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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 211: Describing Agency Needs › Subpart 211.5

DFARS 211.500 Scope.

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 clarifies that the rules in DFARS subpart 211.5 and FAR subpart 11.5 do not apply to liquidated damages for comprehensive subcontracting plans under the Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans. Instead, those damages are covered in DFARS 219.702-70. This matters because it directs contractors to the correct regulation for liquidated damages related to that specific test program.

Applies to: Contractors involved with the Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans

Key terms: liquidated damages · comprehensive subcontracting plans · Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plan

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The text

This subpart and FAR subpart 11.5 do not apply to liquidated damages for comprehensive subcontracting plans under the Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans. See 219.702-70 for coverage of liquidated damages for comprehensive subcontracting plans.

Sections it refers to

  • 219.702-70 Statutory requirements for the Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans.

← 211.275-1-211.275-3 [Reserved] · 211.503 Contract clauses. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 211

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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