DoD Proposes Changes to DFARS to Treat Certain Defense Items as Commercial Items

Summary

The US Department of Defense (DoD) is proposing to update the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to align with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 and 2018, which aims to treat commingled items purchased by contractors and services provided by nontraditional defense contractors as commercial items, and to further implement a section that allows contracts using FAR part 12 procedures to serve as prior commercial item determinations.