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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 242: Contract Administration and Audit Services › Subpart 242.3

DFARS 242.301 General.

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 that contract administration services performed outside the U.S. should follow FAR 42.301. If there are no policies and procedures covering a particular situation, the proposed actions must be coordinated with the appropriate U.S. country teams or commanders of unified and specified commands.

Applies to: Contract administration services performed outside the U.S.

What it requires

  • Perform contract administration services outside the U.S. in accordance with FAR 42.301
  • Coordinate proposed actions with the appropriate U.S. country teams or commanders of unified and specified commands when no policies and procedures cover a given situation

Key terms: contract administration services · FAR 42.301 · U.S. country teams · commanders of unified and specified commands

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

The text

Contract administration services performed outside the U.S. should be performed in accordance with FAR 42.301 unless there are no policies and procedures covering a given situation. In this case, coordinate proposed actions with the appropriate U.S. country teams or commanders of unified and specified commands.

Sections it refers to

← 242.202 Assignment of contract administration. · 242.302 Contract administration functions. →

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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