DFARS 225.401

(a)(2)(A) If a department or agency considers an individual acquisition of a product to be indispensable for national security or national defense purposes and appropriate for exclusion from the provisions of FAR subpart 25.4, it may submit a request with supporting rationale to the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) (OUSD(A&S)DPC). Approval by OUSD(A&S)DPCAP is not required if— ( 1 ) Purchase from foreign sources is restricted by statute (see Subpart 225.70); ( 2 ) Another exception in FAR 25.401 applies to the acquisition; or ( 3 ) Competition from foreign sources is restricted under subpart 225.71. (B) Public interest exceptions for certain countries when acquiring products or services in support of operations in Afghanistan are in 225.7704-1 .

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