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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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  • FAR 22.304 Variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …ive or at the request of any Federal agency, may provide reasonable limitations and allow variations, tolerances, and exemptions to and from any or all provisions of the statute (see 29 CFR 5.15). (b) The Secretary of Labor may make variat…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …may provide reasonable limitations and may make rules and regulations allowing reasonable variations, tolerances, and exemptions to and from any or all provisions of the Service Contract Labor Standards statute other than 41 U.S.C. 6707(f).…
  • FAR 52.236-21 Specifications and Drawings for Construction.
    …sponsibility for complying with the requirements of this contract, except with respect to variations described and approved in accordance with (f) below. (f) If shop drawings show variations from the contract requirements, the Contractor s…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …for making false statements is prescribed in the U.S. Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C. 1001. (q) Variations, Tolerances, and Exemptions Involving Employment. Notwithstanding any of the provisions in paragraphs (b) through (o) of this clause, the f…
  • FAR 1.702 General.
    …ded for a reasonable degree of flexibility. Furthermore, in their application, reasonable variations in estimated quantities or prices are permitted, unless the D&F specifies otherwise. (b) When an option is anticipated, the D&F shall stat…
  • FAR 4.1004 Establishing subline items.
    …ne items may be established for— (1) Items that are basically the same, except for minor variations such as— (i) Size or color; (ii) Accounting classification, but see also 4.1005-1(a)(4); or (iii) Date of delivery, destination, or peri…
  • FAR 11.701 Supply contracts.
    …r delivery of the specified quantity of items in a fixed-price contract, within allowable variations, if any. If a contractor delivers a quantity of items in excess of the contract requirements plus any allowable variation in quantity, part…
  • FAR 12.302 Tailoring of provisions and clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …he broad range of commercial products and commercial services acquired by the Government, variations in commercial practices, and the relative volume of the Government's acquisitions in the specific market, contracting officers may, within …
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    …; (8) Proposal due date and time; and (9) Other relevant information; e.g., incentives, variations in delivery schedule, cost proposal support, and data requirements. (f) Oral RFPs are authorized when processing a written solicitation wo…
  • FAR 16.203-4 Contract clauses.
    … using this method shall be prepared and approved under agency procedures. Because of the variations in circumstances and clause wording that may arise, no standard clause is prescribed.
  • FAR 16.405-1 Cost-plus-incentive-fee contracts.
    …provide an incentive that will be effective over the full range of reasonably foreseeable variations from target cost. If a high maximum fee is negotiated, the contract shall also provide for a low minimum fee that may be a zero fee or, in …
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    …quipment, methods, and processes and in which the distinctive features include only— (i) Variations in size, shape, or capacity of conventional structures; or (ii) Purely artistic or aesthetic (as distinguished from functionally significa…
  • FAR 28.308 Self-insurance.
    …tory, and industry ratios; (7) A formula for establishing reserves, including percentage variations between losses paid and losses reserved; (8) Claims administration policy, practices, and procedures; (9) The method of calculating the p…
  • FAR 41.501 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    … same as” basis (see 52.101) which permits the contracting officer to prepare and utilize variations of the prescribed provision and clauses in accordance with agency procedures. (b) The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations fo…
  • FAR 42.705-3 Educational institutions.
    …t may be used, but appropriate steps should be taken to identify and evaluate significant variations in costs incurred or in bases used that may have a bearing on the reasonableness of the proposed rates. However, in the case of smaller con…
  • FAR 49.402-6 Repurchase against contractor's account.
    …lting contractor for more than the undelivered quantity terminated for default (including variations in quantity permitted by the terminated contract). Generally, the contracting officer will make a decision whether or not to repurchase bef…
  • FAR 52.211-17 Delivery of Excess Quantities.
    …9) The Contractor is responsible for the delivery of each item quantity within allowable variations, if any. If the Contractor delivers and the Government receives quantities of any item in excess of the quantity called for (after consider…
  • FAR 52.241-6 Service Provisions.
    …of contract or otherwise, to the Government for failure, suspension, diminution, or other variations of service occasioned by or in consequence of any cause beyond the control of the Contractor, including but not limited to acts of God or o…
  • DFARS 252.229-7004 Status of contractors as a direct contractor (Spain).
    … agencies prior to the arrival of the equipment, material, or supplies in Spain. Seasonal variations in processing times are common, and the Contractor should program its projects accordingly. Any delay or expense arising directly or indire…

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.