This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council) in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2026-01. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide...

The FAR Council will post deviation guidance with plain language versions of individual FAR parts, and buying guides with innovative procurement techniques for different phases of the acquisition ...

What Is The Federal Acquisition Regulation? (FAR) The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is all about allowability: it says what you can charge to the government through a government contract—and what you cannot.

The FAR provides uniform acquisition policies and procedures for use by all Executive agencies. An electronic version of the official FAR is available at www.ecfr.gov, under Title 48, Chapter 1. The GSA version of the FAR is available at www.acquisition.gov. For DoD class deviations from the FAR or DFARS, see Class Deviations.

The FAR, which is codified in Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.), generally governs acquisitions of goods and services by executive branch agencies. The FAR articulates the guiding principles for the federal acquisition system, which include satisfying the customer in terms of cost, quality, and timeliness of the delivered goods and services; minimizing operating costs ...

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is the primary regulation for use by all executive agencies in their acquisition of supplies and services with appropriated funds. The FAR also contains standard solicitation provisions and contract clauses and the various agency FAR supplements.