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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.234-1 Industrial Resources Developed Under Title III, Defense Production Act.

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 applies when a contractor receives a request from a Title III project contractor to test and qualify a Title III industrial resource. The contractor must refer such requests to the Contracting Officer and, if directed, perform the testing and report results to the Defense Production Act Office. The Government supplies the resource and makes an equitable adjustment for testing costs.

Applies to: Contractors subject to FAR 52.234-1 and their subcontractors

What it requires

  • Refer any request from a Title III project contractor for testing and qualification of a Title III industrial resource to the Contracting Officer.
  • Upon the Contracting Officer's direction, test Title III industrial resources for qualification and provide the test results to the Defense Production Act Office, Title III Program, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433-7739.
  • Insert the substance of this clause, including paragraph (e), in every subcontract issued in performance of this contract.

Key terms: Title III industrial resource · Title III project contractor · Contracting Officer · equitable adjustment · subcontract

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

The text

As prescribed at 34.104, insert the following clause:

Industrial Resources Developed Under Title III, Defense Production Act (SEP 2016)

(a) Definitions.

Title III industrial resource means materials, services, processes, or manufacturing equipment (including the processes, technologies, and ancillary services for the use of such equipment) established or maintained under the authority of Title III, Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2091-2093).

Title III project contractor means a contractor that has received assistance for the development or manufacture of an industrial resource under Title III of Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2091-2093).

(b) The Contractor shall refer any request from a Title III project contractor for testing and qualification of a Title III industrial resource to the Contracting Officer.

(c) Upon the direction of the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall test Title III industrial resources for qualification. The Contractor shall provide the test results to the Defense Production Act Office, Title III Program, located at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433-7739.

(d) When the Contracting Officer modifies the contract to direct testing pursuant to this clause, the Government will provide the Title III industrial resource to be tested and will make an equitable adjustment in the contract for the costs of testing and qualification of the Title III industrial resource.

(e) The Contractor agrees to insert the substance of this clause, including paragraph (e), in every subcontract issued in performance of this contract.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim. · 52.234-2 Notice of Earned Value Management System—Preaward Integrated Baseline Review. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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