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

FAR 52.223-2 Reporting of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts.

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 requires contractors performing service and construction contracts to report purchases of biobased products that fall within USDA-designated product categories. The report covers product types and dollar values purchased during the previous Government fiscal year and must be submitted to SAM.gov with a copy to the Contracting Officer. It matters because it creates an annual and end-of-contract reporting obligation tied to biobased product purchasing.

Applies to: Contractors under service and construction contracts that include this clause

What it requires

  • Report to https://www.sam.gov, with a copy to the Contracting Officer, on the product types and dollar value of biobased products in USDA-designated product categories purchased during the previous Government fiscal year (October 1 to September 30)
  • Submit the report no later than October 31 of each year during contract performance
  • Submit the report at the end of contract performance

Key terms: Biobased product · USDA-designated product category · Government fiscal year · Contracting Officer

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

The text

As prescribed in 23.109(c)(2), insert the following clause:

Reporting of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts (MAY 2024)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

Biobased product means a product determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to be a commercial product or industrial product (other than food or feed) that is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural materials and forestry materials, or that is an intermediate ingredient or feedstock. The term includes, with respect to forestry materials, forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding the market share the product holds, the age of the product, or whether the market for the product is new or emerging. (7 U.S.C. 8101) (7 CFR 3201.2).

USDA-designated product category means a generic grouping of products that are or can be made with biobased materials—

(1) That are listed by USDA in a procurement guideline (7 CFR part 3201, subpart B); and

(2) For which USDA has provided purchasing recommendations (available at https://www.biopreferred.gov).

(b) The Contractor shall report to https://www.sam.gov, with a copy to the Contracting Officer, on the product types and dollar value of any biobased products in USDA-designated product categories purchased by the Contractor during the previous Government fiscal year, between October 1 and September 30; and

(c) Submit this report no later than—

(1) October 31 of each year during contract performance; and

(2) At the end of contract performance.

Sections it refers to

  • 23.109 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 23.107-2 Biobased products.
  • 23.109 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
  • 42.302 Contract administration functions.
  • 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.

← 52.223-1 Biobased Product Certification. · 52.223-3 Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data. →

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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