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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 246: Quality Assurance › Subpart 246.2

DFARS 246.270-1 Scope.

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 implements a statutory requirement from the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act. It establishes policies and procedures to help ensure that facilities, infrastructure, and equipment acquired for DoD personnel during certain military operations outside the United States and specified territories are safe and habitable.

Applies to: Acquisitions of facilities, infrastructure, and equipment for DoD military or civilian personnel during military operations outside the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

Key terms: safety and habitability · facilities · infrastructure · equipment · military operations

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The text

This section implements section 807 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub. L. 111-84). It establishes policies and procedures intended to ensure the safety and habitability of facilities, infrastructure, and equipment acquired for use by DoD military or civilian personnel during military operations performed outside the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

← 246.270 Safety of facilities, infrastructure, and equipment for military operations. · 246.270-2 Policy. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 246

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

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