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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 237: Service Contracting › Subpart 237.72

DFARS 237.7201 Educational service agreement.

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 explains that an educational service agreement is not a contract but an ordering agreement the Government uses to order educational services. It matters because it describes when such agreements are used: the Government pays the institution's normal tuition and fees, and enrollment follows the institution's normal rules and courses open to all qualified students.

Applies to: Educational service agreements with institutions providing educational services

Key terms: educational service agreement · ordering agreement · normal tuition and fees · normal rules · admission requirements

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

The text

(a) An educational service agreement is not a contract, but is an ordering agreement under which the Government may order educational services.

(b) Educational service agreements provide for ordering educational services when—

(1) The Government pays normal tuition and fees for educational services provided to a student by the institution under its normal schedule of tuition and fees applicable to all students generally; and

(2) Enrollment is at the institution under the institution's normal rules and in courses and curricula which the institution offers to all students meeting admission requirements.

← 237.7200 Scope. · 237.7202 Limitations. →

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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