FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 247: Transportation › Subpart 247.3
DFARS 247.301-71 Evaluation factor or subfactor.
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 requires contracting officers to include an evaluation factor or subfactor when a contract will have a significant requirement for transporting items outside the contiguous United States. The factor must favor suppliers, third-party logistics providers, and integrated logistics managers that commit to using carriers participating in readiness programs. This matters to contractors because it can affect how their proposals are evaluated for such contracts.
Applies to: Contracts with a significant requirement for transportation of items outside the contiguous United States
What it requires
- Include an evaluation factor or subfactor that favors suppliers, third-party logistics providers, and integrated logistics managers that commit to using carriers that participate in one of the readiness programs.
Key terms: evaluation factor or subfactor · transportation of items outside the contiguous United States · suppliers · third-party logistics providers · integrated logistics managers
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The text
For contracts that will include a significant requirement for transportation of items outside the contiguous United States, include an evaluation factor or subfactor that favors suppliers, third-party logistics providers, and integrated logistics managers that commit to using carriers that participate in one of the readiness programs (e.g., Civil Reserve Air Force Fleet and Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement).
Sections that refer to it
- 212.602 Streamlined evaluation of offers.
← 247.301-70 Definition. · 247.305 Solicitation provisions, contract clauses, and transportation factors. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 247
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preference for United States Vessels in Transporting Supplies By Sea (DFARS Case 2021-D020) ↗ · final rule 2024-09-26 · effective 2024-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modification of Notification of Intent To Transport Supplies by Sea (DFARS Case 2020-D026) ↗ · final rule 2024-09-26 · effective 2024-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preference for United States Vessels in Transporting Supplies by Sea (DFARS Case 2021-D020) ↗ · proposed 2024-04-25 · comments due 2024-06-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modification of Notification of Intent To Transport Supplies by Sea (DFARS Case 2020-D026) ↗ · proposed 2024-03-26 · comments due 2024-05-28
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.