FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 203: Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest › Subpart 203.1
DFARS 203.171-4 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
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 tells contracting officers when to include two DFARS clauses about compensation of former DoD officials: the clause 252.203-7000 in all solicitations and contracts, and the provision 252.203-7005 in all solicitations. It matters to contractors because these requirements will appear in essentially every DoD solicitation and contract, including commercial-item acquisitions and task or delivery order solicitations.
Applies to: DoD solicitations and contracts, including commercial product/service acquisitions and task/delivery order solicitations
Key terms: 252.203-7000 · 252.203-7005 · FAR part 12 · commercial products and commercial services · task orders and delivery orders
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Use the clause at 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials, in all solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
(b) Use the provision at 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials, in all solicitations, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services and solicitations for task orders and delivery orders.
Sections it refers to
- 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials.
- 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials.
Sections that refer to it
- 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
- 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials.
- 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials.
← 203.171-3 Policy. · 203.502-2 Subcontractor kickbacks. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 203
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · proposed 2025-01-17 · comments due 2025-03-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inapplicability of Additional Defense-Unique Laws and Certain Non-Statutory DFARS Clauses to Commercial Item Contracts (DFARS Case 2018-D074) ↗ · final rule 2024-11-15 · effective 2024-11-25
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.