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

FAR 52.253-1 Computer Generated Forms.

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 a contractor submit required FAR Standard or Optional Forms as computer generated versions instead of the printed forms. The computer version must keep the same name, content, and order of data elements, and must show the form number and edition date. If a different version is submitted, the parties' rights and obligations are still based on the required form.

Applies to: Contractors submitting data on FAR or agency forms

What it requires

  • Keep the name, content, and sequence of data elements unchanged when using a computer generated form
  • Include the Standard or Optional Form number and edition date on the computer generated form
  • For agency unique forms, include the agency form number and edition date unless agency regulations prohibit computer generated versions

Key terms: Standard or Optional Form · computer generated version · data elements · edition date · agency unique form

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

The text

As prescribed in FAR 53.111, insert the following clause:

Computer Generated Forms (JAN 1991)

(a) Any data required to be submitted on a Standard or Optional Form prescribed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) may be submitted on a computer generated version of the form, provided there is no change to the name, content, or sequence of the data elements on the form, and provided the form carries the Standard or Optional Form number and edition date.

(b) Unless prohibited by agency regulations, any data required to be submitted on an agency unique form prescribed by an agency supplement to the FAR may be submitted on a computer generated version of the form provided there is no change to the name, content, or sequence of the data elements on the form and provided the form carries the agency form number and edition date.

(c) If the Contractor submits a computer generated version of a form that is different than the required form, then the rights and obligations of the parties will be determined based on the content of the required form.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
  • 53.111 Contract clause.

← 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses. · 52.300 Scope of subpart. →

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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