FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 236: Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts › Subpart 236.6
DFARS 236.602-70 Restriction on award of overseas architect-engineer contracts to foreign firms.
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 who can receive certain overseas architect-engineer contracts. If a contract is funded by military construction appropriations, is estimated to exceed $500,000, and is to be performed in Japan, a NATO member country, or a country bordering the Arabian Gulf, it can only be awarded to United States firms or to joint ventures of United States and host nation firms.
Applies to: Overseas architect-engineer contracts funded by military construction appropriations in specified countries
What it requires
- Award such contracts only to United States firms or to joint ventures of United States and host nation firms
Key terms: architect-engineer contracts · military construction appropriations · United States firms · host nation firms · joint ventures
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
In accordance with section 111 of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (Division I of Pub. L. 113-235) and the same provision in subsequent military construction appropriations acts, architect-engineer contracts funded by military construction appropriations that are estimated to exceed $500,000 and are to be performed in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf (i.e., Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iraq), shall be awarded only to United States firms or to joint ventures of United States and host nation firms.
Sections that refer to it
- 225.7015 Restriction on overseas architect-engineer services.
← 236.602-1 Selection criteria. · 236.604 Performance evaluation. →
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.