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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.1

DFARS 252.101 Using part 252.

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 how DFARS provisions and clauses are numbered. DFARS-specific provisions or clauses use four-digit numbers starting at 7000, while those from a department or agency supplement use numbers starting at 9000. This matters because it helps contractors identify whether a clause comes from DFARS or another agency supplement.

Applies to: DFARS provisions and clauses, and department or agency supplemental provisions or clauses

Key terms: provisions · clauses · DFARS · 7000 series · 9000 series

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

The text

(b) Numbering. (2) Provisions or clauses that supplement the FAR.

(ii)(B) DFARS provisions or clauses use a four digit sequential number in the 7000 series, e.g., -7000, -7001, -7002. Department or agency supplemental provisions or clauses use four digit sequential numbers in the 9000 series.

252.103 Identification of provisions and clauses. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

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

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