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DFARS 219.708 Contract clauses.

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 which small business subcontracting plan clauses to include in DoD solicitations and contracts, including commercial acquisitions under FAR part 12. It matters to contractors because the clause chosen determines which subcontracting plan requirements and liquidated damages provisions apply to their contract.

Applies to: DoD solicitations and contracts that include the FAR small business subcontracting plan clause

Key terms: Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts) · Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program) · comprehensive subcontracting plans · Test Program · Demonstration Project

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

The text

(b)(1)(A) Use the basic, alternate I, or alternate II clause at 252.219-7003, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts), in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that contain the clause at FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan.

(1) Use the basic clause at 252.219-7003, when using the basic, alternate I, or alternate II of FAR 52.219-9.

(2) Use the alternate I clause at 252.219-7003, when using Alternate III of FAR 52.219-9.

(3) Use the alternate II clause at 252.219-7003 when using the Demonstration Project described at 226.72.

(B) In contracts with contractors that have comprehensive subcontracting plans approved under the Test Program described in 219.702-70, including contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, use the clause at 252.219-7004, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program), instead of the clauses at 252.219-7003, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts), FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, and FAR 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan.

(2) In contracts with contractors that have comprehensive subcontracting plans approved under the Test Program described in 219.702-70, do not use the clause at FAR 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan.

(c)(1) Do not use the clause at FAR 52.219-10, Incentive Subcontracting Program, in contracts with contractors that have comprehensive subcontracting plans approved under the Test Program described in 219.702-70.

Sections it refers to

  • 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
  • 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
  • 219.702-70 Statutory requirements for the Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans.
  • 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
  • 52.219-16 Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan.
  • 52.219-10 Incentive Subcontracting Program.

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
  • 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).

← 219.706 Responsibilities of the cognizant administrative contracting officer. · 219.800 General. →

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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