{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-27.202-5","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 27.202-5","heading":"27.202-5 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.","body":"(a)(1) Insert a solicitation provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.227-6, Royalty Information, in—\n(i) Any solicitation that may result in a negotiated contract for which royalty information is desired and for which certified cost or pricing data are obtained under 15.403; or\n(ii) Sealed bid solicitations only if the need for such information is approved at a level above the contracting officer as being necessary for proper protection of the Government's interests.\n(2) If the solicitation is for communication services and facilities by a common carrier, use the provision with its Alternate I.\n(b) If the Government is obligated to pay a royalty on a patent involved in the prospective contract, insert in the solicitation a provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.227-7, Patents—Notice of Government Licensee. If the clause at 52.227-6 is not included in the solicitation, the contracting officer may require offerors to provide information sufficient to provide this notice to the other offerors.\n(c) Insert the clause at 52.227-9, Refund of Royalties, in negotiated fixed-price solicitations and contracts when royalties may be paid under the contract. If a fixed-price incentive contract is contemplated, change “price” to “target cost and target profit” wherever it appears in the clause. The clause may be used in cost-reimbursement contracts where agency approval of royalties is necessary to protect the Government's interests.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER E—GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS","PART 27—PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS","Subpart 27.2—Patents and Copyrights"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"cc3a3e36cd3fe2c0bc26d8ef503da9484d2b858ac99611fe42be843874e7c866","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-27.202-4","next":"us/48-cfr-27.203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}