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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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27 sections with “High Assessment”

  • DFARS 252.204-7019 Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements.
    …SMENT REQUIREMENTS (NOV 2023) (a) Definitions. Basic Assessment, Medium Assessment, and High Assessment have the meaning given in the clause 252.204-7020, NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessments. Covered contractor information system has the mea…
  • DFARS 252.204-7020 NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements.
    …Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting, of this contract. High Assessment means an assessment that is conducted by Government personnel using NIST SP 800-171A, Assessing Security Requirements for Controlled U…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ion, buildings, structures, and improvements of all types, such as bridges, dams, plants, highways, parkways, streets, subways, tunnels, sewers, mains, power lines, pumping stations, heavy generators, railways, airports, terminals, docks, p…
  • DFARS 204.7603 Procedures.
    …isk. (1) Consider item risk to determine whether the procurement of products represents a high performance risk to the Government. If an item has a high risk rating, then the SPRS item risk report will display the reason(s) an item is ident…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …tion of rough yardsticks (such as dollars per pound or per horsepower, or other units) to highlight significant inconsistencies that warrant additional pricing inquiry. (iv) Comparison with competitive published price lists, published mark…
  • FAR 52.222-46 Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees.
    …s evaluation will include an assessment of the offeror's ability to provide uninterrupted high-quality work. The professional compensation proposed will be considered in terms of its impact upon recruiting and retention, its realism, and it…
  • DFARS 204.7302 Policy.
    …located at https://www.acq.osd.mil/asda/dpc/cp/cyber/safeguarding.html#nistSP800171. (4) High NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessments will be conducted by Government personnel using NIST SP 800-171A, “Assessing Security Requirements for Controlled…
  • DFARS 215.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …escription and the proposal price indicates a potential for overpricing; (C) Significant high-dollar-value items. If there are no obvious high-dollar-value items, include an analysis of a random sample of items; and (D) A random sample of…
  • DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.
    …ng Officer; and (2) Require subcontractors to— (i) Notify the prime Contractor (or next higher-tier subcontractor) when submitting a request to vary from a NIST SP 800-171 security requirement to the Contracting Officer, in accordance wit…
  • DFARS 252.204-7021 Contractor Compliance With the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level Requirements.
    …in for the duration of the contract a current CMMC status at the following CMMC level, or higher: ___[Contracting Officer insert: CMMC Level 1 (Self); CMMC Level 2 (Self); CMMC Level 2 (C3PAO); or CMMC Level 3 (DIBCAC)] for all information …
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …ed. In contracts for supplies or service contracts that include supplies, address whether higher-level quality standards are necessary (46.202) and whether the supplies to be acquired are critical items (46.101). (20) Other considerations.…
  • FAR 13.106-2 Evaluation of quotations or offers.
    …, make an award based on whether the lowest priced of the quotations or offers having the highest past performance rating possible represents the best value when compared to any lower priced quotation or offer.
  • FAR 15.101-2 Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
    …desirability of one offeror's proposal versus a competing proposal; (4) The agency has a high degree of confidence that reviewing the technical proposals of all offerors would not result in the identification of characteristics that could …
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …luation. Solicitations must be structured to give offers from small business concerns the highest rating for the evaluation factors in 15.304(c)(3)(ii) and (c)(4). (b) The source selection authority may reject all proposals received in res…
  • FAR 15.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …aived the requirement for submission of certified cost or pricing data, the contractor or higher-tier subcontractor to whom the waiver relates shall be considered as having been required to provide certified cost or pricing data. Consequent…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment, payments to subcontractors that are higher than they would be had there been no defective subcontractor certified cost or pricing data shall be the basis for disallowance or nonrecogniti…
  • FAR 16.402-2 Performance incentives.
    … and evaluation is required) and in production (if improved performance is attainable and highly desirable to the Government). (d) Technical performance incentives may involve a variety of specific characteristics that contribute to the ov…
  • FAR 32.202-4 Security for Government financing.
    …inancing terms, the contracting officer must be aware of certain risks. For example, very high amounts of financing early in the contract (front-end loading) may unduly increase the risk to the Government. The security and the amounts and t…
  • FAR 39.102 Management of risk.
    …endencies between a new project and other projects or systems, the number of simultaneous high risk projects to be monitored, funding availability, and program management risk. (c) Appropriate techniques should be applied to manage and mit…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    …stem shall provide for the following: (A) Assignment of responsibility at a sufficiently high level and adequate resources to ensure effectiveness of the business ethics awareness and compliance program and internal control system. (B) Re…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …e contract, the Contractor shall inform the contracting officer for the contract with the highest dollar value. (e) Remedies. In addition to other remedies available to the Government, the Contractor's failure to comply with the requiremen…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …at may be consumed or expended during the performance of a contract, component parts of a higher assembly, or items that lose their individual identity through incorporation into an end item. Material does not include equipment, special too…
  • FAR 52.247-30 F.o.b. Origin, Contractor's Facility.
    …r (or of the Government, if specified) at the designated facility, on the named street or highway, in the city, county, and State from which the shipment will be made. (b) The Contractor shall— (1)(i) Pack and mark the shipment to comply …
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …ion at 252.209-7011, Representation for Restriction on the Use of Certain Institutions of Higher Education, as prescribed in 209.170-4, to comply with section 1062 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-…
  • DFARS 217.207 Exercise of options.
    …, the contractor has a current CMMC status at the CMMC level required by the contract, or higher, for each of the CMMC unique identifiers applicable to each of the contractor information systems that process, store, or transmit Federal cont…
  • DFARS 252.204-7024 Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System.
    …lows: (1) Item risk will be considered to determine whether the procurement represents a high performance risk to the Government. (2) Price risk will be considered in determining if a proposed price is consistent with historical prices pa…
  • DFARS 252.204-7025 Notice of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level Requirements.
    …CMMC Level 2 (Self); CMMC Level 2 (C3PAO); or CMMC Level 3 (DIBCAC)]. This CMMC level, or higher (see 32 CFR part 170), is required prior to award for each contractor information system that will process, store, or transmit Federal contract…

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.