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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 25: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 25.3

FAR 25.302-6 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 when to include the clause at 52.225-26, which covers contractors performing private security functions outside the United States. It applies to solicitations and contracts for work outside the U.S. in areas of combat operations or other significant military operations designated by the Secretary of Defense. The clause is not required for certain intelligence community contracts or for temporary arrangements using individual indigenous personnel.

Applies to: Solicitations and contracts for performance outside the United States in designated combat or significant military operations areas

What it requires

  • Use the clause at 52.225-26 in solicitations and contracts for performance outside the United States in a designated area of combat operations or other significant military operations

Key terms: private security functions · combat operations · significant military operations · intelligence community · indigenous personnel

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

The text

(a) Use the clause at 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States, in solicitations and contracts for performance outside the United States in an area of—

(1) Combat operations, as designated by the Secretary of Defense; or

(2) Other significant military operations, as designated by the Secretary of Defense and only upon agreement of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State.

(b) The clause is not required to be used for—

(1) Contracts entered into by elements of the intelligence community in support of intelligence activities; or

(2) Temporary arrangements entered into by non-DoD contractors for the performance of private security functions by individual indigenous personnel not affiliated with a local or expatriate security company.

Sections it refers to

  • 52.225-26 Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.

Sections that refer to it

  • 52.225-26 Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.

← 25.302-5 Remedies. · 25.400 Scope of subpart. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 25

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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