FAR
Federal Acquisition Regulation
The dense but uniform rulebook that governs how the federal government buys.
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is the master rulebook for federal purchasing. It is dense, but it is uniform — the same rules apply across federal agencies.
You do not need to memorize the FAR to win, but you do need to follow the parts a given solicitation cites (clause numbers like FAR 52.212-x appear throughout).
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The FAR is federal-only.
State and local governments each have their own procurement rules, generally simpler than the FAR.
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