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DFARS 246.870-0 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 explains the scope of DFARS 246.870. It states that the section partially implements certain provisions of three National Defense Authorization Acts and sets out policy and procedures to keep counterfeit and suspect counterfeit electronic parts out of the supply chain when electronic parts or items containing them are procured.

Applies to: Procurements of electronic parts or items containing electronic parts

Key terms: counterfeit electronic parts · suspect counterfeit electronic parts · supply chain · electronic parts · end items

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

The text

This section—

(a) Partially implements section 818(c) and (e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub. L. 112-81), as amended by section 817 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Pub. L. 113-291 and section 885 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Pub. L. 114-92); and

(b) Prescribes policy and procedures for preventing counterfeit electronic parts and suspect counterfeit electronic parts from entering the supply chain when procuring electronic parts or end items, components, parts, or assemblies that contain electronic parts.

← 246.870 Contractor counterfeit electronic part detection and avoidance. · 246.870-1 Definition. →

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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