FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 237: Service Contracting › Subpart 237.72
DFARS 237.7203 Duration.
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 says educational service agreements have no fixed end date and stay in effect until terminated. The issuing activity must review each agreement at least once a year, timed around the institution's academic calendar, to update it for changes in statutes, Executive Orders, the FAR, or DFARS. If the contracting officer and the institution cannot agree on required changes, the agreement must be terminated.
Applies to: Educational service agreements and the issuing activity that manages them
What it requires
- Establish procedures to review each educational service agreement at least once each year
- Time reviews to consider the institution's academic calendar and occur at least 30 days before the beginning of a term
- Use the review to incorporate changes reflecting requirements of any statute, Executive Order, FAR, or DFARS
- Terminate the agreement if the contracting officer and the institution do not agree on required changes
Key terms: educational service agreement · indefinite duration · terminated · issuing activity · contracting officer
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Educational service agreements are for an indefinite duration and remain in effect until terminated.
(b) The issuing activity must establish procedures to review each educational service agreement at least once each year. Review dates should consider the institution's academic calendar and occur at least 30 days before the beginning of a term. The purpose of the review is to incorporate changes to reflect requirements of any statute, Executive Order, FAR, or DFARS.
(c) If the contracting officer and the institution do not agree on required changes, terminate the agreement.
← 237.7202 Limitations. · 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements. →
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.