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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.73

DFARS 225.7303 Pricing acquisitions for FMS.

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 to price Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts using the same principles as other defense contracts, but notes that prices may differ because of FMS-specific considerations. It also says that if the foreign government ran a competition producing adequate price competition, the officer must not require certified cost or pricing data.

Applies to: Contracting officers pricing FMS contracts

What it requires

  • Price FMS contracts using the same principles used for other defense contracts
  • Do not require certified cost or pricing data if the foreign government's competition resulted in adequate price competition

Key terms: FMS · certified cost or pricing data · adequate price competition · security assistance personnel

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

The text

(a) Price FMS contracts using the same principles used in pricing other defense contracts. However, application of the pricing principles in FAR parts 15 and 31 to an FMS contract may result in prices that differ from other defense contract prices for the same item due to the considerations in this section.

(b) If the foreign government has conducted a competition resulting in adequate price competition (see FAR 15.403-1(b)(1)), the contracting officer shall not require the submission of certified cost or pricing data. The contracting officer should consult with the foreign government through security assistance personnel to determine if adequate price competition has occurred.

Sections it refers to

  • 15.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).

← 225.7302 Preparation of letter of offer and acceptance. · 225.7303-1 Contractor sales to other foreign customers. →

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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