FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 208: Required Sources of Supplies and Services › Subpart 208.70
DFARS 208.7001 Definitions.
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 DFARS section defines three terms used in the Coordinated Acquisition Program: acquiring department, integrated materiel management, and requiring department. It matters to contractors because it explains which department or agency handles contracting responsibility and which one has the requirement for an item.
Applies to: Contractors and DoD components involved in the Coordinated Acquisition Program
Key terms: Acquiring department · Integrated materiel management · Requiring department · Coordinated Acquisition Program · DoD
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The text
For purposes of this subpart—
Acquiring department means the department, agency, or General Services Administration which has contracting responsibility under the Coordinated Acquisition Program.
Integrated materiel management means assignment of acquisition management responsibility to one department, agency, or the General Services Administration for all of DoD's requirements for the assigned item. Acquisition management normally includes computing requirements, funding, budgeting, storing, issuing, cataloging, standardizing, and contracting functions.
Requiring department means the department or agency which has the requirement for an item.
← 208.7000 Scope of subpart. · 208.7002 Assignment authority. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.