48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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6 sections with “Areawide contract”

  • FAR 41.204 GSA areawide contracts.
    (a) Purpose. GSA enters into areawide contracts (see 41.101) for use by Federal agencies. Areawide contracts provide a pre-established contractual vehicle for ordering utility services under the conditions in paragraph (c)(1) of this sectio…
  • FAR 41.501 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    …ted Services, when the utility services are subject to a regulatory body. (Except for GSA areawide contracts, the contracting officer shall insert in the blank space provided in the clause the name of the contracting officer. For GSA areawi…
  • FAR 41.101 Definitions.
    As used in this part, Areawide contract means a contract entered into between the General Services Administration (GSA) and a utility service supplier to cover utility service needs of Federal agencies within the franchise territory of the…
  • FAR 41.205 Separate contracts.
    (a) In the absence of an areawide contract or interagency agreement (see 41.206), agencies shall acquire utility services by separate contract subject to this part, and subject to agency contracting authority. (b) If an agency enters into …
  • FAR 41.202 Procedures.
    … consider, in addition to alternative competitive sources, use of the following: (1) GSA areawide contracts (see 41.204); (2) Separate contracts (see 41.205); and (3) Interagency agreements (see 41.206). (c) When a utility supplier refu…
  • FAR 41.601 Utility services forms.
    (a) If acquiring utility services under other than an areawide contract, a purchase order, or an interagency agreement, the Standard Form (SF) 33, Solicitation, Offer and Award; SF 26, Award/Contract; or SF 1447, Solicitation/Contract, shal…

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.