FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 228: Bonds and Insurance › Subpart 228.3
DFARS 228.304 Risk-pooling arrangements.
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 establishes the National Defense Projects Rating Plan, also called the Special Casualty Insurance Rating Plan, as a risk-pooling arrangement for DoD. It is intended to minimize the Government's cost of purchasing certain liability insurance. Contractors should use the plan when it offers the needed coverage more advantageously than commercial coverage.
Applies to: DoD contractors purchasing liability insurance listed in FAR 28.307-2
What it requires
- Use the plan in accordance with PGI 228.304 when it provides the necessary coverage more advantageously than commercially available coverage.
Key terms: National Defense Projects Rating Plan · Special Casualty Insurance Rating Plan · risk-pooling arrangement · liability insurance · PGI 228.304
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The text
DoD has established the National Defense Projects Rating Plan, also known as the Special Casualty Insurance Rating Plan, as a risk-pooling arrangement to minimize the cost to the Government of purchasing the liability insurance listed in FAR 28.307-2. Use the plan in accordance with the procedures at PGI 228.304 when it provides the necessary coverage more advantageously than commercially available coverage.
Sections it refers to
- 28.307-2 Liability.
← 228.106-7 Withholding contract payments. · 228.305 Overseas workers' compensation and war-hazard insurance. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.