FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 246: Quality Assurance › Subpart 246.2
DFARS 246.270-4 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 to include the clause at DFARS 252.246-7004 in certain solicitations and contracts. The clause covers safety of facilities, infrastructure, and equipment for military operations. It matters to contractors because if their work involves construction, installation, repair, maintenance, or operation of such facilities or equipment for DoD personnel during military operations, the clause will be in their contract.
Applies to: Solicitations and contracts for construction, installation, repair, maintenance, or operation of facilities, infrastructure, or equipment configured for occupancy, planned for use by DoD military or c
Key terms: 252.246-7004 · Safety of Facilities, Infrastructure, and Equipment for Military Operations · commercial products · commercial services · military operations
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Use the clause at 252.246-7004, Safety of Facilities, Infrastructure, and Equipment for Military Operations, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, for the construction, installation, repair, maintenance, or operation of facilities, infrastructure, or for equipment configured for occupancy, planned for use by DoD military or civilian personnel during military operations.
Sections it refers to
- 252.246-7004 Safety of Facilities, Infrastructure, and Equipment for Military Operations.
Sections that refer to it
- 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
- 252.246-7004 Safety of Facilities, Infrastructure, and Equipment for Military Operations.
← 246.270-3 Exceptions. · 246.370 Notification of potential safety issues. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 246
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-08-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002) ↗ · proposed 2025-01-17 · comments due 2025-03-18
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.