Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 11 Requirements; FAR Sections Affected: 52.211-7, 52.211-8, 52.211-9

This clearance covers the information that offerors or contractors must submit to comply with the following FAR requirements: a. FAR 52.211-7, Alternatives to Government-Unique Standards. This solicitation provision permits offerors to propose alternatives to Government-unique standards in response to Government solicitations. When an offeror proposes a voluntary consensus standard as an alternative to a Government-unique standard included in a solicitation, the offeror must furnish data and/or information regarding the alternative in sufficient detail for the Government to determine if it meets the Government’s requirements. This provision is prescribed in FAR 11.107 for use when a solicitation uses Government-unique standards and the agency uses the transaction-based reporting method to report its use of voluntary consensus standards to the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST). This provision is optional for use if an agency uses the categorical method to report to the NIST. b. FAR 52.211-8, Time of Delivery; and 52.211-9, Desired and Required Time of Delivery. These time of delivery clauses may be used by contracting officers to set forth a required delivery schedule and to allow offerors to propose an alternative delivery schedule.

The latest form for Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 11 Requirements; FAR Sections Affected: 52.211-7, 52.211-8, 52.211-9 expires 2027-01-31 and can be found here.

Alternatives to Government-Unique Standards

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