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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 217: Special Contracting Methods › Subpart 217.70

DFARS 217.7003 Purchase request.

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 personnel what the requiring activity must provide when supporting a purchase request that involves exchanging property. It matters because the exchange cannot proceed unless the requiring activity supplies the required certification, economic-advantage determination, approvals, and property description.

Applies to: The requiring activity supporting a purchase request involving exchange of property

What it requires

  • Provide a certification that the property is eligible for exchange and complies with DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 9 conditions and limitations
  • Provide a written determination of economic advantage covering the anticipated economic advantage, application of exchange allowances, and safety or demilitarization if required
  • Provide all applicable approvals for the exchange
  • Provide a description of the property available for exchange, such as nomenclature, location, serial number, and estimated travel value

Key terms: exchange authority · exchange allowances · economic advantage · demilitarized · requiring activity

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

The text

Ensure that the requiring activity provides all of the following in support of the purchase request—

(a) A certification that the property is eligible for exchange and complies with all conditions and limitations of DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 9, DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Materiel Programs.

(b) A written determination of economic advantage indicating—

(1) The anticipated economic advantage to the Government from use of the exchange authority;

(2) That exchange allowances shall be applied toward, or in partial payment of, the items to be acquired; and

(3) That, if required, the exchange property has been rendered safe or innocuous or has been demilitarized;

(c) All applicable approvals for the exchange; and

(d) A description of the property available for exchange (e.g., nomenclature, location, serial number, estimated travel value).

← 217.7002 Policy. · 217.7004 Solicitation and award. →

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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