PF 2026-24 Class Deviation to the Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) Part 906 - Competition Requirements to implement the changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6 - Competition Requirements

DATE: January 7, 2026

TO: HCAs/Procurement Directors/Contracting Officers

FROM: Director, Contract and Financial Assistance Policy Division, Office of Policy, Office of Acquisition Management

SUMMARY:  This class deviation updates the Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) Part 906 - Competition Requirements to implement the changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6 - Competition Requirements by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council through the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) initiative and make other revisions as to the DEAR to implement the deregulatory and plain language requirements of E.O. 14275 and OMB Memorandum M-25-26.

The DOE class deviation, DEAR Part 906 Deviation Text – Line out, DEAR Part 906 Deviation Text – Final, and the class deviation where DOE and NNSA adopted RFO FAR Part 6 (including the following attachments to that class deviation: FAR Part 6 Model Deviation Text, OMB Memorandum M-25-26, Overhauling the Federal Acquisition Regulation, FAR Council Memorandum titled Deviation Guidance to Support the Overhaul of the Federal Acquisition Regulation}, are attached. 

Questions concerning this policy flash should be directed to the Contract and Financial Assistance Policy Division at DOE_oapmpolicy@hq.doe.gov. 

For NNSA questions concerning this policy flash, please contact the Office of Policy and Oversight Division, Policy & Oversight Branch (NA-PAS-111), at (505) 845-5639.