FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 237: Service Contracting › Subpart 237.77
DFARS 237.7702 Policy.
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 states that nonprofit organizations are allowed to compete for contracts to perform religious-related services on a U.S. military installation. It also points to another DFARS section that applies when such an acquisition is set aside for certain small business concerns.
Applies to: Acquisitions for religious-related services on a U.S. military installation
Key terms: nonprofit organization · religious-related services · U.S. military installation · set aside · small business concerns
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) A nonprofit organization shall not be precluded from competing for a contract for religious-related services to be performed on a U.S. military installation.
(b) See 219.270 when an acquisition for religious-related services to be performed on a U.S. military installation is set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in FAR 19.000(a)(3).
← 237.7701 Definition. · 237.7800 Scope of subpart. →
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.