FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 211: Describing Agency Needs › Subpart 211.1
DFARS 211.107 Solicitation provision.
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 contracting officers to include the FAR provision on alternatives to Government-unique standards in DoD solicitations that contain military or Government-unique specifications and standards. It matters to contractors because it means such solicitations should invite offerors to propose alternatives to those standards, as required by the 2017 NDAA.
Applies to: DoD solicitations that include military or Government-unique specifications and standards
What it requires
- Use FAR 52.211-7, Alternatives to Government-Unique Standards, in DoD solicitations that include military or Government-unique specifications and standards
Key terms: FAR 52.211-7 · Alternatives to Government-Unique Standards · military or Government-unique specifications and standards · DoD solicitations · section 875(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(b) To comply with section 875(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328), use the provision at FAR 52.211-7, Alternatives to Government-Unique Standards, in DoD solicitations that include military or Government-unique specifications and standards.
Sections it refers to
- 52.211-7 Alternatives to Government-unique standards.
← 211.106 Purchase descriptions for service contracts. · 211.170 Use of proprietary specifications or standards. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 211
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · proposed 2025-01-17 · comments due 2025-03-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Sustainable Procurement (DFARS Case 2024-D024) ↗ · final rule 2024-08-15 · effective 2024-08-15
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.