FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 214: Sealed Bidding › Subpart 214.5
DFARS 214.503-1 Step one.
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 a supply chain risk evaluation factor when buying information technology that is a covered system, part of one, or in support of one. For contractors, it means supply chain risk will be considered when your IT offer is evaluated.
Applies to: Acquisitions of information technology that is, is part of, or supports a covered system
Key terms: evaluation factor · supply chain risk · covered system · information technology
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The text
(a)(4) Include an evaluation factor regarding supply chain risk (see subpart 239.73) when acquiring information technology, whether as a service or as a supply, that is a covered system, is a part of a covered system, or is in support of a covered system, as defined in 239.7301.
Sections it refers to
- 239.7301 Definitions.
Rule changes for DFARS Part 214
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-10-10 · effective 2024-10-10
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: DoD Cost or Pricing Data Requirements (DFARS Case 2022-D004) ↗ · proposed 2024-09-26 · comments due 2024-11-25
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.