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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.77

DFARS 225.7702-1 Acquisition of small arms.

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 how to compete small arms acquisitions that are for assistance to Afghan security organizations. It generally requires full and open competition and, when a non-competition exception is used, it protects responsible U.S. manufacturers and U.S.-made products from being excluded. The exceptions in paragraph (b) apply when the only responsible source is not a U.S. manufacturer or when an international agreement directs a different source.

Applies to: Acquisitions of small arms for assistance to the Army of Afghanistan, Afghani Police Forces, or other Afghani security organizations

What it requires

  • Use full and open competition to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with 10 U.S.C. 3201
  • If using other than full and open competition under FAR Subpart 6.3, ensure no responsible U.S. manufacturer is excluded from competing
  • If using other than full and open competition under FAR Subpart 6.3, ensure products manufactured in the United States are not excluded from the competition
  • If the FAR 6.302-2 urgency exception applies, do not exclude responsible U.S. manufacturers or U.S.-made products for administrative expediency

Key terms: small arms · full and open competition · responsible U.S. manufacturer · products manufactured in the United States · unusual and compelling urgency

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

The text

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, when acquiring small arms for assistance to the Army of Afghanistan, the Afghani Police Forces, or other Afghani security organizations—

(1) Use full and open competition to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 3201;

(2) If use of other than full and open competition is justified in accordance with FAR Subpart 6.3, ensure that—

(i) No responsible U.S. manufacturer is excluded from competing for the acquisition; and

(ii) Products manufactured in the United States are not excluded from the competition; and

(3) If the exception at FAR 6.302-2 (unusual and compelling urgency) applies, do not exclude responsible U.S. manufacturers or products manufactured in the United States from the competition for the purpose of administrative expediency. However, such an offer may be rejected if it does not meet delivery schedule requirements.

(b) Paragraph (a)(2) of this section does not apply when—

(1) The exception at FAR 6.302-1 (only one or a limited number of responsible sources) applies, and the only responsible source or sources are not U.S. manufacturers or are not offering products manufactured in the United States; or

(2) The exception at FAR 6.302-4 (international agreement) applies, and United States manufacturers or products manufactured in the United States are not the source(s) specified in the written directions of the foreign government reimbursing the agency for the cost of the acquisition of the property or services for such government.

Sections it refers to

  • 6.302-2 Unusual and compelling urgency.
  • 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
  • 6.302-4 International agreement.

← 225.7702 Acquisitions not subject to the enhanced authority to acquire products or services from Afghanistan. · 225.7702-2 Acquisition of uniform components for the Afghan military or the Afghan police. →

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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