32 CFR § 21.325 - Do acquisition regulations also apply to DoD grants and agreements?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s21.325"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 21.325 - Do acquisition regulations also apply to DoD grants and agreements?"
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "21.325"
section_name: "Do acquisition regulations also apply to DoD grants and agreements?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS"
part_number: "21"
part_name: "DoD GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS—GENERAL MATTERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 47153, Aug. 7, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "21"
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# 21.325 Do acquisition regulations also apply to DoD grants and agreements?
Unless the DoDGARs specify that they apply, policies and procedures in the following acquisition regulations that apply to procurement contracts do not apply to grants, cooperative agreements, technology investment agreements, or to other assistance or nonprocurement awards:
(a) The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)(48 CFR parts 1-53).
(b) The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)(48 CFR parts 201-270).
(c) DoD Component supplements to the FAR and DFARS.