DoD Keeps Its Contract Negotiation Paperwork Going
Published Date: 10/19/2026
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Summary
The Department of Defense wants to keep collecting info from businesses involved in contract negotiations under DFARS Part 215 for three more years. This helps DoD manage contracts better and affects about 193 companies, each spending around 4 hours on this yearly. Comments on this plan are open until December 18, 2026, so speak up if you have ideas to make it easier or clearer!
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Mandatory submission to win/keep DoD contracts
If you want to obtain or retain DoD contracts covered by DFARS Part 215, contractors that follow FAR subpart 31.2 must submit forward pricing rate proposals that comply with FAR 15.408 Table 15-2 and DFARS 215.403-5 and 215.407-5-70, including the Table 215.403-1 adequacy checklist. The checklist must be submitted to DoD with the forward pricing rate proposal when the contracting officer requires it.
Time burden for DoD contract proposals
If your company submits forward pricing rate proposals to the Department of Defense under DFARS Part 215, you must spend about 4 hours per required submission completing the proposal and its adequacy checklist. DoD estimates 193 respondents make this submission once per year, for a total of about 772 hours annually.
Proposed 3-year extension of information collection
DoD proposes to extend OMB Control Number 0704-0497 for three years after the approval date so that the forward pricing rate proposal information collection continues. Comments on this proposed extension are requested by December 18, 2026, and current OMB approval runs through January 31, 2027.
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