52.227-23 Rights to Proposal Data (Technical).
Prescription and Applicability
FAR Prescription, 27.409(l)
(l) In accordance with 27.407, if a contracting officer desires to acquire unlimited rights in technical data contained in a successful proposal upon which a contract award is based, insert the clause at 52.227-23, Rights to Proposal Data (Technical). Rights to technical data in a proposal are not acquired by mere incorporation by reference of the proposal in the contract, and if a proposal is incorporated by reference, the contracting officer shall follow 27.404 to assure that the rights are appropriately addressed.
Current Text
52.227-23 Rights to Proposal Data (Technical).
As prescribed in 27.409(l), insert the following clause:
Rights to Proposal Data (Technical) (JUN 1987)
Except for data contained on pages ___, it is agreed that as a condition of award of this contract, and notwithstanding the conditions of any notice appearing thereon, the Government shall have unlimited rights (as defined in the Rights in Data—General clause contained in this contract) in and to the technical data contained in the proposal dated ___, upon which this contract is based.
(End of clause)
[52 FR 18156, May 13, 1987, as amended at 72 FR 63075, Nov. 7, 2007]
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