252.217-7000 Exercise of option to fulfill foreign military sales commitments.
Prescription and Applicability
DFARS Prescription, 217.208-70(a)
(a) Use the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.217-7000, Exercise of Option to Fulfill Foreign Military Sales Commitments, in solicitations and contracts when an option may be used for foreign military sales requirements. Do not use the basic or the alternate of this clause in contracts for establishment or replenishment of DoD inventories or stocks, or acquisitions made under DoD cooperative logistics support arrangements.
(1) Use the basic clause when the foreign military sales country is known at the time of solicitation or award.
(2) Use the alternate I clause when the foreign military sale country is not known at the time of solicitation or award.
Current Text
252.217-7000 Exercise of option to fulfill foreign military sales commitments.
Basic. As prescribed in 217.208-70(a) and (a)(1), use the following clause:
Exercise of Option To Fulfill Foreign Military Sales Commitments—Basic (NOV 2014)
(a) The Government may exercise the option(s) of this contract to fulfill foreign military sales commitments.
(b) The foreign military sales commitments are for:
(Insert name of country)
(Insert applicable CLIN)
(End of clause)
Alternate I. As prescribed in 217.208(a) and (a)(2), use the following clause, which uses a different paragraph (b) than paragraph (b) of the basic clause:
Exercise of Option to Fulfill Foreign Military Sales Commitments—Alternate I (NOV 2014)
(a) The Government may exercise the option(s) of this contract to fulfill foreign military sales commitments.
(b) On the date the option is exercised, the Government shall identify the foreign country for the purpose of negotiating any equitable adjustment attributable to foreign military sales. Failure to agree on an equitable adjustment shall be treated as a dispute under the Disputes clause of this contract.
End of clause
[56 FR 36479, July 31, 1991, as amended at 79 FR 65594, Nov. 5, 2014; 80 FR 36898, June 26, 2015]
Active Class Deviations Affecting This Clause
Class Deviation 2026-O0027, DFARS RFO Implementation (Part 17)
- Status: Active
- Date Issued: 2026-02-01
- Change type: MODIFIED
- Action: Modified by RFO class deviation
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