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DFARS 252.209-7009 Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.

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 clause applies to contracts for systems engineering and technical assistance on a major defense acquisition program or pre-major defense acquisition program. It generally bars the contractor and its affiliates from also working as a prime contractor or major subcontractor on the development or production of a weapon system under that program. The bar does not apply if an acceptable Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan is incorporated into the contract, and the contractor must then comply with that plan.

Applies to: Contractors performing systems engineering and technical assistance for a major defense acquisition program or pre-major defense acquisition program

What it requires

  • Comply with the Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan if one is incorporated into the contract

Key terms: Major subcontractor · Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan · Major defense acquisition program · Pre-major defense acquisition program · Affiliate

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

The text

As prescribed in 209.571-8(b), use the following clause:

Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program (MAY 2019)

(a) Definition. As used in this clause—

Major subcontractor means a subcontractor that is awarded a subcontract that equals or exceeds—

(1) Both the certified cost or pricing data threshold and 10 percent of the value of the contract under which the subcontract is awarded; or

(2) The threshold specified in the definition of “major subcontractor” at Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 209.571-1 on the date of subcontract award.

(b) This contract is for the performance of systems engineering and technical assistance for a major defense acquisition program or a pre-major defense acquisition program.

(c) Prohibition. Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this clause, as required by paragraph (b)(3) of section 207 of the Weapons System Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-23), the Contractor or any affiliate of the Contractor is prohibited from participating as a prime contractor or major subcontractor in the development or production of a weapon system under the major defense acquisition program or pre-major defense acquisition program.

(d) Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan. If the Contractor submitted an acceptable Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan that has been incorporated into this contract, then the prohibition in paragraph (c) of this clause does not apply. The Contractor shall comply with the Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan. Compliance with the Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan is a material requirement of the contract. Failure to comply may result in the Contractor or any affiliate of the Contractor being prohibited from participating as a contractor or major subcontractor in the development or production of a weapon system under the program, in addition to any other remedies available to the Government for noncompliance with a material requirement of a contract.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 209.571-8 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
  • 252.209-7008 Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.

← 252.209-7008 Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program. · 252.209-7010 Critical Safety Items. →

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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