FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 217: Special Contracting Methods › Subpart 217.73
DFARS 217.7302 Procedures.
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 officers to include a requirement in supply contracts for the contractor to identify where items come from, whenever practical. The identification must cover the actual maker or all the contractor's sources, the national stock number if one exists, the item identification number used by the maker or sources, and the source of any technical data delivered. It does not apply to contracts for commercial products or contracts at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
Applies to: Contracts for the delivery of supplies, except commercial product contracts and contracts at or below the simplified acquisition threshold
What it requires
- Identify the item's actual manufacturer or producer, or all the contractor's sources for the item
- Identify the item's national stock number, if there is one
- Identify the item identification number used by the actual manufacturer or producer, or by each of the contractor's sources
- Identify the source of any technical data delivered under the contract
Key terms: national stock number · item identification number · technical data · commercial products · simplified acquisition threshold
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Whenever practicable, include a requirement for contractor identification of sources of supply in all contracts for the delivery of supplies. The identification shall include—
(1) The item's actual manufacturer or producer, or all the contractor's sources for the item;
(2) The item's national stock number (if there is one);
(3) The item identification number used by—
(i) The actual manufacturer or producer of the item; or
(ii) Each of the contractor's sources for the item; and
(4) The source of any technical data delivered under the contract.
(b) The requirement in paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to contracts that are—
(1) For commercial products; or
(2) Valued at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
Sections that refer to it
- 217.7303 Solicitation provision.
← 217.7301 Policy. · 217.7303 Solicitation provision. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 217
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Mitigating Risks Related to Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (DFARS Case 2021-D011) ↗ · proposed 2026-05-07 · comments due 2026-07-06
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041) ↗ · final rule 2025-09-10 · effective 2025-11-10
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · proposed 2025-01-17 · comments due 2025-03-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2025-01-17 · effective 2025-01-17
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Disclosure of Information Regarding Foreign Obligations (DFARS Case 2018-D064) ↗ · proposed 2024-11-15 · comments due 2025-01-14
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Data Universal Numbering System to Unique Entity Identifier Transition (DFARS Case 2022-D023) ↗ · final rule 2024-09-26 · effective 2024-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041) ↗ · proposed 2024-08-15 · comments due 2024-10-15
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.