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

FAR 52.236-25 Requirements for Registration of Designers.

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 that the design of architectural or engineering features of the work be prepared or reviewed and approved by architects or engineers who are registered in the relevant professional field. It matters to contractors because it sets a qualification requirement for who may perform or approve design work on the project.

Applies to: Architects or engineers performing or approving design work under the contract

What it requires

  • Ensure that architects or engineers registered in the particular professional field involved in a State, the District of Columbia, or an outlying area of the United States prepare or review and approve the design of architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, or other engineering featu

Key terms: registered · architects · engineers · design · outlying area

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The text

As prescribed in 36.609-4, insert the following clause:

Requirements for Registration of Designers (JUN 2003)

Architects or engineers registered to practice in the particular professional field involved in a State, the District of Columbia, or an outlying area of the United States shall prepare or review and approve the design of architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, or other engineering features of the work.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 36.609-4 Requirements for registration of designers.

Sections that refer to it

  • 36.609-4 Requirements for registration of designers.

← 52.236-24 Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts. · 52.236-26 Preconstruction Conference. →

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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