---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 327.409"
title: "48"
number: "327.409"
heading: "Solicitation provision and contract clause."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/327.409"
---

# §327.409. Solicitation provision and contract clause.


The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 352.227-14, Rights in Data—Exceptional Circumstances, and any appropriate alternates in lieu of the FAR clause at 52.227-14, Rights in Data-General, whenever a DEC executed in accordance with Agency policy and procedures calls for its use. Prior to using this clause, a DEC must be executed in accordance with Agency policy and procedures. The contracting officer should reference the DEC in the solicitation and shall attach a copy of the executed DEC to the contract.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 40 U.S.C. 121(c)(2).

### Source

Source: 80 FR 72151, Nov. 18, 2015, unless otherwise noted.