DFARS 227.7103-11 Contractor procedures and records

Subsection Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

Facts

Citation
DFARS 227.7103-11
Type
Subsection
Supplements
FAR Part 27 Patents, Data, and Copyrights
Last amended
90 FR 41480 Effective Aug 25, 2025
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

(a) The clauses at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data— Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and 252.227-7018, Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, require a contractor, and its subcontractors or suppliers that will deliver technical data with other than unlimited rights, to establish and follow written procedures to assure that restrictive markings are used only when authorized and to maintain records to justify the validity of asserted restrictions on delivered data.

(b) The clause at 252.227-7037, Validation of Restrictive Markings on Technical Data, requires contractors and their subcontractors at any tier to maintain records sufficient to justify the validity of restrictive markings on technical data delivered or to be delivered under a Government contract.

Federal Register history

Final rule Published Effective
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments 90 FR 41480 · Docket DARS-2025-0001
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Small Business Innovation Research Program Data Rights (DFARS Case 2019-D043) 89 FR 103338 · Docket DARS-2020-0033
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Definition of “Commercial Item” (DFARS Case 2018-D066) 88 FR 6578 · Docket DARS-2022-0004

Quick answers

What is DFARS 227.7103-11?

DFARS 227.7103-11 is a subsection of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, titled "Contractor procedures and records".

When was DFARS 227.7103-11 last changed?

The most recent final rule on record is "Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments" (90 FR 41480), published Aug 25, 2025 and effective Aug 25, 2025.

Are changes to DFARS 227.7103-11 proposed?

No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.

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