FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 236: Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts › Subpart 236.2
DFARS 236.271 Cost-plus-fixed-fee 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 points to restrictions on using cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts that come from annual military construction appropriations acts. It also cross-references a prohibition on certain cost-reimbursement contracts for military construction or military family housing projects. Contractors should know these contract types are limited in that context.
Applies to: Military construction and military family housing projects
Key terms: cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts · military construction appropriations acts · cost-reimbursement contracts · military construction project · military family housing project
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The text
Annual military construction appropriations acts restrict the use of cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts (see 216.306(c)). See also 216.301-3 regarding the prohibition on the use of certain cost-reimbursement contracts in connection with a military construction project or military family housing project.
← 236.270 Expediting construction contracts. · 236.272 Prequalification of sources. →
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.