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34 sections with “Construction, alteration, or repair”

  • FAR 36.701 Standard and optional forms for use in contracting for construction or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements.
    (a) Standard Form 1442, Solicitation, Offer, and Award (Construction, Alteration, or Repair), shall be used to solicit and submit offers, and award construction or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contracts expected to ex…
  • DFARS 239.7408-2 Applicability of construction labor standards for special construction.
    (a) The construction labor standards in FAR Subpart 22.4 ordinarily do not apply to special construction. However, if the special construction includes construction, alteration, or repair (as defined in FAR 22.401) of a public building or p…
  • FAR 53.236-1 Construction.
    The following forms are prescribed, as stated below, for use in contracting for construction, alteration, or repair, or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements. (a)-(c) [Reserved] (d) SF 1442 (Rev. 12/2022), Solicitation, Offe…
  • FAR 37.301 Labor standards.
    …Contract Labor Standards, or 40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter IV, Wage Rate Requirements (Construction). If the contract is solely for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements, the Service Contract Labor Standards statute applies…
  • FAR 31.105 Construction and architect-engineer contracts.
    …ose exempted under OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR part 200, appendix VIII (see 31.108) for construction management or construction, alteration or repair of buildings, bridges, roads, or other kinds of real property. It also includes architec…
  • FAR 52.222-11 Subcontracts (Labor Standards).
    …insert the following clause: Subcontracts (Labor Standards) (MAY 2014) (a) Definition. Construction, alteration or repair, as used in this clause, means all types of work done by laborers and mechanics employed by the construction Contra…
  • FAR 52.222-34 Project Labor Agreement.
    …ng clause: Project Labor Agreement (JAN 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Construction means construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, modernization, alteration, conversion, extension, repair, or improvement of buildings…
  • DFARS 222.402-70 Installation support contracts.
    (a) Apply both the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute to installation support contracts if— (1) The contract is principally for services but also requires a substantial and segregab…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …eans the acquiring by contract with appropriated funds of supplies or services (including construction) by and for the use of the Federal Government through purchase or lease, whether the supplies or services are already in existence or mus…
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    … Agency (where appropriate) to be eligible for probationary employment as an apprentice. Construction, alteration, or repair means all types of work done by laborers and mechanics employed by the construction contractor or construction sub…
  • FAR 22.402 Applicability.
    (a) Contracts for construction work. (1) The requirements of this subpart apply— (i) Only if the construction work is, or reasonably can be foreseen to be, performed at a particular site so that wage rates can be determined for the localit…
  • FAR 22.403-1 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute.
    40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter IV, Wage Rate Requirements (Construction), formerly known as the Davis-Bacon Act, provides that contracts in excess of $2,000 to which the United States or the District of Columbia is a party for constructio…
  • FAR 22.404-2 General requirements.
    …fficer shall either include only the rate schedules that apply to the particular types of construction (building, heavy, highway, etc.) or include the entire wage determination and clearly indicate the parts of the work to which each rate s…
  • FAR 22.1003-3 Statutory exemptions.
    The Service Contract Labor Standards statute does not apply to— (a) Any contract for construction, alteration, or repair of public buildings or public works, including painting and decorating; (b) Any work required to be done in accordanc…
  • FAR 22.502 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Construction means construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, modernization, alteration, conversion, extension, repair, or improvement of buildings, structures, highways, or other real property. Labor organizat…
  • FAR 25.601 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Domestic construction material means the following: (1) An unmanufactured construction material mined or produced in the United States. (The Buy American statute applies.) (2) A manufactured construction material…
  • FAR 25.602-1 Section 1605 of the Recovery Act.
    …priated or otherwise made available by the Recovery Act may be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless the public building or public work is located in the Unite…
  • FAR 13.003 Policy.
    …, 15, 35, or 36, including the use of Standard Form 1442, Solicitation, Offer, and Award (Construction, Alteration, or Repair), for construction contracts (see 36.701(a)); or (2) $9 million ($15 million for acquisitions as described in 13.…
  • FAR 22.400 Scope of subpart.
    …atutes which prescribe labor standards requirements for contracts in excess of $2,000 for construction, alteration, or repair, including painting and decorating, of public buildings and public works. (See definition of Construction, alterat…
  • FAR 25.200 Scope of subpart.
    …dance with 41 U.S.C. 1907, but see 25.201(b)(2)(ii). (b) It applies to contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the United States. (c) When using funds appropriated or otherwise provid…
  • FAR 28.305 Overseas workers' compensation and war-hazard insurance.
    …r project, fixed or not, for the public use of the United States or its allies, involving construction, alteration, removal, or repair, including projects or operations under service contracts and projects in connection with the national de…
  • FAR 52.227-3 Patent Indemnity.
    …ising out of the manufacture or delivery of supplies, the performance of services, or the construction, alteration, modification, or repair of real property (hereinafter referred to as construction work) under this contract, or out of the u…
  • FAR 52.228-11 Individual Surety—Pledge of Assets.
    …ity interest in support of a performance bond shall be maintained— (1) Contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work of the Federal Government exceeding $150,000 (40 U.S.C. 3131). Until complet…
  • FAR 17.200 Scope of subpart.
    …ncy regulations, this subpart does not apply to contracts for (a) Services involving the construction, alteration, or repair (including dredging, excavating, and painting) of buildings, bridges, roads, or other kinds of real property; (b)…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …unds in the performance of a contract that does not require the development, manufacture, construction, or production of items, components, or processes; (iv) Form, fit, and function data; (v) Necessary for installation, operation, mainte…
  • FAR 22.801 Definitions.
    …ract Compliance Programs, and is found at www.dol.gov/ofccp/LGBT/LGBT_FAQs.html. Site of construction means the general physical location of any building, highway, or other change or improvement to real property that is undergoing construc…
  • FAR 22.1003-5 Some examples of contracts covered.
    …ft, engines, electrical motors, vehicles, and electronic, office and related business and construction equipment. (But see 22.1003-4(c)(1) and (d)(1)(iv).) (l) Operation, maintenance, or logistics support of a Federal facility. (m) Data c…
  • FAR 32.113 Customary contract financing.
    …ide for progress 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 und…
  • FAR 32.500 Scope of subpart.
    …ts made to subcontractors under cost-reimbursement prime contracts; or (b) Contracts for construction or for shipbuilding or ship conversion, alteration, or repair, when the contracts provide for progress payments based on a percentage or …
  • FAR 32.1001 Policy.
    …ts under cost-reimbursement line items; (2) Contracts for architect-engineer services or construction, or for shipbuilding or ship conversion, alteration, or repair, when the contracts provide for progress payments based upon a percentage …
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …est equipment or real property. Nonseverable means property that cannot be removed after construction or installation without substantial loss of value or damage to the installed property or to the premises where installed. Precious metal…
  • DFARS 222.1003-1 General.
    For contracts having a substantial amount of construction, alteration, renovation, painting, or repair work, see 222.402-70.
  • DFARS 232.102 Description of contract financing methods.
    …payments based on percentage or stage of completion are authorized only for contracts for construction (as defined in FAR 36.102), shipbuilding, and ship conversion, alteration, or repair. However, percentage or state of completion methods …
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …ding in the performance of a contract that does not require the development, manufacture, construction, or production of items, components, or processes; or (B) SBIR/STTR data, upon expiration of the SBIR/STTR data protection period. (ii)…

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