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

FAR 52.210-1 Market Research.

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 clause requires a contractor to conduct market research before awarding certain subcontracts. It applies to subcontracts for other than commercial acquisitions that are above the simplified acquisition threshold. The research is meant to find out whether commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items are available or could be used.

Applies to: Contractors awarding subcontracts for other than commercial acquisitions over the simplified acquisition threshold

What it requires

  • Conduct market research before awarding subcontracts for other than commercial acquisitions over the simplified acquisition threshold
  • Determine if commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items are available that meet, could be modified to meet, or could meet modified requirements
  • Determine the extent to which commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items could be incorporated at the component level

Key terms: commercial product · commercial service · nondevelopmental item · simplified acquisition threshold · market research

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

The text

As prescribed in 10.003, insert the following clause:

Market Research (NOV 2021)

(a) Definition. As used in this clause—

Commercial product, commercial service, and nondevelopmental item have the meaning contained in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101.

(b) Before awarding subcontracts for other than commercial acquisitions, where the subcontracts are over the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in FAR 2.101 on the date of subcontract award, the Contractor shall conduct market research to—

(1) Determine if commercial products, commercial services, or, to the extent commercial products suitable to meet the agency's needs are not available, nondevelopmental items are available that—

(i) Meet the agency's requirements;

(ii) Could be modified to meet the agency's requirements; or

(iii) Could meet the agency's requirements if those requirements were modified to a reasonable extent; and

(2) Determine the extent to which commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items could be incorporated at the component level.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 10.003 Contract clause.
  • 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 52.209-14 Reserve Officer Training Corps and Military Recruiting on Campus. · 52.211-1 Availability of Specifications Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29. →

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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