SpendQueryBeta

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: · · ·

Clear

82 sections with “timely request”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.215-7016 Notification to Offerors—Postaward Debriefings.
    … sources by DoD for the procurement (10 U.S.C. 3014). (b) Postaward debriefing. (1) Upon timely request, the Government will provide a written or oral postaward debriefing to successful or unsuccessful offerors for contract awards valued a…
  • DFARS 252.216-7010 Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders.
    …fings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders (Oct 2025) (a) Postaward debriefing. (1) Upon timely request, the Government will provide a written or oral postaward debriefing for task orders or delivery orders valued at $15 million or more to…
  • FAR 15.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
    …at was notified of exclusion from the competition (see 15.505(a)), but failed to submit a timely request, is not entitled to a debriefing. (4)(i) Untimely debriefing requests may be accommodated. (ii) Government accommodation of a request…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …aph (c) of this section). (c)(1) Any contracting officer who receives a protest, whether timely or not, or who, as the contracting officer, wishes to protest the small business representation of an offeror, or rerepresentation of a contrac…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …ion needed for the intended use of the property. The warranties of suitability of use and timely delivery of Government-furnished property do not apply to property acquired or fabricated by the Contractor as contractor-acquired property and…
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    …ceiving, identifying, recording, and safeguarding facsimile proposals, and ensuring their timely delivery to the designated proposal delivery location. (2) If facsimile proposals are authorized, contracting officers may request offeror(s) …
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …fication is not required. (2) Any protest received after the designated time limits is untimely, unless it is from the contracting officer or SBA. (f) The contracting officer shall forward all protests with a referral letter to the Direct…
  • FAR 22.1009-4 All possible places of performance not identified.
    …or's competing for the proposed acquisition. (d) If the contracting officer receives any timely requests for wage determinations for additional places of performance the contracting officer shall— (1) Obtain wage determinations for the ad…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …ribed in agency acquisition regulations. (15) Manage special bank accounts. (16) Ensure timely notification by the contractor of any anticipated overrun or underrun of the estimated cost under cost-reimbursement contracts. (17) Monitor t…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    …ent of the offense and the individuals responsible for the conduct. It includes providing timely and complete response to Government auditors' and investigators' request for documents and access to employees with information; (2) Does not …
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …s means the final anticipated dollar value, including the dollar value of all options. Untimely payment means a payment to a subcontractor that is more than 90 days past due under the terms and conditions of a subcontract for supplies and …
  • DFARS 227.7203-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.
    …ier contractor. (2) There is reason to believe that the contractor will not respond in a timely manner to a challenge and an untimely response would jeopardize a subcontractor's or supplier's right to assert restrictions; or (3) Requested…
  • FAR 3.1003 Requirements.
    …able, a contractor may be suspended and/or debarred for knowing failure by a principal to timely disclose to the Government, in connection with the award, performance, or closeout of a Government contract performed by the contractor or a su…
  • FAR 15.505 Preaward debriefing of offerors.
    … of any protest filed subsequent to the debriefing. (3) If the offeror does not submit a timely request, the offeror need not be given either a preaward or a postaward debriefing. Offerors are entitled to no more than one debriefing for ea…
  • FAR 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    …ification is not required. (2) Any protest received after the designated time limit is untimely, unless it is from the contracting officer or SBA. (f)(1) The contracting officer shall forward all protests to SBA. The protests are to be su…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …s entered into an installment agreement pursuant to I.R.C. § 6159. The taxpayer is making timely payments and is in full compliance with the agreement terms. The taxpayer is not delinquent because the taxpayer is not currently required to m…
  • DFARS 227.7103-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.
    …er contractor; (ii) There is reason to believe that the contractor will not respond in a timely manner to a challenge and an untimely response would jeopardize a subcontractor's or suppliers right to assert restrictions; or (iii) Requeste…
  • DFARS 252.234-7002 Earned Value Management System.
    …l misstatement of such information will not be prevented, or detected and corrected, on a timely basis. A reasonable possibility exists when the likelihood of an event occurring is— (1) Probable; or (2) More than remote but less than like…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ordinated and integrated through a comprehensive plan for fulfilling the agency need in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost. It includes developing the overall strategy for managing the acquisition. Activity Address Code (AAC) means a…
  • FAR 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    …s entered into an installment agreement pursuant to I.R.C. § 6159. The taxpayer is making timely payments and is in full compliance with the agreement terms. The taxpayer is not delinquent because the taxpayer is not currently required to m…
  • FAR 9.406-3 Procedures.
    …ministrative agreement. (2) The suspending and debarring official is responsible for the timely and accurate submission of documentation reflecting the administrative agreement. The submission should be made within 3 working days. (3) Wit…
  • FAR 9.407-3 Procedures.
    …ministrative agreement. (2) The suspending and debarring official is responsible for the timely and accurate submission of documentation reflecting the administrative agreement. The submission should be made within 3 working days. (3) Wit…
  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    …er has given both the incumbent contractor and its employees' collective bargaining agent timely written notification of the applicable acquisition dates (see 22.1010). (d)(1) If 41 U.S.C. 6707(c) applies, the contracting officer shall obt…
  • FAR 26.103 Procedures.
    …ficer will notify the prime contractor upon receipt of a challenge. (1) To be considered timely, a challenge shall— (i) Be in writing; (ii) Identify the basis for the challenge; (iii) Provide detailed evidence supporting the claim; and …
  • FAR 33.103 Protests to the agency.
    …t to the agency's acquisition system, may consider the merits of any protest which is not timely filed. (f) Action upon receipt of protest. (1) Upon receipt of a protest before award, a contract may not be awarded, pending agency resolutio…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …agement or business relations. (v) Small business subcontracting, including reduced or untimely payments to small business subcontractors when 19.702(a) requires a subcontracting plan (as applicable, see Table 42-2). (vi) Other (as applic…
  • FAR 49.105-2 Release of excess funds.
    …contracting officer. The initial deobligation of excess funds should be accomplished in a timely manner by the contracting officer, or the TCO, if delegated the responsibility. The TCO shall not recommend the release of amounts under $1,000…
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    …suing the solicitation of any bundled requirement (see 7.107-5(b)). (h) Notice regarding timely definitization of equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts. When the contracting officer anticipates award of a con…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …he best value (see 8.404(d) and 8.405-4). After award, ordering activities should provide timely notification to unsuccessful offerors. If an unsuccessful offeror requests information on an award that was based on factors other than price a…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …st value (see 8.404(d) and 8.405-4). (3) After award, ordering activities should provide timely notification to unsuccessful offerors. If an unsuccessful offeror requests information on an award that was based on factors other than price a…
  • FAR 14.202-7 Facsimile bids.
    …or receiving, identifying, recording, and safeguarding facsimile bids, and ensuring their timely delivery to the bids opening location. (b) If facsimile bids are authorized, contracting officers may, after the date set for bid opening, req…
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …fication is not required. (2) Any protest received after the designated time limits is untimely, except— (i) The VA or SBA may file an SDVOSB status protest at any time; and (ii) The contracting officer, SBA, or VA may file an SDVOSB sta…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    …the subcontract, and notify the contracting officer if the offeror pays a reduced or an untimely payment to a small business subcontractor (see 52.242-5). (b) Contractors may establish, on a plant or division-wide basis, a master subcontra…
  • FAR 22.406-8 Investigations.
    …the contractor of the final findings. (ii) If the contracting officer does not receive a timely rebuttal, the contracting officer must consider the preliminary findings final. (4) If appropriate, request the contractor to make restitution…
  • FAR 22.1003-7 Questions concerning applicability of the Service Contract Labor Standards statute.
    …uest the advice of the agency labor advisor. Unresolved questions shall be submitted in a timely manner to the Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, for determination.
  • FAR 22.1012-2 Wage determinations based on collective bargaining agreements.
    …c). (c) The limitations in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection shall apply only if timely notification required in 22.1010 has been given. (d) If the contracting officer has submitted an e98 to Department of Labor requesting a wage …
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …re and extent of an offense and the individuals responsible for the conduct; (2) Provide timely and complete responses to Government auditors' and investigators' requests for documents; (3) Cooperate fully in providing reasonable access t…
  • FAR 27.305-1 Goals.
    …ions are established; (3) When patent protection is appropriate, patent applications are timely filed and prosecuted by contractors or by the Government; (4) The rights of the Government in filed patent applications are documented by form…
  • FAR 31.205-41 Taxes.
    … the contracting officer or by reason of the failure of the contracting officer to ensure timely direction after a prompt request. (4) The Environmental Tax found at section 59A of the Internal Revenue Code, also called the “Superfund Tax.…
  • FAR 32.112-1 Subcontractor assertions of nonpayment.
    … is not in compliance, the contracting officer may— (1) Encourage the contractor to make timely payment to the subcontractor or supplier; or (2) If authorized by the applicable payment clauses, reduce or suspend progress payments to the c…

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.