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FAR 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation.

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 represent whether it provides or uses covered telecommunications equipment or services. It also requires the offeror to review the SAM exclusions list for entities excluded for such equipment or services. The representation must be based on a reasonable inquiry.

Applies to: Offerors responding to a solicitation that includes this provision

What it requires

  • Review the list of excluded parties in SAM for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for covered telecommunications equipment or services.
  • Represent whether it does or does not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services as part of its offered products or services to the Government.
  • Conduct a reasonable inquiry and represent whether it does or does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or any equipment, system, or service that uses them.

Key terms: covered telecommunications equipment or services · reasonable inquiry · Offeror · System for Award Management (SAM)

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

The text

As prescribed in 4.2105(c), insert the following provision:

Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation (OCT 2020)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision, “covered telecommunications equipment or services” and “reasonable inquiry” have the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for “covered telecommunications equipment or services”.

(c) Representations. (1) The Offeror represents that it [ ] does, [ ] does not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument.

(2) After conducting a reasonable inquiry for purposes of this representation, the offeror represents that it [ ] does, [ ] does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 4.2105 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
  • 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

Sections that refer to it

  • 4.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
  • 4.2103 Procedures.
  • 4.2105 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
  • 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
  • 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.
  • 204.2103 Procedures.

← 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. · 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application. →

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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