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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a) The contract shall contain the paragraph entitled “Payment” of the clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. If the contract will provide for contract financing, the contracting offic…
  • FAR 14.201-3 Part II—Contract clauses.
    Section I, Contract clauses. The contracting officer shall include in this section the clauses required by law or by this regulation and any additional clauses expected to apply to any resulting contract, if these clauses are not required t…
  • FAR 15.204-3 Part II—Contract Clauses.
    Section I, Contract clauses. The contracting officer shall include in this section the clauses required by law or by this part and any additional clauses expected to be included in any resulting contract, if these clauses are not required i…
  • FAR 3.909-3 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    When using funding subject to the prohibitions in 3.909-1(a), the contracting officer shall— (a)(1) Include the provision at 52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or St…
  • FAR 3.1004 Contract clauses.
    (a) Insert the clause at FAR 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct, in solicitations and contracts if the value of the contract is expected to exceed $7.5 million and the performance period is 120 days or more. (b)(1) U…
  • FAR 3.1106 Contract clause.
    … the clause at 52.203-16, Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest, in solicitations and contracts that— (1) Exceed the simplified acquisition threshold; and (2) Include a requirement for services by contractor employee(s) that involve p…
  • FAR 4.404 Contract clause.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.204-2, Security Requirements, in solicitations and contracts when the contract may require access to classified information, unless the conditions specified in paragraph (d) of this …
  • FAR 4.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …or solicitations for commercial products or commercial services issued under part 12. The contracting officer shall check the applicable provisions at 52.204-8(c)(2). Use the provision with its Alternate I in solicitations issued after Octo…
  • FAR 4.1303 Contract clause.
    The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel, in solicitations and contracts when contract performance requires contractors to have routine physical access to a Federall…
  • FAR 4.1705 Contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements, in solicitations and contracts for services (including construction) that meet or exceed the thresholds at 4.1703, except for indefin…
  • FAR 4.1903 Contract clause.
    The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems, in solicitations and contracts when the contractor or a subcontractor at any tier may have Federal contract informat…
  • FAR 4.2105 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment— (1) In all solicitations for contracts; and (2) Under indefinite delive…
  • FAR 4.2306 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    (a) In all Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide acquisition contracts, and multi-agency contracts where FASCSA orders are applied at the order level, the contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.204-28, Federal Acquisition Supp…
  • FAR 7.305 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    (a) The contracting officer shall, when soliciting offers and tenders, insert in solicitations issued for standard competitions the provision at 52.207-1, Notice of Standard Competition. (b) The contracting officer shall, when soliciting o…
  • FAR 8.005 Contract clause.
    Insert the clause at 52.208-9, Contractor Use of Mandatory Sources of Supply and Services, in solicitations and contracts that require a contractor to provide supplies or services for Government use that are on the Procurement List maintain…
  • FAR 9.104-7 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.209-5, Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters, in solicitations where the contract value is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. (b) The contracting o…
  • FAR 9.409 Contract clause.
    The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest when Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded, in solicitations and contracts wher…
  • FAR 9.507-2 Contract clause.
    (a) If, as a condition of award, the contractor's eligibility for future prime contract or subcontract awards will be restricted or the contractor must agree to some other restraint, the solicitation shall contain a proposed clause that spe…
  • FAR 11.404 Contract clauses.
    (a) Supplies or services. (1) The contracting officer may use a time of delivery clause to set forth a required delivery schedule and to allow an offeror to propose an alternative delivery schedule. The clauses and their alternates may be u…
  • FAR 11.503 Contract clauses.
    …Damages—Supplies, Services, or Research and Development, in fixed-price solicitations and contracts for supplies, services, or research and development when the contracting officer determines that liquidated damages are appropriate (see 11.…
  • FAR 11.703 Contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.211-16, Variation in Quantity, in solicitations and contracts, if authorizing a variation in quantity in fixed-price contracts for supplies or for services that involve the furnishin…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    (a) In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 3307, contracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include only those clauses— (1) Required to implement provisions of law or executi…
  • FAR 14.201-7 Contract clauses.
    (a) When contracting by sealed bidding, the contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.214-26, Audit and Records-Sealed Bidding, in solicitations and contracts as follows: (1) Use the basic clause if— (i) The acquisition will not u…
  • FAR 15.209 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    When contracting by negotiation— (a) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition, in all competitive solicitations where the Government intends to award a contract withou…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a) Changes or Additions to Make-or-Buy Program. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.215-9, Changes or Additions to Make-or-Buy Program, in solicitations and contracts when it is contemplated that a make-or- buy program wi…
  • FAR 16.203-4 Contract clauses.
    (a) Adjustment based on established prices—standard supplies. (1) The contracting officer shall, when contracting by negotiation, insert the clause at 52.216-2, Economic Price Adjustment—Standard Supplies, or an agency-prescribed clause as …
  • FAR 16.307 Contract clauses.
    (a)(1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement contract or a time-and-materials contract (other than a contract for a commercial produ…
  • FAR 16.406 Contract clauses.
    …nsert the clause at 52.216-16, Incentive Price Revision—Firm Target, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract is contemplated. If the contract calls for supplies or services to be ordered under a pr…
  • FAR 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a) Insert the clause at 52.216-18, Ordering, in solicitations and contracts when a definite-quantity contract, a requirements contract, or an indefinite-quantity contract is contemplated. (b) Insert a clause substantially the same as the …
  • FAR 16.603-4 Contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall include in each letter contract the clauses required by this regulation for the type of definitive contract contemplated and any additional clauses known to be appropriate for it. (b) In addition, the cont…
  • FAR 17.109 Contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.217-2, Cancellation Under Multiyear Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a multiyear contract is contemplated. (b) Economic price adjustment clauses. Economic price adjust…
  • FAR 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ntially the same as the provision at 52.217-4, Evaluation of Options Exercised at Time of Contract Award, in solicitations when the solicitation includes an option clause, the contracting officer has determined that there is a reasonable li…
  • FAR 17.805 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.217-10, Reverse Auction, in solicitations when using a reverse auction to award a contract or blanket purchase agreement. (b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 5…
  • FAR 19.309 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …Program Representations, in solicitations exceeding the micro-purchase threshold when the contract is for supplies to be delivered or services to be performed in the United States or its outlying areas, or when the contracting officer has a…
  • FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a)-(b) [Reserved] (c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, in solicitations and contracts involving total small business set-asides. This includes multiple-award contracts …
  • FAR 19.708 Contract clauses.
    …sert the clause at 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns, in solicitations and contracts when the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold unless— (1) A personal services contract is contemplate…
  • FAR 19.811-3 Contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-11, Special 8(a) Contract Conditions, in contracts between the SBA and the agency when the acquisition is accomplished using the procedures of 19.811-1(a) and (b). (b) The contr…
  • FAR 19.1309 Contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award, in solicitations and contracts for acquisitions that are set aside or awarded on a sole-source basis to, HUBZone small busine…
  • FAR 19.1408 Contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-27, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the SDVOSB Program, in solicitations and cont…
  • FAR 19.1508 Contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-owned Small Business Concerns, in solicitations and contracts for acquisitions that are set…

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