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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 217: Special Contracting Methods › Subpart 217.75

DFARS 217.7502 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 tells departments and agencies how they may and must buy replenishment parts. It generally requires full and open competition when adequate drawings and data are available, but allows limited competition when data is missing or when needed to ensure safe and dependable equipment operation. It also points to limits on price increases.

Applies to: Departments and agencies acquiring replenishment parts

What it requires

  • Provide for full and open competition when fully adequate drawings and any other needed data are available with the right to use for acquisition purposes
  • Use one of the procedures in PGI 217.7504 when data is not available for a competitive acquisition
  • Acquire replenishment parts so as to ensure the safe, dependable, and effective operation of the equipment
  • Follow the limitations on price increases in 217.7505

Key terms: replenishment parts · full and open competition · end item · original manufacturer · critical safety items

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

The text

Departments and agencies—

(a) May acquire replenishment parts concurrently with production of the end item.

(b) Shall provide for full and open competition when fully adequate drawings and any other needed data are available with the right to use for acquisition purposes (see part 227). However—

(1) When data is not available for a competitive acquisition, use one of the procedures in PGI 217.7504.

(2) Replenishment parts must be acquired so as to ensure the safe, dependable, and effective operation of the equipment. Where this assurance is not possible with new sources, competition may be limited to the original manufacturer of the equipment or other sources that have previously manufactured or furnished the parts as long as the action is justified. See 209.270 for requirements applicable to replenishment parts for aviation or ship critical safety items.

(c) Shall follow the limitations on price increases in 217.7505.

Sections it refers to

  • 217.7504 Acquisition of parts when data is not available.
  • 209.270 Aviation and ship critical safety items.
  • 217.7505 Limitations on price increases.

← 217.7501 Definition. · 217.7503 Spares acquisition integrated with production. →

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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