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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 9: Contractor Qualifications › Subpart 9.1

FAR 9.106-3 Interagency preaward surveys.

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 explains how preaward surveys are handled when the contracting office and the surveying activity belong to different agencies. It requires following the procedures in FAR 9.106 and subpart 42.1, plus the regulations of the agency where the surveying activity is located, while accommodating reasonable special requests from the contracting office.

Applies to: Contracting offices and surveying activities in different agencies

What it requires

  • Follow the procedures of FAR 9.106 and subpart 42.1
  • Follow the regulations of the agency where the surveying activity is located
  • Accommodate reasonable special requests by the contracting office

Key terms: preaward survey · contracting office · surveying activity · interagency

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The text

When the contracting office and the surveying activity are in different agencies, the procedures of this section 9.106 and subpart 42.1 shall be followed along with the regulations of the agency in which the surveying activity is located, except that reasonable special requests by the contracting office shall be accommodated (also see subpart 17.5).

Sections it refers to

← 9.106-2 Requests for preaward surveys. · 9.106-4 Reports. →

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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