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DFARS 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial 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 clause restricts the Contractor from including most FAR or DFARS clauses in subcontracts for commercial products or commercial services, with limited exceptions. It also requires the Contractor to treat certain low-value items as commercial products and to flow down this clause to subcontracts.

Applies to: Contractors awarding subcontracts for commercial products or commercial services under a DoD contract that includes this clause.

What it requires

  • Do not include FAR or DFARS clauses in subcontracts for commercial products or commercial services unless an exception applies.
  • Treat items valued at less than $10,000 per item as commercial products if they were purchased for use in multiple contracts and not identifiable to a particular contract.
  • Ensure such items meet all contract terms applicable to commercial products or commercial services.
  • Include the terms of this clause, including paragraph (c), in subcontracts awarded under this contract.

Key terms: commercial products · commercial services · subcontracts · FAR clause · DFARS clause

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

The text

As prescribed in 244.403, use the following clause:

Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services (NOV 2023)

(a) The Contractor shall not include the terms of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause or Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) clause in subcontracts for commercial products or commercial services at any tier under this contract, unless—

(1) For DFARS clauses, it is so specified in the particular clause; or

(2) For FAR clauses, the clause is listed at FAR 12.301(d) or it is so specified in paragraph (e)(1) of the clause at FAR 52.212-5 or paragraph (b)(1) of the clause at FAR 52.244-6, as applicable. (Section 847(b)(1)(B), Pub. L. 114-328)

(b)(1) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3457(c), the Contractor shall treat as commercial products any items valued at less than $10,000 per item that were purchased by the Contractor for use in the performance of multiple contracts with the Department of Defense and other parties and are not identifiable to any particular contract when purchased.

(2) The Contractor shall ensure that any items to be used in performance of this contract, that are treated as commercial products pursuant to paragraph (b)(1) of this clause, meet all terms and conditions of this contract that are applicable to commercial products or commercial services in accordance with the clause at FAR 52.244-6 and paragraph (a) of this clause.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the terms of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts awarded under this contract, including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 244.403 Contract clause.
  • 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
  • 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 244.403 Contract clause.

← 252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment. · 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration. →

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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