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85 sections with “Architect-engineer services contract”: the first 40

  • FAR 36.702 Forms for use in contracting for architect-engineer services.
    (a) Contracting officers must use Standard Form 252, Architect-Engineer Contract, to award fixed-price contracts for architect-engineer services when the services will be performed in the United States or its outlying areas. (b) The SF 330…
  • FAR 53.236-2 Architect-engineer services (SF's 252 and 330).
    The following forms are prescribed for use in contracting for architect-engineer and related services: (a) SF 252 (Rev. 10/23), Architect-Engineer Contract. SF 252 is prescribed for use in awarding fixed-price contracts for architect-engin…
  • FAR 52.244-4 Subcontractors and outside associates and consultants (Architect-engineer services).
    …(b), insert the following clause: Subcontractors and Outside Associates and Consultants (Architect-Engineer Services) (AUG 1998) Any subcontractors and outside associates or consultants required by the Contractor in connection with the se…
  • DFARS 227.7107 Contracts for architect-engineer services.
    …to data, copyrights, and restricted designs unique to the acquisition of construction and architect-engineer services.
  • DFARS 227.7107-1 Architectural designs and data clauses for architect-engineer or construction contracts.
    …clause at 252.227-7022, Government Rights (Unlimited), in solicitations and contracts for architect-engineer services and for construction involving architect-engineer services. (b) When the purpose of a contract for architect-engineer ser…
  • DFARS 227.7206 Contracts for architect-engineer services.
    Follow 227.7107 when contracting for architect-engineer services.
  • FAR 36.601-3 Applicable contracting procedures.
    (a)(1) For facility design contracts, the statement of work shall require that the architect-engineer specify, in the construction design specifications, use of the maximum practicable amount of recovered materials consistent with the perfo…
  • FAR 52.232-10 Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    As prescribed in 32.111(c)(1), insert the following clause: Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts (APR 2010) (a) Estimates shall be made monthly of the amount and value of the work and services performed by the Contracto…
  • FAR 44.204 Contract clauses.
    …clause with its Alternate I. (3) Use of this clause is not required in— (i) Fixed-price architect-engineer contracts; or (ii) Contracts for mortuary services, refuse services, or shipment and storage of personal property, when an agency-…
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    …te III and Alternate II if both an incentive and a program requirement are involved. (f) Architect-engineering contracts. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.248-2, Value Engineering—Architect-Engineer, in solicitations a…
  • FAR 52.232-26 Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    As prescribed in 32.908(a), insert the following clause: Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts (JAN 2017) Notwithstanding any other payment terms in this contract, the Government will make invoice payments under the …
  • FAR 52.236-23 Responsibility of the Architect-Engineer Contractor.
    As prescribed in 36.609-2(b), insert the following clause: Responsibility of the Architect-Engineer Contractor (APR 1984) (a) The Contractor shall be responsible for the professional quality, technical accuracy, and the coordination of al…
  • DFARS 225.7015 Restriction on overseas architect-engineer services.
    For restriction on award of architect-engineer contracts to be performed in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, see 236.602-70.
  • DFARS 252.236-7011 Overseas architect-engineer services—Restriction to United States firms.
    As prescribed in 236.609-70, use the following provision: Overseas Architect-Engineer Services—Restriction to United States Firms (JAN 1997) (a) Definition. United States firm, as used in this provision, means a firm incorporated in the U…
  • FAR 11.404 Contract clauses.
    …eir alternates may be used in solicitations and contracts for other than construction and architect-engineering substantially as shown, or they may be changed or new clauses written. (2) The contracting officer may insert in solicitations …
  • FAR 43.205 Contract clauses.
    …ontract for supplies is contemplated. (2) If the requirement is for services, other than architect-engineer or other professional services, and no supplies are to be furnished, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternat…
  • FAR 27.201-2 Contract clauses.
    …ary purpose is R&D work, except that this alternate shall not be used in construction and architect-engineer contracts unless the contract calls exclusively for R&D work. (3) Use the clause with its Alternate II in solicitations and contra…
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    …on. (2) This section also applies to solicitations or contracts for construction work or architect-engineer services that include— (i) Experimental, developmental, or research work; (ii) Test and evaluation studies; or (iii) The design …
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …o be performed outside the United States (see paragraph (i)(1) of this section); (v) For architect-engineer services or construction work (see paragraph (i)(2) of this section); (vi) For the management, operation, design, or construction …
  • FAR 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
    …ordance with agency regulations: (1) The clause at 52.232-10, Payments under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts, in fixed-price architect-engineer contracts. (2) The clause at 52.232-11, Extras, in solicitations and contracts when a…
  • FAR 32.908 Contract clauses.
    (a) Insert the clause at 52.232-26, Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts, in solicitations and contracts that contain the clause at 52.232-10, Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts. (1) As authorize…
  • FAR 42.1502 Policy.
    …on contracts below $900,000. (f) Past performance evaluations shall be prepared for each architect-engineer services contract of $45,000 or more, and for each architect-engineer services contract that is terminated for default regardless o…
  • FAR 52.248-2 Value Engineering—Architect-Engineer.
    As prescribed in 48.201(f), insert the following clause: Value Engineering—Architect-Engineer (MAR 1990) (a) General. The Contractor shall (1) perform value engineering (VE) services and submit progress reports as specified in the Schedul…
  • FAR 52.249-7 Termination (Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer).
    …s prescribed in 49.503(b), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for architect-engineer services when a fixed-price contract is contemplated: Termination (Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer) (APR 1984) (a) The Government …
  • FAR 15.204 Contract format.
    …rs. The uniform contract format need not be used for the following: (a) Construction and architect-engineer contracts (see part 36). (b) Subsistence contracts. (c) Supplies or services contracts requiring special contract formats prescri…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … (i) Acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Construction or architect-engineer services under part 36; (iii) Utility services under part 41; (iv) Service contracts where supplies are not required; (v) Acquis…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …n addition to any applicable requirements of Subpart 6.3; and (ii) Is not applicable for architect-engineer services awarded pursuant to Subpart 36.6. (2) Contracts for advisory and assistance services. (i) Except as provided in paragraph…
  • FAR 28.311-1 Contract clause.
    …in solicitations and contracts, other than those for construction contracts and those for architect-engineer services, when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated.
  • FAR 31.103 Contracts with commercial organizations.
    …ted with organizations other than educational institutions (see 31.104), construction and architect-engineer contracts (see 31.105), State and local governments (see 31.107) and nonprofit organizations (see 31.108) on the basis of cost. (a…
  • FAR 32.113 Customary contract financing.
    … payments based on a percentage or stage of completion. (b) Financing of construction or architect-engineer services purchased under the authority of part 36. (c) Financing of contracts for supplies or services awarded under the sealed bi…
  • FAR 36.103 Methods of contracting.
    …States and its outlying areas. (See 6.401(b)(2).) (b) Contracting officers shall acquire architect-engineer services by negotiation, and select sources in accordance with applicable law, subpart 36.6, and agency regulations.
  • FAR 36.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.
    (a) An independent Government estimate of the cost of architect-engineer services shall be prepared and furnished to the contracting officer before commencing negotiations for each proposed contract or contract modification expected to exce…
  • FAR 42.1305 Contract clauses.
    …14, Suspension of Work, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or architect-engineer contract is contemplated. (b)(1) The contracting officer may, when contracting by negotiation, insert the clause at 52.242-15, Sto…
  • DFARS 227.7203-6 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …search Program (see 227.7104). Except as provided in 227.7107-2, do not use the clause in architect-engineer and construction contracts. (2) Use the clause at 252.227-7014 with its Alternate I in research contracts when the contracting off…
  • DFARS 228.311-1 Contract clause.
    … Persons, in solicitations and contracts, other than those for construction and those for architect-engineer services, when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated, unless the head of the contracting activity waives the requirement fo…
  • DFARS 242.202 Assignment of contract administration.
    …nt of recreational facilities, water resources, flood control, and public utilities; (M) Architect-engineer services; (N) Airlift and sealift services (Air Mobility Command and Military Sealift Command may perform contract administration …
  • FAR 36.602-2 Evaluation boards.
    (a) When acquiring architect-engineer services, an agency shall provide for one or more permanent or ad hoc architect-engineer evaluation boards (which may include preselection boards when authorized by agency regulations) to be composed of…
  • FAR 36.608 Liability for Government costs resulting from design errors or deficiencies.
    Architect-engineer contractors shall be responsible for the professional quality, technical accuracy, and coordination of all services required under their contracts. A firm may be liable for Government costs resulting from errors or defici…
  • FAR 36.609-1 Design within funding limitations.
    (a) The Government may require the architect-engineer contractor to design the project so that construction costs will not exceed a contractually specified dollar limit (funding limitation). If the price of construction proposed in response…
  • FAR 36.609-2 Redesign responsibility for design errors or deficiencies.
    (a) Under architect-engineer contracts, contractors shall be required to make necessary corrections at no cost to the Government when the designs, drawings, specifications, or other items or services furnished contain any errors, deficienci…

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