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DFARS 217.7103-2 Period of agreement.

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 explains how long a DFARS master agreement lasts and how it can be ended. Either the contractor or the contracting officer can cancel it with 30 days written notice, but cancellation does not cancel existing job orders. This matters because a contractor must keep performing work already ordered even after the master agreement is canceled.

Applies to: Contractors and contracting officers under DFARS master agreements

What it requires

  • Continue to perform all work covered by any job order issued before the effective date of cancellation of the master agreement.

Key terms: master agreement · contractor · contracting officer · job order · cancellation

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

The text

(a) Master agreements remain in effect until canceled by either the contractor or the contracting officer.

(b) Master agreements can be canceled by either the contractor or the contracting officer by giving 30 days written notice to the other.

(c) Cancellation of a master agreement does not affect the rights and liabilities under any job order existing at the time of cancellation. The contractor must continue to perform all work covered by any job order issued before the effective date of cancellation of the master agreement.

← 217.7103-1 Content and format of master agreements. · 217.7103-3 Solicitations for job orders. →

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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