or agreement with competitors.
  • Certify that prices have not been and will not be knowingly disclosed to competitors before bid opening or contract award, unless required by law.
  • Certify that no attempt has been made or will be made to induce another concern to submit or not submit an offer to restrict competition.
  • If deleting or modifying subparagraph (a)(2), furnish a signed statement detailing the circumstances of the disclosure.

Key terms: offeror · certifies · bid opening · contract award · sealed bid solicitation

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

The text

As prescribed in 3.103-1, insert the following provision. If the solicitation is a Request for Quotations, the terms Quotation and Quoter may be substituted for Offer and Offeror.

Certificate of Independent Price Determination (APR 1985)

(a) The offeror certifies that—

(1) The prices in this offer have been arrived at independently, without, for the purpose of restricting competition, any consultation, communication, or agreement with any other offeror or competitor relating to (i) those prices, (ii) the intention to submit an offer, or (iii) the methods or factors used to calculate the prices offered;

(2) The prices in this offer have not been and will not be knowingly disclosed by the offeror, directly or indirectly, to any other offeror or competitor before bid opening (in the case of a sealed bid solicitation) or contract award (in the case of a negotiated solicitation) unless otherwise required by law; and

(3) No attempt has been made or will be made by the offeror to induce any other concern to submit or not to submit an offer for the purpose of restricting competition.

(b) Each signature on the offer is considered to be a certification by the signatory that the signatory—

(1) Is the person in the offeror's organization responsible for determining the prices being offered in this bid or proposal, and that the signatory has not participated and will not participate in any action contrary to subparagraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) above; or

(2)(i) Has been authorized, in writing, to act as agent for the following principals in certifying that those principals have not participated, and will not participate in any action contrary to subparagraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) above

[insert full name of person(s) in the offeror's organization responsible for determining the prices offered in this bid or proposal, and the title of his or her position in the offeror's organization];

(ii) As an authorized agent, does certify that the principals named in subdivision (b)(2)(i) above have not participated, and will not participate, in any action contrary to subparagraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) above; and

(iii) As an agent, has not personally participated, and will not participate, in any action contrary to subparagraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) above.

(c) If the offeror deletes or modifies subparagraph (a)(2) above, the offeror must furnish with its offer a signed statement setting forth in detail the circumstances of the disclosure.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 3.103-1 Solicitation provision.
  • 4.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
  • 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.

← 52.203-1 [Reserved] · 52.203-3 Gratuities. →

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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