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

DFARS 225.7018-5 Contract clause.

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 a specific clause in solicitations and contracts. The clause restricts the acquisition of certain magnets, tantalum, and tungsten. It applies to contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold, unless the items are for use outside the U.S. or a nonavailability determination has been made.

Applies to: Solicitations and contracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, including those for commercial products and services

What it requires

  • Use the clause at 252.225-7052 in solicitations and contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, unless an exception applies.

Key terms: simplified acquisition threshold · nonavailability determination · commercial products · commercial services · 252.225-7052

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

The text

Unless acquiring items outside the United States for use outside the United States or a nonavailability determination has been made in accordance with 225.7018-4, use the clause at 252.225-7052, Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Magnets, Tantalum, and Tungsten , in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

Sections it refers to

  • 225.7018-4 Nonavailability determination.
  • 252.225-7052 Restriction on the Acquisition of Certain Magnets, Tantalum, and Tungsten.

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 252.225-7052 Restriction on the Acquisition of Certain Magnets, Tantalum, and Tungsten.

← 225.7018-4 Nonavailability determination. · 225.7019 Prohibition on use of certain energy sourced from inside the Russian Federation. →

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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