FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 208: Required Sources of Supplies and Services › Subpart 208.70
DFARS 208.7003-1 Assignments under integrated materiel management (IMM).
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 contractors that items assigned for integrated materiel management (IMM) must generally be bought from the IMM manager, with only three exceptions. If a contractor buys such items under an exception, it may need to send the contract and an emergency statement to the IMM manager, or follow additional procedures for best-interest purchases.
Applies to: Contractors acquiring items assigned for IMM
What it requires
- Acquire all items assigned for IMM from the IMM manager, except under the listed exceptions.
- After an urgency purchase, send one copy of the contract and a statement of the emergency to the IMM manager.
- Follow the procedures at PGI 208.7003-1(b) when acquiring an IMM item under the best-interest exception.
Key terms: IMM · IMM manager · unusual and compelling urgency · supply system code · PGI
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Acquire all items assigned for IMM from the IMM manager except—
(1) Items purchased under circumstances of unusual and compelling urgency as defined in FAR 6.302-2. After such a purchase is made, the requiring activity must send one copy of the contract and a statement of the emergency to the IMM manager;
(2) Items for which the IMM manager assigns a supply system code for local purchase or otherwise grants authority to purchase locally; or
(3) When purchase by the requiring activity is in the best interest of the Government in terms of the combination of quality, timeliness, and cost that best meets the requirement. This exception does not apply to items—
(i) Critical to the safe operation of a weapon system;
(ii) With special security characteristics; or
(iii) Which are dangerous (e.g., explosives, munitions).
(b) Follow the procedures at PGI 208.7003-1(b) when an item assigned for IMM is to be acquired by the requiring department in accordance with paragraph (a)(3) of this subsection.
Sections it refers to
- 6.302-2 Unusual and compelling urgency.
Sections that refer to it
- 208.7003-2 Assignments under coordinated acquisition.
← 208.7003 Applicability. · 208.7003-2 Assignments under coordinated acquisition. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.