# 52.215-8 Order of Precedence—Uniform Contract Format.
Type: Clause
Prescribed in: 15.209(h)
Current version date: OCT 1997

## Prescription and Applicability

### FAR Prescription, 15.209(h)

(h) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.215-8, Order of Precedence-Uniform Contract Format, in solicitations and contracts using the format at 15.204.

### DFARS Supplementary Guidance, 215.209

(a) For source selections when the procurement is $100 million or more, contracting officers should use the provision at FAR 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors--Competitive Acquisition, with its Alternate I.

## Current Text

52.215-8 Order of Precedence—Uniform Contract Format.

As prescribed in 15.209(h), insert the following clause:

Order of Precedence—Uniform Contract Format (OCT 1997)

Any inconsistency in this solicitation or contract shall be resolved by giving precedence in the following order:

(a) The Schedule (excluding the specifications).

(b) Representations and other instructions.

(c) Contract clauses.

(d) Other documents, exhibits, and attachments.

(e) The specifications.

(End of clause)

[62 FR 51261, Sept. 30, 1997]

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Reference: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/section-52.215-8