FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 270: Defense Contracting Programs › Subpart 270.1
DFARS 270.102 Policy.
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 section limits when a contracting officer may award a sole-source, follow-on contract to the incumbent contractor. It also requires the contracting officer to justify the sole-source award under FAR 6.303 and 6.304 and to cite FAR 6.302-5 as the exception to full and open competition.
Applies to: Contracting officers awarding sole-source, follow-on contracts to incumbent contractors
What it requires
- The contracting officer may only award one sole-source, follow-on contract to the incumbent contractor if the contractor has represented that it is a qualified business and the contract is for the continued development, production, or provision of products or services that are the same as or substan
- The contracting officer shall justify the use of a sole-source contract in accordance with FAR 6.303 and 6.304 and cite FAR 6.302-5 as the exception to full and open competition.
Key terms: sole-source · follow-on contract · incumbent contractor · qualified business · full and open competition
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) The contracting officer may only award one sole-source, follow-on contract to the incumbent contractor if—
(1) The contractor has represented that it is a qualified business; and
(2) The contract is for the continued development, production, or provision of products or services that are the same as or substantially similar to those procured under the prior contract awarded to the contractor by or for DoD.
(b) The contracting officer shall justify the use of a sole-source contract in accordance with FAR 6.303 and 6.304 and cite FAR 6.302-5 as the exception to full and open competition.
← 270.101 Definition. · 270.103 Limitations. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 270
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Pilot Program To Incentivize Contracting With Employee-Owned Businesses (DFARS Case 2024-D004) ↗ · final rule 2024-10-10 · effective 2024-11-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Pilot Program To Incentivize Contracting With Employee-Owned Businesses (DFARS Case 2024-D004) ↗ · proposed 2024-05-30 · comments due 2024-07-29
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.