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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 223: Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety › Subpart 223.3

DFARS 223.370-3 Policy.

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 states DoD policy that contractors handling ammunition and explosives must take reasonable precautions to minimize mishaps. It implements that policy through DoD Manual 4145.26, which is incorporated into contracts and contains mandatory safety requirements. For work on a Government-owned installation, the contracting officer may substitute or supplement the installation's ammunition and explosives regulation if the contract cites it.

Applies to: DoD contractors that handle ammunition and explosives

What it requires

  • Take reasonable precautions in handling ammunition and explosives to minimize the potential for mishaps
  • Comply with the mandatory safety requirements in DoD Manual 4145.26, which is incorporated into the contract

Key terms: ammunition and explosives · DoD Manual 4145.26 · DoD Contractors' Safety Manual for Ammunition and Explosives · Government-owned installation · contracting officer

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

The text

(a) DoD policy is to ensure that its contractors take reasonable precautions in handling ammunition and explosives so as to minimize the potential for mishaps.

(b) This policy is implemented by DoD Manual 4145.26, DoD Contractors' Safety Manual for Ammunition and Explosives, which is incorporated into contracts under which ammunition and explosives are handled. The manual contains mandatory safety requirements for contractors. When work is to be performed on a Government-owned installation, the contracting officer may use the ammunition and explosives regulation of the DoD component or installation as a substitute for, or supplement to, DoD Manual 4145.26, as long as the contract cites the ammunition and explosives regulation of the DoD component or installation.

← 223.370-2 Definition. · 223.370-4 Procedures. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 223

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

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