48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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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.

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5 sections with “advisory opinion”

  • FAR 3.104-6 Ethics advisory opinions regarding prohibitions on a former official's acceptance of compensation from a contractor.
    …priate agency ethics official before accepting such compensation. (b) The request for an advisory opinion must be in writing, include all relevant information reasonably available to the official or former official, and be dated and signed…
  • FAR 37.203 Policy.
    (a) The acquisition of advisory and assistance services is a legitimate way to improve Government services and operations. Accordingly, advisory and assistance services may be used at all organizational levels to help managers achieve maxim…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ficient to support the reasonable belief that a particular act or omission has occurred. Advisory and assistance services means those services provided under contract by nongovernmental sources to support or improve: organizational policy …
  • FAR 15.202 Advisory multi-step process.
    (a) The agency may publish a presolicitation notice (see 5.204) that provides a general description of the scope or purpose of the acquisition and invites potential offerors to submit information that allows the Government to advise the off…
  • FAR 42.705-1 Contracting officer determination procedure.
    … negotiating final indirect cost rates (e.g., during the course of the performance of the advisory audit). See the clause at 52.216-7(d)(2) for the description of an adequate final indirect cost rate proposal and supporting data. (2) Once …

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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