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FAR 252.227-7995 — Deferred Ordering of Technical Data or Computer Software (RFO-only)

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252.227-7995 Deferred Ordering of Technical Data or Computer Software

Type: Clause (RFO-only)

Prescribing part: FAR Part 227

Source: acquisition.gov RFO Part 52

This clause was introduced by the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (EO 14275) and does not appear in the codified eCFR. It applies to contracts using the RFO model.

RFO Prescription

As prescribed at 227.7103-6(h), use the following clause:

Current Text (RFO)

DEFERRED ORDERING OF TECHNICAL DATA OR COMPUTER SOFTWARE
(DEVIATION 2026-O0036) (FEB 2026)

In addition to technical data or computer software the Contractor must deliver
elsewhere in this contract, the Government may, at any time during the performance of
this contract or within a period of three years after acceptance of all items (other than
technical data or computer software) the Contractor must deliver under this contract or
the termination of this contract, order any technical data or computer software
generated in the performance of this contract or any of its subcontracts. When the
technical data or computer software is ordered, the Contractor shall be compensated for
converting the data or computer software into the prescribed form, for reproduction and
delivery. The Contractor's obligation to deliver technical data related to an item from a
subcontractor expires three years after the Contractor accepts the final delivery of that
item from that subcontractor. The Government's rights to use the data or computer
software shall be pursuant to the clause at 252.227-7989, Rights in Technical Data,
Computer Software, and Computer Software Documentation—Other Than Commercial
Products or Commercial Services, of this contract.

(End of clause)