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

DFARS 252.217-7000 Exercise of option to fulfill foreign military sales commitments.

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 lets the Government exercise contract options in order to fulfill foreign military sales commitments. Under the basic version, the specific country and contract line item are named in the contract itself; under Alternate I, the country is identified only when the option is exercised, and any resulting equitable adjustment is negotiated then. It matters because an option you might otherwise treat as optional can be exercised for foreign military sales purposes.

Applies to: Contractors whose contracts include this clause and involve foreign military sales commitments

Key terms: option · foreign military sales commitments · CLIN · equitable adjustment · Disputes clause

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

The text

Basic. As prescribed in 217.208-70(a) and (a)(1), use the following clause:

Exercise of Option To Fulfill Foreign Military Sales Commitments—Basic (NOV 2014)

(a) The Government may exercise the option(s) of this contract to fulfill foreign military sales commitments.

(b) The foreign military sales commitments are for:

(Insert name of country)

(Insert applicable CLIN)

(End of clause)

Alternate I. As prescribed in 217.208(a) and (a)(2), use the following clause, which uses a different paragraph (b) than paragraph (b) of the basic clause:

Exercise of Option to Fulfill Foreign Military Sales Commitments—Alternate I (NOV 2014)

(a) The Government may exercise the option(s) of this contract to fulfill foreign military sales commitments.

(b) On the date the option is exercised, the Government shall identify the foreign country for the purpose of negotiating any equitable adjustment attributable to foreign military sales. Failure to agree on an equitable adjustment shall be treated as a dispute under the Disputes clause of this contract.

End of clause

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 252.216-7010 Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders. · 252.217-7001 Surge option. →

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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