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102 sections with “Administrative agreement”: the first 40

  • FAR 9.406-3 Procedures.
    … be sent— (i) To the contractor, the contractor's identified counsel for purposes of the administrative proceedings, or the contractor's agent for service of process; and (ii) For each specifically named affiliate, to the affiliate itself…
  • FAR 9.407-3 Procedures.
    … exclusions and all similar actions taken by Federal, State, or local agencies, including administrative agreements that affect only those agencies; (iii) All criminal and civil proceedings not included in the notice of suspension that gre…
  • FAR 9.406-1 General.
    …dual) cooperated fully with Government agencies during the investigation and any court or administrative action. (5) Whether the contractor (including an individual) has paid or has agreed to pay all criminal, civil, and administrative lia…
  • DFARS 227.7006 Investigation and administrative disposition of claims.
    An investigation and administrative determination (denial or settlement) of each claim shall be made in accordance with instructions and procedures established by each Department, subject to the following: (a) When the procurement responsi…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …nitoring and reporting, data collection, budgeting, accounting, performance auditing, and administrative technical support for conferences and training programs. (2) Studies, analyses and evaluations, i.e., contracted services that provide…
  • FAR 9.104-6 Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.
    …formation may not be relevant to a determination of present responsibility, e.g., a prior administrative action such as debarment, suspension, voluntary exclusion, or administrative agreement, that has expired or otherwise been resolved, or…
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    …the contracts of a contracting office, an agency, or several agencies. (e) The cognizant administrative contracting officer (ACO), or other contracting officer established in part 42, shall negotiate advance agreements except that an advan…
  • FAR 42.705-1 Contracting officer determination procedure.
    … (1) Business units of a multidivisional corporation under the cognizance of a corporate administrative contracting officer (see subpart 42.6), with that officer responsible for the determination, assisted, as required, by the administrati…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …the performance of this contract other than any person employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as these terms are defined in part 541 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, as revised. It includes all…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …on and the need to periodically compare multiple technical approaches or prices; (C) The administrative costs of BPAs; and (D) The technical qualifications of the schedule contractor(s). (4) BPAs shall address the frequency of ordering, …
  • FAR 16.703 Basic ordering agreements.
    …se procedures can result in economies in ordering parts for equipment support by reducing administrative lead-time, inventory investment, and inventory obsolescence due to design changes. (c) Limitations. A basic ordering agreement shall n…
  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    … incumbent contractor's collective bargaining agreement may involve coordination with the administrative contracting officer responsible for administering the predecessor contract. (Paragraph (m) of the clause at 52.222-41, Service Contract…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    (a) Definitions. As used in this subsection— Costs include, but are not limited to, administrative and clerical expenses; the costs of legal services, whether performed by in-house or private counsel; the costs of the services of accountan…
  • FAR 42.1202 Responsibility for executing agreements.
    …ws: (a) If any of the affected contracts held by the transferor have been assigned to an administrative contracting officer (ACO) (see 2.1 and 42.202), the responsible contracting officer shall be— (1) This ACO; or (2) The ACO responsibl…
  • DFARS 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.
    …ted. 7. The estimated annual cost of this agreement is $__________. This estimate is for administrative purposes only and does not impose any obligation on the Government to request any services or make any payment. 8. Advance payments ar…
  • FAR 9.403 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Administrative agreement means an agreement between an agency suspending and debarring official and the contractor used to resolve a suspension or debarment proceeding, or a potential suspension or debarment procee…
  • FAR 22.406-10 Disposition of disputes concerning construction contract labor standards enforcement.
    …s requirements under varying circumstances. (b) Generally, these differences are settled administratively at the project level by the contracting agency. If necessary, these differences may be settled with assistance from the Department of…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …re findings of fact and issue decisions under the Disputes clause on matters in which the administrative contracting officer (ACO) has the authority to take definitive action. (11) In connection with Cost Accounting Standards (see 48 CFR 3…
  • FAR 43.101 Definitions.
    As used in this part— Administrative change means a unilateral (see 43.103(b)) contract change, in writing, that does not affect the substantive rights of the parties (e.g., a change in the paying office or the appropriation data). Effect…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ined if it has been assessed. A liability is not finally determined if there is a pending administrative or judicial challenge. In the case of a judicial challenge to the liability, the liability is not finally determined until all judicial…
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    …hapter 31, subchapter IV); (B) Other than individuals employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as those terms are defined in 29 CFR part 541; and (C) Regardless of the contractual relationship alleged t…
  • DFARS 227.7004 Requirements for filing an administrative claim for patent infringement.
    (a) A patent infringement claim for compensation, asserted against the United States under any of the applicable statutes cited in 227.7002, must be actually communicated to and received by a Department, agency, organization, office, or fie…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …re than official responsibility, knowledge, perfunctory involvement, or involvement on an administrative or peripheral issue. Participation may be substantial even though it is not determinative of the outcome of a particular matter. A find…
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …er documents are to be released or withheld), and the approval of agency responses to the administrative appeals of denials of Freedom of Information Act requests. (14) The conduct of administrative hearings to determine the eligibility of…
  • FAR 28.308 Self-insurance.
    …actor shall submit, in writing, information on its proposed self-insurance program to the administrative contracting officer and obtain that official's approval of the program. The submission shall be by segment or segments of the contracto…
  • FAR 31.201-6 Accounting for unallowable costs.
    …advance agreement under the provisions of 31.109 between the contractor and the cognizant administrative contracting officer or Federal official. The advance agreement should specify the basic characteristics of the sampling process. The co…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …ntified may obtain information for the evaluation of performance from the program office, administrative contracting office, audit office, end users of the product or service, and any other technical or business advisor, as appropriate; and…
  • FAR 43.204 Administration.
    … or both can be agreed upon in advance, only a supplemental agreement need be issued, but administrative changes and changes issued pursuant to a clause giving the Government a unilateral right to make a change (e.g., an option clause) init…
  • FAR 52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law.
    …) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority …
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …rm does not include information incidental to contract administration, such as financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information. Form, fit, and function data means data relating to items, components, or processes that …
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …hich the Government is a party. The Government may not be interpleaded in any judicial or administrative proceeding involving such a dispute. (j) Preservation of prime-subcontractor rights. Except as provided in paragraph (i) of this claus…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …ing, operations, maintenance, and logistics support. The term does not include the normal administrative costs of processing the VECP or any increase in this contract's cost or price resulting from negative instant contract savings. Instan…
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    … planning and analysis, contract administration and oversight, or recurring financial and administrative support). (4) Restructuring costs means the costs, including both direct and indirect, of restructuring activities. Restructuring cost…
  • DFARS 252.204-7023 Reporting Requirements for Contracted Services.
    …le contracts and/or the costs of which are normally applied to a contractor's general and administrative expenses or indirect costs. (b) The Contractor shall report annually, by October 31, at https://www.sam.gov, on the services performed…
  • FAR 3.104-3 Statutory and related prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements.
    …in excess of $10,000,000; (ii) Served as the program manager, deputy program manager, or administrative contracting officer for a contract in excess of $10,000,000 awarded to that contractor; or (iii) Personally made for the Federal agenc…
  • FAR 3.905-1 Remedies.
    … (ii) of this section are met— (i) The complainant shall be deemed to have exhausted all administrative remedies with respect to the complaint; and (ii) The complainant may bring a de novo action at law or equity against the contractor or…
  • FAR 4.1602 Identifying the PIID and supplementary PIID.
    …ion information in solicitations, contracts, or other related procurement instruments for administrative purposes, separate and clearly identify the additional information from the PIID.
  • FAR 4.1701 Definitions.
    …le contracts and/or the costs of which are normally applied to a contractor's general and administrative expenses or indirect costs.
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …he Schedules Program, review the following website: http://www.gsa.gov/training. (f) For administrative convenience, an ordering activity contracting officer may add items not on the Federal Supply Schedule (also referred to as open market…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    … and results in the lowest overall cost alternative (considering price, special features, administrative costs, etc.) to meet the Government's needs. Although GSA has already negotiated fair and reasonable pricing, ordering activities may s…

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.