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

FAR 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options.

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 when the Government evaluates offers for award, it will add the total price of all options to the total price of the basic requirement, unless it determines that doing so is not in its best interests. This matters because your evaluated price may include option prices, but the Government is not obligated to actually exercise those options.

Applies to: Contractors submitting offers under solicitations that include this provision

Key terms: options · basic requirement · evaluate offers · exercise the option(s)

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

The text

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

Evaluation of Options (JUL 1990)

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 offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

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

Sections that refer to it

  • 17.202 Use of options.
  • 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 52.217-4 Evaluation of Option Exercised at Time of Contract Award. · 52.217-6 Option for Increased Quantity. →

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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