A community resource for the acquisition workforce
—not a .gov website
Community-maintained
part52.dev is built and maintained by members of the federal acquisition community to help with navigating DoD acquisition regulation.
Not affiliated with the U.S. Government
This site is not operated, endorsed or sanctioned by the U.S. Government. Data is sourced from public regulatory sources including eCFR.gov and acquisition.gov. Always verify against official sources.
The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul has published a revised version of this clause. The RFO version supersedes the eCFR text below for contracts using the RFO model; see the RFO deviation for applicability.
52.216-1 Type of Contract.
As prescribed in 16.105, complete and insert the following provision:
Type of Contract (APR 1984)
The Government contemplates award of a ______ [
Contracting Officer insert specific type of contract
] contract resulting from this solicitation.
(End of provision)
[48 FR 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 34761, July 3, 1995]
16.105
The contracting officer shall complete and insert the provision at 52.216-1, Type of Contract, in a solicitation unless it is for-
(a) A fixed-price acquisition made under simplified acquisition procedures; or
(b) Information or planning purposes.
Prescription data sourced from eCFR as of 2026-06-10 03:16 UTC.
Cross-references within the prescription are not resolved automatically.
Regulatory Stack
The layers of regulation that govern this clause, from the FAR prescription through agency-specific supplements and any active deviations.
RFORFO VersionOverhauled clause text
The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul publishes a revised version of this clause. See the RFO Version tab for the controlling authority under the RFO model.
Version history is sourced from the codified eCFR. Changes published only as class deviations or by the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul do not appear here until they are incorporated into the eCFR. For RFO-driven changes see the RFO Version tab and any active deviations cited above.
No version history available from eCFR.
RFO Version
Comparison of the codified eCFR text against the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul revision. Highlights show additions (green) and deletions (red, struck through).
Clause Text
Substantive changes. The RFO version differs materially from the eCFR text.
eCFR (codified)
RFO (implemented)
Unchanged
52.216-1 Type of Contract.
eCFR (codified)
RFO (implemented)
1 added, 1 removed
As prescribed in 16.105, complete and insert the following provision:
As prescribed in 16.104, complete and insert the following provision:
2 added, 2 removed
Type of Contract (APR 1984)
Type of Contract (DEVIATION DATE)
1 added, 1 removed
The Government contemplates award of a ______ [Contracting Officer insert specific type of contract] contract resulting from this solicitation.
The Government contemplates award of a ______________ [Contracting Officer insert specific type of contract] contract resulting from this solicitation.
(End of provision)
(End of provision)
17 added, 14 removed
[48 FR 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 34761, July 3, 1995]
Alternate I (DEVIATION DATE). As prescribed in 16.104, Include the following as paragraph (a) of the basic provision:
7 added
Offerors may propose an alternative contract type.
Prescription
Substantive changes. The RFO prescription differs materially from the eCFR prescription.
eCFR (codified)
RFO (implemented)
Unchanged
52.216-1 Type of Contract.: Prescription
eCFR (codified)
RFO (implemented)
24 added, 5 removed
The contracting officer shall complete and insert the provision at 52.216-1, Type of Contract, in a solicitation unless it is for-
The contracting officer may complete and insert the provision at 52.216-1, Type of Contract, in a solicitation. When the solicitation provides for the opportunity for an offeror to propose an alternative contract type, include the provision with its Alternate I.
10 removed
(a)
(a) A fixed-price acquisition made under simplified acquisition procedures; or