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FAR 9.507-1 Solicitation provisions.

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 requires that solicitations affected by significant potential organizational conflicts of interest include a provision alerting offerors to the conflict rules. The provision must describe the potential conflict, any proposed restraint on future contractor activities, and whether those terms are negotiable. It matters because it tells contractors upfront about restrictions that could limit their ability to win future contracts or subcontracts.

Applies to: Affected solicitations involving significant potential organizational conflicts of interest

What it requires

  • Include a provision in affected solicitations that invites offerors' attention to this subpart
  • State the nature of the potential conflict as seen by the contracting officer
  • State the nature of the proposed restraint upon future contractor activities
  • State whether the terms of any proposed clause and the application of this subpart are subject to negotiation

Key terms: organizational conflicts of interest · restraint · contractor's eligibility · solicitation provision · contracting officer

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

The text

As indicated in the general rules in 9.505, significant potential organizational conflicts of interest are normally resolved by imposing some restraint, appropriate to the nature of the conflict, upon the contractor's eligibilityfor future contracts or subcontracts. Therefore, affected solicitations shall contain a provision that—

(a) Invites offerors' attention to this subpart;

(b) States the nature of the potential conflict as seen by the contracting officer;

(c) States the nature of the proposed restraint upon future contractor activities; and

(d) Depending on the nature of the acquisition, states whether or not the terms of any proposed clause and the application of this subpart to the contract are subject to negotiation.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 9.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clause. · 9.507-2 Contract clause. →

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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