FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 218: Emergency Acquisitions › Subpart 218.2
DFARS 218.204 Humanitarian or peacekeeping operation.
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 says that certain requirements do not apply to acquisitions that the head of the contracting activity determines are in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operations. The requirements that are waived are item unique identification policy, the only-one-offer requirements, and approval of determination and findings for time-and-materials or labor-hour contracts. This matters to contractors because it identifies flexibilities that may apply to these specific types of acquisitions.
Applies to: Acquisitions determined by the head of the contracting activity to be in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operations
Key terms: humanitarian or peacekeeping operation · head of the contracting activity · item unique identification · only one offer requirements · time-and-materials or labor-hour contracts
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The text
The following requirements do not apply to acquisitions that, as determined by the head of the contracting activity, are in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operations:
(1) Policy for item unique identification at 211.274-2(a). See 211.274-2(b).
(2) Only one offer requirements at sections 215.371-2. See 215.371-4(a)(2).
(3) Approval of determination and findings for time-and-materials or labor-hour contracts at 216.601(d)(i)(A)(1) and (2). See 216.601(d)(3).
← 218.203 Emergency declaration or major disaster declaration. · 218.270 Head of contracting activity determinations. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.