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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 17: Special Contracting Methods › Subpart 17.6

FAR 17.603 Limitations.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section lists functions that cannot be performed under a management and operating contract, such as directing Government personnel, exercising police or regulatory powers, setting basic Government policies, or handling day-to-day agency staff or management work. It also says that once an authorization is issued under 17.602(a), that authorization is sufficient proof of compliance with these limits and does not affect the authorization's validity or legality. It points to subpart 22.5 for project labor agreements.

Applies to: Management and operating contracts

Key terms: management and operating contracts · authorization · police or regulatory powers · basic Government policies · project labor agreements

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) Management and operating contracts shall not be authorized for—

(1) Functions involving the direction, supervision, or control of Government personnel, except for supervision incidental to training;

(2) Functions involving the exercise of police or regulatory powers in the name of the Government, other than guard or plant protection services;

(3) Functions of determining basic Government policies;

(4) Day-to-day staff or management functions of the agency or of any of its elements; or

(5) Functions that can more properly be accomplished in accordance with Subpart 45.3, Authorizing the Use and Rental of Government Property.

(b) Since issuance of an authorization under 17.602(a) is deemed sufficient proof of compliance with paragraph (a) immediately above, nothing in paragraph (a) immediately above shall affect the validity or legality of such an authorization.

(c) For use of project labor agreements, see subpart 22.5.

Sections it refers to

← 17.602 Policy. · 17.604 Identifying management and operating contracts. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 17

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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