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DFARS 246.370 Notification of potential safety issues.

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 clause at 252.246-7003, Notification of Potential Safety Issues, in solicitations and contracts. It applies to acquisitions of critical safety items, systems and their components, and related repair or support services, including commercial product and commercial service acquisitions under FAR part 12. It also directs contracting officers to follow PGI 246.370 procedures for handling notifications received under that clause.

Applies to: Contracting officers issuing solicitations and contracts for critical safety items, systems and components, or related services

What it requires

  • Use the clause at 252.246-7003 in solicitations and contracts for the listed acquisitions
  • Follow the procedures at PGI 246.370 for handling notifications received under the clause

Key terms: critical safety items · repairable or consumable parts · systems and subsystems · commercial products and commercial services · PGI 246.370

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

The text

(a) Use the clause at 252.246-7003, Notification of Potential Safety Issues, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, for the acquisition of—

(1) Repairable or consumable parts identified as critical safety items;

(2) Systems and subsystems, assemblies, and subassemblies integral to a system; or

(3) Repair, maintenance, logistics support, or overhaul services for systems and subsystems, assemblies, subassemblies, and parts integral to a system.

(b) Follow the procedures at PGI 246.370 for the handling of notifications received under the clause at 252.246-7003.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 252.246-7003 Notification of Potential Safety Issues.

← 246.270-4 Contract clause. · 246.401 General. →

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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