48 CFR § 327.303 - 327.303 Solicitation provision and contract clause.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s327.303"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 327.303 - 327.303   Solicitation provision and contract clause."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "327.303"
section_name: "327.303   Solicitation provision and contract clause."
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "327"
part_name: "PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 40 U.S.C. 121(c)(2)."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 72151, Nov. 18, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "327"
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# 327.303 327.303   Solicitation provision and contract clause.

The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 352.227-11, Patent Rights—Exceptional Circumstances and any appropriate alternates in lieu of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.227-11 whenever a Determination of Exceptional Circumstances (DEC) involving the provision of materials that has been executed in accordance with Agency policy and procedures calls for its use and the clause at 352.227-11, Patent Rights—Exceptional Circumstances, appropriately covers the circumstances. The contracting officer should reference the DEC in the solicitation and shall attach a copy of the executed DEC to the contract.