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

DFARS 246.270-2 Policy.

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 sets policy for DoD contracts involving construction, installation, repair, maintenance, or operation of facilities, infrastructure, and equipment meant for occupancy. It requires a pre-occupancy safety and habitability inspection and contractor compliance with Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 1-200-01 and its referenced standards. It also allows existing host nation facilities built to equivalent or stricter standards if a written determination is made by the Discipline Working Group.

Applies to: DoD contracts for construction, installation, repair, maintenance, or operation of occupiable facilities, infrastructure, and equipment

What it requires

  • Require a pre-occupancy safety and habitability inspection
  • Comply with UFC 1-200-01 and its referenced standards for fire protection, structural integrity, electrical systems, plumbing, water treatment, waste disposal, and telecommunications networks
  • Conduct inspections to ensure compliance with UFC 1-200-01 in accordance with the contract's inspection clause

Key terms: pre-occupancy safety and habitability inspection · Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 1-200-01 · Discipline Working Group · host nation facilities · inspection clause

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

The text

(a) Contracts (including task and delivery orders) for the construction, installation, repair, maintenance, or operation of facilities, infrastructure, and equipment configured for occupancy, including but not limited to, existing host nation facilities, new construction, and relocatable buildings acquired for use by DoD military or civilian personnel, shall require a pre-occupancy safety and habitability inspection.

(b) To minimize safety and health risks, each contract covered by this policy shall require the contractor's compliance with the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 1-200-01 and its referenced standards for—

(1) Fire protection;

(2) Structural integrity;

(3) Electrical systems;

(4) Plumbing;

(5) Water treatment;

(6) Waste disposal; and

(7) Telecommunications networks.

(c) Existing host nation facilities constructed to standards equivalent to or more stringent than UFC 1-200-01 are acceptable upon a written determination of the acceptability of the standards by the Discipline Working Group.

(d) Inspections to ensure compliance with UFC 1-200-01 standards shall be conducted in accordance with the inspection clause of the contract.

Sections that refer to it

  • 215.101-70 Best value when acquiring tents or other temporary structures.

← 246.270-1 Scope. · 246.270-3 Exceptions. →

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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