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

FAR 52.252-3 Alterations in Solicitation.

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 section tells contracting officers to include a provision in solicitations when they need to revise or supplement parts of the solicitation that apply only to the solicitation phase. It matters to contractors because it signals that some solicitation terms have been changed, and the changes must be clearly identified.

Applies to: Solicitations that need solicitation-phase revisions or supplements

What it requires

  • Include clear identification of what is being altered

Key terms: solicitation · provision · alterations · deviation

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

The text

As prescribed in 52.107(c), insert the following provision in solicitations in order to revise or supplement, as necessary, other parts of the solicitation that apply to the solicitation phase only, except for any provision authorized for use with a deviation. Include clear identification of what is being altered.

Alterations in Solicitation (APR 1984)

Portions of this solicitation are altered as follows:

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 52.107 Provisions and clauses prescribed in subpart 52.1.

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.102 Incorporating provisions and clauses.
  • 52.107 Provisions and clauses prescribed in subpart 52.1.

← 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference. · 52.252-4 Alterations in Contract. →

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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