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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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38 sections with “representations and certifications”

  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    As prescribed in 4.1202(a), insert the following provision: Annual Representations and Certifications (MAR 2026) (a)(1) The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is _______ [insert NAICS code]. (…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    As prescribed in 12.301(b)(2), insert the following provision: Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (OCT 2025) The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offero…
  • DFARS 252.204-7007 Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications.
    As prescribed in 204.1202, use the following provision: Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications (OCT 2025) Substitute the following paragraphs (b), (d), and (e) for paragraphs (b) and (d) of the provision at FAR 52.204-8: …
  • FAR 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications.
    As prescribed in 4.1202(b), insert the following clause: Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (DEC 2014) The Contractor's representations and certifications, including those completed electronically via the Sys…
  • FAR 4.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    (a) Insert the provision at 52.204-8, Annual Representations and Certifications, in solicitations, except for solicitations for commercial products or commercial services issued under part 12. The contracting officer shall check the applica…
  • FAR 14.201-5 Part IV—Representations and instructions.
    The contracting officer shall prepare the representations and instructions as follows: (a) Section K, Representations, certifications, and other statements of bidders. Include in this section those solicitation provisions that require repr…
  • FAR 15.204-5 Part IV—Representations and Instructions.
    The contracting officer shall prepare the representations and instructions as follows: (a) Section K, Representations, certifications, and other statements of offerors. Include in this section those solicitation provisions that require rep…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … (7) “Remit to” address, if different than mailing address; (8) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications …
  • DFARS 204.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    When using the provision at FAR 52.204-8, Annual Representations and Certifications— (1) Use the provision with 252.204-7007, Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications; and (2) When the provision at FAR 52.204-7, System for A…
  • FAR 4.1201 Policy.
    (a) Offerors and quoters are required to complete electronic annual representations and certifications in SAM accessed via https://www.sam.gov as a part of required registration (see FAR 4.1102). (b)(1) All registrants are required to revi…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …e specific acquisition in accordance with 12.302. (2) The provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services This provision provides a single, consolidated list of representations …
  • FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.
    … Services—Representation, or in paragraph (v)(2)(i) of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services. The Offeror shall not complete the representation in paragraph (d)(2) …
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …of the following provisions listed in this paragraph electronically as part of its annual representations and certifications at https://www.sam.gov, the contracting officer shall consider this information instead of requiring the offeror to…
  • FAR 14.201-9 Simplified contract format.
    …articular acquisition. (d) List of documents and attachments. Include if necessary. (e) Representations and instructions—(1) Representations and certifications. Insert those solicitation provisions that require representations, certificat…
  • FAR 22.1505 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …ommercial products or commercial services that include the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. The contracting officer must identify in paragraph (b) of the provisio…
  • FAR 52.102 Incorporating provisions and clauses.
    …r prospective contractor. This instruction also applies to provisions completed as annual representations and certifications. (b) Except for provisions and clauses prescribed in 52.107, any provision or clause that can be accessed electron…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …able agency regulations and procedures. (v) Incorporation by reference. The Contractor's representations and certifications, including those completed electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM), are incorporated by reference …
  • FAR 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
    …on(s) required by paragraphs (b) and (c) of this clause by validating or updating all its representations in the Representations and Certifications section of the System for Award Management (SAM) and its other data in SAM, as necessary, to…
  • DFARS 223.501-70 Disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions.
    …contractors, greenhouse gas emission information that may otherwise be provided in annual representations and certifications in response to the following provisions: (i) FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management. (ii) FAR 52.204-8, Annual…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …006 (see subpart 4.14), into SAM; (2) The Contractor has completed the Core, Assertions, Representations and Certifications, and Points of Contact sections of the registration in SAM; (3) The Government has validated all mandatory data fi…
  • FAR 4.1200 Scope.
    …is subpart prescribes policies and procedures for requiring submission and maintenance of representations and certifications via the System for Award Management (SAM) to— (a) Eliminate the administrative burden for contractors of submittin…
  • FAR 14.201-1 Uniform contract format.
    … (SF 26), or Standard Form 1447, Solicitation/Contract (SF 1447), incorporates Section K, Representations, certifications, and other statements of bidders, in the resultant contract even though not physically attached. The representations a…
  • FAR 19.304 Small disadvantaged business status.
    …ed business concern (SDB) concern. (b) The provision at 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations, or 52.212-3(c)(5), Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, is used to collect SDB dat…
  • FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance.
    …006 (see subpart 4.14), into SAM; (2) The Contractor has completed the Core, Assertions, Representations and Certifications, and Points of Contact sections of the registration in SAM; (3) The Government has validated all mandatory data fi…
  • FAR 4.203 Taxpayer identification information.
    …payer Identification, or paragraph (l) of the solicitation provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications— Commercial Products and Commercial Services, the contracting officer shall, unless otherwise provided in agency pr…
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    … the solicitation that the offeror or quoter has altered or annotated. (11) Contractor's representations and certifications (see 4.1201(c)). (12) Preaward survey reports or reference to previous preaward survey reports relied upon. (13) …
  • FAR 4.1102 Policy.
    … in SAM at the time an offer or quotation is submitted in order to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements except for— (1) Purchases under the micro-purchase threshold that use a Governmentwide commercial pur…
  • FAR 9.109-4 Certification by the offeror.
    … is required to submit the certification with the offer. It is not included in the annual representations and certifications in the System for Award Management. (c) The contracting officer may rely on an offeror's certification unless the …
  • FAR 12.303 Contract format.
    …or other description of evaluation factors for award, if used; and (4) 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications— Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
  • FAR 12.603 Streamlined solicitation for commercial products or commercial services.
    …ement advising offerors to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, with its offer. (xi) A statement that the clause at 52.212-4, Contrac…
  • FAR 15.102 Oral presentations.
    … require each offeror to submit part of its proposal through oral presentations. However, representations and certifications shall be submitted as required in the FAR provisions at 52.204-8(d) or 52.212-3(b), and a signed offer sheet (inclu…
  • FAR 15.204-1 Uniform contract format.
    …in the resulting contract, but shall retain it in the contract file. (See 4.1201(c).) The representations and certifications are incorporated by reference in the contract by using 52.204-19 (see 4.1202(b)) or for acquisitions of commercial …
  • FAR 23.502 Solicitation provision.
    …204-7, System for Award Management, is included in the solicitation (see 52.204-8, Annual Representations and Certifications).
  • FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management.
    …006 (see subpart 4.14) into SAM; (2) The offeror has completed the Core, Assertions, and Representations and Certifications, and Points of Contact sections of the registration in SAM; (3) The Government has validated all mandatory data fi…
  • DFARS 252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation.
    … as part of any system, unless a waiver is granted. (d) Representation. If in its annual representations and certifications in SAM the Offeror has represented in paragraph (c) of the provision at 252.204-7016, Covered Defense Telecommunica…
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    …description, and required delivery dates for the item; (5) Applicable certifications and representations; (6) Anticipated contract terms and conditions; (7) Instructions to offerors and evaluation criteria for other than sole source acti…
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …understood by the employee or potential employee, basic information or making material misrepresentations during the recruitment of employees regarding the key terms and conditions of employment, including wages and fringe benefits, the loc…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …understood by the employee or potential employee, basic information or making material misrepresentations during the recruitment of employees regarding the key terms and conditions of employment, including wages and fringe benefits, the loc…

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DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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