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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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196 sections with “First use”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.
    …escribed in 4.1403(a), insert the following clause: Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause: Executive means officers, managing partners, or any other employee…
  • FAR 52.209-3 First Article Approval—Contractor Testing.
    As prescribed in 9.308-1 (a) and (b), insert the following clause: First Article Approval—Contractor Testing (SEP 1989) [Contracting Officer shall insert details] (a) The Contractor shall test __ unit(s) of Lot/Item __ as specified in th…
  • FAR 52.209-4 First Article Approval—Government Testing.
    As prescribed in 9.308-2 (a) and (b), insert the following clause: First Article Approval—Government Testing (SEP 1989) [Contracting Officer shall insert details] (a) The Contractor shall deliver __ units(s) of Lot/Item __ within __ cale…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …d on the basis of cost experience with similar contracts, together with supporting data. First article means a preproduction model, initial production sample, test sample, first lot, pilot lot, or pilot models. First article testing means…
  • FAR 9.305 Risk.
    Before first article approval, the acquisition of materials or components, or commencement of production, is normally at the sole risk of the contractor. To minimize this risk, the contracting officer shall provide sufficient time in the de…
  • FAR 9.306 Solicitation requirements.
    …hall— (a) Provide, in the circumstance where the contractor is to be responsible for the first article approval testing— (1) The performance or other characteristics that the first article must meet for approval; (2) The detailed technic…
  • FAR 9.307 Government administration procedures.
    (a) Before the contractor ships the first article, or the first article test report, to the Government laboratory or other activity responsible for approval at the address specified in the contract, the contract administration office shall …
  • FAR 9.308-1 Testing performed by the contractor.
    (a)(1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.209-3, First Article Approval—Contractor Testing, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and it is intended that the contract require— (i) Fir…
  • FAR 9.308-2 Testing performed by the Government.
    (a)(1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.209-4, First Article Approval—Government Testing, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and it is intended that the contract require first art…
  • FAR 9.507-2 Contract clause.
    …the proposed restraint. The contracting officer shall include the clause in the contract, first negotiating the clause's final terms with the successful offeror, if it is appropriate to do so (see 9.506(d)). (b) The restraint imposed by a …
  • FAR 17.106-1 General.
    …nd financing arrangements. (c) Cancellation procedures. (1) All program years except the first are subject to cancellation. For each program year subject to cancellation, the contracting officer shall establish a cancellation ceiling. Ceil…
  • FAR 17.106-2 Solicitations.
    …cluding the following: (a) The requirements, by item of supply or service, for the— (1) First program year; and (2) Multiyear contract including the requirements for each program year. (b) Criteria for comparing the lowest evaluated sub…
  • FAR 22.805 Procedures.
    … contract award. (2) Preaward clearance for each proposed contract and for each proposed first-tier subcontract of $10 million or more shall be requested by the contracting officer directly from the OFCCP regional office(s). Verbal request…
  • FAR 27.404-3 Copyrighted works.
    (a) Data first produced in the performance of a contract. (1) Generally, the contractor must obtain permission of the contracting officer prior to asserting rights in any copyrighted work containing data first produced in the performance of…
  • FAR 32.1110 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    … time after award, such as a fixed number of days, or event such as the submission of the first request for payment. (B) If no agency procedures are prescribed, the time period inserted in paragraph (b)(1) of the clause shall be “no later …
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    …e contract units scheduled for delivery during the sharing period;” and (2) Revising the first sentence under paragraph (3) of the definition of “acquisition savings” by substituting “a number equal to the quantity to be delivered over a p…
  • FAR 50.103-4 Facts and evidence.
    …profit or loss from other Government business and all other sources, from the date of the first contract involved to the estimated completion date of the last contract involved. (7) A statement of the amount of any tax refunds to date, and…
  • FAR 52.207-3 Right of First Refusal of Employment.
    As prescribed in 7.305(c), insert the following clause: Right of First Refusal of Employment (MAY 2006) (a) The Contractor shall give Government personnel who have been or will be adversely affected or separated as a result of award of th…
  • FAR 52.216-5 Price Redetermination—Prospective.
    …ause, except that (1) the prices for supplies delivered and services performed before the first effective date of price redetermination (see paragraph (c) below) shall remain fixed and (2) in no event shall the total amount paid under this …
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …hen used in relation to any invention other than a plant variety, means the conception or first actual reduction to practice of the invention; or (2) When used in relation to a plant variety, means that the Contractor has at least tentativ…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …in paragraph (c) of this clause, the Government shall have unlimited rights in— (i) Data first produced in the performance of this contract; (ii) Form, fit, and function data delivered under this contract; (iii) Data delivered under this…
  • FAR 52.227-17 Rights in Data—Special Works.
    …ll have— (i) Unlimited rights in all data delivered under this contract, and in all data first produced in the performance of this contract, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause. (ii) The right to limit assertion of copyrigh…
  • FAR 52.227-20 Rights in Data—SBIR Program.
    …r software, including minor modifications of the computer software. SBIR data means data first produced by a Contractor that is a small business concern in performance of a small business innovation research contract issued under the autho…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …ich notice has been given to the administering office; accrue excess remuneration without first obtaining an agreement subordinating it to all claims of the Government; or employ any person at a rate of compensation over $___ a year; (9) C…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …cy reports—(1) Withholding from subcontractor. If a Contractor, after making payment to a first-tier subcontractor, receives from a supplier or subcontractor of the first-tier subcontractor (hereafter referred to as a “second-tier subcontra…
  • FAR 52.247-11 Net Weight—Household Goods or Office Furniture.
    …vehicle before arrival at destination). (b) Net weight—part loads. The net weight of the first part load shall be determined in the same manner as specified for a full load. The net weight of the second part load shall be determined by usi…
  • DFARS 252.204-7023 Reporting Requirements for Contracted Services.
    …ements for Contracted Services—Basic (Jul 2021) (a) Definition. As used in this clause— First-tier subcontract means a subcontract awarded directly by the contractor for the purpose of acquiring services for performance of a prime contrac…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …hen used in relation to any invention other than a plant variety, means the conception or first actual reduction to practice of the invention; or (2) When used in relation to a plant variety, means that the Contractor has at least tentativ…
  • DFARS 252.246-7006 Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items.
    …identifier means a code that is uniquely assigned to an enterprise by an issuing agency. First use means the initial or first-time use of a product by the Government. Fixed expiration means the date the warranty expires and the Contractor…
  • FAR 4.1403 Contract clause.
    …acting officer shall insert the clause at 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards, in all solicitations and contracts of $40,000 or more. (b) The clause is not prescribed for contracts that are not req…
  • FAR 7.305 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …d Competition. (c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.207-3, Right of First Refusal of Employment, in all solicitations which may result in a conversion from in-house performance to contract performance of work currently…
  • FAR 9.303 Use.
    … is described by a performance specification; or (d) It is essential to have an approved first article to serve as a manufacturing standard.
  • FAR 14.502 Conditions for use.
    …oncerns eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program (see subpart 19.15). (7) A first or subsequent production quantity is being acquired under a performance specification.
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …sed price. I. General Instructions A. You must provide the following information on the first page of your pricing proposal: (1) Solicitation, contract, and/or modification number; (2) Name and address of offeror; (3) Name and telephon…
  • FAR 17.202 Use of options.
    …ded in service contracts if there is an anticipated need for a similar service beyond the first contract period.
  • FAR 27.404-4 Contractor's release, publication, and use of data.
    …nts, place limitations or restrictions on the contractor's exercise of its rights in data first produced in the performance of the contract, including a requirement to assign copyright to the Government or another party. Any of these restri…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …o grant permission for the contractor to assert claim to copyright subsisting in all data first produced without further request being made by the contractor. When Alternate IV is used, the contract may exclude items or categories of data f…
  • FAR 45.602-3 Screening.
    …creening actions. (a) Standard screening. The standard screening period is 46 days. (1) First through twentieth day—Screening by the contracting agency. The contracting agency has 20 days to screen property reported on the inventory dispo…
  • FAR 47.103-2 Contract clause.
    …ns and contracts when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated and the contract or a first-tier cost-reimbursement subcontract thereunder will authorize reimbursement of transportation as a direct charge to the contract or subcontract.
  • FAR 52.103 Identification of provisions and clauses.
    …sion entitled “Bid Envelopes,” dated October 1983, and that provision is sequentially the first provision or clause appearing in Section 52.214 of the X Agency Acquisition Regulation, then the identification of that provision shall be “9952…

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