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

FAR 52.214-18 Preparation of Bids—Construction.

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 construction contractors how to prepare their bids. Bids must be submitted on the Government's forms (or copies) and be manually signed, and the signer must initial any erasure or change. It also explains the bidding bases allowed, the consequences of not bidding on all required items, and that alternate bids are only considered if the solicitation authorizes them.

Applies to: Bidders submitting bids for construction contracts under this solicitation

What it requires

  • Submit bids on the forms furnished by the Government or on copies of those forms
  • Manually sign the bid
  • Initial each erasure or change appearing on any bid form
  • If the solicitation requires bidding on all items, bid on all items or be disqualified

Key terms: Lump sum bidding · Alternate prices · Units of construction · Alternate bids · no bid

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

The text

As prescribed in 14.201-6(l), insert the following provision:

Preparation of Bids—Construction (APR 1984)

(a) Bids must be (1) submitted on the forms furnished by the Government or on copies of those forms, and (2) manually signed. The person signing a bid must initial each erasure or change appearing on any bid form.

(b) The bid form may require bidders to submit bid prices for one or more items on various bases, including—

(1) Lump sum bidding;

(2) Alternate prices;

(3) Units of construction; or

(4) Any combination of subparagraphs (1) through (3) above.

(c) If the solicitation requires bidding on all items, failure to do so will disqualify the bid. If bidding on all items is not required, bidders should insert the words no bid in the space provided for any item on which no price is submitted.

(d) Alternate bids will not be considered unless this solicitation authorizes their submission.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.214-17 [Reserved] · 52.214-19 Contract Award—Sealed Bidding—Construction. →

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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