FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 242: Contract Administration and Audit Services › Subpart 242.75
DFARS 242.7503 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 when to include the DFARS clause 252.242-7006, Accounting System Administration, in solicitations and contracts. It matters to contractors because it identifies the contract types and payment arrangements that will require the clause to be included.
Applies to: Solicitations and contracts using certain contract types or payment arrangements
Key terms: 252.242-7006 · Accounting System Administration · cost-reimbursement · incentive type · time-and-materials
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Use the clause at 252.242-7006, Accounting System Administration, in solicitations and contracts when contemplating—
(a) A cost-reimbursement, incentive type, time-and-materials, or labor-hour contract; or
(b) A contract with progress payments made on the basis of costs incurred by the contractor or on a percentage or stage of completion.
Sections it refers to
- 252.242-7006 Accounting System Administration.
Sections that refer to it
- 232.503-6 Suspension or reduction of payments.
- 252.242-7006 Accounting System Administration.
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.