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DFARS 252.223-7009 Prohibition of Procurement of Fluorinated Fire-Fighting Agent for Use on Military Installations.

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 prohibits the contractor from providing or using any fire-fighting agent that contains perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances above one part per billion under this contract. It also requires the contractor to include this same clause in all subcontracts related to fire-fighting on a military installation.

Applies to: Contractors and subcontractors performing fire-fighting on a military installation

What it requires

  • Do not provide or use any fire-fighting agent containing perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances in excess of one part per billion.
  • Include the substance of this clause, including paragraph (c), in all subcontracts relating to fire-fighting on a military installation.

Key terms: perfluoroalkyl substances · polyfluoroalkyl substances · fire-fighting agent · military installation · subcontracts

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

The text

As prescribed in 223.7404, use the following clause:

Prohibition of Procurement of Fluorinated Fire-Fighting Agent for Use on Military Installations (MAR 2024)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause, perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances have the meanings given in section 322(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub. L. 116-92).

(b) Prohibition. The Contractor shall not provide or use under this contract any fire-fighting agent that contains perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances in excess of one part per billion.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts, including subcontracts for commercial products and commercial services, relating to fire-fighting on a military installation.

(End of clause)

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.
  • 223.7404 Contract clause.

← 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium. · 252.225-7000 Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate. →

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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