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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 251: Use of Government Sources by Contractors › Subpart 251.1

DFARS 251.102 Authorization to use Government supply sources.

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 tells contracting officers how to authorize a contractor to use Government supply sources. It points to PGI 251.102 for the procedures and allows the contracting officer to also authorize use of DD Form 1155 when requisitioning from the Department of Veterans Affairs. It also requires the authorizing agency to promptly consider a DoD supply source's request to refuse requisitions from a contractor that owes DoD money and has not paid proper invoices on time.

Applies to: Contracting officers and authorizing agencies handling contractor use of Government supply sources

What it requires

  • Follow the procedures at PGI 251.102 when authorizing contractor use of Government supply sources
  • Promptly consider requests of the DoD supply source for authority to refuse to honor requisitions from a contractor that is indebted to DoD and has failed to pay proper invoices in a timely manner

Key terms: Government supply sources · DD Form 1155 · Department of Veterans Affairs · authorizing agency · DoD supply source

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

The text

(e) When authorizing contractor use of Government supply sources, follow the procedures at PGI 251.102.

(3)(ii) The contracting officer may also authorize the contractor to use the DD Form 1155 when requisitioning from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

(f) The authorizing agency is also responsible for promptly considering requests of the DoD supply source for authority to refuse to honor requisitions from a contractor that is indebted to DoD and has failed to pay proper invoices in a timely manner.

Sections that refer to it

← 251.101 Policy. · 251.107 Contract clause. →

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

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