FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 208: Required Sources of Supplies and Services › Subpart 208.73
DFARS 208.7302 Policy.
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 states DoD policy favoring maximum participation in the Precious Metals Recovery Program. When the contracting officer decides it is in the Government's best interest, DoD components must provide recovered precious metals from the DSCP inventory to production contractors instead of letting contractors supply their own precious metals.
Applies to: DoD components and production contractors using precious metals
What it requires
- Furnish recovered precious metals contained in the DSCP inventory to production contractors rather than use contractor-furnished precious metals when the contracting officer determines it is in the Government's best interest
Key terms: Precious Metals Recovery Program · DSCP inventory · production contractors · contracting officer · contractor-furnished precious metals
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The text
DoD policy is for maximum participation in the Precious Metals Recovery Program. DoD components shall furnish recovered precious metals contained in the DSCP inventory to production contractors rather than use contractor-furnished precious metals whenever the contracting officer determines it to be in the Government's best interest.
← 208.7301 Definitions. · 208.7303 Procedures. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.