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DFARS 219.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.

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 review subcontracting plans under DFARS. It requires them to challenge any plan that lacks positive goals, and any plan with a small disadvantaged business goal below five percent must be approved one level above the contracting officer. It also permits use of a checklist in PGI 219.705-4 during the review.

Applies to: Contracting officers reviewing subcontracting plans

What it requires

  • Challenge any subcontracting plan that does not contain positive goals
  • Obtain approval one level above the contracting officer for a small disadvantaged business goal of less than five percent

Key terms: subcontracting plan · positive goals · small disadvantaged business goal · contracting officer · PGI 219.705-4

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The text

(d)(i) Challenge any subcontracting plan that does not contain positive goals. A small disadvantaged business goal of less than five percent must be approved one level above the contracting officer.

(ii) The contracting officer may use the checklist at PGI 219.705-4 when reviewing subcontracting plans in accordance with FAR 19.705-4.

Sections it refers to

  • 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.

← 219.705 Responsibilities of the contracting officer under the subcontracting assistance program. · 219.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer. →

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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