---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 201.402"
title: "48"
number: "201.402"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/201.402"
---

# §201.402. Policy.

- (1) The Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) (OUSD(A&S)DPCAP), is the approval authority within DoD for any individual or class deviation from—
  - (i) FAR 3.104, Procurement Integrity, or DFARS 203.104, Procurement Integrity;
  - (ii) FAR [subpart 27.4](/cfr/48/subpart27.4.md), Rights in Data and Copyrights, or DFARS [subpart 227.4](/cfr/48/subpart227.4.md), Rights in Data and Copyrights;
  - (iii) FAR [part 30](/cfr/48/part30.md), Cost Accounting Standards Administration, or DFARS [part 230](/cfr/48/part230.md), Cost Accounting Standards Administration;
  - (iv) FAR [subpart 31.1](/cfr/48/subpart31.1.md), Applicability, or DFARS [subpart 231.1](/cfr/48/subpart231.1.md), Applicability (contract cost principles);
  - (v) FAR [subpart 31.2](/cfr/48/subpart31.2.md), Contracts with Commercial Organizations, or DFARS [subpart 231.2](/cfr/48/subpart231.2.md), Contracts with Commercial Organizations; or
  - (vi) FAR [part 32](/cfr/48/part32.md), Contract Financing (except subparts [32.7](/cfr/48/subpart32.7.md) and [32.8](/cfr/48/subpart32.8.md) and the payment clauses prescribed by [subpart 32.1](/cfr/48/subpart32.1.md)), or DFARS [part 232](/cfr/48/part232.md), Contract Financing (except subparts [232.7](/cfr/48/subpart232.7.md) and [232.8](/cfr/48/subpart232.8.md)).
- (2) Submit requests for deviation approval through department/agency channels to the approval authority in [paragraph (1)](#1) of this section, 201.403, or 201.404, as appropriate. Submit deviations that require OUSD(A&S)DPCAP approval through the Director of the DAR Council via email at osd.pentagon.ousd-a-s.mbx.dfars@mail.mil. At a minimum, each request must—
  - (i) Identify the department/agency, and component if applicable, requesting the deviation;
  - (ii) Identify the FAR or DFARS citation from which a deviation is needed, state what is required by that citation, and indicate whether an individual or class deviation is requested;
  - (iii) Describe the deviation and indicate which of [paragraphs (a) through (f)](#a..f) of FAR 1.401 best categorizes the deviation;
  - (iv) State whether the deviation will have a significant effect beyond the internal operating procedures of the agency and/or a significant cost or administrative impact on contractors or offerors, and give reasons to support the statement;
  - (v) State the period of time for which the deviation is required;
  - (vi) State whether approval for the same deviation has been received previously, and if so, when;
  - (vii) State whether the proposed deviation was published (see FAR [subpart 1.5](/cfr/48/subpart1.5.md) for publication requirements) in the Federal Register and provide analysis of comments;
  - (viii) State whether the request for deviation has been reviewed by legal counsel, and if so, state results; and
  - (ix) **Give detailed rationale for the request.** State what problem or situation will be avoided, corrected, or improved if request is approved.

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 36284, July 31, 1991, as amended at 60 FR 61591, Nov. 30, 1995; 61 FR 50451, Sept. 26, 1996; 64 FR 8727, Feb. 23, 1999; 65 FR 6552, Feb. 10, 2000; 68 FR 7439, Feb. 14, 2003; 88 FR 73235, Oct. 25, 2023; 89 FR 60830, July 29, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36284, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[56 FR 36284, July 31, 1991, as amended at 60 FR 61591, Nov. 30, 1995; 61 FR 50451, Sept. 26, 1996; 64 FR 8727, Feb. 23, 1999; 65 FR 6552, Feb. 10, 2000; 68 FR 7439, Feb. 14, 2003; 88 FR 73235, Oct. 25, 2023; 89 FR 60830, July 29, 2024]