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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2

DFARS 252.215-7013 Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors.

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 provision tells offerors that supplies and services from a nontraditional defense contractor may be treated as commercial products or commercial services under 10 U.S.C. 3457. Applying those commercial procedures does not require a commercial item determination and does not mean the supplies or services are actually commercial.

Applies to: Offerors on DoD procurements using this provision

Key terms: nontraditional defense contractor · commercial products · commercial services · commercial item determination

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

The text

As prescribed in 215.408(6), use the following provision:

Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors (JAN 2023)

Offerors are advised that in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3457, supplies and services provided by a nontraditional defense contractor, as defined in DFARS 202.101, may be treated as commercial products or commercial services. The decision to apply commercial product or commercial service procedures to the procurement of supplies and services from a nontraditional defense contractor does not require a commercial item determination and does not mean the supplies or services are commercial.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
  • 202.101 Definitions.

Sections that refer to it

  • 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 252.215-7012 Requirements for Submission of Proposals via Electronic Media. · 252.215-7014 Exception from Certified Cost or Pricing Data Requirements for Foreign Military Sales Indirect Offsets. →

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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