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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 237: Service Contracting › Subpart 237.70

DFARS 237.7001 Method of acquisition.

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 tells contracting activities how to buy mortuary services for military remains. It says one military activity in each area should contract for everyone's estimated needs, using a requirements-type contract when the area's annual needs are ten or more. If no contract exists, a DD Form 1155 purchase order is used instead.

Applies to: Military activities acquiring mortuary services for care of remains

What it requires

  • By agreement among the military activities, one activity in each geographical area will contract for the estimated requirements for the care of remains for all military activities in the area.
  • Use a requirements type contract when the estimated annual requirements for the activities in the area are ten or more.
  • Where no contract exists, use DD Form 1155, Order for Supplies or Services, to obtain mortuary services.

Key terms: requirements type contract · DD Form 1155 · mortuary services · care of remains

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) Requirements type contract. By agreement among the military activities, one activity in each geographical area will contract for the estimated requirements for the care of remains for all military activities in the area. Use a requirements type contract (see FAR 16.503) when the estimated annual requirements for the activities in the area are ten or more.

(b) Purchase order. Where no contract exists, use DD Form 1155, Order for Supplies or Services, to obtain mortuary services.

Sections it refers to

  • 16.503 Requirements contracts.

← 237.7000 Scope. · 237.7002 Area of performance and distribution of contracts. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 237

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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