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DFARS 242.1105 Assignment of criticality designator.

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 officers how to assign criticality designators to certain items and orders. It matters to contractors because the designator affects the priority of their contracts or orders. Only the contracting officer can change the designator.

Applies to: Contracting officers

What it requires

  • Assign criticality designator A to items with a priority 01, 02, 03, or 06 (if emergency supply of clothing) under DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 5.
  • Ordinarily assign criticality designator C to unilateral purchase orders.

Key terms: criticality designator · priority 01, 02, 03, or 06 · unilateral purchase orders · contracting officer

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

The text

(1) Contracting officers shall—

(i) Assign criticality designator A to items with a priority 01, 02, 03, or 06 (if emergency supply of clothing) under DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 5, DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Delivery of Materiel; and

(ii) Ordinarily assign criticality designator C to unilateral purchase orders.

(2) Only the contracting officer shall change the assigned designator.

← 242.1104 Surveillance requirements. · 242.1106 Reporting requirements. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 242

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

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