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

FAR 52.211-1 Availability of Specifications Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29.

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 tells contractors where to find the federal specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions referenced in a solicitation. It points to the GSA Index and the ASSIST website as the source for downloading those documents. It matters because contractors need these documents to understand the requirements they must meet.

Applies to: Contractors responding to solicitations that cite federal specifications, standards, or commercial item descriptions

Key terms: GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions · FPMR Part 101-29 · ASSIST website · solicitation · commercial item descriptions

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

The text

As prescribed in 11.204(a), insert the following provision:

Availability of Specifications Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29 (SEP 2023)

(a) The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29, and copies of Federal specifications, standards, and product descriptions can be downloaded from the ASSIST website at https://assist.dla.mil.

(b) If the General Services Administration, Department of Agriculture, or Department of Veterans Affairs issued this solicitation, a copy of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained from the ASSIST website identified in paragraph (a) of this provision.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 11.204 Solicitation provisions.

Sections that refer to it

  • 11.204 Solicitation provisions.

← 52.210-1 Market Research. · 52.211-2 Availability of Defense Specifications, Standards, and Data Item Descriptions in the Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System (ASSIST) website. →

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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