Defense Acquisition Regulation
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The Defense Acquisition Regulation was the U.S. Department of Defense’s primary procurement rulebook that governed military contracting and acquisition procedures before being superseded by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Defense Acquisition Regulation canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12915521 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Defense Acquisition Regulation Context triple: [Federal Acquisition Regulation, replaced, Defense Acquisition Regulation]
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A.
Federal Acquisition Regulation
The Federal Acquisition Regulation is the primary set of rules governing how U.S. federal agencies procure goods and services from contractors.
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B.
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement is a set of regulations that provides the Department of Defense with specific acquisition policies and procedures that supplement the government-wide Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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C.
Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation
The Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s supplemental procurement rule set that tailors and augments the Federal Acquisition Regulation for DHS-specific contracting needs.
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D.
GSA Acquisition Regulation
The GSA Acquisition Regulation is a supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation that provides agency-specific policies and procedures governing how the U.S. General Services Administration conducts its procurement and contracting activities.
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E.
Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation
The Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation is a specialized set of federal procurement rules governing how the U.S. Department of Energy and its contractors acquire goods and services, particularly in the nuclear and energy sectors.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Defense Acquisition Regulation Target entity description: The Defense Acquisition Regulation was the U.S. Department of Defense’s primary procurement rulebook that governed military contracting and acquisition procedures before being superseded by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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A.
Federal Acquisition Regulation
The Federal Acquisition Regulation is the primary set of rules governing how U.S. federal agencies procure goods and services from contractors.
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B.
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement is a set of regulations that provides the Department of Defense with specific acquisition policies and procedures that supplement the government-wide Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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C.
Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation
The Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s supplemental procurement rule set that tailors and augments the Federal Acquisition Regulation for DHS-specific contracting needs.
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D.
GSA Acquisition Regulation
The GSA Acquisition Regulation is a supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation that provides agency-specific policies and procedures governing how the U.S. General Services Administration conducts its procurement and contracting activities.
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E.
Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation
The Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation is a specialized set of federal procurement rules governing how the U.S. Department of Energy and its contractors acquire goods and services, particularly in the nuclear and energy sectors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal regulation
ⓘ
military acquisition regulation ⓘ procurement regulation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DAR ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Department of Defense acquisition programs
ⓘ
Department of Defense contracting officers ⓘ Department of Defense procurement officials ⓘ United States Department of Defense ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
|
| basedOn | United States procurement statutes ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| field |
defense acquisition
ⓘ
government procurement ⓘ public contracting ⓘ |
| governs |
contracting procedures for the U.S. Department of Defense
ⓘ
defense acquisition procedures ⓘ defense procurement ⓘ military contracting ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Defense Acquisition Regulation ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to ensure compliance with federal procurement law in defense acquisitions
ⓘ
to provide uniform policies for defense contracting ⓘ to standardize Department of Defense procurement rules ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | regulation ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States defense acquisition system
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. defense acquisition system
|
| predecessorOf |
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
ⓘ
Federal Acquisition Regulation–based defense procurement system ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. defense acquisition system
|
| publisher |
United States Department of Defense
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
|
| regulates |
defense contracting practices
ⓘ
procurement of goods for the U.S. military ⓘ procurement of services for the U.S. military ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
ⓘ
Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ |
| sector |
defense
ⓘ
public sector procurement ⓘ |
| status | superseded ⓘ |
| subject |
bid solicitation procedures
ⓘ
contract administration ⓘ contract clauses for defense contracts ⓘ contract formation ⓘ contract pricing ⓘ procurement integrity requirements ⓘ source selection procedures ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
U.S. defense agencies
ⓘ
U.S. military departments ⓘ
linked to:
United States military departments
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Defense Acquisition Regulation Description of subject: The Defense Acquisition Regulation was the U.S. Department of Defense’s primary procurement rulebook that governed military contracting and acquisition procedures before being superseded by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.