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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 9: Contractor Qualifications › Subpart 9.7

FAR 9.703 Contracting with individual pool members.

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 that individual members of a contractor pool may submit their own offers separate from the pool. However, if a pool member is part of a competing pool offer, the contracting officer cannot consider that member's independent offer. Also, when a pool member submits an individual offer, the contracting officer will review the pool agreement as part of determining if that member is a responsible contractor.

Applies to: Contractor pool members and contracting officers

Key terms: pool members · individual offers · competing offer · pool agreement · responsible prospective contractor

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

The text

(a) Pool members may submit individual offers, independent of the pool. However, the contracting officer shall not consider an independent offer by a pool member if that pool member participates in a competing offer submitted by the pool.

(b) If a pool member submits an individual offer, independent of the pool, the contracting officer shall consider the pool agreement, along with other factors, in determining whether that pool member is a responsible prospective contractor under subpart 9.1.

← 9.702 Contracting with pools.

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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