# 52.211-3 Availability of Specifications Not Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions.
Type: Provision
Prescribed in: 11.204(c)
Current version date: JUN 1988

## Prescription and Applicability

### FAR Prescription, 11.204(c)

(c) The contracting officer shall insert a provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.211-3, Availability of Specifications Not Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, in solicitations that cite specifications that are not listed in the Index and are not furnished with the solicitation, but may be obtained from a designated source.

### DFARS Supplementary Guidance, 211.204

(c) When contract performance requires use of specifications, standards, and data item descriptions that are not listed in the Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System database, use a provision, as appropriate, substantially the same as 252.211-7002, Availability for Examination of Specifications, Standards, Plans, Drawings, Data Item Descriptions, and Other Pertinent Documents.

## Current Text

52.211-3 Availability of Specifications Not Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions.

As prescribed in 11.204(c), insert a provision substantially the same as the following:

Availability of Specifications Not Listed in the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions (JUN 1988)

The specifications cited in this solicitation may be obtained from:

(Activity) address)

(Telephone number)

(Person to be contacted)

The request should identify the solicitation number and the specification requested by date, title, and number, as cited in the solicitation.

(End of provision)

[48 FR 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 53 FR 17860, May 18, 1988. Redesignated and amended at 60 FR 48251, 48256, Sept. 18, 1995; 61 FR 31663, June 20, 1996]

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