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

FAR 52.223-1 Biobased Product Certification.

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 requires an offeror to certify, by signing its offer, that biobased products it will use or deliver under the contract meet the applicable specifications or contractual requirements. It matters because the certification becomes part of the offer and covers products in USDA-listed categories, except those not purchased as a direct result of the contract.

Applies to: Offerors responding to solicitations that include this provision

What it requires

  • Certify, by signing the offer, that biobased products to be used or delivered in contract performance will comply with applicable specifications or other contractual requirements

Key terms: Biobased Product Certification · biobased products · offeror · United States Department of Agriculture · 7 CFR part 3201, subpart B

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The text

As prescribed in 23.109(c)(1), insert the following provision:

Biobased Product Certification (MAY 2024)

As required by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101(4)) and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (7 U.S.C. 8102(a)(2)(F)), the offeror certifies, by signing this offer, that biobased products (within categories of products listed by the United States Department of Agriculture in 7 CFR part 3201, subpart B) to be used or delivered in the performance of the contract, other than biobased products that are not purchased by the offeror as a direct result of this contract, will comply with the applicable specifications or other contractual requirements.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 23.109 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 4.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
  • 23.107-2 Biobased products.
  • 23.109 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
  • 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.

← 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706. · 52.223-2 Reporting of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts. →

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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