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DFARS 207.7002 Authority to acquire additional quantities of end items.

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 that DoD may use funds appropriated for an end item to buy more units than the quantity stated in the funding law, but only if the head of the agency makes four specific determinations. For contractors, it matters because it describes when a program can increase its buy quantity without additional funding.

Applies to: DoD acquisitions of end items funded by law

Key terms: end item · head of an agency · production efficiencies · cost reductions · fully funded

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

The text

10 U.S.C. 3069 authorizes DoD to use funds available for the acquisition of an end item to acquire a higher quantity of the end item than the quantity specified in a law providing for the funding of that acquisition, if the head of an agency determines that—

(a) The agency has an established requirement for the end item that is expected to remain substantially unchanged throughout the period of the acquisition;

(b) It is possible to acquire the higher quantity of the end item without additional funding because of production efficiencies or other cost reductions;

(c) The amount of funds used for the acquisition of the higher quantity of the end item will not exceed the amount provided under that law for the acquisition of the end item; and

(d) The amount provided under that law for the acquisition of the end item is sufficient to ensure that each unit of the end item acquired within the higher quantity is fully funded as a complete end item.

← 207.7001 Definition. · 207.7003 Limitation. →

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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