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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 212: Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services › Subpart 212.70

DFARS 212.7001 Definition.

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 defines the term "innovative" for the DFARS subpart on commercial item acquisitions. It matters because it clarifies what counts as innovative when a contractor submits a proposal, which can affect how the government evaluates and treats that proposal.

Applies to: Contractors submitting proposals under the DFARS subpart that uses this definition

Key terms: innovative · technology · process · method · proposal

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

The text

As used in this subpart—

Innovative means—

(1) Any technology, process, or method, including research and development, that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal; or

(2) Any application that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal of a technology, process, or method existing as of such date.

← 212.7000 Scope of subpart. · 212.7002 Policy. →

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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