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78 sections with “Independent contractor”: the first 40

  • DFARS 222.7402 Policy.
    … the contractor agrees not to— (1) Enter into any agreement with any of its employees or independent contractors that requires, as a condition of employment, that the employee or independent contractor agree to resolve through arbitration—…
  • DFARS 252.222-7006 Restrictions on the Use of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements.
    …ontractor— (1) Agrees not to— (i) Enter into any agreement with any of its employees or independent contractors that requires, as a condition of employment, that the employee or independent contractor agree to resolve through arbitration—…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    …clause— Agent means any individual, including a director, an officer, an employee, or an independent Contractor, authorized to act on behalf of the organization. Full cooperation—(1) Means disclosure to the Government of the information s…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …sellers free to bargain and that can be substantiated through competition or from sources independent of the offerors; or (3) A service referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of this definition, even though the service is transferred between …
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …ls, systems, processes, methods, equipment, tools, and techniques not intended for sale. Independent research and development (IR&D) means a contractor's IR&D cost that consists of projects falling within the four following areas: (1) Basi…
  • FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting.
    …y situated entity, as used in this clause, means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, that— (1) Has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award (e.g., for a …
  • FAR 9.501 Definition.
    Marketing consultant, as used in this subpart, means any independent contractor who furnishes advice, information, direction, or assistance to an offeror or any other contractor in support of the preparation or submission of an offer for a …
  • FAR 45.303 Use of Government property on independent research and development programs.
    The contracting officer may authorize a contractor to use the property on an independent research and development (IR&D) program, if— (a) Such use will not conflict with the primary use of the property or enable the contractor to retain pr…
  • DFARS 231.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …segment means a product division of the contractor that allocated more than $1,100,000 in independent research and development (IR&D) costs and bid and proposal (B&P) costs to covered contracts during the preceding fiscal year. In the case …
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …sellers free to bargain and that can 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 govern…
  • FAR 9.703 Contracting with individual pool members.
    (a) Pool members may submit individual offers, independent of the pool. However, the contracting officer shall not consider an independent offer by a pool member if that pool member participates in a competing offer submitted by the pool. …
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …lar indexes, and discount or rebate arrangements. (v) Comparison of proposed prices with independent Government cost estimates. (vi) Comparison of proposed prices with prices obtained through market research for the same or similar items.…
  • FAR 19.001 Definitions.
    …(NAICS) manual. Similarly situated entity means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, that— (1) Has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award (e.g., for a …
  • FAR 22.1702 Definitions.
    …ubpart— Agent means any individual, including a director, an officer, an employee, or an independent contractor, authorized to act on behalf of the organization. Coercion means— (1) Threats of serious harm to or physical restraint agains…
  • FAR 37.104 Personal services contracts.
    …r result, is not the type of supervision or control that converts an individual who is an independent contractor (such as a contractor employee) into a Government employee. (2) Each contract arrangement must be judged in the light of its o…
  • FAR 37.401 Policy.
    …nal health care services contract, as defined in 37.101, under which the contractor is an independent contractor; (b) State that the Government may evaluate the quality of professional and administrative services provided, but retains no c…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …clause— Agent means any individual, including a director, an officer, an employee, or an independent contractor, authorized to act on behalf of the organization. Coercion means— (1) Threats of serious harm to or physical restraint agains…
  • FAR 52.237-7 Indemnification and Medical Liability Insurance.
    …h the professional services rendered by the Contractor are rendered in its capacity as an independent contractor. The Government may evaluate the quality of professional and administrative services provided, but retains no control over prof…
  • 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).
    …ased on adequate price competition when— (A) Two or more responsible offerors, competing independently, submit priced offers that satisfy the Government's expressed requirement; (B) Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal represe…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …-reduction accomplishments that will benefit the Government in follow-on contracts. (vi) Independent development. Under this factor, the contractor may be provided additional profit opportunities in recognition of independent development e…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …trade between buyers and sellers free to bargain, which can be substantiated from sources independent of the manufacturer or contractor. (iii) The contractor will use the same compensation (wage and fringe benefits) plan for all service em…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …arial liability of the pension plan, rather than as part of the normal cost of the plan. Independent research and development (IR&D) cost means the cost of effort which is neither sponsored by a grant, nor required in performing a contract…
  • FAR 32.804 Extent of assignee's protection.
    …s immunity of the assignee is effective whether the contractor's liability arises from or independently of the assigned contract. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) below, the inclusion of a no-setoff commitment in an assigned contrac…
  • FAR 52.245-9 Use and Charges.
    … The Contractor shall not use Government property for nongovernmental purposes, including Independent Research and Development, until a rental charge for real property, or estimated rental charge for other property, is agreed upon. Rented p…
  • DFARS 204.2103 Procedures.
    …contracting officer may rely on the representation, unless the contracting officer has an independent reason to question the representation. If the contracting officer has a reason to question the “does not” representation in FAR 52.204-26,…
  • DFARS 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.
    …ntractor as a condition of the FMS customer's purchase. These agreements are distinct and independent of the LOA and the FMS contract. Further information about offsets and LOAs may be found in the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)…
  • FAR 1.102-2 Performance standards.
    …accept and manage the risk associated with empowering local procurement officials to take independent action based on their professional judgment. (3) The Government shall exercise discretion, use sound business judgment, and comply with a…
  • FAR 1.301 Policy.
    …ose agencies subject to the overall authority of the Administrator of General Services or independent authority the agency may have.
  • FAR 9.403 Definitions.
    …means any executive department, military department or defense agency, or other agency or independent establishment of the executive branch. Civil judgment means the disposition of a civil action by any court of competent jurisdiction, whe…
  • FAR 13.106-3 Award and documentation.
    …tracting officer's personal knowledge of the item being purchased; (vi) Comparison to an independent Government estimate; or (vii) Any other reasonable basis. (3) Occasionally an item can be obtained only from a supplier that quotes a mi…
  • FAR 15.402 Pricing policy.
    …e determination of the fair and reasonable price. (b) Price each contract separately and independently and not— (1) Use proposed price reductions under other contracts as an evaluation factor; or (2) Consider losses or profits realized o…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …paragraph (c) of this subsection). These should-cost reviews may be performed together or independently. The scope of a should-cost review can range from a large-scale review examining the contractor's entire operation (including plant-wide…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …ith the procedures in the contract. The ombudsman must be a senior agency official who is independent of the contracting officer and may be the agency's advocate for competition. (9) Small business. The contracting officer should rely on t…
  • FAR 16.703 Basic ordering agreements.
    …h 1.602-1(b), and comply with other requirements, as if the order were a contract awarded independently of a basic ordering agreement. (2) Contracting officers shall— (i) Issue orders under basic ordering agreements on Optional Form (OF) …
  • FAR 19.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.
    …ian tribe unless an interested party challenges its status or the contracting officer has independent reason to question its status. In the event of a challenge of a representation of an ANC or Indian tribe, the interested parties shall fol…
  • FAR 19.803 Selecting acquisitions for the 8(a) program.
    …r the purpose of identifying requirements which may be offered to the SBA. Where agencies independently, or through the self marketing efforts of an 8(a) participant, identify a requirement for the 8(a) program, they may offer on behalf of …
  • FAR 19.804-1 Agency evaluation.
    …ticipants' products or capabilities. When necessary, the contracting agency shall make an independent review of the factors in 19.803(a) and other aspects of the participants' capabilities which would ensure the satisfactory performance of …
  • FAR 26.103 Procedures.
    …gibility, unless an interested party challenges its status or the contracting officer has independent reason to question that status. (b) In the event of a challenge to the representation of a subcontractor, the contracting officer shall r…
  • FAR 28.001 Definitions.
    As used in this part— Attorney-in-fact means an agent, independent agent, underwriter, or any other company or individual holding a power of attorney granted by a surety (see also power of attorney at 2.101). Bid means any response to a s…
  • FAR 29.101 Resolving tax problems.
    …l taxation may reasonably be at issue, contractors should be discouraged from negotiating independently with taxing authorities if the contract involved is either (1) a cost-reimbursement contract or (2) a fixed-price contract containing a …

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.