DFARS Part 212 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services
Part Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
Part facts
- Citation
- DFARS Part 212
- Type
- Part
- Supplements
- FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services
- Last amended
- 90 FR 43560 Effective Nov 10, 2025
- Proposed changes
- 8
- 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 part.
Contents
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212.001 Definitions
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Subpart 212.1 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services
- 212.102 Applicability
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Subpart 212.2 Special Requirements for the Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services
- 212.203 Procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award
- 212.207 Contract type
- 212.209 Determination of price reasonableness
- 212.211 Technical data
- 212.212 Computer software
- 212.270 Major weapon systems as commercial products
- 212.271 Limitation on acquisition of right-hand drive passenger sedans
- 212.272 Preference for certain commercial products and commercial services
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Subpart 212.3 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses for the Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services
- 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services
- 212.302 Tailoring of provisions and clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services
- 212.370 Inapplicability of certain provisions and clauses to contracts and subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products, commercial services, and commercially available off-the-shelf items
- 212.371 Inapplicability of certain provisions and clauses to contracts for the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items
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Subpart 212.5 Applicability of Certain Laws to the Acquisition Ofcommercial Products, Commercial Services, and Commercially Availableoff-the-Shelf Items
- 212.503 Applicability of certain laws to Executive agency contracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services
- 212.504 Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services
- 212.505 Applicability of certain laws to contracts for the acquisition of COTS items
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Subpart 212.6 Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services
- 212.602 Streamlined evaluation of offers
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Subpart 212.70 Defense Commercial Solutions Opening
- 212.7000 Scope of subpart
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Subpart 212.71 Reserved
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Proposed changes
Quick answers
What is DFARS Part 212?
DFARS Part 212 is a part of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, titled "Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services".
When was DFARS Part 212 last changed?
The most recent final rule on record is "Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041)" (90 FR 43560), published Sep 10, 2025 and effective Nov 10, 2025.
Are changes to DFARS Part 212 proposed?
8 proposed changes have no final rule yet.
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