FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 204: Administrative and Information Matters › Subpart 204.74
DFARS 204.7403 Contract clauses.
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 which clauses to include in solicitations and contracts that involve litigation support services. It matters to contractors because it means those contracts will contain specific limitations on how litigation support information can be used or disclosed, and notice requirements for authorized disclosures.
Applies to: Solicitations and contracts involving litigation support services, including commercial product and commercial service acquisitions under FAR part 12
Key terms: litigation support services · 252.204-7014 · 252.204-7015 · FAR part 12 · commercial products and commercial services
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Use the clause at 252.204-7014, Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Information by Litigation Support Contractors, in all solicitations and contracts that involve litigation support services, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
(b) Use the clause at 252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support, in solicitations and contracts that involve litigation support services, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
Sections it refers to
- 252.204-7014 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Information by Litigation Support Contractors.
- 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support.
Sections that refer to it
- 209.505-4 Obtaining access to proprietary information.
- 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
- 252.204-7014 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Information by Litigation Support Contractors.
- 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support.
← 204.7402 Policy. · 204.7500 Scope of subpart. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 204
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041) ↗ · final rule 2025-09-10 · effective 2025-11-10
- 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
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-09-26 · effective 2024-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Data Universal Numbering System to Unique Entity Identifier Transition (DFARS Case 2022-D023) ↗ · final rule 2024-09-26 · effective 2024-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modification of Notification of Intent To Transport Supplies by Sea (DFARS Case 2020-D026) ↗ · final rule 2024-09-26 · effective 2024-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041) ↗ · proposed 2024-08-15 · comments due 2024-10-15
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-07-29 · effective 2024-07-29
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modification of Notification of Intent To Transport Supplies by Sea (DFARS Case 2020-D026) ↗ · proposed 2024-03-26 · comments due 2024-05-28
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.