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DFARS 252.215-7008 Only One Offer
Does the regulation require it to flow down?
Yes
Paragraph (c) Subcontracts: 'Unless the Offeror is the Canadian Commercial Corporation, the Offeror shall insert the substance of this provision, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold defined in FAR part 2.' That threshold is $350k since 2025-10-01. This is one of the few DFARS instruments in this batch with a genuine, self-replicating regulatory flow-down mandate.
- Form
- substance, including paragraph (c) itself — self-perpetuating
- Reaches
- all tiers, at every tier where the subcontract exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold
Checked against acquisition.gov on 2026-08-05 · edition DEC 2022 · base v0.9.3 Read the text ↗
What it makes you produce
3 items for your checklist, slowest first.
Something you write2
Days to weeks, and nobody outside your company has to agree to it.
- DFARS 252.215-7008(a)(1)
Cost or pricing data other than certified data — prior sales of the same item at the same price, quotes given to other customers, supplier quotations, labor hours and rates with their basis, and the material bill
Owed from the point the buyer says that only one offer came in
- DFARS 252.215-7008(a)(2)
A full FAR Table 15-2 cost proposal
Owed where the acquisition passes the certified cost or pricing data threshold and no exception at FAR 15.403-1(b)(2) through (5) reaches it
Something you fill in and send back
Hours, once you know which one is missing.
- DFARS 252.215-7008(a)(2)
A signed Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data in the form at FAR 15.406-2, stating the data were accurate, complete and current as of the date price was agreed
Owed on the same condition as the Table 15-2 package — (a)(2) routes the certification through paragraph (c) of DFARS 252.215-7010, where (c)(2) is the Certificate itself
When it is used
DFARS 215.408(3): 'Use the provision at 252.215-7008, Only One Offer, in competitive solicitations that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.' SAT is $350k since 2025-10-01. This is a solicitation provision, not a contract clause — but its own paragraph (c) drives it downward: the Offeror shall insert the substance, including paragraph (c) itself, in all subcontracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, so it self-perpetuates to every tier above $350k. Nothing happens until the buyer notifies you that only one offer was received. The Canadian Commercial Corporation is carved out of both the certification duty in (a)(2) and the flow-down in (c).
Read closely
Adequate price competition, FAR 15.403-1(b)(1), is left out of the exception range on purpose — a single offer is the fact that put competition in doubt. Paragraph (c) carries the substance of the provision, including paragraph (c) itself, into every subcontract over the simplified acquisition threshold.
The 4 templates that name it, with the line
Source: acquisition.gov, DFARS 252.215-7008, DFARS 215.408(3), DFARS 212.301(f), DFARS 252.215-7010, FAR 15.403-1(b), FAR 15.403-3(a)(4), FAR 15.403-4(a)(1) and FAR 15.406-2 (verified 2026-08-05)
This is research, not legal advice. It states what the regulation says about this clause and cites the paragraph behind it. It does not rule on your order, and it does not rule on whether a prime's markings are correct.