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

DFARS 252.227-7027 Deferred ordering of technical data or computer software.

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 order technical data or computer software generated under the contract, even after the items themselves are delivered. The Government can place these orders during performance or within three years after acceptance of all items or termination of the contract. The Contractor gets paid for converting, reproducing, and delivering the data or software when ordered.

Applies to: Contractors performing contracts that include this clause and generate technical data or computer software

What it requires

  • Deliver technical data or computer software when the Government orders it under this clause
  • Accept compensation for converting, reproducing, and delivering the ordered data or software

Key terms: technical data · computer software · deferred ordering · acceptance · termination

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

The text

As prescribed at 227.7103-8(b), use the following clause:

Deferred Ordering of Technical Data or Computer Software (APR 1988)

In addition to technical data or computer software specified elsewhere in this contract to be delivered hereunder, the Government may, at any time during the performance of this contract or within a period of three (3) years after acceptance of all items (other than technical data or computer software) to be delivered under this contract or the termination of this contract, order any technical data or computer software generated in the performance of this contract or any subcontract hereunder. When the technical data or computer software is ordered, the Contractor shall be compensated for converting the data or computer software into the prescribed form, for reproduction and delivery. The obligation to deliver the technical data of a subcontractor and pertaining to an item obtained from him shall expire three (3) years after the date the Contractor accepts the last delivery of that item from that subcontractor under this contract. The Government's rights to use said data or computer software shall be pursuant to the “Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software” clause of this contract.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 227.7103-8 Deferred delivery and deferred ordering of technical data.

Sections that refer to it

  • 227.7103-8 Deferred delivery and deferred ordering of technical data.
  • 227.7203-8 Deferred delivery and deferred ordering of computer software and computer software documentation.

← 252.227-7026 Deferred delivery of technical data or computer software. · 252.227-7028 Technical data or computer software previously delivered to the government. →

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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