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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 217: Special Contracting Methods › Subpart 217.78

DFARS 217.7801 Prohibition.

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 DFARS section prohibits contracting officers from using reverse auctions to procure personal protective equipment or aviation critical safety items when the requiring activity says quality or failure could cause combat casualties. It matters to contractors because it limits how the Government can solicit and award certain safety-critical procurements.

Applies to: Contracting officers procuring personal protective equipment or aviation critical safety items

Key terms: reverse auctions · personal protective equipment · aviation critical safety item · requiring activity · critical safety items

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

The text

In accordance with section 814 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328) as amended by section 882 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91), contracting officers shall not use reverse auctions when procuring items designated by the requiring activity as personal protective equipment or an aviation critical safety item, when the requiring activity advises the contracting officer that the level of quality or failure of the equipment or item could result in combat casualties. See 252.209-7010 for the definition and identification of critical safety items.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 208.405 Ordering procedures for Federal Supply Schedules.
  • 212.203 Procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award.
  • 213.106-1 Soliciting competition.
  • 216.505 Ordering.

← 217.7702 Contract clause.

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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