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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 234: Major System Acquisition

DFARS 234.005-2 Mission-oriented solicitation.

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 points to another DFARS rule that prohibits using the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection process for engineering and manufacturing development of a major defense acquisition program when budgetary authority is requested starting in fiscal year 2019. For contractors, it means that on these specific programs, the government cannot award based solely on lowest price technically acceptable, which may affect how you position your proposal.

Applies to: Major defense acquisition programs requesting budgetary authority beginning in fiscal year 2019

Key terms: lowest price technically acceptable source selection process · engineering and manufacturing development · major defense acquisition program · budgetary authority · fiscal year 2019

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

The text

See 215.101-2-70(b)(2) for the prohibition on the use of the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process for engineering and manufacturing development of a major defense acquisition program for which budgetary authority is requested beginning in fiscal year 2019.

Sections it refers to

  • 215.101-2 Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.

← 234.005-1 Competition. · 234.201 Policy. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 234

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

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