# [Amended]
**AGENCY:**
Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD).
**ACTION:**
Final rule.
**SUMMARY:**
DoD is making technical amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to provide needed editorial changes.
**DATES:**
Effective November 30, 2015.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Ms. Jennifer L. Hawes, Defense Acquisition Regulations System, OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), Room 3B941, 3060 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3060. Telephone 571-372-6115; facsimile 571-372-6094.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
This final rule amends the DFARS as follows:
1. Directs contracting officers to additional DFARS Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) by adding references at—
• DFARS 217.500(b) to PGI 217.502-1;
• DFARS 217.502-1(a)(1) and (b)(1) to PGI 217.502-1(a)(1) and (b)(1), respectively; and
• DFARS 239.7603 to PGI 239.7603.
2. Makes conforming changes at DFARS 239.7604, 252.239-7009, and 252.239-7010.
**List of Subjects in 48 CFR 217, 239, and 252**
Government procurement.
Jennifer L. Hawes,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
Therefore, 48 CFR parts 217, 239, and 252 are amended as follows:
**48 CFR Part 217**
1. The authority citation for 48 CFR parts 217, 239, and 252 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.
**48 CFR Part 217**
**PART 217—SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS**
2. In section 217.500, paragraph (b) is added to read as follows:
217.500
(b) A contracting activity from one DoD Component may provide acquisition assistance to deployed DoD units or personnel from another DoD Component. See PGI 217.502-1 for guidance and procedures.
3. Sections 217.502 and 217.502-1 are added to read as follows:
217.502
217.502-1
(a) *Determination of best procurement approach* —(1) *Assisted acquisitions.* Follow the procedures at PGI 217.502-1(a)(1), when a contracting activity from one DoD Component provides acquisition assistance to deployed DoD units or personnel from another DoD Component.
(b) *Written agreement on responsibility for management and administration* —(1) *Assisted acquisitions.* Follow the procedures at PGI 217.502-1(b)(1), when a contracting activity from a DoD Component provides acquisition assistance to deployed DoD units or personnel from another DoD Component.
**48 CFR Part 239**
**PART 239—ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY**
239.7603
4. Redesignate section 239.7603 as section 239.7604.
5. Add new section 239.7603 to read as follows:
239.7603
Follow the procedures relating to cloud computing at PGI 239.7603.
**48 CFR Part 252**
**PART 252—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES**
252.239-7009
6. Amend section 252.239-7009, in the introductory text, by removing “239.7603(a)” and adding “239.7604(a)” in its place.
252.239-7010
7. Amend section 252.239-7010, in the introductory text, by removing “239.7603(b)” and adding “239.7604(b)” in its place.