FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 34: Major System Acquisition
FAR 34.005-6 Full production.
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 allows an agency to award a full production contract for a major system that was successfully tested during full-scale development. Before that can happen, the agency head must reaffirm the mission need and program objectives and approve proceeding with production.
Applies to: Agencies awarding full production contracts for successfully tested major systems
What it requires
- The agency head must reaffirm the mission need and program objectives.
- The agency head must grant approval to proceed with production.
Key terms: full production · major systems · full-scale development phase · agency head · mission need
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Contracts for full production of successfully tested major systems selected from the full-scale development phase may be awarded if the agency head (a) reaffirms the mission need and program objectives and (b) grants approval to proceed with production.
← 34.005-5 Full-scale development contracts. · 34.100 Scope of subpart. →
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.