48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
FAR and DFARS navigator
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.
Ask the FAR
Try: · · ·
130 sections with “specified source”: the first 40
- FAR 6.302-5 Authorized or required by statute.…ssly authorizes or requires that the acquisition be made through another agency or from a specified source; or (ii) The agency's need is for a brand name commercial product for authorized resale. (b) Application. This authority may be use…
- FAR 8.003 Use of other mandatory sources.…gencies shall satisfy requirements for the following supplies or services from or through specified sources, as applicable: (a) Public utility services (see part 41). (b) Printing and related supplies (see subpart 8.8). (c) Leased motor …
- FAR 16.505 Ordering.…ing to reduce program risk (see 39.103(a)). (6) Orders may be placed by using any medium specified in the contract. (7) Orders placed under indefinite-delivery contracts must contain the following information: (i) Date of order. (ii) Co…
- FAR 2.101 Definitions.…r use in a defined circumstance. It adds wording to, deletes wording from, or substitutes specified wording for a portion of the basic provision or clause. The alternate version of a provision or clause is the basic provision or clause as c…
- FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.…ii) Proves that the certified cost or pricing data were available before the “as of” date specified on the Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data but were not submitted. Such offsets need not be in the same cost groupings (e.g., materi…
- FAR 25.1002 Use of foreign currency.…rformed outside the United States will require submission of offers in U.S. currency or a specified foreign currency. In unusual circumstances, the contracting officer may permit submission of offers in other than a specified currency. (b)…
- FAR 46.706 Warranty terms and conditions.…the expense of transportation for returning the defective item from the place of delivery specified in the contract (irrespective of the f.o.b. point or the point of acceptance) to the contractor's plant and subsequent return. When defectiv…
- FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.… of dollar value. (b) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead statione…
- FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).… L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) (Applies to contracts valued at or above the threshold specified in FAR 4.1403(a) on the date of award of this contract). (iii) 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (MAR 2026) …
- FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.… Time, if stated as a number of days, is calculated using calendar days, unless otherwise specified, and will include Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. However, if the last day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, then the p…
- FAR 52.216-21 Requirements.…Requirements (OCT 1995) (a) This is a requirements contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantities of supplies or services specified in the Schedule are estimates only a…
- FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.…rt of the resultant contract. The subcontracting plan shall be negotiated within the time specified by the Contracting Officer. Failure to submit and negotiate the subcontracting plan shall make the Offeror ineligible for award of a contrac…
- FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.…rge of such a mission or office. Combatant commander means the commander of a unified or specified combatant command established in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 161. Designated operational area means a geographic area designated by the comba…
- FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.…ent obtains title, unless the Contractor fails to disclose the invention within the times specified in paragraph (c) of this clause. The Contractor's license extends to any domestic subsidiaries and affiliates within the corporate structure…
- FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.…tract's type (fixed-price, incentive, or cost-reimbursement), (2) the sharing arrangement specified in paragraph (a) above (incentive, program requirement, or a combination as delineated in the Schedule), and (3) the source of the savings (…
- FAR 53.213 Simplified acquisition procedures (SF's 18, 30, 44, 1165, and 1449, and OF's 336, 347, and 348).…bed for use in obtaining price, cost, delivery, and related information from suppliers as specified in 13.307(b). SF 1449, as prescribed in 53.212, or other agency forms/automated formats, may also be used to obtain price, cost, delivery, a…
- DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.…is waived for an end product that is a COTS item (see FAR 12.505(a)(1)). Unless otherwise specified, this clause applies to all line items in the contract. (c) The Contractor shall deliver only domestic end products unless, in its offer, i…
- DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.…ncidental services does not exceed the value of the product itself. (b) Unless otherwise specified, this clause applies to all items in the Schedule. (c) The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only U.S.-made, qualifying country,…
- DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.… means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas. (b) Unless otherwise specified, this clause applies to all items in the Schedule. (c) The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only domestic end products unless, …
- DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.…nitions. As used in this clause— Combatant Commander means the commander of a unified or specified combatant command established in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 161. Contractors authorized to accompany the Force, or CAAF, means contractor pe…
- FAR 3.104-4 Disclosure, protection, and marking of contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information.… contractor agrees that the marking is not justified, or does not respond within the time specified in the notice, the contracting officer may remove the marking and release the information. (2) If, after reviewing the contractor's justifi…
- FAR 5.202 Exceptions.…nd the Government would be seriously injured if the agency complies with the time periods specified in 5.203; (3) The proposed contract action is one for which either the written direction of a foreign government reimbursing the agency for…
- FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.…ncy head has determined in accordance with the agency's standardization program that only specified makes and models of technical equipment and parts will satisfy the agency's needs for additional units or replacement items, and only one so…
- FAR 9.202 Policy.…t the purposes necessitating the establishment of the qualification requirements shall be specified. (2) Upon request to the contracting activity, potential offerors shall be provided— (i) All requirements that they or their products must…
- FAR 9.206-1 General.…actor or its product can meet the standards established for qualification before the date specified for award. (d) If a product subject to a qualification requirement is to be acquired as a component of an end item, the contracting officer…
- FAR 49.402-3 Procedure for default.…faulted by failure to make delivery of the supplies or to perform the services within the specified time. In these situations, no notice of failure or of the possibility of termination for default is required to be sent to the contractor be…
- FAR 52.246-17 Warranty of Supplies of a Noncomplex Nature.… for ____ [Contracting Officer shall state specific period of time after delivery, or the specified event whose occurrence will terminate the warranty period; e.g., the number of miles or hours of use, or combinations of any applicable even…
- FAR 52.251-1 Government Supply Sources.… the Contractor under such an authorization shall vest in the Government unless otherwise specified in the contract. The provisions of the clause at FAR 52.245-1, Government Property, apply to all property acquired under such authorization.…
- FAR 53.251 Contractor use of Government supply sources (OF 347).…, prescribed in 53.213(f), may be used by contractors when requisitioning from the VA, as specified in 51.102(e)(3)(ii).
- DFARS 202.101 Definitions.…fense committees means— (1) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(16), except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2) of this definition or as otherwise specified by statute for particular applications— (i) The Committee on Armed Services o…
- DFARS 225.7703-2 Determination requirements.Before use of a procedure specified in 225.7703-1(a), a written determination must be prepared and executed as follows: (a) For products or services to be used only by the military forces, police, or other security personnel of Afghanistan…
- DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.…ements apply: (i) Cloud computing services shall be subject to the security requirements specified in the clause 252.239-7010, Cloud Computing Services, of this contract. (ii) Any other such IT service or system (i.e., other than cloud co…
- DFARS 252.225-7017 Photovoltaic Devices.…rization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Pub. L. 111-383)). (c) Restriction. If the Contractor specified in its offer in the Photovoltaic Devices—Certificate provision of the solicitation that the estimated value of the photovoltaic devices to b…
- DFARS 252.251-7000 Ordering from Government supply sources.…lling address, and Contractor payments shall be sent to the Government remittance address specified below: (End of clause)
- FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.…ovision applies to invitations for bids except those in which the place of performance is specified by the Government. (xi) 52.215-6, Place of Performance. This provision applies to solicitations unless the place of performance is specifie…
- FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.…following the month of award of a first-tier subcontract valued at or above the threshold specified in FAR 4.1403(a) on the date of subcontract award, the Contractor shall report the following information at http://www.fsrs.gov for that fir…
- FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…oduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially termina…
- FAR 52.215-10 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data.…tor proves that the certified cost or pricing data were available before the “as of” date specified on its Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data, and that the data were not submitted before such date. (ii) An offset shall not be allo…
- FAR 52.215-11 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.…tor proves that the certified cost or pricing data were available before the “as of” date specified on its Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data, and that the data were not submitted before such date. (ii) An offset shall not be allo…
- DFARS 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.…ce acquisition from the Canadian Commercial Corporation that does not meet the thresholds specified in paragraph (2)(i)(A)(1) of this section, if approval is obtained as required at 225.870-4(c)(2)(ii); and (B) Do not use 252.225-7003 in l…
FAR (chapter 1)
- Part 1 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 58 sections
- Part 2 Definitions of Words and Terms 3 sections
- Part 3 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 98 sections
- Part 4 Administrative and Information Matters 116 sections
- Part 5 Publicizing Contract Actions 34 sections
- Part 6 Competition Requirements 34 sections
- Part 7 Acquisition Planning 34 sections
- Part 8 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 67 sections
- Part 9 Contractor Qualifications 106 sections
- Part 10 Market Research 4 sections
- Part 11 Describing Agency Needs 33 sections
- Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 38 sections
- Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 49 sections
- Part 14 Sealed Bidding 82 sections
- Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation 81 sections
- Part 16 Types of Contracts 74 sections
- Part 17 Special Contracting Methods 50 sections
- Part 18 Emergency Acquisitions 34 sections
- Part 19 Small Business Programs 126 sections
- Part 22 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 205 sections
- Part 23 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 38 sections
- Part 24 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 10 sections
- Part 25 Foreign Acquisition 81 sections
- Part 26 Other Socioeconomic Programs 36 sections
- Part 27 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 59 sections
- Part 28 Bonds and Insurance 61 sections
- Part 29 Taxes 23 sections
- Part 30 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 30 sections
- Part 31 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 87 sections
- Part 32 Contract Financing 175 sections
- Part 33 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 23 sections
- Part 34 Major System Acquisition 20 sections
- Part 35 Research and Development Contracting 25 sections
- Part 36 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 81 sections
- Part 37 Service Contracting 46 sections
- Part 38 Federal Supply Schedule Contracting 3 sections
- Part 39 Acquisition of Information Technology 14 sections
- Part 40 Information Security and Supply Chain Security 12 sections
- Part 41 Acquisition of Utility Services 17 sections
- Part 42 Contract Administration and Audit Services 84 sections
- Part 43 Contract Modifications 14 sections
- Part 44 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 24 sections
- Part 45 Government Property 33 sections
- Part 46 Quality Assurance 60 sections
- Part 47 Transportation 106 sections
- Part 48 Value Engineering 13 sections
- Part 49 Termination of Contracts 108 sections
- Part 50 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 34 sections
- Part 51 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 15 sections
- Part 52 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 680 sections
- Part 53 Forms 61 sections
DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)
- Part 201 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 24 sections
- Part 202 Definitions of Words and Terms 1 sections
- Part 203 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 28 sections
- Part 204 Administrative and Information Matters 76 sections
- Part 205 Publicizing Contract Actions 11 sections
- Part 206 Competition Requirements 20 sections
- Part 207 Acquisition Planning 22 sections
- Part 208 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 31 sections
- Part 209 Contractor Qualifications 55 sections
- Part 210 Market Research 2 sections
- Part 211 Describing Agency Needs 22 sections
- Part 212 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 24 sections
- Part 213 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 23 sections
- Part 214 Sealed Bidding 14 sections
- Part 215 Contracting by Negotiation 66 sections
- Part 216 Types of Contracts 36 sections
- Part 217 Special Contracting Methods 64 sections
- Part 218 Emergency Acquisitions 7 sections
- Part 219 Small Business Programs 47 sections
- Part 222 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 56 sections
- Part 223 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 34 sections
- Part 224 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 2 sections
- Part 225 Foreign Acquisition 251 sections
- Part 226 Other Socioeconomic Programs 14 sections
- Part 227 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 99 sections
- Part 228 Bonds and Insurance 17 sections
- Part 229 Taxes 9 sections
- Part 230 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 2 sections
- Part 231 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 232 Contract Financing 74 sections
- Part 233 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 8 sections
- Part 234 Major System Acquisition 13 sections
- Part 235 Research and Development Contracting 16 sections
- Part 236 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 25 sections
- Part 237 Service Contracting 67 sections
- Part 239 Acquisition of Information Technology 38 sections
- Part 241 Acquisition of Utility Services 8 sections
- Part 242 Contract Administration and Audit Services 40 sections
- Part 243 Contract Modifications 18 sections
- Part 244 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 245 Government Property 23 sections
- Part 246 Quality Assurance 39 sections
- Part 247 Transportation 27 sections
- Part 249 Termination of Contracts 14 sections
- Part 250 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 16 sections
- Part 251 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 5 sections
- Part 252 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 405 sections
- Part 253 Forms 10 sections
- Part 270 Defense Contracting Programs 7 sections
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.