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DFARS 225.871-7 Congressional notification.

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 requires Congressional notification when DoD decides to award a contract or subcontract to a particular entity outside of a prior certification, or when a statutory waiver is added to a contract. It matters because it adds a step before award or modification, and the notice must explain why designating that specific contractor is necessary.

Applies to: DoD departments and agencies making certain contract or subcontract awards or modifications

What it requires

  • Provide a proposed Congressional notice to the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy in sufficient time to forward to Congress before contract award
  • Include in the proposed notice the reason it is necessary to use the authority to designate a particular contractor or subcontractor

Key terms: Congressional notification · determination · certification · statutory waiver · cooperative agreement

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

The text

(a) Congressional notification is required when DoD makes a determination to award a contract or subcontract to a particular entity, if the determination was not part of the certification made under 22 U.S.C. 2767(f) before finalizing the cooperative agreement.

(1) Departments and agencies shall provide a proposed Congressional notice to the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy in sufficient time to forward to Congress before the time of contract award.

(2) The proposed notice shall include the reason it is necessary to use the authority to designate a particular contractor or subcontractor.

(b) Congressional notification is also required each time a statutory waiver under 225.871-4 is incorporated in a contract or a contract modification, if such information was not provided in the certification to Congress before finalizing the cooperative agreement.

Sections it refers to

← 225.871-6 Disposal of property. · 225.872 Contracting with qualifying country sources. →

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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