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

FAR 52.214-6 Explanation to Prospective Bidders.

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 prospective bidders how to get explanations about a solicitation. Requests must be in writing and early enough for a reply to reach all bidders before bids are due. Oral explanations given before award are not binding, and information given to one bidder may be shared with all bidders as an amendment.

Applies to: Prospective bidders on solicitations that include this provision

What it requires

  • Request any explanation or interpretation of the solicitation, drawings, specifications, etc., in writing
  • Make the request soon enough to allow a reply to reach all prospective bidders before bids are submitted

Key terms: prospective bidder · solicitation · amendment to the solicitation · binding

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(c)(2), insert the following provision:

Explanation to Prospective Bidders (APR 1984)

Any prospective bidder desiring an explanation or interpretation of the solicitation, drawings, specifications, etc., must request it in writing soon enough to allow a reply to reach all prospective bidders before the submission of their bids. Oral explanations or instructions given before the award of a contract will not be binding. Any information given a prospective bidder concerning a solicitation will be furnished promptly to all other prospective bidders as an amendment to the solicitation, if that information is necessary in submitting bids or if the lack of it would be prejudicial to other prospective bidders.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.214-5 Submission of Bids. · 52.214-7 Late submissions, modifications, and withdrawals of 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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