FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 237: Service Contracting › Subpart 237.1
DFARS 237.102-76 Acquisition of computer software and computer software documentation under services 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 DFARS section points to other DFARS sections for policy on acquiring computer software and documentation under services contracts. It distinguishes between commercial and non-commercial software by directing readers to 227.7202 and 227.7203 respectively. It matters because it tells contractors where to find the rules that apply when a services contract involves developing or modifying software.
Applies to: Services contracts that require development or modification of computer software or documentation
Key terms: commercial computer software · commercial computer software documentation · other than commercial computer software · other than commercial computer software documentation · services contracts
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) See 227.7202 for policy on the acquisition of commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation for services contracts that require the development or modification of commercial computer software.
(b) See 227.7203 for policy on the acquisition of other than commercial computer software and other than commercial computer software documentation for services contracts that require the development or modification of other than commercial computer software.
← 237.102-75 Defense Acquisition Guidebook. · 237.102-77 [Reserved] →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 237
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preventing Conflicts of Interest for Certain Consulting Services (DFARS Case 2024-D007) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-24
- 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; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-10-10 · effective 2024-10-10
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preventing Conflicts of Interest for Certain Consulting Services (DFARS Case 2024-D007) ↗ · proposed 2024-09-26 · comments due 2024-11-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Transfer and Adoption of Military Animals (DFARS Case 2020-D021) ↗ · final rule 2024-02-15 · effective 2024-02-15
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.