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DFARS 232.908 Contract clauses.

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 include DFARS clause 252.232-7011, Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations, in solicitations and contracts that meet the applicability criteria at 232.901(1). It applies even to commercial product and commercial service acquisitions using FAR part 12 procedures, and it is used alongside the normal payment clause or FAR 52.212-4, not instead of them.

Applies to: Solicitations and contracts meeting the applicability criteria at 232.901(1), including FAR part 12 commercial acquisitions

What it requires

  • Include the clause at 252.232-7011 in solicitations and contracts that meet the applicability criteria at 232.901(1)
  • Also use either the approved Payment clause prescribed in FAR 32.908 or the clause at FAR 52.212-4

Key terms: 252.232-7011 · Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations · FAR part 12 · commercial products and commercial services · FAR 52.212-4

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The text

Use the clause at 252.232-7011, Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, in acquisitions that meet the applicability criteria at 232.901(1). Use of this clause is in addition to use of either the approved Payment clause prescribed in FAR 32.908 or the clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

Sections it refers to

  • 252.232-7011 Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations.
  • 232.901 Applicability.
  • 32.908 Contract clauses.
  • 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 252.232-7011 Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations.

← 232.906 Making payments. · 232.1001 Policy. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 232

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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