FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 236: Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts › Subpart 236.2
DFARS 236.274 Restriction on acquisition of steel for use in military construction projects.
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 DFARS section restricts the acquisition of steel for military construction projects. It prohibits buying steel, or letting a contractor buy steel, for any project where American steel producers, fabricators, or manufacturers were denied the chance to compete for that steel. This matters because it limits where steel can be sourced for covered military construction work.
Applies to: Acquisitions of steel for military construction projects or activities
What it requires
- Do not acquire steel for a covered construction project or activity if American steel producers, fabricators, or manufacturers were denied the opportunity to compete for that steel acquisition.
- Do not allow a contractor to acquire such steel.
Key terms: steel · military construction projects · American steel producers, fabricators, or manufacturers · denied the opportunity to compete
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
In accordance with section 108 of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Pub. L. 110-329, Division E) and the same provision in subsequent military construction appropriations acts), do not acquire, or allow a contractor to acquire, steel for any construction project or activity for which American steel producers, fabricators, or manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for such acquisition of steel.
Sections that refer to it
- 225.7014 Restrictions on military construction.
← 236.273 Construction in foreign countries. · 236.275 Construction of industrial resources. →
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.