Fun with the DFARS Parts 219, 222, & 223

The first part of Subpart 219.2 can function as a guide for small businesses working on DoD contracts for what they should expect the contracting agency to do, since it contains the standards to which the contracting agency will be held. DFARS 219.201. Because of the...

Fun with the DFARS Parts 216, 217, & 218

If a contractor and contracting officer wish to use a cost-plus-award-fee contract, they must refer to DFARS Part 216.405-2 and PGI 216.405-2. In the wake of allegations of contractors being paid unearned award fees, contractors must be particularly careful to follow...

Fun with the DFARS Part 215

Per DFARS Subpart 215.371-2, contracting officers must promote competition, especially in the context of receipt of only one offer. However, even if more than one offer is received, the prices offered are not automatically fair or reasonable. Thus, contracting...

Fun with the DFARS Part 212

Per DFARS 212.71, a contracting officer may enter into a contract with a nontraditional defense contractor for the acquisition of military-purpose nondevelopmental items. A nondevelopmental item is an item that has been developed entirely at private sector cost with...

Fun with the DFARS Part 207

When a major system is developed exclusively at private expense, contracting officers are prohibited from requiring offers for development or production of those systems which would enable the Government to use technical data to competitively reprocure identical items...