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

FAR 52.214-3 Amendments to Invitations for Bids.

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 explains what happens when an invitation for bids is amended: unchanged terms stay the same, and bidders must acknowledge receipt of the amendment. The Government must receive that acknowledgement by the time and place set for receiving bids, so failing to acknowledge can affect a bid. It matters because it tells bidders how to confirm they saw any amendment before the bid deadline.

Applies to: Bidders responding to an amended invitation for bids

What it requires

  • Acknowledge receipt of any amendment to the solicitation
  • Ensure the Government receives the acknowledgement by the time and place specified for receipt of bids

Key terms: amendment · invitation for bids · bidder · acknowledgement · solicitation

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(b)(1), insert the following provision:

Amendments to Invitations for Bids (DEC 2016)

(a) If this solicitation is amended, then all terms and conditions which are not modified remain unchanged.

(b)(1) Bidders shall acknowledge receipt of any amendment to this solicitation—

(i) By signing and returning the amendment;

(ii) By identifying the amendment number and date in space provided for this purpose on the form for submitting a bid;

(iii) By letter;

(iv) By facsimile, if facsimile bids are authorized in the solicitation; or

(v) By email, if email bids are authorized in the solicitation.

(2) The Government must receive the acknowledgement by the time and at the place specified for receipt of bids.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.214-1-52.214-2 [Reserved] · 52.214-4 False Statements in Bids. →

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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