The Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) system is prescribed by MIL-STD 3007 and provides 

planning, design, construction, sustainment, restoration, and modernization criteria, and applies 

to the Military Departments, the Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field Activities in accordance 

with USD(AT&L) Memorandum dated 29 May 2002.  UFC will be used for all DoD projects and 

work for other customers where appropriate.  All construction outside of the United States is 

also governed by Status of Forces Agreements (SOFA), Host Nation Funded Construction 

Agreements (HNFA), and in some instances, Bilateral Infrastructure Agreements (BIA.)  

Therefore, the acquisition team must ensure compliance with the more stringent of the UFC, the 

SOFA, the HNFA, and the BIA, as applicable.