FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.70
DFARS 225.7003-5 Solicitation provision and 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 when to include specific clauses and a provision about specialty metals restrictions in solicitations and contracts. It matters because it determines whether a contractor must comply with these restrictions and provide a compliance certificate for certain items.
Applies to: Department of Defense solicitations and contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and involve specialty metals or certain articles containing them.
What it requires
- Include the clause at 252.225-7008 in solicitations and contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and require delivery of specialty metals as end items, unless wholly exempt.
- Include the clause at 252.225-7009 in solicitations and contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and require delivery of certain items or components containing specialty metal, unless wholly exempt.
- Include the provision at 252.225-7010 in solicitations that contain the clause at 252.225-7009 and for which offers of commercial derivative military articles may be received.
- Identify in the Schedule those contract line items that are subject to domestic specialty metals restrictions when only some items are subject.
Key terms: specialty metals · simplified acquisition threshold · commercial products · commercial services · commercial derivative military article
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Unless the acquisition is wholly exempt from the specialty metals restrictions at 225.7003-2 because the acquisition is covered by an exception in 225.7003-3(a) or (d) (but see paragraph (d) of this section)—
(1) Use the clause at 252.225-7008, Restriction on Acquisition of Specialty Metals, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that—
(i) Exceed the simplified acquisition threshold; and
(ii) Require the delivery of specialty metals as end items.
(2) Use the clause at 252.225-7009, Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that—
(i) Exceed the simplified acquisition threshold; and
(ii) Require delivery of any of the following items, or components of the following items, if such items or components contain specialty metal:
(A) Aircraft.
(B) Missile or space systems.
(C) Ships.
(D) Tank or automotive items.
(E) Weapon systems.
(F) Ammunition.
(b) Use the provision at 252.225-7010, Commercial Derivative Military Article—Specialty Metals Compliance Certificate, in solicitations, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services—
(1) That contain the clause at 252.225-7009; and
(2) For which the contracting officer anticipates that one or more offers of commercial derivative military articles may be received.
(c) If an agency cannot reasonably determine at time of acquisition whether some or all of the items will be used in support of combat operations or in support of contingency operations, the contracting officer should not rely on the exception at 225.7003-3(a)(2) or (3), but should include the appropriate specialty metals clause or provision in the solicitation and contract.
(d) If the solicitation and contract require delivery of a variety of contract line items containing specialty metals, but only some of the items are subject to domestic specialty metals restrictions, identify in the Schedule those items that are subject to the restrictions.
Sections it refers to
- 225.7003-2 Restrictions.
- 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
- 252.225-7008 Restriction on Acquisition of Specialty Metals.
- 252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals.
- 252.225-7010 Commercial Derivative Military Article—Specialty Metals Compliance Certificate.
Sections that refer to it
- 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
- 252.225-7008 Restriction on Acquisition of Specialty Metals.
- 252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals.
- 252.225-7010 Commercial Derivative Military Article—Specialty Metals Compliance Certificate.
← 225.7003-4 [Reserved] · 225.7004 Restrictions on the procurement of goods other than U.S. goods. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 225
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modifications to Printed Circuit Board Acquisition Restrictions (DFARS Case 2022-D011) ↗ · proposed 2026-07-02 · comments due 2026-08-31
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Small Purchase Exception for the Acquisition of U.S. Flags (DFARS Case 2024-D013) ↗ · proposed 2026-06-25 · comments due 2026-08-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-08-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · proposed 2025-01-17 · comments due 2025-03-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-12-18 · effective 2024-12-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inapplicability of Additional Defense-Unique Laws and Certain Non-Statutory DFARS Clauses to Commercial Item Contracts (DFARS Case 2018-D074) ↗ · final rule 2024-11-15 · effective 2024-11-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-11-15 · effective 2024-11-15
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.