FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 223: Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety › Subpart 223.72
DFARS 223.7201 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 when the physical security requirements of DoD Manual 5100.76 must be applied to contracts involving sensitive arms, ammunition, and explosives (AA&E). It matters because it tells contractors when these security rules apply and when they do not, including exceptions for commercial products and certain Government-owned contractor-operated ammunition facilities.
Applies to: Contracts involving sensitive conventional arms, ammunition, and explosives (AA&E)
What it requires
- Apply DoD Manual 5100.76 requirements when AA&E is provided as Government-furnished property
- Apply DoD Manual 5100.76 requirements when the principal development, production, manufacture, or purchase of AA&E is for DoD use
- Apply DoD Manual 5100.76 requirements to subcontracts that meet the criteria in paragraph (a) even if the prime contract is performed in a Government-owned contractor-operated ammunition production facility
Key terms: AA&E · DoD Manual 5100.76 · Government-furnished property · commercial product · Government-owned contractor-operated ammunition production facility
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) The requirements of DoD Manual 5100.76, Physical Security of Sensitive Conventional Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives, shall be applied to contracts when—
(1) AA&E will be provided to the contractor or subcontractor as Government-furnished property; or
(2) The principal development, production, manufacture, or purchase of AA&E is for DoD use.
(b) The requirements of DoD Manual 5100.76 need not be applied to contracts when—
(1) The AA&E to be acquired under the contract is a commercial product within the meaning of FAR 2.101; or
(2) The contract will be performed in a Government-owned contractor-operated ammunition production facility. However, if subcontracts issued under such a contract will meet the criteria of paragraph (a) of this section, the requirements of DoD Manual 5100.76 shall apply.
← 223.7200 Definition. · 223.7202 Preaward responsibilities. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 223
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (DFARS Case 2024-D021) ↗ · final rule 2026-05-07 · effective 2026-05-07
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Sustainable Procurement (DFARS Case 2024-D024) ↗ · final rule 2024-08-15 · effective 2024-08-15
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Replacement of Fluorinated Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (DFARS Case 2020-D011) ↗ · final rule 2024-03-26 · effective 2024-03-26
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.