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DFARS 234.7101 Solicitation provision and contract clause.

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 when to use the Notice of Cost and Software Data Reporting System provision and the Cost and Software Data Reporting clause, including their basic and alternate versions. It matters to contractors because it determines whether a solicitation will require cost and software data reporting, and which version of the requirements applies based on the program's dollar value.

Applies to: Solicitations and contracts for major defense acquisition programs

Key terms: Notice of Cost and Software Data Reporting System · Cost and Software Data Reporting · major defense acquisition programs · basic clause · alternate I clause

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

The text

(a) Use the basic or the alternate of the provision at 252.234-7003, Notice of Cost and Software Data Reporting System, in any solicitation that includes the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.234-7004, Cost and Software Data Reporting.

(1) Use the basic provision when the solicitation includes the clause at 252.234-7004, Cost and Software Data Reporting—Basic.

(2) Use the alternate I provision when the solicitation includes the clause at 252.234-7004, Cost and Software Data Reporting—Alternate I.

(b) Use the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.234-7004, Cost and Software Data Reporting System, in solicitations that include major defense acquisition programs as follows:

(1) Use the basic clause in solicitations and contracts for major defense acquisition programs that exceed $50 million.

(2) Use the alternate I clause in solicitations and contracts for major defense acquisition programs with a value equal to or greater than $20 million, but less than or equal to $50 million, when so directed by the program manager with the approval of the OSD Deputy Director, Cost Assessment.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 234.7100 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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