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

FAR 52.211-2 Availability of Defense Specifications, Standards, and Data Item Descriptions in the Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System (ASSIST) website.

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 unclassified Defense specifications, standards, and data item descriptions. Most can be downloaded from the ASSIST website, and any not available there can be requested from the Defense Standardization Program Office. It matters because it gives contractors the official source for these documents during an acquisition.

Applies to: Contractors needing Defense specifications, standards, and data item descriptions

Key terms: ASSIST website · Defense specifications · standards · data item descriptions · Defense Standardization Program Office

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

The text

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

Availability of Defense Specifications, Standards, and Data Item Descriptions in the Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System (ASSIST) Website (SEP 2023)

(a) Most unclassified Defense specifications and standards may be downloaded from the ASSIST website at https://assist.dla.mil.

(b) Defense documents not available from ASSIST may be requested from the Defense Standardization Program Office by—

(1) Using the ASSIST feedback module (https://assist.dla.mil/feedback); or

(2) Contacting the Defense Standardization Program Office by telephone at 571-767-6888 or email at [email protected].

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 11.204 Solicitation provisions.

Sections that refer to it

  • 11.204 Solicitation provisions.

← 52.211-1 Availability of Specifications Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29. · 52.211-3 Availability of Specifications Not Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions. →

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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