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

DFARS 217.502-1 General.

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 addresses written agreements on who is responsible for managing and administering certain acquisitions. It specifically directs contracting activities to follow the procedures in PGI 217.502-1(a)(1) when providing acquisition assistance to deployed DoD units or personnel from another DoD Component. It matters because it tells you which procedural guidance to use in that assisted acquisition situation.

Applies to: DoD contracting activities providing acquisition assistance to deployed DoD units or personnel from another DoD Component

What it requires

  • Follow the procedures at PGI 217.502-1(a)(1) when providing acquisition assistance to deployed DoD units or personnel from another DoD Component

Key terms: assisted acquisitions · contracting activity · DoD Component · PGI

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

The text

(a) Written agreement on responsibility for management and administration—

(1) Assisted acquisitions. Follow the procedures at PGI 217.502-1(a)(1), when a contracting activity from a DoD Component provides acquisition assistance to deployed DoD units or personnel from another DoD Component.

Sections that refer to it

← 217.502 Procedures. · 217.503 Ordering 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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