FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 201: Federal Acquisition Regulations System › Subpart 201.1
DFARS 201.104 Applicability.
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 states that the FAR and DFARS apply to DoD purchases and contracts supporting foreign military sales or NATO cooperative projects, regardless of the nature or source of the funds used. It matters because contractors working on these types of DoD efforts must follow the same acquisition rules even when the funding comes from foreign or cooperative sources.
Applies to: DoD contracting activities making purchases or contracts in support of foreign military sales or NATO cooperative projects
Key terms: FAR · DFARS · DoD contracting activities · foreign military sales · North Atlantic Treaty Organization cooperative projects
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The text
The FAR and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) also apply to purchases and contracts by DoD contracting activities made in support of foreign military sales or North Atlantic Treaty Organization cooperative projects without regard to the nature or sources of funds obligated, unless otherwise specified in this regulation.
← 201.101 Purpose. · 201.105 Issuance. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 201
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-09-26 · effective 2024-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-07-29 · effective 2024-07-29
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.