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

FAR 9.108-5 Solicitation provision and 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 the contracting officer to include a specific solicitation provision and contract clause about not contracting with inverted domestic corporations. It matters to contractors because these requirements will appear in solicitations and contracts for products or services, including construction.

Applies to: Contracting officers issuing solicitations and contracts for products or services (including construction)

What it requires

  • Include the provision at 52.209-2 in each solicitation for products or services (including construction).
  • Include the clause at 52.209-10 in each solicitation and contract for products or services (including construction).

Key terms: inverted domestic corporations · solicitation provision · contract clause · products or services · construction

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

The text

The contracting officer shall—

(a) Include the provision at 52.209-2, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations—Representation, in each solicitation for the acquisition of products or services (including construction); and

(b) Include the clause at 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations, in each solicitation and contract for the acquisition of products or services (including construction).

Sections it refers to

  • 52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations—Representation.
  • 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations.

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations—Representation.
  • 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations.

← 9.108-4 Waiver. · 9.109 Prohibition on contracting with an entity involved in activities that violate arms control treaties or agreements with the United States. →

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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