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DFARS 244.201-1 Consent requirements.

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 DFARS section changes the consent requirements for subcontracting when a contractor has an approved purchasing system. It says that the contracting officer cannot withhold consent to subcontract without written approval from the program manager or a comparable official. It also advises considering a consent to subcontract requirement for information technology that is a covered system or item of supply, related to supply chain risk.

Applies to: Contracting officers and contractors with an approved purchasing system, and solicitations/contracts for certain information technology.

What it requires

  • Contracting officer shall not withhold consent to subcontract without written approval of the program manager or comparable official if the contractor has an approved purchasing system.
  • In solicitations and contracts for information technology that is a covered system or covered item of supply, consider the need for a consent to subcontract requirement regarding supply chain risk.

Key terms: consent to subcontract · approved purchasing system · program manager · covered system · covered item of supply

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

The text

(a) In accordance with section 824 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232), notwithstanding the requirements in FAR 44.201-1(a), the contracting officer shall not withhold consent to subcontract without the written approval of the program manager, or comparable requiring activity official exercising program management responsibilities, if the contractor has an approved purchasing system, as defined in FAR 44.101.

(S-70) In solicitations and contracts for information technology, whether acquired as a service or as a supply, that is a covered system or covered item of supply as those terms are defined at 239.7301, consider the need for a consent to subcontract requirement regarding supply chain risk (see subpart 239.73). For additional guidance see PGI 244.201-1.

Sections it refers to

← 244.201 Consent and advance notification requirements. · 244.202 Contracting officer's evaluation. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 244

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

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