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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 212: Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services › Subpart 212.2

DFARS 212.203 Procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award.

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 points contractors to other rules that affect how commercial products and services are solicited, evaluated, and awarded. It does not set out its own procedures but cross-references limitations on lowest price technically acceptable selections, a reverse auction prohibition for certain items, required risk assessments, commercial solutions openings, overseas fuel acquisitions, and use of a solicitation module. It matters because these cross-referenced rules can shape whether and how a contractor can compete for commercial acquisitions.

Applies to: Acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services under DFARS procedures

Key terms: lowest price technically acceptable source selection process · reverse auctions · personal protective equipment · aviation critical safety items · Supplier Performance Risk System risk assessments

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(1) See 215.101-2-70 for the limitations and prohibitions on the use of the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process, which are applicable to the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.

(2) See 217.7801 for the prohibition on the use of reverse auctions for personal protective equipment and aviation critical safety items.

(3) See 204.7603 for procedures on the required use of Supplier Performance Risk System risk assessments as part of the award decision.

(4) See subpart 212.70 for acquisitions resulting from a commercial solutions opening.

(5) See 215.101-71 and 225.7024 for the acquisition of fuel for overseas contingency operations.

(6) See the procedures at PGI 205.102-70 for use of the Solicitation Module within the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment.

Sections it refers to

  • 215.101-2 Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
  • 217.7801 Prohibition.
  • 204.7603 Procedures.
  • 215.101-71 Tradeoff process when acquiring fuel for overseas contingency operations.
  • 225.7024 Restriction on acquisition of fuel for overseas contingency operations.
  • 205.102-70 Availability of DoD solicitations.

← 212.102 Applicability. · 212.207 Contract type. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 212

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

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