48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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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.

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3 sections with “Valid time-phased requirements”

  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …robable; or (2) More than remote but less than likely (section 806 of Pub. L. 116-283). Valid time-phased requirements means material that is— (1) Needed to fulfill the production plan, including reasonable quantities for scrap, shrinkag…
  • DFARS 242.7201 Definitions.
    … planning, engineering, estimating, purchasing, inventory, accounting, or other systems. Valid time-phased requirements means material that is— (1) Needed to fulfill the production plan, including reasonable quantities for scrap, shrinkag…
  • DFARS 242.7202 Policy.
    …osts of purchased and fabricated material charged or allocated to a contract are based on valid time-phased requirements; and (3) Maintains a consistent, equitable, and unbiased logic for costing of material transactions. (b) The cognizan…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.