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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 217: Special Contracting Methods › Subpart 217.74

DFARS 217.7404-5 Exceptions.

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 lists exceptions to certain limitations on undefinitized contract actions (UCAs). The limitations do not apply to UCAs for buying initial spares, and an agency head may waive them for UCAs when needed to support a contingency operation or a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation.

Applies to: UCAs subject to the limitations in 217.7404-2, 217.7404-3, and 217.7404-4

Key terms: UCAs · initial spares · head of an agency · waiver · contingency operation

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The text

(a) The limitations in 217.7404-2, 217.7404-3, and 217.7404-4 do not apply to UCAs for the purchase of initial spares.

(b) The head of an agency may waive the limitations in 217.7404(a), 217.7404-2, 217.7404-3, and 217.7404-4 for UCAs if the head of the agency determines that the waiver is necessary to support—

(1) A contingency operation; or

(2) A humanitarian or peacekeeping operation.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 217.7404-4 Limitations on obligations. · 217.7404-6 Allowable profit. →

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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