PF 2026-56 Class Deviation to DEAR Part 931 - Contract Cost Principles and Procedures to implement changes to FAR Part 31 - Contract Cost Principles and Procedures
DATE: June 24, 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 931 - Contract Cost Principles and Procedures to implement the changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 3 - Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 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 931 Deviation Text – Line-In/Line-Out, DEAR Part 931 Deviation Text – Final, and the class deviation where DOE and NNSA adopted RFO FAR Part 31 (including the following attachments to that class deviation: FAR Part 31 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.