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70 sections with “Contingency operation”: the first 40

  • FAR 18.201 Contingency operation.
    (a) Contingency operation is defined in 2.101. (b) Micro-purchase threshold. The threshold increases when the head of the agency determines the supplies or services are to be used to support a contingency operation. (See 2.101 and 13.201(g…
  • DFARS 218.201 Contingency operation.
    …laureate degree do not apply to DoD employees or members of the armed forces who are in a contingency contracting force. See 201.603-2(2). (2) Policy for item unique identification. Contractors will not be required to provide DoD item uniq…
  • DFARS 252.225-7065 Restriction on Acquisition of Fuel for Overseas Contingency Operations.
    …225.7024-4, use the following provision: Restriction on Acquisition of Fuel for Overseas Contingency Operations (Oct 2024) (a) Prohibition. For an overseas contingency operation, DoD may not procure fuel in whole or in part, or derivative…
  • DFARS 215.101-71 Tradeoff process when acquiring fuel for overseas contingency operations.
    …a) When conducting a source selection for the acquisition of fuel that is for an overseas contingency operation and is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, the contracting officer shall consider using a tradeoff process …
  • DFARS 225.373 Contract administration in support of contingency operations.
    For additional guidance on contract administration considerations when supporting contingency operations, see PGI 225.373.
  • DFARS 252.232-7011 Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations.
    …bed in section 232.908, use the following clause: Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations (MAY 2013) (a) Definitions of pertinent terms are set forth in sections 2.101, 32.001, and 32.902 of the Federal Acquisition R…
  • DFARS 225.7024 Restriction on acquisition of fuel for overseas contingency operations.
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    … to perform outside the United States— (i) In a designated operational area during— (A) Contingency operations; (B) Humanitarian or peacekeeping operations; or (C) Other military operations; or military exercises, when designated by the…
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    …he reception, staging, integration, and onward movement of contractors deploying during a contingency. The designated reception site includes assigned joint reception centers and other Service or private reception sites. Law of war means t…
  • DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.
    …cts for f.o.b. destination shipment); (2) Are shipped in direct support of U.S. military contingency operations, exercises, or forces deployed in humanitarian or peacekeeping operations; or (3) Are commissary or exchange cargoes transport…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …guous United States (CONUS) means the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia. Contingency operation (10 U.S.C. 101(a)(13)) means a military operation that— (1) Is designated by the Secretary of Defense as an operation in which …
  • FAR 52.247-64 Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels.
    …or f.o.b. destination shipment); or (B) Shipped in direct support of U.S. military— (1) Contingency operations; (2) Exercises; or (3) Forces deployed in connection with United Nations or North Atlantic Treaty Organization humanitarian …
  • FAR 13.201 General.
    …es or services that, as determined by the head of the agency, are to be used to support a contingency operation; to facilitate defense against or recovery from cyber, nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack; to support a reque…
  • FAR 52.225-26 Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    …nificant military operations means activities, other than combat operations, as part of a contingency operation outside the United States that is carried out by United States Armed Forces in an uncontrolled or unpredictable high-threat envi…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    … (PP) Use the provision at 252.225-7065, Restriction on Acquisition of Fuel for Overseas Contingency Operations, as prescribed in 225.7024-4, to comply with section 843 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Pub. L…
  • DFARS 213.270 Use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    …il. (3) The purchase is an overseas transaction by a contracting officer in support of a contingency operation as defined in 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(13) or a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation as defined in 10 U.S.C. 3015(2). (4) The purchas…
  • DFARS 216.405-2-71 Award fee reduction or denial for failure to comply with requirements relating to performance of private security functions.
    …f the contract with regard to the performance of private security functions in an area of contingency operations, complex contingency operations, or other military operations or exercises that are designated by the combatant commander (see …
  • DFARS 225.7024-3 Procedures.
    (a) For contracts for the acquisition of fuel for overseas contingency operations, including contracts using FAR part 12 procedures, expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, the contracting officer— (1) May request records …
  • DFARS 225.7024-4 Solicitation provision.
    Use the provision at 252.225-7065, Restriction on Acquisition of Fuel for Overseas Contingency Operations, in solicitations, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial serv…
  • DFARS 232.901 Applicability.
    …— (i) There is— (A) An emergency, as defined in the Disaster Relief Act of 1974; (B) A contingency operation (see FAR 2.101(b)); or (C) The release or threatened release of hazardous substances (as defined in 4 U.S.C. 9606, section 106)…
  • DFARS 247.574 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …roducts and commercial services that are— (i) Shipped in direct support of U.S. military contingency operations, exercises, or forces deployed in humanitarian or peacekeeping operations when the contract is not a construction contract; or …
  • DFARS 252.225-7039 Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    …nce in the designated area. Designated areas are areas outside the United States of— (1) Contingency operations; (2) Combat operations, as designated by the Secretary of Defense; (3) Other significant military operations (as defined in 3…
  • FAR 4.1102 Policy.
    …contracting officers in the course of military operations, including, but not limited to, contingency operations as defined in 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(13) or humanitarian or peacekeeping operations as defined in 10 U.S.C. 3015(2); (ii) Contractin…
  • FAR 9.109-3 Exception.
    …of products or services along a major route of supply to a zone of active combat or major contingency operation, as specified in statute or by the cognizant Combatant Commander, in consultation with the Chief of Mission. As of May 10, 2018,…
  • FAR 10.001 Policy.
    …e in the marketplace for meeting the requirements of the agency in furtherance of— (A) A contingency operation or defense against or recovery from cyber, nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack; and (B) Disaster relief to in…
  • FAR 13.306 SF 44, Purchase Order—Invoice—Voucher.
    …hreshold, except for purchases made under unusual and compelling urgency or in support of contingency operations. Agencies may establish higher dollar limitations for specific activities or items; (2) The supplies or services are immediate…
  • FAR 13.500 General.
    …al services that, as determined by the head of the agency, are to be used in support of a contingency operation; to facilitate the defense against or recovery from cyber, nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack; to support a r…
  • FAR 15.101-2 Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
    … Personal protective equipment; or (3) Knowledge-based training or logistics services in contingency operations or other operations outside the United States, including in Afghanistan or Iraq.
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    …overnment and a notice is not required under 5.202 (e.g., perishable items and support of contingency operations or other emergency situations). Use of an oral RFP does not relieve the contracting officer from complying with other FAR requi…
  • FAR 18.001 Definition.
    …that, as determined by the head of an executive agency, may be used— (a) In support of a contingency operation as defined in 2.101; (b) To facilitate the defense against or recovery from cyber, nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiologic…
  • FAR 18.101 General.
    …These acquisition flexibilities do not require an emergency declaration or designation of contingency operation.
  • FAR 25.301-1 Scope.
    … to perform outside the United States— (1) In a designated operational area during— (i) Contingency operations; (ii) Humanitarian or peacekeeping operations; or (iii) Other military operations or military exercises, when designated by t…
  • FAR 25.301-4 Contract clause.
    … to perform outside the United States— (a) In a designated operational area during— (1) Contingency operations; (2) Humanitarian or peacekeeping operations; or (3) Other military operations or military exercises, when designated by the …
  • FAR 25.302-2 Definitions.
    …nificant military operations means activities, other than combat operations, as part of a contingency operation outside the United States that is carried out by United States Armed Forces in an uncontrolled or unpredictable high-threat envi…
  • FAR 25.302-4 Policy.
    …eas are addressed at 32 CFR part 159, entitled “Private Security Contractors Operating in Contingency Operations.” Contractor responsibilities include ensuring that employees are aware of, and comply with, relevant orders, directives, and i…
  • FAR 32.1103 Applicability.
    … contracting officer in the course of military operations, including, but not limited to, contingency operations as defined in 2.101, or a contract is awarded by any contracting officer in the conduct of emergency operations, such as respon…
  • FAR 47.504 Exceptions.
    …or f.o.b. destination shipment; or (ii) Shipped in direct support of U.S. military— (A) Contingency operations; (B) Exercises; or (C) Forces deployed in connection with United Nations or North Atlantic Treaty Organization humanitarian o…
  • FAR 47.507 Contract clauses.
    …sported are commercial products that are shipped in direct support of U.S. military— (i) Contingency operations; (ii) Exercises; or (iii) Forces deployed in connection with United Nations or North Atlantic Treaty Organization humanitaria…
  • DFARS 212.203 Procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award.
    …utions opening. (5) See 215.101-71 and 225.7024 for the acquisition of fuel for overseas contingency operations. (6) See the procedures at PGI 205.102-70 for use of the Solicitation Module within the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Envi…
  • DFARS 213.201 General.
    …of the higher micro-purchase thresholds prescribed in FAR 13.201(g) to support a declared contingency operation or to facilitate defense against or recovery from nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack. (j) Do not procure or …

FAR (chapter 1)

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