48 CFR § 970.5209-1 - 970.5209-1 Requirement for guarantee of performance.
---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s970.5209-1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 970.5209-1 - 970.5209-1 Requirement for guarantee of performance."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "970.5209-1"
section_name: "970.5209-1 Requirement for guarantee of performance."
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "AGENCY SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "970"
part_name: "DOE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 2201; 2282a; 2282b; 2282c; 42 U.S.C. 7101 50 U.S.C. 2401"
regulatory_source: "65 FR 81009, Dec. 22, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "970"
---
# 970.5209-1 970.5209-1 Requirement for guarantee of performance.
As prescribed in 970.0970-2, the contracting officer shall insert the following provision in solicitations for management and operating contracts:
****Requirement for Guarantee of Performance (DEC 2000)
The successful offeror is required by other provisions of this solicitation to organize a dedicated corporate entity to carry out the work under the contract to be awarded as a result of this solicitation. The successful offeror will be required, as part of the determination of responsibility of the newly organized, dedicated corporate entity and as a condition of the award of the contract to that entity, to furnish a guarantee of that entity's performance. That guarantee of performance must be satisfactory in all respects to the Department of Energy.
****(End of clause)
[65 FR 81009, Dec. 22, 2000, as amended at 74 FR 36374, July 22, 2009]