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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 207: Acquisition Planning › Subpart 207.1

DFARS 207.103 Agency-head responsibilities.

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 agency officials when they must prepare written acquisition plans for certain large acquisitions, based on estimated total contract costs. It also says who is responsible for acquisition planning and adds a special review and concurrence requirement for conventional ammunition procurements.

Applies to: Agency-head responsibilities and program officials for covered acquisitions

What it requires

  • Prepare written acquisition plans for development acquisitions when total estimated cost is $10 million or more
  • Prepare written acquisition plans for production or services acquisitions when total estimated cost is $50 million or more for all years or $25 million or more for any fiscal year
  • Prepare written acquisition plans for acquisition programs meeting those thresholds on a program basis
  • For conventional ammunition, submit the acquisition plan to the specified address and do not proceed until the SMCA provides written concurrence

Key terms: acquisition plan · development · final buy out · one-time buy · conventional ammunition

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

The text

(d)(i) Prepare written acquisition plans for—

(A) Acquisitions for development, as defined in FAR 35.001, when the total cost of all contracts for the acquisition program is estimated at $10 million or more;

(B) Acquisitions for production or services when the total cost of all contracts for the acquisition program is estimated at $50 million or more for all years or $25 million or more for any fiscal year; and

(C) Any other acquisition considered appropriate by the department or agency.

(ii) Written plans are not required in acquisitions for a final buy out or one-time buy. The terms “final buy out” and “one-time buy” refer to a single contract that covers all known present and future requirements. This exception does not apply to a multiyear contract or a contract with options or phases.

(e) Prepare written acquisition plans for acquisition programs meeting the thresholds of paragraphs (d)(i)(A) and (B) of this section on a program basis. Other acquisition plans may be written on either a program or an individual contract basis.

(g) The program manager, or other official responsible for the program, has overall responsibility for acquisition planning.

(h) For procurement of conventional ammunition, as defined in DoDD 5160.65, Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition (SMCA), the SMCA will review the acquisition plan to determine if it is consistent with retaining national technology and industrial base capabilities in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(3) and section 806 of Public Law 105-261. The department or agency—

(i) Shall submit the acquisition plan to the address in PGI 207.103(h); and

(ii) Shall not proceed with the procurement until the SMCA provides written concurrence with the acquisition plan. In the case of a non-concurrence, the SMCA will resolve issues with the Army Office of the Executive Director for Conventional Ammunition.

Sections it refers to

← 207.102 Policy. · 207.104 General procedures. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 207

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

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