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The FAR is the Federal Acquisition Regulation (Title 48, chapter 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations): the rules every federal agency follows when it buys goods and services, from market research and set-asides to contract clauses. It is not the aviation rules (the Federal Aviation Regulations, Title 14). The DFARS is the Defense Department's supplement to it. Every part and section is here, searchable, with a plain-English guide to each part and answers cited to the sections.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-13). 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.

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  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …product, or whether the market for the product is new or emerging. (7 U.S.C. 8101) (7 CFR 3201.2). Broad agency announcement means a general announcement of an agency's research interest including criteria for selecting proposals and solic…
  • FAR 32.001 Definitions.
    …t to the interest penalty provisions of the Prompt Payment Act in accordance with subpart 32.9). A commercial interim payment is given to the contractor after some work has been done, whereas a commercial advance payment is given to the con…
  • FAR 32.002 Applicability of subparts.
    …lowing sections and subparts of this part are applicable to all purchases subject to part 32: (1) Sections 32.000 through 32.009. (2) Subpart 32.3, Loan Guarantees for Defense Production. (3) Subpart 32.6, Contract Debts. (4) Subpart 32…
  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … and contract clause. This solicitation provision shall be constructed in accordance with 32.204 or 32.205. If the procedure at 32.205 is used, the solicitation provision at 52.232-31, Invitation to Propose Financing Terms, shall be include…
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …. Except as prescribed in paragraphs (c) through (f) of this section, or as authorized in 32.908(a)(2) or (c)(2), the due date for making an invoice payment is as follows: (1) The later of the following two events: (i) The 30th day after …
  • FAR 32.906 Making payments.
    …case-by-case basis; or (2) That the use of accelerated payment methods is necessary. See 32.903(a)(5), but see 32.009-1(a). (b) Payment office. The designated payment office— (1) Will mail checks on the same day they are dated; (2) For …
  • FAR 32.908 Contract clauses.
    (a) Insert the clause at 52.232-26, Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts, in solicitations and contracts that contain the clause at 52.232-10, Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts. (1) As authorize…
  • FAR 52.232-25 Prompt payment.
    As prescribed in 32.908(c), insert the following clause: Prompt Payment (JAN 2017) Notwithstanding any other payment clause in this contract, the Government will make invoice payments under the terms and conditions specified in this claus…
  • FAR 52.232-26 Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    As prescribed in 32.908(a), insert the following clause: Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts (JAN 2017) Notwithstanding any other payment terms in this contract, the Government will make invoice payments under the …
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    As prescribed in 32.908(b), insert the following clause: Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts (JAN 2017) Notwithstanding any other payment terms in this contract, the Government will make invoice payments under the terms and conditio…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …FARS or consistent with customary commercial practices (section 874(b)(1)(A), Pub. L. 114-328). (i) Part 203—Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest. (A) Use the FAR clause at 52.203-3, Gratuities, as prescribed in F…
  • DFARS 232.901 Applicability.
    (1) Except for FAR 32.908, FAR subpart 32.9, Prompt Payment, does not apply when— (i) There is— (A) An emergency, as defined in the Disaster Relief Act of 1974; (B) A contingency operation (see FAR 2.101(b)); or (C) The release or threa…
  • DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.
    As prescribed in 232.7004(a), use the following clause: Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (DEC 2018) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Contract financing payment means an authorized Government disburs…
  • DFARS 252.232-7011 Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations.
    As prescribed in section 232.908, use the following clause: Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations (MAY 2013) (a) Definitions of pertinent terms are set forth in sections 2.101, 32.001, and 32.902 of the Federal Acq…
  • FAR 32.202-2 Types of payments for commercial product and commercial service purchases.
    …t to the interest penalty provisions of the Prompt Payment Act in accordance with subpart 32.9). These payments are not subject to subpart 32.4, Advance Payments for Other Than Commercial Acquisitions. Commercial interim payment (See 32.00…
  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …) Price or cost to the Government shall be evaluated in every source selection (10 U.S.C. 3206(c)(1)(B) and 41 U.S.C. 3306(c)(1)(B)) (also see part 36 for architect-engineer contracts), subject to the exception listed in paragraph (c)(1)(ii…
  • FAR 32.104 Providing contract financing.
    …ontract financing deemed to be in the Government's best interest in the solicitation (see 32.106 and 32.113); and (5) Monitor the contractor's use of the contract financing provided and the contractor's financial status. (b) If the contra…
  • FAR 32.110 Payment of subcontractors under cost-reimbursement prime contracts.
    … under the following conditions: (a) The payments are made under the criteria in subpart 32.5 for customary progress payments based on costs, 32.202-1 for commercial product or commercial service purchase financing, or 32.1003 for performa…
  • FAR 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
    …spect to payment due dates, in accordance with agency regulations— (1) The clause at 52.232-1, Payments, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price supply contract, a fixed-price service contract, or a contract for nonregulated comm…
  • FAR 32.113 Customary contract financing.
    …cordance with part 14 through progress payments based on costs in accordance with subpart 32.5. (d) Financing of contracts for supplies or services awarded under the competitive negotiation method of procurement in accordance with part 15,…
  • FAR 32.402 General.
    … agency shall authorize advance payments sparingly. Except for the contracts described in 32.403(a) and (b), advance payment is the least preferred method of contract financing (see 32.106) and generally they should not be authorized if oth…
  • FAR 32.502-4 Contract clauses.
    (a)(1) Insert the clause at 52.232-16, Progress Payments, in— (i) Solicitations that may result in contracts providing for progress payments based on costs; and (ii) Fixed-price contracts under which the Government will provide progress p…
  • FAR 32.504 Subcontracts under prime contracts providing progress payments.
    …ntracts may include either performance-based payments, provided they meet the criteria in 32.1003, or progress payments, provided they meet the criteria in subpart 32.5 for customary progress payments, but not both. Subcontracts for commerc…
  • FAR 32.607-2 Deferment of collection.
    … the appeal has been filed. (iv) A copy of the contracting officer's final decision (see 32.605). (d) The office designated in agency procedures may authorize a deferment pending the resolution of appeal to avoid possible overcollections.…
  • FAR 32.805 Procedure.
    …d to administer oaths. (b) Filing. The assignee shall forward to each party specified in 32.802(e) an original and three copies of the notice of assignment, together with one true copy of the instrument of assignment. The true copy shall b…
  • FAR 32.905 Payment documentation and process.
    …T banking information in accordance with the applicable solicitation provision (e.g., 52.232-38, Submission of Electronic Funds Transfer Information with Offer), contract clause (e.g., 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System …
  • FAR 32.1108 Payment by Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    …y at a later date for the third party's payment to the contractor. (a) The clause at 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party, governs when a contractor submits a charge against the purchase card for contract payment. The clause provides that the…
  • FAR 32.1110 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at— (1) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management, in solicitations and contracts that include the provision at 52.204-7, System for Award Management, or…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …tion in accordance with the applicable solicitation provision, contract clause (e.g., 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award Management, or 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other Than System for Awa…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ideo Surveillance Services or Equipment. (NOV 2021) (Section 889(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-232). (4) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (NOV 2015). (5) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Smal…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …ideo Surveillance Services or Equipment. (NOV 2021) (Section 889(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-232). (iv) 52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (JUN 2023) (Section 102 of Division R of Pub. L. 117-328), unless the agency gran…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    As prescribed in 32.502-4(a), insert the following clause: Progress Payments (NOV 2021) The Government will make progress payments to the Contractor when requested as work progresses, but not more frequently than monthly, in amounts of $2…
  • FAR 52.232-28 Invitation To Propose Performance-Based Payments.
    As prescribed in 32.1005(b)(1), insert the following provision: Invitation To Propose Performance-Based Payments (MAR 2000) (a) The Government invites the offeror to propose terms under which the Government will make performance-based con…
  • FAR 52.232-31 Invitation To Propose Financing Terms.
    As prescribed in 32.205(b) and 32.206, insert the following provision: Invitation To Propose Financing Terms (DEC 2022) (a) The offeror is invited to propose terms under which the Government shall make contract financing payments during c…
  • DFARS 201.402 Policy.
    …tions, or DFARS subpart 231.2, Contracts with Commercial Organizations; or (vi) FAR part 32, Contract Financing (except subparts 32.7 and 32.8 and the payment clauses prescribed by subpart 32.1), or DFARS part 232, Contract Financing (exce…
  • DFARS 204.7501 Definitions.
    …icy requires or permits an agency to handle using safeguarding or dissemination controls (32 CFR 2002.4(h)). Current means— (1) With regard to Conditional Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Status— (i) Not older than 180 d…
  • DFARS 215.101-2-70 Limitations and prohibitions.
    …h section 813 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328) as amended by section 822 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91) (see 10 U.S.C. 3241 note prec.), the lo…
  • DFARS 232.908 Contract clauses.
    Use the clause at 252.232-7011, Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and…
  • DFARS 232.1005-70 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …(1) For performance-based payments made on a whole-contract basis, use the clause at 252.232-7012, Performance-Based Payments—Whole-Contract Basis. (2) For performance-based payments made on a deliverable-item basis, use the clause at 252.…
  • DFARS 232.7004 Contract clauses.
    (a) Unless an exception to submission in electronic form at 232.7002(a) applies and instructions for invoices are contained in the contract administration data section of the contract, task order, or delivery order, use the clause at 252.23…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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How can I understand the FAR without reading all of it?

Start with the five parts a small business meets first, read each part's plain-English guide, and ask questions in plain words: Ask the FAR answers from the matching sections and cites each one.

  1. Part 2, Definitions: what the terms mean (simplified acquisition threshold, commercial product).
  2. Part 19, Small Business Programs: set-asides, the rule of two, size, 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB and SDVOSB.
  3. Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures: how buys up to the simplified acquisition threshold are made.
  4. Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation: proposals, evaluation, discussions and debriefings.
  5. Part 52, Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses: the clauses your contract will contain.

Part 2 → · Part 19 → · Part 13 → · Part 15 → · Part 52 → · Search the FAR, rules and executive orders together → · Guide: the FAR without reading all of it →

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It is the codified text from the eCFR, refreshed monthly. The FAR is being rewritten (the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul): agencies apply class deviations with new text before the formal rules are published, so check the overhaul notice on each part and the rule changes in progress.

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.