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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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464 sections with “8(a) authority”: the first 40

  • FAR 1.602-1 Authority.
    (a) Contracting officers have authority to enter into, administer, or terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings. Contracting officers may bind the Government only to the extent of the authority delegated to them. Cont…
  • FAR 36.602-4 Selection authority.
    …) The final selection decision shall be made by the agency head or a designated selection authority. (b) The selection authority shall review the recommendations of the evaluation board and shall, with the advice of appropriate technical a…
  • FAR 41.103 Statutory and delegated authority.
    (a) Statutory authority. (1) The General Services Administration (GSA) is authorized by 40 U.S.C. 501 to prescribe policies and methods governing the acquisition and supply of utility services for Federal agencies. This authority includes r…
  • FAR 50.102-1 Delegation of authority.
    An agency head may delegate in writing authority under Pub. L. 85-804 and E.O. 10789, subject to the following limitations: (a) Authority delegated shall be to a level high enough to ensure uniformity of action. (b) Authority to approve r…
  • FAR 50.102-3 Limitations on exercise of authority.
    (a) Pub. L. 85-804 is not authority for— (1) Using a cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting; (2) Making any contract that violates existing law limiting profit or fees; (3) Providing for other than full and open competition…
  • FAR 6.303-1 Requirements.
    …6.304. (b) The contracting officer shall not award a sole-source contract under the 8(a) authority (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) for an amount exceeding $30 million unless— (1) The contracting officer justifies the use of a sole-source contract in w…
  • DFARS 250.102-1 Delegation of authority.
    (b) Authority under FAR 50.104 to approve actions obligating $90,000 or less may not be delegated below the level of the head of the contracting activity. (d) In accordance with the acquisition authority of the Under Secretary of Defense (…
  • FAR 1.301 Policy.
    (a)(1) Subject to the authorities in paragraph (c) below and other statutory authority, an agency head may issue or authorize the issuance of agency acquisition regulations that implement or supplement the FAR and incorporate, together with…
  • FAR 1.602-3 Ratification of unauthorized commitments.
    …section, means the act of approving an unauthorized commitment by an official who has the authority to do so. Unauthorized commitment, as used in this subsection, means an agreement that is not binding solely because the Government represe…
  • FAR 1.707 Signatory authority.
    …ed, it shall be signed by the appropriate official in accordance with agency regulations. Authority to sign or delegate signature authority for the various D&F's is as shown in the applicable FAR part.
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … activity means an element of an agency designated by the agency head and delegated broad authority regarding acquisition functions. Contracting office means an office that awards or executes a contract for supplies or services and perform…
  • FAR 5.502 Authority.
    (a) Newspapers. Authority to approve the publication of paid advertisements in newspapers is vested in the head of each agency (44 U.S.C. 3702). This approval authority may be delegated (5 U.S.C. 302 (b)). Contracting officers shall obtain …
  • FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
    (a) Authority. (1) Citations: 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) or 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1). (2) When the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or, for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a…
  • FAR 6.302-2 Unusual and compelling urgency.
    (a) Authority. (1) Citations: 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(2) or 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(2). (2) When the agency's need for the supplies or services is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the Government would be seriously injured unless the agen…
  • FAR 6.302-3 Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services.
    (a) Authority. (1) Citations: 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(3) or 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(3). (2) Full and open competition need not be provided for when it is necessary to award the contract to a particular source or sources in order— (i) To maintain a fa…
  • FAR 6.302-5 Authorized or required by statute.
    (a) Authority. (1) Citations: 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(5) or 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(5). (2) Full and open competition need not be provided for when— (i) A statute expressly authorizes or requires that the acquisition be made through another agency or…
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    …3 in connection with mistakes in bids alleged after opening of bids and before award. The authority to permit correction of bids is limited to bids that, as submitted, are responsive to the invitation and may not be used to permit correctio…
  • FAR 22.1905 Enforcement of Executive Order Minimum Wage Requirements.
    (a) Authority. (1) Section 5 of the E.O. grants the authority for investigating potential violations of, and obtaining compliance with, the E.O. to the Secretary of Labor. The Secretary of Labor, in promulgating the implementing regulations…
  • FAR 22.2109 Enforcement of Executive Order 13706 paid sick leave requirements.
    (a) Authority. Section 4 of the E.O. grants to the Secretary of Labor the authority for investigating potential violations of, and obtaining compliance with, the E.O. The Secretary of Labor, in promulgating the implementing regulations requ…
  • FAR 28.101-3 Authority of an attorney-in-fact for a bid bond.
    …son signing a bid bond as an attorney-in-fact shall include with the bid bond evidence of authority to bind the surety. (b) An original, or a photocopy or facsimile of an original, power of attorney is sufficient evidence of such authority…
  • FAR 32.006-1 General.
    (a) Under 10 U.S.C. 3806(j), the statutory authority implemented by this section is available to the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; this statutory authority is not available to the United States…
  • FAR 45.604-4 Sale of property pursuant to the exchange/sale authority.
    Agencies should consider the sale of property pursuant to the exchange/sale authority in FMR 102-39 (41 CFR part 102-39) when agencies are acquiring or plan to acquire similar products and other requirements of the authority are satisfied.
  • FAR 49.108-4 Authorization for subcontract settlements without approval or ratification.
    …02-1(a) will accompany the settlement. (2) Except as provided in subparagraph (4) below, authority granted to a prime contractor under subparagraph (1) above by any TCO shall apply to all Executive agencies' prime contracts that are termin…
  • FAR 50.101-1 Authority.
    …l defense. (b) E.O. 10789 authorizes the heads of the following agencies to exercise the authority conferred by Pub. L. 85-804 and to delegate it to other officials within the agency: the Government Publishing Office; the Department of Hom…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …ract awarded by the State Department or any other agency that has statutory or regulatory authority to require subcontracting plans for subcontracts performed outside the United States and its outlying areas. (1) ISR. This report is not re…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    … the unliquidated balance as of the date on which the check is received by the Government authority designated by the Contracting Officer; and (iii) Liquidations by deductions from Government payments to the Contractor shall be considered …
  • FAR 52.247-3 Capability To Perform a Contract for the Relocation of a Federal Office.
    …tate move), the Contractor shall have obtained and hold appropriate and current operating authority from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. (b)(1) If the move specified in this contract is to be performed by the Contractor as…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …ion that fabricates an electronic part under a contract with, or with the express written authority of, the original component manufacturer based on the original component manufacturer's designs, formulas, and/or specifications. Compromise…
  • DFARS 232.302 Authority.
    …oans as a contract financing mechanism requires the availability of certain congressional authority. The DoD has not requested such authority in recent years, and none is now available.
  • DFARS 234.004 Acquisition strategy.
    …-364), for major defense acquisition programs at Milestone B— (A) The milestone decision authority shall select, with the advice of the contracting officer, the contract type for a development program at the time of Milestone B approval or…
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    …R for an individual subcontracting plan to the “Department of Defense.” (2) For DoD, the authority to acknowledge receipt or reject reports in eSRS is as follows: (i) The authority to acknowledge receipt or reject the ISR resides with the…
  • FAR 1.602-2 Responsibilities.
    …office, but may be assigned some duties at 42.302 by the contracting officer; (5) Has no authority to make any commitments or changes that affect price, quality, quantity, delivery, or other terms and conditions of the contract nor in any …
  • FAR 3.703 Authority.
    …e (18 U.S.C. 201-224). Executive Order 12448, November 4, 1983, delegates the President's authority under the Act to the heads of the executive agencies and military departments. (b) 41 U.S.C. 2105(c) requires a Federal agency, upon receiv…
  • FAR 6.302-6 National security.
    (a) Authority. (1) Citations: 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(6) or 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(6). (2) Full and open competition need not be provided for when the disclosure of the agency's needs would compromise the national security unless the agency is permit…
  • FAR 6.302-7 Public interest.
    (a) Authority. (1) Citations: 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(7)or 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(7). (2) Full and open competition need not be provided for when the agency head determines that it is not in the public interest in the particular acquisition concerned…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …e justification. The justification shall cite that the acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Multiple-Award Schedule Program (see 8.401). (2) At a minimum, each justification shall include the following information: (i) Iden…
  • FAR 9.404 Exclusions in the System for Award Management.
    … when more than one name is involved in a single action; (2) Name of the agency or other authority taking the action; (3) Cause for the action (see 9.406-2 and 9.407-2 for causes authorized under this subpart) or other statutory or regula…
  • FAR 13.501 Special documentation requirements.
    …hat the procedures in FAR subpart 13.5 were used in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1901 or the authority of 41 U.S.C. 1903; (iii) Make publicly available the justifications (excluding brand name) required by 6.305(a) within 14 days after contra…
  • FAR 17.502-2 The Economy Act.
    …ult in a contract or an order, then the FAR does not apply. The Economy Act also provides authority for placement of orders between major organizational units within an agency; procedures for such intra-agency transactions are addressed in …
  • FAR 32.101 Authority.
    The basic authority for the contract financing described in this part is contained in 41 U.S.C. chapter 45, Contract Financing, 10 U.S.C. chapter 277, and Title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2091).

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.