FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 242: Contract Administration and Audit Services › Subpart 242.11
DFARS 242.1107 Contract clause.
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 include reporting instructions in the contract schedule when they use the clause at FAR 52.242-2. It matters to contractors because it specifies what information must be reported, when, and where, so they know their obligations if the clause is in their contract.
Applies to: Contracts that include the clause at FAR 52.242-2
What it requires
- Follow the frequency and timing of reporting specified in the contract schedule.
- Submit reports for the contract line items, exhibits, or exhibit line items identified in the contract schedule.
- Send reports to the offices listed in the contract schedule, including the contracting office and contract administration office.
- Include in each report the required content: the problem and its cause, items and quantities affected, when the delinquency started or will start, actions taken to overcome it, estimated recovery date, and/or proposed schedule revision.
Key terms: contract schedule · FAR 52.242-2 · contracting office · contract administration office · delinquency
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(b) When using the clause at FAR 52.242-2, include the following instructions in the contract schedule—
(i) Frequency and timing of reporting (normally 5 working days after each reporting period);
(ii) Contract line items, exhibits, or exhibit line items requiring reports;
(iii) Offices (with addressees/codes) where reports should be sent (always include the contracting office and contract administration office); and
(iv) The following requirements for report content—
(A) The problem, actual or potential, and its cause;
(B) Items and quantities affected;
(C) When the delinquency started or will start;
(D) Actions taken to overcome the delinquency;
(E) Estimated recovery date; and/or
(F) Proposed schedule revision.
Sections it refers to
- 52.242-2 Production Progress Reports.
← 242.1106 Reporting requirements. · 242.1203 Processing agreements. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 242
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-08-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Definition of Material Weakness (DFARS Case 2021-D006) ↗ · final rule 2025-01-17 · effective 2025-01-17
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Cost and Software Data Reporting for Major Weapons Systems (2021-D028) ↗ · proposed 2024-10-10 · comments due 2024-12-09
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preference for United States Vessels in Transporting Supplies By Sea (DFARS Case 2021-D020) ↗ · final rule 2024-09-26 · effective 2024-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-07-29 · effective 2024-07-29
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Definition of Material Weakness (DFARS Case 2021-D006) ↗ · proposed 2024-06-27 · comments due 2024-08-26
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preference for United States Vessels in Transporting Supplies by Sea (DFARS Case 2021-D020) ↗ · proposed 2024-04-25 · comments due 2024-06-24
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.