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FAR 52.217-4 Evaluation of Option Exercised at Time of Contract Award.

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 offerors how the Government will evaluate prices when an option is exercised at the time of contract award. The Government adds the total price of the basic requirement to the price of any options exercised at award, unless it determines under FAR 17.206(b) that doing so is not in its best interests. This matters because it affects how a contractor's price will be compared against competitors.

Applies to: Offerors on solicitations that include this provision

Key terms: option · basic requirement · exercised at the time of award · total price · FAR 17.206(b)

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

The text

As prescribed in 17.208(b), insert a provision substantially the same as the following:

Evaluation of Options Exercised at Time of Contract Award (JUN 1988)

Except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government's best interests, the Government will evaluate the total price for the basic requirement together with any option(s) exercised at the time of award.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
  • 17.206 Evaluation.

Sections that refer to it

  • 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 52.217-3 Evaluation Exclusive of Options. · 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options. →

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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