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  • DFARS 252.246-7005 Notice of Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items.
    …in 246.710(3)(i), use the following provision: Notice of Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items (MAR 2016) (a) Definitions. Duration, enterprise, enterprise identifier, fixed expiration, item type, serialized item, starting event, unique i…
  • DFARS 252.246-7006 Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items.
    … prescribed in 246.710(3)(ii), use the following clause: Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items (MAR 2016) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Duration means the warranty period. This period may be a stated period of time, amount of …
  • FAR 4.1003 Establishing line items.
    Establish separate line items for deliverables that have the following characteristics except as provided at 4.1005-2: (a) Separately identifiable. (1) A supply is separately identifiable if it has its own identification (e.g., national s…
  • FAR 4.1004 Establishing subline items.
    Subline items may be used to facilitate tracking of performance, deliverables, payment, and contract funds accounting or for other management purposes. Subline items may be either deliverable or informational. The list of characteristics at…
  • DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation.
    As prescribed in 211.274-5(a), use the following clause: Item Unique Identification and Valuation (JAN 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Automatic identification device means a device, such as a reader or interrogator, used …
  • FAR 52.223-9 Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items.
    …ollowing clause: Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items (MAY 2008) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Postconsumer material means a material or finished product that has served its intended us…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …nificantly alter the nongovernmental function or essential physical characteristics of an item or component, or change the purpose of a process. Factors to be considered in determining whether a modification is minor include the value and s…
  • FAR 4.1005-1 Required data elements.
    (a) Except as provided in 4.1005-2, each line item or subline item shall include in the schedule (described at 12.303(b)(4), 14.201-2, or 15.204-2, or in a comparable section of the procurement instrument), at a minimum, the following infor…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …nd discuss related cost concepts to be employed, including, as appropriate, the following items: (i) Life-cycle cost. Discuss how life-cycle cost will be considered. If it is not used, explain why. If appropriate, discuss the cost model us…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …rtment of Defense (DoD) manages similar systems of schedule-type contracting for military items; however, DoD systems are not covered by this subpart. (b) GSA schedule contracts require all schedule contractors to publish an “Authorized Fe…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    … (C) Comply with the requirements at 8.402(f) when modifying an order to add open market items. (i) Ensure that service contractor reporting requirements are met in accordance with subpart 4.17, Service Contracts Inventory. (j) Line item…
  • FAR 10.002 Procedures.
    …n conducted to determine if commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items are available to meet the Government's needs or could be modified to meet the Government's needs. (1) The extent of market research will vary, …
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    …itation permits offerors to submit one or more additional proposals with alternative line items (see 52.204-22 or 52.212-1(e)), the evaluation approach should consider the potential impact of the alternative line items on other terms and co…
  • FAR 15.403-3 Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data.
    …ed by the offeror include, at a minimum, appropriate data on the prices at which the same item or similar items have previously been sold, adequate for determining the reasonableness of the price unless an exception under 15.403-1(b)(1) or …
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …btain appropriate data, without certification, on the prices at which the same or similar items have previously been sold and determine if the data is adequate for evaluating the reasonableness of the price. Price analysis may include evalu…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …echnical effort needed to obtain the required purchased parts and material, subcontracted items, and special tooling. Considerations include the complexity of the items required, the number of purchase orders and subcontracts to be awarded …
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …actors' purchasing systems are separate actions covered in part 44. (b) Definition. Make item, as used in this subsection, means an item or work effort to be produced or performed by the prime contractor or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …contract. If a less economical “make” or “buy” categorization is selected for one or more items of significant value, the contracting officer shall use the clause with— (1) Its Alternate I, if a fixed-price incentive contract is contemplat…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    …er rule, other than a construction or service acquisition, but proposes to furnish an end item that it did not itself manufacture, process, or produce (i.e., a “nonmanufacturer”), is required to— (i) Provide an end item that a small busine…
  • FAR 22.1003-6 Repair distinguished from remanufacturing of equipment.
    …ria in either paragraphs (a)(1) or (2) of this section are met. (1) Major overhaul of an item, piece of equipment, or materiel which is degraded or inoperable, and under which all of the following conditions exist: (i) The item or equipme…
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    …r or subcontractor for incorporation into the building or work. The term also includes an item brought to the site preassembled from articles, materials, or supplies. However, emergency life safety systems, such as emergency lighting, fire …
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …ension plan, and other relevant values for the pension plan. Allocate means to assign an item of cost, or a group of items of cost, to one or more cost objectives. This term includes both direct assignment of cost and the reassignment of a…
  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …act basis shall be liquidated on a whole contract basis; and a payment computed on a line item basis shall be liquidated against that line item. If liquidation is on a whole contract basis, the contracting officer shall use a uniform liquid…
  • FAR 45.101 Definitions.
    …pancies incident to shipment means any differences (e.g., count or condition) between the items documented to have been shipped and items actually received. Equipment means a tangible item that is functionally complete for its intended pur…
  • FAR 49.601-2 Letter notice.
    …mination; e.g., name and address of company, contract number of terminated contract, line items, etc.] (a) Effective date of termination. This confirms the Government's electronic notice to you dated ______________________, 20____, termina…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …e foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”. (iii) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic e…
  • FAR 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule.
    …he concern that transforms raw materials, miscellaneous parts, or components into the end item. Concerns that only minimally alter the item being procured do not qualify as manufacturers of the end item. Concerns that add substances, parts,…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …value is given to or received by any person. Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item—(1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition …
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …pancies incident to shipment means any differences (e.g., count or condition) between the items documented to have been shipped and items actually received. Equipment means a tangible item that is functionally complete for its intended pur…
  • FAR 52.247-60 Guaranteed Shipping Characteristics.
    …a in subparagraph (a)(1) of this clause, to permit determination by the Government of the item shipping costs, evaluation will be based on the shipping characteristics submitted by the offeror whose offer produces the highest transportation…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …ntract, the instant unit cost reduction is normally equal to the number of hours per line-item task saved by using the VECP on this contract, multiplied by the appropriate contract labor rate. Negative instant contract savings means the in…
  • FAR 52.249-2 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price).
    …s to quantity and quality, of termination inventory not previously disposed of, excluding items authorized for disposition by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor may request the Government to remove those items or enter into an agreemen…
  • FAR 52.249-3 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements).
    …s to quantity and quality, of termination inventory not previously disposed of, excluding items authorized for disposition by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor may request the Government to remove those items or enter into an agreemen…
  • DFARS 204.7103-1 Criteria for establishing.
    Contracts shall identify the items or services to be acquired as separate contract line items unless it is not feasible to do so. (a) Contract line items shall have all four of the following characteristics; however, there are exceptions w…
  • DFARS 204.7104-1 Criteria for establishing.
    Contract subline items provide flexibility to further identify elements within a contract line item for tracking performance or simplifying administration. There are only two kinds of subline items: those which are informational in nature a…
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …at would enable the Government to use technical data to competitively reprocure identical items or components of the system if the item or component were developed exclusively at private expense, unless the contracting officer determines th…
  • DFARS 208.7003-2 Assignments under coordinated acquisition.
    …ring departments must submit to the acquiring department all contracting requirements for items assigned for coordinated acquisition, except— (a) Items obtained through the sources in FAR 8.002(a)(1) (i) through (vii); (b) Items obtained …
  • DFARS 211.274-3 Policy for valuation.
    …ll be required to identify the Government's unit acquisition cost for all deliverable end items to which item unique identification applies. (b) The Government's unit acquisition cost is— (1) For fixed-price type line, subline, or exhibit…
  • DFARS 215.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …ysis. (ii) For spare parts or support equipment, perform an analysis of— (A) Those line items where the proposed price exceeds by 25 percent or more the lowest price the Government has paid within the most recent 12-month period based on …
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …al value in those cases where there is a substantial technical risk. Indicators are— (A) Items are being manufactured using specifications with stringent tolerance limits; (B) The efforts require highly skilled personnel or require the us…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.