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

DFARS 235.016 Broad agency announcement.

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 allows the use of a broad agency announcement (BAA) with peer or scientific review to award science and technology proposals. It lists the specific budget activities that qualify as science and technology proposals. This matters to contractors because it identifies a method for awarding research and development contracts outside of traditional competitive procedures.

Applies to: Contracting officers using broad agency announcements for science and technology proposals

Key terms: broad agency announcement · peer or scientific review · science and technology proposals · basic research · applied research

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

The text

(a) General. A broad agency announcement with peer or scientific review may be used for the award of science and technology proposals. Science and technology proposals include proposals for the following:

(i) Basic research (budget activity 6.1).

(ii) Applied research (budget activity 6.2).

(iii) Advanced technology development (budget activity 6.3).

(iv) Advanced component development and prototypes (budget activity 6.4).

Sections that refer to it

← 235.015-70 Special use allowances for research facilities acquired by educational institutions. · 235.017 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers. →

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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