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

DFARS 207.171-1 Scope.

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 sets out policy for breaking out components of end items in future acquisitions so the Government can buy those components directly and provide them to the end item manufacturer as Government-furnished material. It does not cover initial decisions about Government-furnished or contractor-furnished equipment made at the start of an acquisition program, or breakout of parts for replenishment.

Applies to: Acquisitions involving breakout of end item components for future acquisitions

Key terms: breakout · components · end items · Government-furnished material · replenishment

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

The text

(a) This section provides policy for breaking out components of end items for future acquisitions so that the Government can purchase the components directly from the manufacturer or supplier and furnish them to the end item manufacturer as Government-furnished material.

(b) This section does not apply to—

(1) The initial decisions on Government-furnished equipment or contractor-furnished equipment that are made at the inception of an acquisition program; or

(2) Breakout of parts for replenishment (see appendix E).

← 207.171 Component breakout. · 207.171-2 Definition. →

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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