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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 8: Required Sources of Supplies and Services

FAR 8.005 Contract clause.

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 the clause at 52.208-9 in solicitations and contracts where the contractor must provide supplies or services for Government use that appear on the Procurement List maintained by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. It matters to contractors because it means certain supplies or services must be bought from a mandatory source, and the contract schedule will name those items and the specific source.

Applies to: Solicitations and contracts requiring a contractor to provide supplies or services for Government use that are on the Procurement List

What it requires

  • The contracting officer must insert the clause at 52.208-9 in those solicitations and contracts
  • The contracting officer must identify in the contract schedule the supplies or services that shall be purchased from a mandatory source and the specific source

Key terms: 52.208-9 · Contractor Use of Mandatory Sources of Supply and Services · Procurement List · Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled · mandatory source

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

The text

Insert the clause at 52.208-9, Contractor Use of Mandatory Sources of Supply and Services, in solicitations and contracts that require a contractor to provide supplies or services for Government use that are on the Procurement List maintained by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. The contracting officer shall identify in the contract schedule the supplies or services that shall be purchased from a mandatory source and the specific source.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.208-9 Contractor Use of Mandatory Sources of Supply or Services.

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.208-9 Contractor Use of Mandatory Sources of Supply or Services.

← 8.004 Use of other sources. · 8.101 [Reserved] →

Rule changes for FAR Part 8

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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