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33 sections with “Government specifications and standards”

  • FAR 11.201 Identification and availability of specifications.
    …ime to respond to the solicitation; or (3) A prospective contractor requests a copy of a Government promulgated requirements document. (b) Contracting offices shall clearly identify in the solicitation any pertinent documents not listed i…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ise specified in this solicitation, these samples shall be submitted at no expense to the Government, and returned at the sender's request and expense, unless they are destroyed during preaward testing. (e) Multiple offers. Offerors are en…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …sert the following clause: Allowable Cost and Payment (AUG 2018) (a) Invoicing. (1) The Government will make payments to the Contractor when requested as work progresses, but (except for small business concerns) not more often than once e…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    As prescribed in 45.107(a), insert the following clause: Government Property (SEP 2021) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Cannibalize means to remove parts from Government property for use or for installation on other Government p…
  • DFARS 227.7103-5 Government rights.
    The standard license rights that a licensor grants to the Government are unlimited rights, government purpose rights, or limited rights. Those rights are defined in the clause at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial …
  • DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.
    …eguarding or dissemination controls pursuant to and consistent with law, regulations, and Governmentwide policies, and is— (1) Marked or otherwise identified in the contract, task order, or delivery order and provided to the contractor by …
  • DFARS 252.217-7005 Inspection and manner of doing work.
    …manship. The solicitation shall prescribe the Navy standard whenever applicable. (c) The Government may inspect and test all material and workmanship at any time during the Contractor's performance of the work. (1) If, prior to delivery, …
  • DFARS 252.246-7007 Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System.
    …tance and rejection. Tests and inspections shall be performed in accordance with accepted Government- and industry-recognized techniques. Selection of tests and inspections shall be based on minimizing risk to the Government. Determination …
  • FAR 8.710 Quality of merchandise.
    … provided by AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies shall comply with the applicable Government specifications and standards cited in the order. When no specifications or standards exist— (a) Supplies shall be of the highest quality a…
  • FAR 52.223-23 Sustainable Products and Services.
    …he sustainable products and services required by this contract are— (i) Delivered to the Government; (ii) Furnished for use by the Government; (iii) Incorporated into the construction of a public building or public work; and (iv) Furnis…
  • 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 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …upplies or services (see part 8) and sources identifiable through databases including the Governmentwide database of contracts and other procurement instruments intended for use by multiple agencies available at https://www.contractdirector…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …ng Standards (CAS), affect the quality and validity of the contractor data upon which the Government must rely for its management oversight of the contractor and contract performance. (13) Review and approve or disapprove the contractor's …
  • FAR 46.101 Definitions.
    As used in this part— Acceptance means the act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government, for itself or as agent of another, assumes ownership of existing identified supplies tendered or approves specific se…
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    … Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts (MAY 2014) (a) Payment of price. The Government shall pay the Contractor the contract price as provided in this contract. (b) Progress payments. The Government shall make progress paymen…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …e program or system into the next phase of the acquisition process (10 U.S.C. 4211). Non-Government sales means sales of the supplies or services to non-Governmental entities for purposes other than governmental purposes. Nontraditional d…
  • DFARS 252.204-7009 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information.
    …eguarding or dissemination controls pursuant to and consistent with law, regulations, and Governmentwide policies, and is— (1) Marked or otherwise identified in the contract, task order, or delivery order and provided to the contractor by …
  • DFARS 252.246-7008 Sources of Electronic Parts.
    …on of such contractor-approved suppliers is subject to review, audit, and approval by the Government, generally in conjunction with a contractor purchasing system review or other surveillance of purchasing practices by the contract administ…
  • FAR 12.202 Market research and description of agency need.
    …ds in these terms allows offerors to propose methods that will best meet the needs of the Government. (c) Follow the procedures in subpart 11.2 regarding the identification and availability of specifications, standards and commercial item …
  • FAR 34.005-2 Mission-oriented solicitation.
    …n should be given the widest practicable dissemination, including publicizing through the Governmentwide point of entry (see subpart 5.2) and should be sent to as wide a selection of potential sources as practicable, including smaller and n…
  • FAR 36.202 Specifications.
    …ces in specifications are to widely recognized standards or specifications promulgated by governments, industries, or technical societies. (c) When brand name or equal descriptions are necessary, specifications must clearly identify and de…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …he-art machinery; (C) The services and analytical efforts are extremely important to the Government and must be performed to exacting standards; (D) The contractor's independent development and investment has reduced the Government's risk…
  • FAR 52.250-3 SAFETY Act Block Designation/Certification.
    … meet, the requirements of any solicitation issued by any Federal, State, local or tribal governments. Determinations by DHS with respect to whether to issue a SAFETY Act designation for technologies submitted for DHS review are based on th…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …6) The estimated monetary value of negotiated overhead or other rates when applied to the Government portion of the applicable allocation base. Official means— (1) An officer, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 2104; (2) An employee, as defined in 5…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …ctor compliance with Federal environmental requirements, when the contractor is operating Government-owned facilities or vehicles, to the same extent as the agency would be required to comply if the agency operated the facilities or vehicle…
  • FAR 11.101 Order of precedence for requirements documents.
    …oriented documents. (4) Standards, specifications and related publications issued by the Government outside the Defense or Federal series for the non-repetitive acquisition of items. (b) In accordance with OMB Circular A-119, “Federal Par…
  • FAR 11.107 Solicitation provision.
    …ns are included in a solicitation. (b) Insert the provision at 52.211-7, Alternatives to Government-Unique Standards, in solicitations that use Government-unique standards when the agency uses the transaction-based reporting method to repo…
  • DFARS 211.107 Solicitation provision.
    …or Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328), use the provision at FAR 52.211-7, Alternatives to Government-Unique Standards, in DoD solicitations that include military or Government-unique specifications and standards.
  • FAR 11.002 Policy.
    …uct descriptions (including commercial item descriptions) and standards; (ii) Describing Government requirements for products and services; and (iii) Developing source-selection factors. (3) The Green Procurement Compilation (GPC) availa…
  • FAR 46.203 Criteria for use of contract quality requirements.
    …s, drawings, or industrial standards; see part 2); or (2) Military-Federal (described in Government drawings and specifications). (b) Complexity. (1) Complex items have quality characteristics, not wholly visible in the end item, for whic…
  • DFARS 204.7301 Definitions.
    …eguarding or dissemination controls pursuant to and consistent with law, regulations, and Governmentwide policies, and is— (1) Marked or otherwise identified in the contract, task order, or delivery order and provided to the contractor by …
  • DFARS 246.202-4 Higher-level contract quality requirements.
    …ard inspection requirement. (2) Higher-level contract quality requirements, including nongovernment quality system standards adopted to meet DoD needs, are listed in the DoD Index of Specifications and Standards.
  • DFARS 246.702-70 Definitions.
    …orm 250, Material Inspection and Receiving Report) by an authorized representative of the Government. Defect means any condition or characteristic in any supply or service furnished by the contractor under the contract that is not in compl…

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.