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

DFARS 252.219-7012 Competition for Religious-Related Services.

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 clarifies that nonprofit organizations may compete for contracts for religious-related services performed on U.S. military installations, even though a nonprofit is not considered a small business concern under FAR 19.000(a)(3). If the apparent winner has not claimed small business status, the Contracting Officer will check that the offeror is registered in SAM as a nonprofit organization.

Applies to: Solicitations for religious-related services on U.S. military installations

Key terms: Nonprofit organization · religious-related services · U.S. military installation · small business concern · System for Award Management (SAM)

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

The text

As prescribed in 219.270-3, use the following provision:

Competition for Religious-Related Services (APR 2018)

(a) Definition. As used in this provision—

Nonprofit organization means any organization that is—

(1) Described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and

(2) Exempt from tax under section 501(a) of that Code.

(b) A nonprofit organization is not precluded from competing for a contract for religious-related services to be performed on a U.S. military installation notwithstanding that a nonprofit organization is not a small business concern as identified in FAR 19.000(a)(3).

(c) If the apparently successful offeror has not represented in its offer or quotation that it is a small business concern identified in FAR 19.000(a)(3), as appropriate to the solicitation, the Contracting Officer will verify that the offeror is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database as a nonprofit organization.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 219.270-3 Solicitation provision.

← 252.219-7011 Notification to delay performance. · 252.222-7000 Restrictions on employment of personnel. →

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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