DFARS 211.106 Purchase descriptions for service contracts
Section Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
Facts
- Citation
- DFARS 211.106
- Type
- Section
- Supplements
- FAR 11.106 Purchase descriptions for service contracts
- Last amended
- 76 FR 25565 Effective May 5, 2011
- Text as of
- DFARS Change May 7, 2026
- Official text
- acquisition.gov
Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this section.
Text
Agencies shall require that purchase descriptions for service contracts and resulting requirements documents, such as statements of work or performance work statements, include language to provide a clear distinction between Government employees and contractor employees. Agencies shall be guided by the characteristics and descriptive elements of personal-services contracts at FAR 37.104. Service contracts shall require contractor employees to identify themselves as contractor personnel by introducing themselves or being introduced as contractor personnel and displaying distinguishing badges or other visible identification for meetings with Government personnel. In addition, contracts shall require contractor personnel to appropriately identify themselves as contractor employees in telephone conversations and in formal and informal written correspondence.
Federal Register history
Quick answers
What is DFARS 211.106?
DFARS 211.106 is a section of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, titled "Purchase descriptions for service contracts".
When was DFARS 211.106 last changed?
The most recent final rule on record is "Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement; Guidance on Personal Services (DFARS Case 2009-D028)" (76 FR 25565), published May 5, 2011 and effective May 5, 2011.
Are changes to DFARS 211.106 proposed?
No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.
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