Class Deviation 2026-O0011 - DFARS RFO Implementation (Part 34)

Status: Active

Signed By: John M. Tenaglia, Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy

Scope: All DoD contracting officers

Applies to DAF/Air Force: Yes

Authority: E.O. 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement; E.O. 14265, Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base; OMB Memorandum M-25-26, Overhauling the Federal Acquisition Regulation

Summary

The deviation directs contracting officers to use revised FAR Part 34 and replacement Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 234 and Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) 234 for major system acquisition. It implements Executive Order (E.O.) 14275 and E.O. 14265, which require removal of unnecessary procurement regulations. The deviation remains in effect until rescinded or incorporated into the FAR, DFARS and DFARS PGI.

Required Contracting Officer Actions

Effective 2026-02-01, use the revised FAR Part 34 from the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) web page. It replaces the codified text at 48 CFR chapter 1.
Effective 2026-02-01, use the attached DFARS Part 234 in lieu of the text codified at 48 CFR chapter 2.
Effective 2026-02-01, use the attached PGI 234 in lieu of the PGI text on the Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy web page.
For cost or incentive contracts valued at $50 million or more, insert provision 252.234-7998, Notice of Earned Value Management System, in solicitations. Use the deviation version dated February 2026.
For cost or incentive contracts valued at $50 million or more, insert clause 252.234-7999, Earned Value Management System, in solicitations and contracts. Use it instead of FAR 52.234-4.
Do not apply DFARS Subpart 234.2 to contracts primarily for software, including those using a software acquisition pathway under DoD Instruction 5000.87.
For major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs) exceeding $50 million, insert the basic provision 252.234-7003 and basic clause 252.234-7004 in solicitations and contracts.
For MDAPs valued between $20 million and $50 million, insert Alternate I of provision 252.234-7003 and Alternate I of clause 252.234-7004 when directed by the program manager with OSD Deputy Director, Cost Assessment approval.

Affected Provisions and Clauses

252.215-7010, (Clause)

Prescribed in: 215.408(5)
Change type: MODIFIED
Action: Modify clause 252.215-7010

252.234-7001, (Clause)

Prescribed in: 234.203(1)
Change type: MODIFIED
Action: Add clause 252.234-7001

252.234-7002, 252.234-7002 Earned Value Management System. (Clause)

Prescribed in: 234.203(2)
Change type: MODIFIED
Action: Modified by RFO class deviation

252.234-7003, (Clause)

Prescribed in: 234.7101(a)
Change type: MODIFIED
Action: Add clause 252.234-7003

252.234-7004, (Clause)

Prescribed in: 234.7101(b)
Change type: MODIFIED
Action: Add clause 252.234-7004

252.234-7998, (Clause)

Change type: MODIFIED
Action: Add clause 252.234-7998

252.234-7999, (Clause)

Change type: MODIFIED
Action: Add clause 252.234-7999

252.242-7005, (Clause)

Prescribed in: 242.7001
Change type: MODIFIED
Action: Modify clause 252.242-7005

52.234-4, (Clause)

Prescribed in: 34.203(c)
Change type: MODIFIED
Action: Add clause 52.234-4

Notes

Inquiries: Direct questions about this deviation to osd.pentagon.ousd-a-s.mbx.dfars@mail.mil.

No expiration date: The deviation has no fixed expiration date. It remains in effect until rescinded or incorporated into the FAR, DFARS and DFARS PGI.

Software exemption: The earned value management system (EVMS) requirements in Subpart 234.2 do not apply to contracts primarily for software. This includes contracts using a software acquisition pathway under DoD Instruction 5000.87.

DCMA responsibility: The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) determines EVMS compliance when DoD is the cognizant Federal agency.