DFARS 216.402-2 Performance incentives
Subsection Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
Facts
- Citation
- DFARS 216.402-2
- Type
- Subsection
- Supplements
- FAR 16.402-2 Performance incentives
- Last amended
- 87 FR 76988 Effective Dec 30, 2022
- 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 subsection.
Text
(1) See PGI 216.402-2 for guidance on establishing performance incentives.
(2) Contracting officers shall ensure requirements about the payment of incentive fees or the imposition of penalties are included in the solicitation for a contract for the engineering and manufacturing development or production of a weapon system, including embedded software, if the program manager or comparable requiring activity official exercising program manager responsibilities includes—
(i) Provisions for the payment of incentive fees to the contractor, based on achievement of design specification requirements for reliability and maintainability of weapons systems under the contract; or
(ii) The imposition of penalties to be paid by the contractor to the Government for failure to achieve such design specification requirements (10 U.S.C. 4328).
Federal Register history
Sections cited
- PGI 216.402-2 Technical performance incentives
Quick answers
What is DFARS 216.402-2?
DFARS 216.402-2 is a subsection of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, titled "Performance incentives".
When was DFARS 216.402-2 last changed?
The most recent final rule on record is "Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Reorganization of Defense Acquisition Statutes (DFARS Case 2022-D018)" (87 FR 76988), published Dec 16, 2022 and effective Dec 30, 2022.
Are changes to DFARS 216.402-2 proposed?
No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.
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