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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 217: Special Contracting Methods › Subpart 217.5

DFARS 217.500 Scope of subpart.

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 subpart sets the scope for using interagency acquisition procedures under FAR subpart 17.5 for DoD purchases. It says those procedures apply to all purchases, except micro-purchases, made for DoD by another agency, including orders under another agency's task or delivery order contract. It also allows one DoD Component's contracting activity to provide acquisition assistance to deployed units or personnel of another DoD Component.

Applies to: DoD purchases made by another agency, and DoD contracting activities assisting deployed DoD units

Key terms: micro-purchases · task or delivery order contract · contracting activity · DoD Component · acquisition assistance

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The text

(a) Unless more specific statutory authority exists, the procedures in FAR subpart 17.5 and this subpart apply to all purchases, except micro-purchases, made for DoD by another agency. This includes orders under a task or delivery order contract entered into by the other agency. (Pub. L. 105-261, Section 814.)

(b) A contracting activity from one DoD Component may provide acquisition assistance to deployed DoD units or personnel from another DoD Component. See PGI 217.502-1 for guidance and procedures.

Sections it refers to

← 217.208-70 Additional clauses. · 217.502 Procedures. →

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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