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 “long-range acquisition estimates”

  • FAR 5.404-2 Announcements of long-range acquisition estimates.
    … the needs of the individual case, may be accomplished by announcing through the GPE that long-range acquisition estimates have been published and are obtainable, upon request, from the contracting officer.
  • FAR 5.404 Release of long-range acquisition estimates.
    … additional sources of supply, it may be desirable to publicize estimates of unclassified long-range acquisition requirements. Estimates may be publicized as far in advance as possible.
  • FAR 14.211 Release of acquisition information.
    …solicitation except for presolicitation notices in accordance with 14.205 or 36.213-2, or long-range acquisition estimates in accordance with 5.404, or synopses in accordance with 5.201. Within the Government, such information shall be rest…
  • FAR 5.404-1 Release procedures.
    (a) Application. The agency head, or a designee, may release long-range acquisition estimates if the information will— (1) Assist industry in its planning and facilitate meeting the acquisition requirements; (2) Not encourage undesirable …
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    …rs may transmit to the GPE special notices of procurement matters such as business fairs, long-range procurement estimates, prebid or preproposal conferences, meetings, and the availability of draft solicitations or draft specifications for…

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.