FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 227: Patents, Data, and Copyrights › Subpart 227.72
DFARS 227.7201 Definitions.
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 defines how certain terms are used in this subpart of the DFARS. It says that the words "offeror" and "contractor" also include subcontractors, suppliers, and potential subcontractors or suppliers at any tier. It also points to another clause for definitions of other terms used in this subpart.
Applies to: Offerors, contractors, and their subcontractors or suppliers at any tier
Key terms: offeror · contractor · subcontractors · suppliers · 252.227-7014
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The text
(a) As used in this subpart, unless otherwise specifically indicated, the terms “offeror” and “contractor” include an offeror's or contractor's subcontractors, suppliers, or potential subcontractors or suppliers at any tier.
(b) Other terms used in this subpart are defined in the clause at 252.227-7014, Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
Sections it refers to
- 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
← 227.7200 Scope of subpart. · 227.7202 Commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 227
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-08-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Small Business Innovation Research Program Data Rights (DFARS Case 2019-D043) ↗ · final rule 2024-12-18 · effective 2025-01-17
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Use of DoD Program Nomenclature (DFARS Case 2021-D002) ↗ · proposed 2024-02-15 · comments due 2024-04-15
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.