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

FAR 52.215-8 Order of Precedence—Uniform Contract Format.

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 clause establishes the order of precedence for resolving inconsistencies in a solicitation or contract that uses the Uniform Contract Format. It matters because it tells a contractor which parts of the contract control when two parts conflict.

Applies to: Solicitations and contracts using the Uniform Contract Format

Key terms: Order of Precedence · Uniform Contract Format · Schedule · specifications · contract clauses

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

The text

As prescribed in 15.209(h), insert the following clause:

Order of Precedence—Uniform Contract Format (OCT 1997)

Any inconsistency in this solicitation or contract shall be resolved by giving precedence in the following order:

(a) The Schedule (excluding the specifications).

(b) Representations and other instructions.

(c) Contract clauses.

(d) Other documents, exhibits, and attachments.

(e) The specifications.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 15.209 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 15.209 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
  • 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.

← 52.215-7 [Reserved] · 52.215-9 Changes or Additions to Make-or-Buy Program. →

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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