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FAR 52.215-3 Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes.

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 that the Government is not going to award a contract based on this solicitation and will not pay for the information it requests, except as an allowable cost under other contracts. It also clarifies that even though the words "proposal" and "offeror" are used, your response is only information and will not be treated as a proposal. The solicitation states its purpose in paragraph (c).

Applies to: Contractors responding to a Request for Information or solicitation for planning purposes

Key terms: Request for Information · solicitation · proposal · offeror · Bid and proposal costs

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

The text

As prescribed in 15.209(c), insert the following provision:

Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (OCT 1997)

(a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(b) Although “proposal” and “offeror” are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal.

(c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of: [state purpose].

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 15.209 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
  • 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.

Sections that refer to it

  • 15.209 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 52.215-2 Audit and Records—Negotiation. · 52.215-4 [Reserved] →

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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