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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 239: Acquisition of Information Technology › Subpart 239.74

DFARS 239.7409 Special assembly.

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 defines special assembly as designing, manufacturing, arranging, assembling, or wiring equipment to provide telecommunications services that cannot be provided with general use equipment. It requires that special assembly rates and charges be based on estimated costs, and that the contracting officer should negotiate them before service starts. If advance negotiation isn't possible, provisional rates subject to adjustment are used until final rates are negotiated, and the authorizing CSAs must be modified to reflect the final rates.

Applies to: Contracting officers and contractors involved in special assembly for telecommunications services

What it requires

  • Base special assembly rates and charges on estimated costs.
  • Negotiate special assembly rates and charges before starting service when possible.
  • Use provisional rates and charges subject to adjustment when advance negotiation is not possible.
  • Modify the CSAs authorizing the special assembly to reflect negotiated final rates and charges.

Key terms: special assembly · telecommunications services · general use equipment · provisional rates and charges · CSAs

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

The text

(a) Special assembly is the designing, manufacturing, arranging, assembling, or wiring of equipment to provide telecommunications services that cannot be provided with general use equipment.

(b) Special assembly rates and charges shall be based on estimated costs. The contracting officer should negotiate special assembly rates and charges before starting service. When it is not possible to negotiate in advance, use provisional rates and charges subject to adjustment, until final rates and charges are negotiated. The CSAs authorizing the special assembly shall be modified to reflect negotiated final rates and charges.

← 239.7408-2 Applicability of construction labor standards for special construction. · 239.7410 Cancellation and termination. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 239

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

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