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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • FAR 33.105 Protests at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
    Procedures for protests at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims are set forth in the rules of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. The rules may be found at https://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/rules-forms
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ord or a term, defined in this section, 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, s…
  • FAR 3.903 Policy.
    …ation that the employee reasonably believes is— (i) Evidence of gross mismanagement of a Federal contract; (ii) A gross waste of Federal funds; (iii) An abuse of authority relating to a Federal contract; (iv) A substantial and specific …
  • FAR 9.406-1 General.
    …tor (including an individual) is or has been excluded or disqualified by an agency of the Federal Government or has not been allowed to participate in State or local contracts or assistance agreements on a basis of conduct similar to one or…
  • FAR 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    …pting to obtain; or (iii) Performing a public contract or subcontract; (2) Violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; (3) Commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or d…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …lished under “arm's length” labor-management agreements negotiated under the terms of the Federal Labor Relations Act or similar state statutes are otherwise allowable, the costs are reasonable unless, as applied to work in performing Gover…
  • FAR 52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters.
    …spended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible for the award of contracts by any Federal agency; (B) Have ( ) have not ( ), within a three-year period preceding this offer, been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered agains…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …Foreign Assets Control in the Department of the Treasury, or are expressly exempted under Federal law from the requirement to be conducted under such authorization; (3) Consist of providing goods or services to marginalized populations of …
  • DFARS 252.227-7037 Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data.
    …. 7101, Contract Disputes, and shall be certified in the form prescribed at 33.207 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, regardless of dollar amount. (4) A Contractor or subcontractor receiving challenges to the same asserted restrictions…
  • FAR 22.2109 Enforcement of Executive Order 13706 paid sick leave requirements.
    …veal the individual's identity, shall not be disclosed in any manner to anyone other than Federal officials without the prior consent of the individual, unless otherwise authorized by law. (3) If the contracting agency receives a complaint…
  • FAR 33.001 General.
    There are other Federal court-related protest authorities and dispute-appeal authorities that are not covered by this part of the FAR, e.g., 28 U.S.C. 1491 for Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction. Contracting officers should contact their …
  • FAR 52.228-11 Individual Surety—Pledge of Assets.
    … assets that meets the eligibility, valuation, and security requirements described in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 28.203-1; and (2) Standard Form 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety. (b) The Contracting Officer may release a p…
  • DFARS 239.7305 Exclusion and limitation on disclosure.
    … subject to review in a bid protest before the Government Accountability Office or in any Federal court; and (2) The authorized individual shall— (i) Notify appropriate parties of action taken under paragraphs (a) through (d) of this sect…
  • FAR 3.907-2 Policy.
    Non-Federal employers are prohibited from discharging, demoting, or otherwise discriminating against an employee as a reprisal for disclosing covered information to any of the following entities or their representatives: (1) The Board. (2…
  • FAR 3.907-6 Remedies and enforcement authority.
    …ct to a reprisal that is affirmatively established under section 3.907-6(a)(1) if the non-Federal employer demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the non-Federal employer would have taken the action constituting the reprisal in …
  • FAR 52.229-11 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements—Notice and Representation.
    …provision— Foreign person means any person other than a United States person. Specified Federal procurement payment means any payment made pursuant to a contract with a foreign contracting party that is for goods, manufactured or produced…
  • DFARS 209.105-2-70 Inclusion of determination of contractor fault in Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS).
    If the contractor or a subcontractor at any tier is not subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts and the DoD appointing official that requested a DoD investigation makes a final determination that a contractor's or subcontractor's gro…
  • DFARS 233.102 General.
    … under such authority shall be subject to review in a bid protest before the GAOor in any Federal court (see subpart 239.73).
  • DFARS 252.239-7017 Notice of Supply Chain Risk.
    … subject to review in a bid protest before the Government Accountability Office or in any Federal court. (End of provision)
  • DFARS 252.239-7018 Supply Chain Risk.
    … subject to review in a bid protest before the Government Accountability Office or in any Federal court. (End of clause)
  • FAR 3.907-5 Access to investigative file of Inspector General.
    …er section 1553(c)(3) of the Recovery Act, the employee alleging the reprisal and the non-Federal employer shall have access to the investigative file of the Inspector General in accordance with the Privacy Act. (c) The Inspector General m…
  • FAR 33.101 Definitions.
    …he act, event, or default is included unless— (i) The last day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday; or (ii) In the case of a filing of a paper at any appropriate administrative forum, the last day is a day on which weather or other …
  • DFARS 252.222-7006 Restrictions on the Use of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements.
    …ommercially available off-the-shelf items. Subcontract means any contract, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 2.1, to furnish supplies or services for performance of this contract or a higher-tier subcontract thereunder. …
  • FAR 6.302-3 Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services.
    …velopment capability to be provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution or a federally funded research and development center; or (iii) To acquire the services of an expert or neutral person for any current or anticipated liti…
  • FAR 8.406-6 Disputes.
    …Contract Appeals servicing the agency that issued the final decision or the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. (d) Alternative dispute resolution. The contracting officer should use the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures, to the ma…
  • FAR 9.403 Definitions.
    …s appeals from such proceedings. Nonprocurement Common Rule means the procedures used by Federal Executive Agencies to suspend, debar, or exclude individuals or entities from participation in nonprocurement transactions under Executive Ord…
  • FAR 24.203 Policy.
    …'s implementation of these requirements is located in its respective title of the Code of Federal Regulations and referenced in subpart 24.2 of its implementing acquisition regulations. (b) Contracting officers may receive requests for rec…
  • FAR 27.201-1 General.
    …f of the Government is a suit for monetary damages against the Government in the Court of Federal Claims. There is no injunctive relief available, and there is no direct cause of action against a contractor that is infringing a patent or co…
  • FAR 28.203-3 Release of security interest.
    … payment bond may be released to a subcontractor or supplier upon Government receipt of a Federal district court judgment, or a sworn statement by the subcontractor or supplier that the claim is correct along with a notarized authorization …
  • FAR 33.102 General.
    …irectly with the agency, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), or the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. (See 19.302 for protests of small business status, 19.305 for protests of disadvantaged business status, 19.306 for protests of HUBZon…
  • FAR 33.211 Contracting officer's decision.
    …board of contract appeals, you may bring an action directly in the United States Court of Federal Claims (except as provided in 41 U.S.C. 7102(d), regarding Maritime Contracts) within 12 months of the date you receive this decision” (vi) D…
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …hing in the agreement shall relieve the transferor or transferee from compliance with any Federal law. (i) The responsible contracting officer shall use the following format for agreements when the transferor and transferee are corporation…
  • FAR 52.227-3 Patent Indemnity.
    …unication service authorizations over the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation 2.101 on the date of subcontract award, issued under this contract and covering those communications services and facil…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …used by the Contractor in the performance of this contract, except— (1) As prohibited by Federal law or regulation (e.g., export control or national security laws or regulations); (2) As expressly set forth in this contract; or (3) If th…
  • FAR 52.229-12 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements.
    …ry Internal Revenue Service Form W-14, Certificate of Foreign Contracting Party Receiving Federal Procurement Payments, with each voucher or invoice submitted under this contract throughout the period in which this status is applicable. The…
  • DFARS 233.171 Reporting requirement for protests of solicitations or awards.
    …ard or proposed award that have been filed at both the GAO and the United States Court of Federal Claims.
  • DFARS 252.227-7019 Validation of Asserted Restrictions—Computer Software.
    …sure, the intended recipient is subject to the use and nondisclosure agreement at Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 227.7103-7, or is a Government contractor receiving access to the software for performance of a Gove…
  • DFARS 252.227-7025 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Government-Furnished Information Marked with Restrictive Legends.
    …ill be made to complete and sign the nondisclosure agreement at 227.7103-7 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). (3) GFI marked with specially negotiated license rights legends. (i) The Contractor shall use, mod…
  • DFARS 252.233-7001 Choice of law (overseas).
    …the United States Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals and the United States Court of Federal Claims for hearing and determination of any and all disputes that may arise under the Disputes clause of this contract. (End of clause)

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