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DFARS 219.502-1 Requirements for setting aside acquisitions.

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 not to set aside certain acquisitions. It applies to supplies developed and financed in whole or in part by Canadian sources under the U.S.-Canadian Defense Development Sharing Program, and to acquisitions excluded from procurement center representative review. For contractors, this means some acquisitions will not be reserved for small businesses.

Applies to: Acquisitions of certain supplies and acquisitions excluded from procurement center representative review

Key terms: set aside acquisitions · U.S.-Canadian Defense Development Sharing Program · procurement center representative review

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

The text

Do not set aside acquisitions—

(1) For supplies that were developed and financed, in whole or in part, by Canadian sources under the U.S.-Canadian Defense Development Sharing Program; or

(2) Excluded from procurement center representative review (see 219.402(c)(iii)).

Sections it refers to

  • 219.402 Small Business Administration procurement center representatives.

← 219.502 Setting aside acquisitions. · 219.502-2 Total small business set-asides. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 219

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

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