---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2818"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2818"
heading: "Contracts for design and construction of facilities of Department of Defense"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2818"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 169 — Military Construction and Military Family Housing"
  - "Subchapter I — Military Construction"
---

# §2818. Contracts for design and construction of facilities of Department of Defense

- (a) **In General.—** The head of an element of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense (as defined in [section 111(b) of this title](/usc/10/111.md?p=b)) may award a contract to any other such element for the design and construction of [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense, including [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) maintenance and repair projects and unspecified minor [military construction](/usc/10/2801.md?p=a) projects under [section 2805 of this title](/usc/10/2805.md), on a reimbursable basis.
- (b) **Consideration as an Obligation.—** A contract awarded under [subsection (a)](#a) by such head shall be considered to be an obligation of such head in the same manner as a similar order or contract placed by such head with a private entity.
- (c) **Limitation.—** An awardee of a contract under [subsection (a)](#a) may include an amount equal to not more than 10 percent of the proposed value of the contract for contingency expenses.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2843, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2263; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(a)(18), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1209.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “contract” for “contact”.