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Organizational conflicts of interest are addressed in FAR Part 9, which covers contractor qualifications, responsibility, and integrity in procurements. Within that part, FAR 9.5 lays out the rules for identifying, disclosing, and mitigating OCIs to protect fair competition and objective decision-making. An OCI arises when a contractor’s judgment could be biased due to relationships, financial interests, or prior work with the government or with potential offerors, and the regulations specify how to disclose such conflicts and apply mitigation measures (like waivers, structural separation, or excluding the conflicted party from certain roles). The other FAR parts focus on different aspects of the procurement process—administration, planning, and market considerations—rather than the specific management of organizational conflicts of interest.