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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 201: Federal Acquisition Regulations System › Subpart 201.3

DFARS 201.301 Policy.

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 explains that DoD implements and supplements the FAR through the DFARS, which contains legal requirements, DoD-wide policies, delegations of FAR authorities, deviations from the FAR, and policies or procedures with significant impact beyond internal DoD operations. It also notes that other relevant procedures, guidance, and information are issued separately in the DFARS PGI. For contractors, this matters because it defines where DoD-specific acquisition rules and deviations from the FAR are published and what types of policies appear in the DFARS versus the PGI.

Applies to: DoD acquisition policies and procedures under the DFARS

What it requires

  • When Federal Register publication is required for any policy, procedure, clause, or form, the requesting department or agency must include an analysis of the public comments in the request for USD(A&S) approval.

Key terms: DFARS · FAR · PGI · Federal Register · USD(A&S)

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

The text

(a)(1) DoD implementation and supplementation of the FAR is issued in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) under authorization and subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense. The DFARS contains—

(i) Requirements of law;

(ii) DoD-wide policies;

(iii) Delegations of FAR authorities;

(iv) Deviations from FAR requirements; and

(v) Policies/procedures that have a significant effect beyond the internal operating procedures of DoD or a significant cost or administrative impact on contractors or offerors.

(2) Relevant procedures, guidance, and information that do not meet the criteria in paragraph (a)(1) of this section are issued in the DFARS Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI).

(b) When Federal Register publication is required for any policy, procedure, clause, or form, the department or agency requesting Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) (USD(A&S)) approval for use of the policy, procedure, clause, or form (see 201.304(1)) must include an analysis of the public comments in the request for approval. Information on determining when a clause requires publication in the Federal Register and approval in accordance with 201.304(1) is provided at PGI 201.301(b).

Sections it refers to

  • 201.304 Agency control and compliance procedures.

← 201.201-70 Maintenance of Procedures, Guidance, and Information. · 201.303 Publication and codification. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 201

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

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