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

FAR 52.252-4 Alterations in Contract.

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 is used to revise or supplement parts of a contract or parts of a solicitation that apply after contract award. It requires clear identification of what is being altered. It does not apply to any clause authorized for use with a deviation.

Applies to: Solicitations and contracts where the contracting officer needs to alter other contract or post-award solicitation provisions

What it requires

  • Include clear identification of what is being altered

Key terms: alterations · solicitation · contract award · 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(d), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts in order to revise or supplement, as necessary, other parts of the contract, or parts of the solicitation that apply after contract award, except for any clause authorized for use with a deviation. Include clear identification of what is being altered.

Alterations in Contract (APR 1984)

Portions of this contract are altered as follows:

(End of clause)

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.
  • 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.

← 52.252-3 Alterations in Solicitation. · 52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions. →

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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