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

DFARS 252.235-7003 Frequency Authorization.

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 requires the contractor to obtain authorization for radio frequencies needed to support the contract. For experimental, developmental, or operational equipment without an existing frequency allocation, the contractor must give the Contracting Officer the technical operating characteristics of the proposed electromagnetic radiating device during the initial planning, experimental, or developmental phase. The clause also requires flowing it down to certain subcontracts.

Applies to: Contractors and subcontractors that need radio frequency authorization in support of a contract.

What it requires

  • Obtain authorization for radio frequencies required in support of this contract.
  • For equipment without an appropriate frequency allocation, provide the technical operating characteristics of the proposed electromagnetic radiating device to the Contracting Officer during the initial planning, experimental, or developmental phase of contract performance.
  • Include this clause, including paragraph (d), in all subcontracts requiring the development, production, construction, testing, or operation of a device for which a radio frequency authorization is required.

Key terms: radio frequencies · frequency allocation · electromagnetic radiating device · Contracting Officer · DD Form 1494

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

The text

Basic. As prescribed in 234.7101(b) and (b)(1), use the following clause:

Frequency Authorization—Basic (MAR 2014)

(a) The Contractor shall obtain authorization for radio frequencies required in support of this contract.

(b) For any experimental, developmental, or operational equipment for which the appropriate frequency allocation has not been made, the Contractor shall provide the technical operating characteristics of the proposed electromagnetic radiating device to the Contracting Officer during the initial planning, experimental, or developmental phase of contract performance.

(c) The Contracting Officer shall furnish the procedures for obtaining radio frequency authorization.

(d) The Contractor shall include this clause, including this paragraph (d), in all subcontracts requiring the development, production, construction, testing, or operation of a device for which a radio frequency authorization is required.

(End of clause)

Alternate I. As prescribed in 234.072(b) and (b)(2), use the following clause, which uses a different paragraph (c) than the basic clause:

Frequency Authorization—Alternate I (MAR 2014)

(a) The Contractor shall obtain authorization for radio frequencies required in support of this contract.

(b) For any experimental, developmental, or operational equipment for which the appropriate frequency allocation has not been made, the Contractor shall provide the technical operating characteristics of the proposed electromagnetic radiating device to the Contracting Officer during the initial planning, experimental, or developmental phase of contract performance.

(c) The Contractor shall use DD Form 1494, Application for Equipment Frequency Allocation, to obtain radio frequency authorization.

(d) The Contractor shall include this clause, including this paragraph (d), in all subcontracts requiring the development, production, construction, testing, or operation of a device for which a radio frequency authorization is required.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 234.7101 Solicitation provision and contract clause.

Sections that refer to it

  • 235.072 Additional contract clauses.

← 252.235-7002 Animal welfare. · 252.235-7004 Protection of Human Subjects. →

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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