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The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, or DFARS, is the Department of Defense's addition to the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The FAR sets the governmentwide baseline; the DFARS layers on the rules, procedures, and clauses that are specific to defense buying. When you contract with a military service or a defense agency, you comply with both.
The DFARS mirrors the FAR's structure, so its parts and clause numbers line up with their FAR counterparts. A practical tell is the clause number: FAR clauses begin with 52, while DFARS clauses begin with 252. Seeing a 252 clause in a solicitation is your cue that a defense-specific requirement applies.
The DFARS addresses areas the broader FAR does not fully cover for defense, including supply-chain and domestic-source rules, specialty-item requirements, and cybersecurity obligations for protecting sensitive defense information. Some of these carry significant compliance cost, so reading the DFARS clauses in a solicitation early tells you what you are really signing up for. For defense contractors, a 252-series clause you did not plan for can change both your price and your risk, which is why scanning for them is part of any serious bid or no-bid decision.
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