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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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42 sections with “Government technical representative”: the first 40

  • FAR 27.305-2 Administration by the Government.
    …a) Agencies should establish and maintain appropriate follow-up procedures to protect the Government's interest and to check that subject inventions are identified and disclosed, and when appropriate, patent applications are filed, and that…
  • FAR 52.214-23 Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of technical proposals under two-step sealed bidding.
    …or submitting technical proposals, and any modifications or revisions, so as to reach the Government office designated in the request for technical proposals by the time specified in the invitation for bids (IFB). If no time is specified in…
  • 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 227.7103-14 Conformity, acceptance, and warranty of technical data.
    …r a contract where the production of the data is a secondary objective; or (ii) When the Government will maintain or repair items, repair and maintenance data may have a considerably higher relative value than data that merely describe 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 3.801 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 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 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 46.403 Government contract quality assurance at destination.
    (a) Government contract quality assurance that can be performed at destination is normally limited to inspection of the supplies or services. Inspection shall be performed at destination under the following circumstances— (1) Supplies are …
  • 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 52.212-1 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 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …dresses if available) of persons authorized to negotiate on the offeror's behalf with the Government in connection with this solicitation; and (v) Name, title, and signature of person authorized to sign the proposal. Proposals signed by an…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …rcial service” in FAR 2.101. Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) means the Governmentwide, electronic, web-based system for small business subcontracting program reporting. The eSRS is located at http://www.esrs.gov. Indian …
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …esses, formulas, and flow charts of the software. Limited rights means the rights of the Government in limited rights data as set forth in the Limited Rights Notice of paragraph (g)(3) if included in this clause. Limited rights data means…
  • FAR 52.236-13 Accident Prevention.
    …ide and maintain work environments and procedures which will (1) safeguard the public and Government personnel, property, materials, supplies, and equipment exposed to Contractor operations and activities; (2) avoid interruptions of Governm…
  • FAR 52.246-19 Warranty of Systems and Equipment under Performance Specifications or Design Criteria.
    … As used in this clause— Acceptance means the act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government assumes for itself, or as an agent of another, ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific …
  • FAR 52.246-24 Limitation of Liability—High-Value Items.
    …his contract, the Contractor shall not be liable for loss of or damage to property of the Government (including the supplies delivered under this contract) that (1) occurs after Government acceptance of the supplies delivered under this con…
  • 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 227.7103-7 Use and nondisclosure agreement.
    …ed in paragraph (b) of this section, technical data or computer software delivered to the Government with restrictions on use, modification, reproduction, release, performance, display, or disclosure may not be provided to third parties, un…
  • DFARS 227.7108 Contractor data repositories.
    … or disclosure of technical data from the repository to third parties consistent with the Government's rights in such data; (3) When required by the contracting officer, deliver data to the Government on paper or in other specified media; …
  • DFARS 234.7002 Policy.
    … Identify the comparable commercial product the offeror sells to the general public or nongovernmental entities for other than governmental purposes; (2) Provide a comparison between the physical characteristics and functionality of the co…
  • 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 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …an be substantiated through competition or from sources independent of the offerors. Non-Government sales means sales of the supplies or services to non-Governmental entities for purposes other than governmental purposes. Relevant sales d…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    … utilized; and (ii) The benefits of the invention are, to the extent permitted by law or Government regulations, available to the public on reasonable terms. Subject invention means any invention of the Contractor made in the performance …
  • DFARS 252.239-7004 Orders for Facilities and Services.
    … ORDERS FOR FACILITIES AND SERVICES (SEP 2019) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Governmental regulatory body means the Federal Communications Commission, any statewide regulatory body, or any body with less than statewide jurisdic…
  • DFARS 252.239-7010 Cloud Computing Services.
    …ntially adverse effect on an information system and/or the information residing therein. Government data means any information, document, media, or machine readable material regardless of physical form or characteristics, that is created o…
  • FAR 23.302 Hazardous material identification and notice of material safety data.
    …ministration (OSHA) is responsible for issuing and administering regulations that require Government activities to apprise their employees of— (1) All hazards to which they may be exposed; (2) Relative symptoms and appropriate emergency t…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …accordance with subpart 8.6. The completed evaluation shall not be released to other than Government personnel and the contractor whose performance is being evaluated during the period the information may be used to provide source selection…
  • DFARS 219.402 Small Business Administration procurement center representatives.
    …ration; (D) Awarded pursuant to a Status of Forces Agreement or other agreement with the government of a foreign country in which U.S. Armed Forces are deployed; or (E) Both awarded and performed outside the United States and its outlying…
  • DFARS 246.471 Authorizing shipment of supplies.
    … of the contract administration office signs or stamps the shipping papers that accompany Government source-inspected supplies to release them for shipment. This is done for both prime and subcontracts. (2) An alternative procedure (see pa…
  • FAR 1.102 Statement of guiding principles for the Federal Acquisition System.
    …lfill public policy objectives. (c) The Acquisition Team consists of all participants in Government acquisition including not only representatives of the technical, supply, and procurement communities but also the customers they serve, and…
  • DFARS 252.246-7006 Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items.
    …age, or the occurrence of a specified event, after formal acceptance of delivery, for the Government to assert a contractual right for the correction of defects. Enterprise means the entity (e.g., a manufacturer or vendor) responsible for …
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    (a) It is the policy of the Government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvanta…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …be negotiated upward if it is apparent that a higher goal will significantly increase the Government's cost or seriously impede the attainment of acquisition objectives. An incentive subcontracting clause (see 52.219-10, Incentive Subcontra…
  • DFARS 209.571-1 Definitions.
    …y purpose of which is to perform acquisition functions closely associated with inherently governmental functions (see section 7.503(d) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation) with respect to the development or production of a major system. …
  • DFARS 225.7304 FMS customer involvement.
    …ents of FAR Subpart 6.3. (b) FMS customers should be encouraged to participate with U.S. Government acquisition personnel in discussions with industry to— (1) Develop technical specifications; (2) Establish delivery schedules; (3) Ident…
  • FAR 36.513 Accident prevention.
    …lternate I in solicitations and contracts when a contract for services to be performed at Government facilities (see FAR part 37) is contemplated, and technical representatives advise that special precautions are appropriate. (c) The contr…
  • FAR 41.203 GSA assistance.
    …furnishing of the services described in this part for any Federal agency, mixed-ownership Government corporation, the District of Columbia, the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the Architect of the Capitol and any activity under the…
  • DFARS 227.7203-14 Conformity, acceptance, and warranty of computer software and computer software documentation.
    …n correction or replacement of the nonconforming data is not practicable or is not in the Government's interests, shall be accomplished in accordance with— (i) The provisions of a contract clause providing for inspection and acceptance of …

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.