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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 235: Research and Development Contracting

DFARS 235.006-70 Manufacturing Technology Program.

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 covers acquisitions under the Manufacturing Technology Program. It requires all contracts to be awarded using competitive procedures and requires solicitations to include an evaluation factor addressing how much offerors propose to share in project costs. This matters because it tells contractors that competition is mandatory and that cost-sharing proposals will be evaluated.

Applies to: Acquisitions under the Manufacturing Technology Program

What it requires

  • Award all contracts using competitive procedures
  • Include an evaluation factor in all solicitations addressing the extent to which offerors propose to share in the cost of the project

Key terms: Manufacturing Technology Program · competitive procedures · evaluation factor · share in the cost of the project · solicitations

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

The text

In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 4841(d) and 4872, for acquisitions under the Manufacturing Technology Program—

(a) Award all contracts using competitive procedures; and

(b) Include in all solicitations an evaluation factor that addresses the extent to which offerors propose to share in the cost of the project (see FAR 15.304).

Sections it refers to

  • 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.

← 235.006 Contracting methods and contract type. · 235.006-71 Competition. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 235

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

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