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FAR 9.104-7 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

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 which solicitation provisions and contract clauses about responsibility matters they must include based on the expected contract value. It matters to contractors because it determines what certifications, representations, and information about responsibility they will need to provide in their offers and contracts.

Applies to: Contracting officers and offerors in solicitations and contracts covered by the listed value thresholds

Key terms: simplified acquisition threshold · solicitation · contract value · provision · clause

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

The text

(a) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.209-5, Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters, in solicitations where the contract value is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

(b) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.209-7, Information Regarding Responsibility Matters, in solicitations where the resultant contract value is expected to exceed $750,000.

(c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters—

(1) In solicitations where the resultant contract value is expected to exceed $750,000; and

(2) In contracts in which the offeror checked “has” in paragraph (b) of the provision at 52.209-7.

(d) The contracting officer shall insert the provision 52.209-11, Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law, in all solicitations.

(e) For agencies receiving funds subject to section 523 of Division B of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and similar provisions in subsequent appropriations acts, the contracting officer shall insert the provision 52.209-12, Certification Regarding Tax Matters, in solicitations for which the resultant contract (including options) may have a value greater than $7 million. Division B of the Consolidated and Continuing Further Appropriations Act, 2015 appropriates funds for the following agencies: the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and the State Justice Institute.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters.
  • 52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters.
  • 52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters.
  • 52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law.
  • 52.209-12 Certification Regarding Tax Matters.

Sections that refer to it

  • 9.104-5 Representation and certifications regarding responsibility matters.
  • 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 42.1501 General.
  • 52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters.
  • 52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters.
  • 52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters.
  • 52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law.
  • 52.209-12 Certification Regarding Tax Matters.

← 9.104-6 Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System. · 9.105 Procedures. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 9

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

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