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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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42 sections with “Direct charge employees”: the first 40

  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ntract performance, contract administration, and those technical and management functions directly related to the process of fulfilling agency needs by contract. Acquisition planning means the process by which the efforts of all personnel …
  • FAR 3.502-2 Subcontractor kickbacks.
    …ck; (2) Soliciting, accepting, or attempting to accept any kickbacks; or (3) Including, directly or indirectly, the amount of any kickback in the contract price charged by a subcontractor to a prime contractor or a higher tier subcontract…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …ost, or a group of items of cost, to one or more cost objectives. This term includes both direct assignment of cost and the reassignment of a share from an indirect cost pool. Compensated personal absence means any absence from work for re…
  • FAR 37.101 Definitions.
    …cial services, health and mental health care, child (day) care, education (whether or not directly involved in teaching), foster care, residential care, recreational or rehabilitative programs, and detention, correctional, or treatment serv…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …mall business (EDWOSB) concern means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … officers, employees and agents against liability, including costs, for actual or alleged direct or contributory infringement of, or inducement to infringe, any United States or foreign patent, trademark or copyright, arising out of the per…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    … 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Agent means any individual, including a director, an officer, an employee, or an independent contractor, authorized to act on behalf of the organization. Coercion means— (1) Threats of ser…
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    …d States under a contract administered by Federal agency personnel who are subject to the direction of a chief of mission. (b) General. (1) This clause applies when Contractor personnel are required to perform outside the United States— (…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …d by multiplying the appropriate hourly rates prescribed in the Schedule by the number of direct labor hours performed. (3) The hourly rates shall be paid for all labor performed on the contract that meets the labor qualifications specifie…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …e special account only to pay for properly allocable, allowable, and reasonable costs for direct materials, direct labor, and indirect costs. Other withdrawals require approval in writing by the administering office. Determinations of wheth…
  • FAR 52.237-10 Identification of Uncompensated Overtime.
    …rs worked without additional compensation in excess of an average of 40 hours per week by direct charge employees who are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act. Compensated personal absences such as holidays, vacations, and sick leave sh…
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    …cturing activities undertaken within one company. External restructuring activities are a direct outgrowth of a business combination. They normally will be initiated within 3 years of the business combination. (3) Restructuring activities …
  • DFARS 252.235-7000 Indemnification Under 10 U.S.C. 3861—Fixed Price.
    …e of the Government's property. (c) The claim, loss, or damage— (1) Must arise from the direct performance of this contract; (2) Must not be compensated by insurance or other means, or be within deductible amounts of the Contractor's ins…
  • DFARS 252.235-7001 Indemnification Under 10 U.S.C. 3861—Cost Reimbursement.
    …e of the Government's property. (c) The claim, loss, or damage— (1) Must arise from the direct performance of this contract; (2) Must not be compensated by insurance or other means, or be within deductible amounts of the Contractor's ins…
  • DFARS 252.242-7006 Accounting System Administration.
    …ations, and management decisions, and may include subsystems for specific areas such as indirect and other direct costs, compensation, billing, labor, and general information technology. Material weakness means a deficiency or combination …
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …tal functions or which shall be treated as such. This list is not all inclusive: (1) The direct conduct of criminal investigations. (2) The control of prosecutions and performance of adjudicatory functions other than those relating to arb…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …the CEO; and (3) If the contractor has intermediate home offices or segments that report directly to the contractor's headquarters, the five most highly compensated employees in management positions at each such intermediate home office or…
  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    …on discrimination in paragraph (c)(5)(i) of this clause, using language prescribed by the Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), to employees and applicants by— (A) Incorporation into existing employee manu…
  • FAR 52.225-26 Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    … or the protections afforded by the attorney work product doctrine; or (ii) Any officer, director, owner, or employee of the Contractor, including a sole proprietor, to waive his or her attorney-client privilege or Fifth Amendment rights; …
  • DFARS 252.225-7039 Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    … or the protections afforded by the attorney work product doctrine; or (ii) Any officer, director, owner, or employee of the contractor, including a sole proprietor, to waive his or her attorney-client privilege or Fifth Amendment rights; …
  • FAR 26.503 Definitions.
    …ssession, or use of any controlled substance. Employee means an employee of a contractor directly engaged in the performance of work under a Government contract. Directly engaged is defined to include all direct cost employees and any othe…
  • FAR 31.603 Requirements.
    …ts of entertainment, including amusement, diversion, and social activities, and any costs directly associated with such costs (such as tickets to shows or sports events, meals, lodging, rentals, transportation, and gratuities). (2) Costs i…
  • FAR 47.104-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts.
    …he total benefit accrues to the Government, i.e., the Government shall pay the charges or directly and completely reimburse the party that initially bears the freight charges. Therefore, 49 U.S.C. 10721 and 13712 rates may be used for shipm…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …tract, and in the case of failure to produce these records, the Contracting Officer, upon direction of the Department of Labor and notification to the Contractor, shall take action to cause suspension of any further payment or advance of fu…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    …he Office of Apprenticeship. (2)(i) An employee performs “on” a contract if the employee directly performs the specific services called for by the contract; and (ii) An employee performs “in connection with” a contract if the employee's w…
  • FAR 52.226-7 Drug-Free Workplace.
    …possession, or use of a controlled substance. Employee means an employee of a Contractor directly engaged in the performance of work under a Government contract. Directly engaged is defined to include all direct cost employees and any othe…
  • DFARS 252.217-7012 Liability and insurance.
    …is done. (b) Loss or damage to the vessel, materials, or equipment. (1) Unless otherwise directed or approved in writing by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall not carry insurance against any form of loss or damage to the vessel(…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    … contractor inventory in accordance with applicable security guides and regulations or as directed by the Contracting Officer. (h) Inherently dangerous Contractor inventory. Contractor inventory that is dangerous to public health or safety…
  • FAR 22.1702 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Agent means any individual, including a director, an officer, an employee, or an independent contractor, authorized to act on behalf of the organization. Coercion means— (1) Threats of serious harm to or physical…
  • FAR 31.205-13 Employee morale, health, welfare, food service, and dormitory costs and credits.
    … savings. (2) Costs of food and dormitory services shall include an allocable share of indirect expenses pertaining to these activities. (e) When the contractor has an arrangement authorizing an employee association to provide or operate …
  • FAR 31.205-35 Relocation costs.
    …oans. (d) If relocation costs for an employee have been allowed either as an allocable indirect or direct cost, and the employee resigns within 12 months for reasons within the employee's control, the contractor shall refund or credit the …
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    …ased, or -chartered aircraft used for any business purpose which is charged or allocated, directly or indirectly, to a Government contract, the contractor must maintain and make available manifest/logs for all flights on such company aircra…
  • FAR 52.228-7 Insurance—Liability to Third Persons.
    …sult from willful misconduct or lack of good faith on the part of any of the Contractor's directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or other representatives who have supervision or direction of— (i) All or substantially all of the Co…
  • FAR 52.246-3 Inspection of Supplies—Cost-Reimbursement.
    … As used in this clause— Contractor's managerial personnel means any of the Contractor's directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or equivalent representatives who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of t…
  • FAR 52.246-6 Inspection—Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour.
    … As used in this clause— Contractor's managerial personnel means any of the Contractor's directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or equivalent representatives who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of t…
  • FAR 52.246-8 Inspection of Research and Development—Cost-Reimbursement.
    …itions. As used in this clause— Contractor's managerial personnel means the Contractor's directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or equivalent representatives who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of t…
  • FAR 22.1301 Definitions.
    …marily recognized department or subdivision thereof; (iii) Who customarily and regularly directs the work of two or more other employees; and (iv) Who has the authority to hire or fire other employees or whose suggestions and recommendati…
  • FAR 31.205-19 Insurance and indemnification.
    …xceed the sum of— (i) The amount that would have been allowed had the contractor insured directly with the captive insurer; and (ii) Reasonable fronting company charges for services rendered. (3) Actual losses are unallowable unless expr…
  • FAR 31.205-33 Professional and consultant service costs.
    …n information, advice, opinions, alternatives, conclusions, recommendations, training, or direct assistance, such as studies, analyses, evaluations, liaison with Government officials, or other forms of representation. (b) Costs of professi…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …the Contracting Officer has filled in the following information with regard to applicable directives or notices: Document title(s), source for obtaining document(s), and contract performance location outside the United States to which the d…

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.