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DFARS 219.270-2 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 how to handle acquisitions of religious-related services performed on a U.S. military installation. It requires that nonprofit organizations be allowed to compete even when the acquisition is set aside for small businesses, and it prohibits using certain sole source exceptions. It also requires verification that an apparently successful offeror is registered as a nonprofit organization in the System for Award Management if it did not represent itself as a small business concern.

Applies to: Acquisitions of religious-related services performed on a U.S. military installation

What it requires

  • Do not preclude a nonprofit organization from competing, even when the acquisition is set aside for small businesses.
  • Do not use the sole source exceptions at FAR 6.302-5(b)(4) through (7) for such acquisitions.
  • If the apparently successful offeror did not represent itself as a small business concern, verify that it is registered in the System for Award Management as a nonprofit organization.

Key terms: nonprofit organization · small business concerns · sole source exceptions · System for Award Management · religious-related services

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

The text

(a) To comply with section 898 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Pub. L. 114-92), when acquiring religious-related services to be performed on a U.S. military installation—

(1) Do not preclude a nonprofit organization from competing, even when the acquisition is set aside for small businesses as identified in FAR 19.000(a)(3); and

(2) Do not use any of the sole source exceptions at FAR 6.302-5(b)(4) through (7) for such acquisitions.

(b) If the apparently successful offeror has not represented in its quotation or offer that it is one of the small business concerns identified in FAR 19.000(a)(3), the contracting officer shall verify that the offeror is registered in the System for Award Management database as a nonprofit organization.

Sections it refers to

← 219.270-1 Definition. · 219.270-3 Solicitation provision. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 219

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.