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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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141 sections with “FAR clauses”: the first 40

  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … consistent with your established estimating and accounting principles and procedures and FAR Part 31, Cost Principles, and, if not, an explanation; (9) The following statement: This proposal reflects our estimates and/or actual costs as o…
  • FAR 30.201-4 Contract clauses.
    (a) Cost Accounting Standards. (1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at FAR 52.230-2, Cost Accounting Standards, in negotiated contracts, unless the contract is exempted (see 48 CFR 9903.201-1), the contract is subject to modi…
  • DFARS 204.7304 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …Covered Defense Information Controls, in all solicitations, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, except for solicitations solely for the acquisition of comm…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …ollowing additional provisions and clauses apply to DoD solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services. If the offeror has completed any of the following provision…
  • DFARS 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …her Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data, in a solicitation, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, for a sole source acquisition from the Canadian Commercial …
  • DFARS 219.708 Contract clauses.
    …D Contracts), in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that contain the clause at FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Sub…
  • DFARS 219.811-3 Contract clauses.
    (1) Use the clause at 252.219-7009, Section 8(a) Direct Award, instead of the clauses at FAR 52.219-11, Special 8(a) Contract Conditions, FAR 52.219-12, Special 8(a) Subcontract Conditions, and FAR 52.219-17, Section 8(a) Award, in solicita…
  • DFARS 227.7009-1 Required clauses.
    (a) Covenant Against Contingent Fees. Insert the clause at FAR 52.203-5. (b) Gratuities. Insert the clause at FAR 52.203-3. (c) Assignment of Claims. Insert the clause at FAR 52.232-23. (d) Disputes. Pursuant to FAR 33.014, insert the cl…
  • DFARS 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.
    …es. General Provisions Use the following clauses in educational service agreements: 1. FAR 52.202-1, Definitions, and add the following paragraphs (h) through (m). (h) “Term” means the period of time into which the Contractor divides th…
  • DFARS 245.107 Contract clauses.
    (1)(i) In lieu of the prescription at FAR 45.107(d), use the clause at FAR 52.245-1, Government Property, in all purchase orders for repair, maintenance, overhaul, or modification of Government property regardless of the unit acquisition co…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …required provisions and clauses. Notwithstanding prescriptions contained elsewhere in the FAR, when acquiring commercial products or commercial services, contracting officers shall be required to use only those provisions and clauses prescr…
  • FAR 52.103 Identification of provisions and clauses.
    (a) Whenever any FAR provision or clause is used without deviation in a solicitation or contract, whether it is incorporated by reference or in full text, it shall be identified by number, title, and date. This identification shall also be …
  • FAR 52.107 Provisions and clauses prescribed in subpart 52.1.
    …ision at 52.252-5, Authorized Deviations in Provisions, in solicitations that include any FAR or supplemental provision with an authorized deviation. Whenever any FAR or supplemental provision is used with an authorized deviation, the contr…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …2026) (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of c…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …2026) (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses that are incorporated by reference: (1) The clauses listed below implement provisions of law or Executive order: (i) 52.203-19, Prohibi…
  • DFARS 225.7004-7 Contract clauses.
    …ooring Chain, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and that r…
  • DFARS 225.7703-4 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …or Products or Services from Afghanistan, in solicitations, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that provide a preference for products or services from Afg…
  • DFARS 229.402-70 Additional provisions and clauses.
    …se at 252.229-7003, Tax Exemptions (Italy). If the solicitation includes the provision at FAR 52.204-7, do not separately list 252.229-7012 in the solicitation. (d) Use the clause at 252.229-7004, Status of Contractor as a Direct Contracto…
  • DFARS 247.271-3 Solicitation provisions, schedule formats, and contract clauses.
    …les. (b) In addition to designating each ordering activity, as required by the clause at FAR 52.216-18, Ordering, identify by name or position title the individuals authorized to place orders for each activity. When provisions are made for…
  • DFARS 247.574 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …plies by Sea, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, except those for direct purchase of ocean transportation se…
  • DFARS 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services.
    …3) (a) The Contractor shall not include the terms of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause or Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) clause in subcontracts for commercial products or commercial services at any …
  • FAR 45.107 Contract clauses.
    …ernment will provide Government property. (iii) Contracts or modifications awarded under FAR Part 12 procedures where Government property that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in FAR 2.101, is furnished or where the…
  • DFARS 203.1004 Contract clauses.
    …, Agency Office of the Inspector General, in solicitations and contracts that include the FAR clause 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct. (b)(2)(ii) Unless the contract is for the acquisition of a commercial product o…
  • DFARS 216.203-4 Contract clauses.
    (1) Generally, use the clauses at FAR 52.216-2, Economic Price Adjustment—Standard Supplies, FAR 52.216-3, Economic Price Adjustment—Semistandard Supplies, and FAR 52.216-4, Economic Price Adjustment—Labor and Material, only when— (i) The …
  • DFARS 216.307 Contract clauses.
    …tered pursuant to contracts awarded before September 30, 2013, that include the clause at FAR 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment; and (2) In contracts awarded before September 30, 2013, that— (i) Include the clause at FAR 52.216-7, Allo…
  • DFARS 225.7002-3 Contract clauses.
    … Commodities, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services. (b) Use the clause at 252.225-7015, Restriction on Acquisi…
  • DFARS 225.7003-5 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    …ialty Metals, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that— (i) Exceed the simplified acquisition threshold; and…
  • DFARS 227.303 Contract clauses.
    …—Reporting of Subject Inventions, in solicitations and contracts containing the clause at FAR 52.227-11, Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor. (2)(i) Use the clause at 252.227-7038, Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Bus…
  • DFARS 227.7102-4 Contract clauses.
    …ial Services, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, when the contractor will be required to deliver technical d…
  • DFARS 227.7103-6 Contract clauses.
    …ial Services, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, when the successful offeror(s) will be required to deliver …
  • DFARS 232.908 Contract clauses.
    …y Operations, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, in acquisitions that meet the applicability criteria at 232…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ection, has the same meaning throughout this chapter (the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)) unless the context in which the word or term is used clearly requires a different meaning or another FAR part, subpart, or section provides a di…
  • FAR 52.101 Using part 52.
    …nor change in the details of a provision or clause that is specifically authorized by the FAR and does not alter the substance of the provision or clause (see 52.104). (b) Numbering—(1) FAR provisions and clauses. Subpart 52.2 sets forth t…
  • FAR 52.102 Incorporating provisions and clauses.
    … Agency approved provisions and clauses prescribed in agency acquisition regulations, and FAR provisions and clauses not authorized to be incorporated by reference as shown in the matrix at https://www.acquisition.gov/smart-matrix, need not…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …e allowable by the Contracting Officer in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 31.2 in effect on the date of this contract and the terms of this contract. The Contractor may submit to an authorized representative of …
  • FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.
    …ontracts and subcontracts means— (1) Fixed-price contracts and subcontracts described at FAR 16.202, 16.203, (except when price adjustments are based on actual costs of labor or material, described at 16.203-1(a)(2)), and 16.207; (2) Fixe…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …will consider cost of money that would be allowable under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 31.205-10 as an incurred cost for progress payment purposes. (2) The amount of financing and other payments for supplies and services purchased …
  • FAR 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ailable off-the-shelf item have the meanings contained in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101. Subcontract includes a transfer of commercial products or commercial services between divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of the Contr…
  • FAR 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses.
    …in 52.107(f), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts that include any FAR or supplemental clause with an authorized deviation. Whenever any FAR or supplemental clause is used with an authorized deviation, the contracting…
  • DFARS 201.304 Agency control and compliance procedures.
    …ganizations may issue acquisition regulations as necessary to implement or supplement the FAR or DFARS. (1)(i) Approval of the USD(A&S) is required before including in a department/agency or component supplement, or any other contracting r…

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.