PF 2026-41 Class Deviation to DEAR Part 936 - Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts to implement changes to FAR Part 36 - Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts

DATE: April 21, 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 936 - Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts to implement the changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 36 - Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts 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 Executive Order 14275 and Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-25-26.

The DOE class deviation, DEAR Part 936 Deviation Text – Track Changes, DEAR Part 936 Deviation Text – Final, and the class deviation where DOE and NNSA adopted RFO FAR Part 36 (including the following attachments to that class deviation: FAR Part 36 Model Deviation Text and OMB Memorandum M-25-26, Overhauling 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.