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

DFARS 225.7023-3 Exceptions.

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 lists exceptions to the DFARS restriction on acquiring certain covered items from covered countries. It matters because it tells contractors when the restriction does not apply, such as for items used outside the United States, acquisitions at or below $200,000, or when the head of the contracting activity makes a specific determination. If that determination is made, the contracting officer must document it in the contract file.

Applies to: Acquisitions subject to the restriction in DFARS 225.7023-2

What it requires

  • The contracting officer shall include a copy of any determination made under paragraph (c)(1) in the contract file.

Key terms: covered items · covered country · head of the contracting activity · determination · contract file

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The text

The restriction in section 225.7023-2 does not apply to acquisitions—

(a) Of covered items for use outside of the United States;

(b) At or below $200,000; or

(c)(1) If the head of the contracting activity determines that a covered item of satisfactory quality and quantity, in the required form, cannot be procured as and when needed from nations other than a covered country to meet requirements at a reasonable price.

(2) The contracting officer shall include a copy of any such determination in the contract file.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 225.7023-2 Restriction. · 225.7023-4 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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