FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 236: Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts › Subpart 236.2
DFARS 236.270 Expediting construction contracts.
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 when a construction contract funded by a Military Construction Appropriations Act can be expedited. If expediting adds costs, the agency head must approve it and cannot pass that authority down; if there are no added costs, the contracting officer can approve it. It matters because it limits who can authorize faster completion and what they must certify.
Applies to: Construction contracts funded by a Military Construction Appropriations Act
What it requires
- Get agency head approval to expedite the completion date if additional costs are involved
- Agency head must certify that additional expenditures are necessary to protect the National interest
- Agency head must establish a reasonable completion date for the project
Key terms: expedite · agency head approval · Military Construction Appropriations Act · additional costs · contracting officer
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) 10 U.S.C. 2858 requires agency head approval to expedite the completion date of a contract funded by a Military Construction Appropriations Act, if additional costs are involved. This approval authority may not be redelegated. The approval authority must—
(1) Certify that the additional expenditures are necessary to protect the National interest; and
(2) Establish a reasonable completion date for the project.
(b) The contracting officer may approve an expedited completion date if no additional costs are involved.
← 236.215 Special procedures for cost-reimbursement contracts for construction. · 236.271 Cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 236
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · proposed 2025-01-17 · comments due 2025-03-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Architect and Engineering Service Fees (DFARS Case 2024-D019); Delay of Effective Date ↗ · final rule 2024-07-30 · effective 2024-09-16
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Architect and Engineering Service Fees (DFARS Case 2024-D019) ↗ · final rule 2024-06-27 · effective 2024-08-26
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.