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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.70

DFARS 225.7011-2 Waiver.

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 DFARS section allows the secretary of the department responsible for acquisition to waive a restriction on a case-by-case basis. The waiver requires certification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that adequate U.S. or Canadian supplies are not available timely and that the acquisition is needed for national security. For contractors, this means the restriction may be lifted only under these specific conditions.

Applies to: The secretary of the department responsible for acquisition

What it requires

  • Certify to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that adequate U.S. or Canadian supplies are not available to meet DoD requirements on a timely basis
  • Certify to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that the acquisition must be made to acquire capability for national security purposes

Key terms: waiver · case-by-case basis · certifying · House and Senate Committees on Appropriations · national security purposes

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

The text

The secretary of the department responsible for acquisition may waive this restriction, on a case-by-case basis, by certifying to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that—

(a) Adequate U.S. or Canadian supplies are not available to meet DoD requirements on a timely basis; and

(b) The acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes.

← 225.7011-1 Restriction. · 225.7011-3 Contract clause. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 225

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

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