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

FAR 52.251-1 Government Supply Sources.

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 lets the Contracting Officer authorize the contractor to use Government supply sources to perform the contract. Any property the contractor acquires under that authorization belongs to the Government unless the contract says otherwise, and the Government Property clause at FAR 52.245-1 applies to it.

Applies to: Contractors authorized by the Contracting Officer to use Government supply sources

Key terms: Government supply sources · authorization · title · Government Property · Contracting Officer

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

The text

As prescribed in 51.107, insert the following clause:

Government Supply Sources (APR 2012)

The Contracting Officer may issue the Contractor an authorization to use Government supply sources in the performance of this contract. Title to all property acquired by the Contractor under such an authorization shall vest in the Government unless otherwise specified in the contract. The provisions of the clause at FAR 52.245-1, Government Property, apply to all property acquired under such authorization.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.250-5 SAFETY Act—Equitable Adjustment. · 52.251-2 Interagency Fleet Management System Vehicles and Related Services. →

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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