FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 201: Federal Acquisition Regulations System › Subpart 201.4
DFARS 201.403 Individual deviations.
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 how individual deviations from the DFARS are approved. Most individual deviations must be approved under the department or agency plan described in 201.304(4). It also lets contracting officers outside the United States deviate from certain nonstatutory FAR and DFARS clauses when contracting with NATO countries, other allies, or UN or NATO organizations that refuse the standard clauses.
Applies to: Contracting officers, especially those outside the United States, and the approval process for individual DFARS deviations
What it requires
- Obtain approval for individual deviations in accordance with the department/agency plan prescribed by 201.304(4), except for the deviations described in 201.402(1) and paragraph (2) of this section
Key terms: individual deviations · department/agency plan · nonstatutory FAR and DFARS clauses · NATO · United Nations
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(1) Individual deviations, except those described in 201.402(1) and paragraph (2) of this section, must be approved in accordance with the department/agency plan prescribed by 201.304(4).
(2) Contracting officers outside the United States may deviate from prescribed nonstatutory FAR and DFARS clauses when—
(i) Contracting for support services, supplies, or construction, with the governments of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries or other allies (as described in 10 U.S.C. 2341(2)), or with United Nations or NATO organizations; and
(ii) Such governments or organizations will not agree to the standard clauses.
← 201.402 Policy. · 201.404 Class deviations. →
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.