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 “qualified manufacturers list”

  • FAR 52.209-1 Qualification Requirements.
    …qualification before award of this contract. The product, manufacturer, or source must be qualified at the time of award whether or not the name of the product, manufacturer, or source is actually included on a qualified products list, qual…
  • FAR 9.204 Responsibilities for establishment of a qualification requirement.
    … borne only if it is determined in accordance with agency procedures that such additional qualified sources or products are likely to result in cost savings from increased competition for future requirements sufficient to amortize the costs…
  • FAR 9.201 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Qualified bidders list (QBL) means a list of bidders who have had their products examined and tested and who have satisfied all applicable qualification requirements for that product or have otherwise satisfied all…
  • FAR 9.203 QPL's, QML's, and QBL's.
    …otential offeror not yet included on an applicable list.) (b) Specifications requiring a qualified product are included— (1) In the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions; and (2) On the Departmen…
  • FAR 9.205 Opportunity for qualification before award.
    …r establishing a qualification requirement must keep any list maintained of those already qualified open for inclusion of additional products, manufacturers, or other potential sources.

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.