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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 9: Contractor Qualifications › Subpart 9.5

FAR 9.501 Definition.

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 defines what a "marketing consultant" is for this subpart of the FAR. It matters because it determines which independent contractors fall under the rules for marketing consultants, and it lists several types of services that are excluded from that definition.

Applies to: Independent contractors who support the preparation or submission of an offer for a Government contract

Key terms: Marketing consultant · Independent contractor · Offeror · Offer · Government contract

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

The text

Marketing consultant, as used in this subpart, means any independent contractor who furnishes advice, information, direction, or assistance to an offeror or any other contractor in support of the preparation or submission of an offer for a Government contract by that offeror. An independent contractor is not a marketing consultant when rendering—

(1) Services excluded in subpart 37.2;

(2) Routine engineering and technical services (such as installation, operation, or maintenance of systems, equipment, software, components, or facilities);

(3) Routine legal, actuarial, auditing, and accounting services; and

(4) Training services.

← 9.500 Scope of subpart. · 9.502 Applicability. →

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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