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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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72 sections with “FAR subpart 15.4”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.217-7027 Contract Definitization.
    …tract that will include— (1) All clauses required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) on the date of execution of the undefinitized contract action; (2) All clauses required by law on the date of execution of the definitive contra…
  • 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 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 31.603 Requirements.
    …cer authorizing in advance such payments in accordance with applicable regulations in the FAR or an executive agency supplement to the FAR. (5) Costs of any membership in any social, dining, or country club or organization. (6) Costs of a…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …this offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, have been entered or updated in the last 12 mont…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …a dispute to be resolved in accordance with the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.233-1, Disputes, which is incorporated herein by reference. The Contractor shall proceed diligently with performance of this contract, pending…
  • 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 52.215-23 Limitations on Pass-Through Charges.
    …y orders). Subcontract means any contract, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101, entered into by a subcontractor to furnish supplies or services for performance of the contract or a subcontract. It includes but is not l…
  • 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 52.244-2 Subcontracts.
    …n reviewed and approved in accordance with Part 44 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Consent to subcontract means the Contracting Officer's written consent for the Contractor to enter into a particular subcontract. Subcontract …
  • 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…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …system and/or the information residing therein. Department of Defense (DoD), as used in DFARS, means the Department of Defense, the military departments, and the defense agencies. Departments and agencies, as used in DFARS, means the mili…
  • 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 215.371-4 Exceptions.
    … support response to an emergency or major disaster; (3) Small business set-asides under FAR subpart 19.5, set asides offered and accepted into the 8(a) Program under FAR subpart 19.8, or set-asides under the HUBZone Program (see FAR 19.13…
  • DFARS 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.
    …e, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Selling expenses (not otherwise limited by FAR Part 31), such as— (i) Maintaining international sales and service organizations; (ii) Sales commissions and fees in accordance with FAR Subpart…
  • 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 252.232-7016 Notice of Progress Payments or Performance-Based Payments.
    … progress payments in accordance with subpart 32.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or performance-based payments in accordance with FAR subpart 32.10 will not be considered as a handicap or adverse factor in the award of the con…
  • DFARS 252.235-7002 Animal welfare.
    As prescribed in 235.072(a), use the following clause: Animal Welfare (DEC 2014) (a)(1) The Contractor shall register its research, development, test, and evaluation or training facility with the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance wit…
  • 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 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …offerors that are— (1) In the competitive range, if discussions are to be conducted (see FAR 15.306)(c)); or (2) Considered responsive, if award is to be made without discussions (see FAR 15.306(a)). (3) Contract award or resolicitation.…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …mpleted copy of the representations and certifications at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically); (9) Acknowledgment o…
  • FAR 52.216-25 Contract Definitization.
    …ontract that will include (1) all clauses required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) on the date of execution of the letter contract, (2) all clauses required by law on the date of execution of the definitive contract, and (3) any…
  • DFARS 213.301 Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    …plies or services originating from, or transported from or through, sources identified in FAR Subpart 25.7; (E) Is not for ball or roller bearings as end items; (F) Does not require access to classified or Privacy Act information; and (G…
  • DFARS 215.300 Scope of subpart.
    When conducting negotiated, competitive acquisitions utilizing FAR part 15 procedures, contracting officers shall follow the principles and procedures in the Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting memorandum provided at PGI 215.300.
  • DFARS 215.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    (c)(i) In acquisitions that require use of the clause at FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, other than those based on the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process (see FAR 15.101-2), the extent of particip…
  • DFARS 241.201 Policy.
    … (ii) Are sufficient to set prices without obtaining certified cost or pricing data (see FAR subpart 15.4); and (iii) Are a valid basis on which prices can be determined fair and reasonable. (4) Compliance with the regulations, practices…
  • DFARS 246.702-70 Definitions.
    … used in this subpart— Acceptance as used in this subpart and in the warranty clauses at FAR 52.246-17, Warranty of Supplies of a Noncomplex Nature; FAR 52.246-18, Warranty of Supplies of a Complex Nature; FAR 52.246-19, Warranty of System…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …es, and any significant evaluation factors. (14)(i) If the solicitation will include the FAR clause at 52.225-3, Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, or an equivalent agency clause, insert the following notice in the synop…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …ttainment of the acquisition objectives (see subpart 15.3). When an EVMS is required (see FAR 34.202(a)) and a preaward IBR is contemplated, the acquisition plan must discuss— (i) How the pre-award IBR will be considered in the source sele…
  • FAR 17.502-2 The Economy Act.
    …agencies to enter into agreements to obtain supplies or services from another agency. The FAR applies when one agency uses another agency's contract to obtain supplies or services. If the interagency business transaction does not result in …
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    … postretirement health care; life insurance provided outside a pension plan; and other welfare benefits such as tuition assistance, day care, legal services, and housing subsidies provided after retirement. (2) To be allowable, PRB costs s…
  • FAR 52.214-26 Audit and Records—Sealed Bidding.
    …, or for any other period specified in subpart 4.7 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, in effect on the data of this contract, is incorporated by reference in its entirety and made a p…
  • FAR 52.215-2 Audit and Records—Negotiation.
    …fied in Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), or for any longer period required by statute or by other clauses of this contract. In addition— (1) If this contract is completely or partially…
  • FAR 52.215-15 Pension adjustments and asset reversions.
    …AS covered contracts and subcontracts that are subject to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 31.2 or for which certified cost or pricing data were submitted. (c) For all other situations where assets revert to the Contractor, or …
  • DFARS 215.403-5 Instructions for submission of certified cost or pricing data and data other than certified cost or pricing data.
    (b)(3) For contractors following the contract cost principles in FAR subpart 31.2, Contracts With Commercial Organizations, pursuant to the procedures in FAR 42.1701(b), the administrative contracting officer shall require contractors to co…
  • DFARS 219.806 Pricing the 8(a) contract.
    …icer shall obtain certified cost or pricing data from the 8(a) contractor, if required by FAR subpart 15.4; and (2) SBA concurrence in the negotiated price is not required. However, except for purchase orders not exceeding the simplified a…
  • FAR 4.1402 Procedures.
    …port the contract action to the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) in accordance with FAR subpart 4.6, certain data will then pre-populate from FPDS, to assist contractors in completing and submitting their reports. If data originating …
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    … an information technology acquisition strategy (see Part 39); (2) Shall comply with all FAR requirements for a consolidated or bundled contract when the order meets the definition at 2.101 of “consolidation” or “bundling”; and (3) Must, …
  • FAR 12.102 Applicability.
    …mercial products or commercial services are subject to the policies in other parts of the FAR. When a policy in another part of the FAR is inconsistent with a policy in this part, this part 12 shall take precedence for the acquisition of co…
  • FAR 12.603 Streamlined solicitation for commercial products or commercial services.
    … for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals …

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