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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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149 sections with “Alternate III”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.105 Procedures for using alternates.
    (a) The FAR accommodates a major variation in a provision or clause by use of an alternate. The FAR prescribes alternates to a given provision or clause in the FAR subject text where the provision or clause is prescribed. The alternates to …
  • FAR 11.404 Contract clauses.
    …nd to allow an offeror to propose an alternative delivery schedule. The clauses and their alternates may be used in solicitations and contracts for other than construction and architect-engineering substantially as shown, or they may be cha…
  • FAR 15.209 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …hin the competitive range, the contracting officer shall use the basic provision with its Alternate I. (2) If the Government would be willing to accept alternate proposals, the contracting officer shall alter the basic clause to add a para…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …e items of significant value, the contracting officer shall use the clause with— (1) Its Alternate I, if a fixed-price incentive contract is contemplated; or (2) Its Alternate II, if a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract is contemplated. (b…
  • FAR 16.307 Contract clauses.
    …Construction Contracts, the contracting officer shall use the clause at 52.216-7 with its Alternate I. (3) If the contract is with an educational institution, the contracting officer shall use the clause at 52.216-7 with its Alternate II. …
  • FAR 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … Government activity's internal capability to produce or perform, use the clause with its Alternate I. (3) If the contract includes subsistence for both Government use and resale in the same Schedule, and similar products may be acquired o…
  • FAR 19.708 Contract clauses.
    …bidding rather than by negotiation, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I; (ii) Contracting by negotiation, and subcontracting plans are required with initial proposals as provided for in 19.705-2(d), the contra…
  • FAR 22.505 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …containing the clause 52.222-34, Project Labor Agreement. (2) Use the provision with its Alternate I if the agency will require the submission of a project labor agreement from only the apparent successful offeror, prior to contract award.…
  • FAR 25.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    …se outside the United States. (ii) The contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I to reflect the domestic content threshold that will apply to the entire period of performance, when the senior procurement executive allow…
  • FAR 27.201-2 Contract clauses.
    …lete performance and delivery are outside the United States. (2) Use the clause with its Alternate I in all R&D solicitations and contracts for which the primary purpose is R&D work, except that this alternate shall not be used in construc…
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    …pplication file when a Government employee is a co-inventor. (3) Use the clause with its Alternate I if the Government must grant a foreign government a sublicense in subject inventions pursuant to a specified treaty or executive agreement…
  • FAR 27.404-2 Limited rights data and restricted computer software.
    …ng the data from the Government and instead delivering form, fit, and function data. (b) Alternate definition of limited rights data. For contracts that do not require the development, use, or delivery of items, components, or processes th…
  • FAR 27.404-3 Copyrighted works.
    … (v) Government determines that the data should be disseminated without restriction. (3) Alternate IV of the clause at 52.227-14 provides a substitute paragraph (c)(1) granting permission for contractors to assert copyright in any data fir…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    … (see 27.408). (2) If an agency determines, in accordance with 27.404-2(b), to adopt the alternate definition of “Limited Rights Data” in paragraph (a) of the clause, use the clause with its Alternate I. (3) If a contracting officer deter…
  • FAR 32.412 Contract clause.
    …ence concerning cost disallowances, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I. (c) If a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate II. (d) If the ag…
  • FAR 43.205 Contract clauses.
    …nd no supplies are to be furnished, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I. (3) If the requirement is for services (other than architect-engineer services, transportation, or research and development) and supplie…
  • FAR 46.710 Contract clauses.
    The clauses and alternates prescribed in this section may be used in solicitations and contracts in which inclusion of a warranty is appropriate (see 46.709 for warranties for commercial products and commercial services). However, because o…
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    …ering effort of a specified level), the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I (but see subparagraph (e)(2) below). (2) The value engineering program requirement may be specified by the Government in the solicitation…
  • FAR 49.502 Termination for convenience of the Government.
    …lition, or removal of improvements, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I. (b) Fixed-price contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold—(1)(i) General use. The contracting officer shall insert the …
  • FAR 49.503 Termination for convenience of the Government and default.
    …f the contract is for construction, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I. (3) Partial payments. If the contract is with an agency of the U.S. Government or with State, local, or foreign governments or their age…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …cified by the Government. (xii) 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations (Basic, Alternates I, and II). This provision applies to solicitations when the contract is for supplies to be delivered or services to be performed in the Un…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …es of FAR part 25. (2) Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act Certificate, Alternate II. If Alternate II to the clause at FAR 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragr…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …] __(1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (JUN 2020), with Alternate I (NOV 2021) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 4655). __(2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (NOV 2021) (41 U.S.C. 350…
  • FAR 52.215-20 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …ting Officer and the Contractor agree to a different format and change this clause to use Alternate I. (2) As soon as practicable after agreement on price, but before contract award (except for unpriced actions such as letter contracts), t…
  • FAR 52.215-21 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.
    …ting Officer and the Contractor agree to a different format and change this clause to use Alternate I. (2) As soon as practicable after agreement on price, but before award (except for unpriced actions), the Contractor shall submit a Certi…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …ntract are contract financing payments, except interim payments if this contract contains Alternate I to the clause at 52.232-25. (3) The designated payment office will make interim payments for contract financing on the __ [Contracting Of…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …tute in connection with proceedings under paragraph (h) of this clause. (End of clause) Alternate I (JUN 1989). As prescribed in 27.303(b)(3), add the following sentence at the end of paragraph (d)(2) of the basic clause: The license sha…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    As prescribed in 27.409(b)(1), insert the following clause with any appropriate alternates: Rights in Data—General (MAY 2014) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Computer database or database means a collection of recorded informati…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …o the extent provided in this contract: List the pertinent obligations (End of clause) Alternate I (APR 1984). If the agency desires to waive the countersignature requirement because of the Contractor's financial strength, good performan…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …rnment reserves the right to unilaterally change from the ordinary liquidation rate to an alternate rate when deemed appropriate for proper contract financing. (c) Reduction or suspension. The Contracting Officer may reduce or suspend prog…
  • FAR 52.243-1 Changes—Fixed-Price.
    …all excuse the Contractor from proceeding with the contract as changed. (End of clause) Alternate I (APR 1984). If the requirement is for services, other than architect-engineer or other professional services, and no supplies are to be fu…
  • FAR 52.243-2 Changes—Cost-Reimbursement.
    … the Limitation of Cost or Limitation of Funds clause of this contract. (End of clause) Alternate I (APR 1984). If the requirement is for services and no supplies are to be furnished, substitute the following paragraph (a) for paragraph (…
  • FAR 52.246-17 Warranty of Supplies of a Noncomplex Nature.
    …rights afforded to the Government by any other clause of this contract. (End of clause) Alternate I. [Reserved] Alternate II (APR 1984). If it is desirable to specify that necessary transportation incident to correction or replacement wi…
  • FAR 52.246-18 Warranty of Supplies of a Complex Nature.
    … rights afforded to the Government by any other clause of the contract. (End of clause) Alternate I [Reserved] Alternate II (APR 1984). If it is desirable to specify that necessary transportation incident to correction or replacement wil…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …rather than in a series of payments over time as future contracts are awarded. Under this alternate procedure, the future contract savings may be calculated when the VECP is accepted, on the basis of the Contracting Officer's forecast of th…
  • FAR 52.249-6 Termination (Cost-Reimbursement).
    …lating to fee are inapplicable if this contract does not include a fee. (End of clause) Alternate I (SEP 1996). If the contract is for construction, substitute the following subparagraph (h)(4) for subparagraph (h)(4) of the basic clause:…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …C. 4505. (1) Use the basic clause as prescribed in 204.1705(a)(i) and (ii). (2) Use the alternate I clause as prescribed in 204.1705(a)(i) and (iii). (O) Use the provision at 252.204-7024, Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Ri…
  • DFARS 219.708 Contract clauses.
    (b)(1)(A) Use the basic, alternate I, or alternate II clause at 252.219-7003, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts), in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acq…
  • DFARS 225.101 General.
    …h (a)(ii) of this section. The senior procurement executive may approve application of an alternate domestic content test, under which the domestic content threshold in effect at the time of contract award will apply to the entire period of…
  • DFARS 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    (1) Use the basic or the alternate of the provision at 252.225-7000, Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate, instead of the provision at FAR 52.225-2, Buy American Certificate, in any solicitation, including solicitations usin…

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.