FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2
DFARS 252.216-7002 Alternate A, Time-and-Materials/Labor-Hour Proposal Requirements—Other Than Commercial Acquisition with Adequate Price Competition.
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 clause replaces paragraph (c) of the FAR time-and-materials/labor-hour proposal provision when there is adequate price competition and the acquisition is not commercial. It requires the offeror to build fixed hourly rates using separate labor categories for the offeror, each subcontractor, and any labor transferred between the offeror's divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates under common control. This matters because it dictates how rates must be structured in a proposal for these types of contracts.
Applies to: Offerors on non-commercial time-and-materials or labor-hour acquisitions with adequate price competition
What it requires
- Establish fixed hourly rates
- Use separate rates for each category of labor performed by each subcontractor
- Use separate rates for each category of labor performed by the offeror
- Use separate rates for each category of labor transferred between divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of the offeror under common control
Key terms: fixed hourly rates · category of labor · subcontractor · divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates · common control
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
As prescribed in 216.601(e), substitute the following paragraph (c) for paragraph (c) of the provision at FAR 52.216-29:
Alternate A, Time-and-Materials/Labor-Hour Proposal Requirements—Other Than Commercial Acquisition With Adequate Price Competition (JAN 2023)
(c) The offeror must establish fixed hourly rates using separate rates for each category of labor to be performed by each subcontractor and for each category of labor to be performed by the offeror, and for each category of labor to be transferred between divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of the offeror under a common control.
Sections it refers to
Sections that refer to it
- 216.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
← 252.216-7001 Economic Price Adjustment-Nonstandard Steel Items. · 252.216-7003 Economic price adjustment—wage rates or material prices controlled by a foreign government. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 252
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modifications to Printed Circuit Board Acquisition Restrictions (DFARS Case 2022-D011) ↗ · proposed 2026-07-02 · comments due 2026-08-31
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Certification Requirement for Military Recruitment Advertising (DFARS Case 2024-D022) ↗ · proposed 2026-06-25 · comments due 2026-08-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Small Purchase Exception for the Acquisition of U.S. Flags (DFARS Case 2024-D013) ↗ · proposed 2026-06-25 · comments due 2026-08-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Mitigating Risks Related to Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (DFARS Case 2021-D011) ↗ · proposed 2026-05-07 · comments due 2026-07-06
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041) ↗ · final rule 2025-09-10 · effective 2025-11-10
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023); Correction ↗ · final rule 2025-08-28 · effective 2025-08-28
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Disclosure of DoD Funding in Technical Publications (DFARS Case 2024-D003) ↗ · proposed 2025-08-25 · comments due 2025-10-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023) ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-08-25
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.