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DFARS 216.506-70 Additional solicitation provisions and contract clause.

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 tells contracting officers which solicitation provisions and contract clause to include in certain acquisitions. It matters to contractors because it determines whether they will see the Notice of Intent to Resolicit, Only One Offer, and Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders provisions in a solicitation or contract.

Applies to: Contracting officers preparing competitive negotiated solicitations and contracts, including those for commercial products and services

What it requires

  • Use the provision at 252.215-7007, Notice of Intent to Resolicit, as prescribed at 215.371-6
  • Use the provision at 252.215-7008, Only One Offer, as prescribed at 215.408(3)
  • Use the clause at 252.216-7010, Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders, in competitive negotiated solicitations and contracts when a multiple-award contract is contemplated and task orders or delivery orders may be valued at $15 million or more

Key terms: Notice of Intent to Resolicit · Only One Offer · Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders · multiple-award contract · task orders or delivery orders

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

The text

(a) Use the provisions at 252.215-7007, Notice of Intent to Resolicit, and 252.215-7008, Only One Offer, as prescribed at 215.371-6 and 215.408(3), respectively.

(b) Use the clause at 252.216-7010, Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders, in competitive negotiated solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, when a multiple-award contract is contemplated and task orders or delivery orders placed under the contract may be valued at $15 million or more.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 252.216-7010 Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders.

← 216.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses. · 216.601 Time-and-materials contracts. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 216

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

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