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DFARS 217.173 Multiyear contracts for military family housing.

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 allows the head of an agency to use multiyear contracts lasting up to 4 years for supplies and services needed to manage, maintain, and operate military family housing. It also permits paying each year's costs from that year's annual appropriations. This matters to contractors because it authorizes longer-term work in this area, though the specific rules come from the cited statute.

Applies to: The head of an agency awarding contracts for military family housing management, maintenance, and operation

Key terms: multiyear contracts · military family housing · annual appropriations · head of the agency

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

The text

The head of the agency may enter into multiyear contracts for periods up to 4 years for supplies and services required for management, maintenance, and operation of military family housing and may pay the costs of such contracts for each year from annual appropriations for that year (10 U.S.C. 2829).

← 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies. · 217.174 Multiyear contracts for electricity from renewable energy sources. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 217

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

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