FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.72
DFARS 225.7201 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 that DoD offerors and contractors must notify DoD if they intend to perform part of a DoD contract outside the United States and Canada. The notification requirement applies when the contract exceeds $900,000 in value and the work could be performed inside the United States or Canada.
Applies to: DoD offerors and contractors
What it requires
- Notify DoD of any intention to perform part of a DoD contract outside the United States and Canada when the contract exceeds $900,000 in value and could be performed inside the United States or Canada
Key terms: offerors · contractors · DoD contract · United States and Canada
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
10 U.S.C. 4603 requires offerors and contractors to notify DoD of any intention to perform any part of a DoD contract outside the United States and Canada that—
(a) Exceeds $900,000 in value; and
(b) Could be performed inside the United States or Canada.
Sections that refer to it
- 252.225-7004 Report of Intended Performance Outside the United States and Canada—Submission after Award.
← 225.7102-4 Contract clause. · 225.7202 Exception. →
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.