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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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26 sections with “Acceptance criteria”

  • FAR 11.103 Market acceptance.
    … to demonstrate that the items offered— (1) Have either— (i) Achieved commercial market acceptance; or (ii) Been satisfactorily supplied to an agency under current or recent contracts for the same or similar requirements; and (2) Otherw…
  • FAR 52.246-19 Warranty of Systems and Equipment under Performance Specifications or Design Criteria.
    …e Specifications or Design Criteria (MAY 2001) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptance means the act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government assumes for itself, or as an agent of another, owne…
  • FAR 15.607 Criteria for acceptance and negotiation of an unsolicited proposal.
    (a) A favorable comprehensive evaluation of an unsolicited proposal does not, in itself, justify awarding a contract without providing for full and open competition. The agency point of contact shall return an unsolicited proposal to the of…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …s; orders, such as purchase orders, under which the contract becomes effective by written acceptance or performance; and bilateral contract modifications. Contracts do not include grants and cooperative agreements covered by 31 U.S.C. 6301,…
  • FAR 46.703 Criteria for use of warranties.
    …lopment; (3) State of the art; (4) End use; (5) Difficulty in detecting defects before acceptance; and (6) Potential harm to the Government if the item is defective. (b) Cost. Warranty costs arise from— (1) The contractor's charge for…
  • DFARS 204.7103-1 Criteria for establishing.
    …a single shipment. This creates potential contract administration issues with inspection, acceptance, and payment. In such cases, solicitations should be structured to allow offerors to provide information about products that may not have b…
  • DFARS 227.7108 Contractor data repositories.
    …ized, in writing, the Government to do so. (d) Repository procedures may provide for the acceptance, delivery, and subsequent distribution of technical data in storage media other than paper, including direct electronic exchange of data be…
  • DFARS 227.7103-2 Acquisition of technical data.
    …iverable data item under a fixed-price type contract; (4) Include delivery schedules and acceptance criteria for each deliverable data item; and (5) Specifically identify the place of delivery for each deliverable item of technical data.
  • DFARS 227.7203-2 Acquisition of other than commercial computer software and computer software documentation and associated rights.
    …ware documentation under a fixed-price type contract; (4) Include delivery schedules and acceptance criteria for each deliverable item; (5) Specifically identify the place of delivery for each deliverable item; and (6) Specify in the neg…
  • DFARS 246.408-70 Subsistence.
    (a) The Surgeons General of the military departments are responsible for— (1) Acceptance criteria; (2) Technical requirements; and (3) Inspection procedures needed to assure wholesomeness of foods. (b) The contracting office may designa…
  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … a contractor of a fixed number of equal interim financing payments prior to delivery and acceptance of a contract item. The installment payment arrangement is designed to reduce administrative costs. However, if a contract will have a larg…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …mments to the contracting office. (47) Assist in evaluating and make recommendations for acceptance or rejection of waivers and deviations. (48) Evaluate and monitor the contractor's procedures for complying with procedures regarding rest…
  • FAR 46.706 Warranty terms and conditions.
    …e of delivery specified in the contract (irrespective of the f.o.b. point or the point of acceptance) to the contractor's plant and subsequent return. When defective items are returned to the contractor from other than the place of delivery…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …ervices required by this contract, for which delivery and invoicing by the Contractor and acceptance by the Government are incomplete. (6) The total amount of progress payments shall not exceed 80 percent of the total contract price. (7) …
  • FAR 52.232-32 Performance-Based Payments.
    …the Contracting Officer of a request for performance-based payment does not constitute an acceptance by the Government and does not excuse the Contractor from performance of obligations under this contract. (d) Liquidation of performance-b…
  • FAR 52.248-2 Value Engineering—Architect-Engineer.
    … contract specifies for this effort, but shall not share in savings which may result from acceptance and use of VEP's by the Government. (b) Definitions. Life cycle cost, as used in this clause, is the sum of all costs over the useful lif…
  • DFARS 252.246-7007 Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System.
    …of personnel. (2) The inspection and testing of electronic parts, including criteria for acceptance and rejection. Tests and inspections shall be performed in accordance with accepted Government- and industry-recognized techniques. Selecti…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    … the contract will be administered. In contracts for services, include how inspection and acceptance corresponding to the work statement's performance criteria will be enforced. In contracts for supplies or service contracts that include su…
  • FAR 12.603 Streamlined solicitation for commercial products or commercial services.
    …of requirements for the items to be acquired. (vii) Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and FOB point. (viii) A statement that the provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, ap…
  • FAR 31.203 Indirect costs.
    …an indirect cost base shall bear a pro rata share of indirect costs irrespective of their acceptance as Government contract costs. For example, when a cost input base is used for the allocation of G&A costs, the contractor shall include in …
  • FAR 31.205-11 Depreciation.
    … election is made, and contractors must continue to follow it until notification of final acceptance of all deliverable items on all open negotiated Government contracts. (c) For contracts to which 48 CFR 9904.409 is not applied, except as…
  • FAR 35.016 Broad agency announcement.
    …cordance with a common work statement. (e) The primary basis for selecting proposals for acceptance shall be technical, importance to agency programs, and fund availability. Cost realism and reasonableness shall also be considered to the e…
  • FAR 47.304-1 General.
    …es, the contracting officer shall generally specify f.o.b. origin acquisitions. (f) When acceptance must be at destination, solicitation shall be on an f.o.b. destination only basis. (g) Following are examples of situations when solicitat…
  • DFARS 246.702-70 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Acceptance as used in this subpart and in the warranty clauses at FAR 52.246-17, Warranty of Supplies of a Noncomplex Nature; FAR 52.246-18, Warranty of Supplies of a Complex Nature; FAR 52.246-19, Warranty of Syst…
  • DFARS 246.870-2 Policy.
    …f personnel. (ii) The inspection and testing of electronic parts, including criteria for acceptance and rejection. (iii) Processes to abolish counterfeit parts proliferation. (iv) Processes for maintaining electronic part traceability. …
  • DFARS 252.235-7004 Protection of Human Subjects.
    … policies. The Contractor may furnish evidence of an existing assurance of compliance for acceptance by the HRPO, if an appropriate assurance has been approved in connection with previous research. The Contractor shall notify the Contractin…

FAR (chapter 1)

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