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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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240 sections with “Government employee”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    As prescribed at 27.303(e), insert the following clause: Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government (DEC 2007) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Invention means any invention or discovery that is or may be patentable or otherwise p…
  • DFARS 213.301 Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    Follow the procedures at PGI 213.301 for authorizing, establishing, and operating a Governmentwide commercial purchase card program. (1) “United States,” as used in this section, means the 50 States and the District of Columbia, the Common…
  • DFARS 252.227-7025 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Government-Furnished Information Marked with Restrictive Legends.
    …(4), or 227.7203-6(d), use the following clause: Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Government-Furnished Information Marked With Restrictive Legends (JAN 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— (1) For contracts in which the …
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    As prescribed in 245.107(4), use the following clause: Management and Reporting of Government Property (Jan 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— As is means that the Government makes no warranty with respect to the serviceabili…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … funds of supplies or services (including construction) by and for the use of the Federal Government through purchase or lease, whether the supplies or services are already in existence or must be created, developed, demonstrated, and evalu…
  • FAR 3.101-2 Solicitation and acceptance of gratuities by Government personnel.
    As a rule, no Government employee may solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any gratuity, gift, favor, entertainment, loan, or anything of monetary value from anyone who (a) has or is seeking to obtain Government business with the empl…
  • FAR 3.104-2 General.
    …may constitute “seeking employment,”(see subpart F of 5 CFR part 2636 and 3.104-3(c)(2)). Government officers and employees (employees) are prohibited by 18 U.S.C. 208 and 5 CFR part 2635 from participating personally and substantially in a…
  • FAR 3.401 Definitions.
    …siness, that neither exerts nor proposes to exert improper influence to solicit or obtain Government contracts nor holds itself out as being able to obtain any Government contract or contracts through improper influence. Bona fide employee…
  • FAR 3.601 Policy.
    …pt as specified in 3.602, a contracting officer shall not knowingly award a contract to a Government employee or to a business concern or other organization owned or substantially owned or controlled by one or more Government employees. Thi…
  • FAR 3.801 Definitions.
    …an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with any covered Federal action. Local government means a unit of government in a State and, if chartered, established, or otherwise recognized by a State for the performance of a governmen…
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    …lopmental, or research work; (ii) Test and evaluation studies; or (iii) The design of a Government facility that may involve novel structures, machines, products, materials, processes, or equipment (including construction equipment). (3)…
  • FAR 27.304-1 General.
    …s. Whenever the contract contains the clause at 52.227-13, Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government, or a patent rights clause modified pursuant to 27.303(e)(2), the contractor (or an employee-inventor of the contractor after consultation …
  • FAR 37.104 Personal services contracts.
    …es contract is characterized by the employer-employee relationship it creates between the Government and the contractor's personnel. The Government is normally required to obtain its employees by direct hire under competitive appointment or…
  • FAR 37.114 Special acquisition requirements.
    …have the potential for influencing the authority, accountability, and responsibilities of Government officials. These contracts require special management attention to ensure that they do not result in performance of inherently governmental…
  • FAR 52.203-5 Covenant Against Contingent Fees.
    …fee, except a bona fide employee or agency. For breach or violation of this warranty, the Government shall have the right to annul this contract without liability or to deduct from the contract price or consideration, or otherwise recover, …
  • FAR 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions.
    …an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with any covered Federal action. Local government means a unit of government in a State and, if chartered, established, or otherwise recognized by a State for the performance of a governmen…
  • FAR 52.222-46 Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees.
    …of professional services needed for adequate contract performance. It is therefore in the Government's best interest that professional employees, as defined in 29 CFR 541, be properly and fairly compensated. As a part of their proposals, of…
  • DFARS 252.217-7011 Access to vessel.
    …s necessary to perform their respective responsibilities, to a reasonable number of: (1) Government and other Government contractor employees (in addition to those Government employees attached to the vessel); and (2) Representatives of o…
  • FAR 3.1101 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Acquisition function closely associated with inherently governmental functions means supporting or providing advice or recommendations with regard to the following activities of a Federal agency: (1) Planning acqu…
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    (a) Contracts shall not be used for the performance of inherently governmental functions. (b) Agency decisions which determine whether a function is or is not an inherently governmental function may be reviewed and modified by appropriate …
  • FAR 9.403 Definitions.
    …rs for or is awarded, or reasonably may be expected to submit offers for or be awarded, a Government contract, including a contract for carriage under Government or commercial bills of lading, or a subcontract under a Government contract; o…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    …pt construction), the concern will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subc…
  • FAR 19.701 Definitions.
    …on, plant, or product line). Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) means the Governmentwide, electronic, web-based system for small business subcontracting program reporting. Failure to make a good faith effort to comply with …
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    …e in any studies or surveys as may be required; (ii) Submit periodic reports so that the Government can determine the extent of compliance by the offeror with the subcontracting plan; (iii) After November 30, 2017, include subcontracting …
  • FAR 22.807 Exemptions.
    … in any 12-month period exceeds, or can reasonably be expected to exceed, $10,000. (Note: Government bills of lading, regardless of amount, are not exempt.) (2) Work outside the United States. Contracts are exempt from the requirements of …
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …tion is necessary and proper in the public interest or to avoid the serious impairment of Government business, and is in accord with the remedial purpose of the Service Contract Labor Standards statute to protect prevailing labor standards …
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    The United States Government has adopted a policy prohibiting trafficking in persons, including the trafficking-related activities below. Additional information about trafficking in persons may be found at the website for the Department of …
  • FAR 27.405-1 Special works.
    …pilation of data (other than limited rights data or restricted computer software) for the Government's own use, or when there is a specific need to limit distribution and use of the data or to obtain indemnity for liabilities that may arise…
  • FAR 28.301 Policy.
    Contractors shall carry insurance under the following circumstances: (a)(1) The Government requires any contractor subject to Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 416 (48 CFR 9004.416) to obtain insurance, by purchase or self-coverage, for the p…
  • FAR 28.308 Self-insurance.
    …ts to be incurred at a segment of a contractor's business will be allocable to negotiated Government contracts, and the self-insurance costs at the segment for the contractor's fiscal year are expected to be $200,000 or more, the contractor…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …re otherwise allowable, the costs are reasonable unless, as applied to work in performing Government contracts, the costs are unwarranted by the character and circumstances of the work or discriminatory against the Government. The applicati…
  • FAR 31.205-19 Insurance and indemnification.
    …uct of its business. (b) For purposes of applying the provisions of this subsection, the Government considers insurance provided by captive insurers (insurers owned by or under control of the contractor) as self-insurance, and charges for …
  • FAR 31.205-33 Professional and consultant service costs.
    …ons, training, or direct assistance, such as studies, analyses, evaluations, liaison with Government officials, or other forms of representation. (b) Costs of professional and consultant services are allowable subject to this paragraph and…
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    …ited States, available on a subscription basis from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, DC 20402, Stock No. 922-002-00000-2; (ii) Joint Travel Regulations, Volume 2, DoD Civilian Personnel, Appen…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    …e proceedings. Fraud means — (1) Acts of fraud or corruption or attempts to defraud the Government or to corrupt its agents; (2) Acts which constitute a cause for debarment or suspension under 9.406-2(a) and 9.407-2(a); and (3) Acts whi…
  • FAR 35.017 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.
    …gency, has access, beyond that which is common to the normal contractual relationship, to Government and supplier data, including sensitive and proprietary data, and to employees and installations equipment and real property. The FFRDC is r…
  • FAR 46.505 Transfer of title and risk of loss.
    (a) Title to supplies shall pass to the Government upon formal acceptance, regardless of when or where the Government takes physical possession, unless the contract specifically provides for earlier passage of title. (b) Unless the contrac…
  • FAR 47.104-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts.
    … 49 U.S.C. 10721 and 13712 rates may be applied to shipments other than those made by the Government if the total benefit accrues to the Government, i.e., the Government shall pay the charges or directly and completely reimburse the party t…
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    …ract. Collateral costs means agency costs of operation, maintenance logistic support, or Government-furnished property. Collateral savings means those measurable net reductions resulting from a VECP in the agency's overall projected colla…
  • FAR 49.601-2 Letter notice.
    …minated contract, line items, etc.] (a) Effective date of termination. This confirms the Government's electronic notice to you dated ______________________, 20____, terminating ________________ [insert “completely” or “in part”] Contract N…

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.