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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • FAR 32.304-7 Contract surety bonds and loan guarantees.
    …) Contract surety bonds are incompatible with the Government's interests under guaranteed loans, unless the interests of the surety are subordinated to the guaranteed loan. (b) If a substantial share of the contractor's defense contracts a…
  • FAR 32.305 Loan guarantees for terminated contracts.
    (a) The purpose of guaranteed loans; i.e., to provide for financing based on the borrower's recoverable investment in defense production contracts, may also apply to contracts that have been terminated (partially or totally) for the conveni…
  • FAR 52.247-15 Contractor Responsibility for Loading and Unloading.
    …nsportation or for transportation-related services when the contractor is responsible for loading and unloading shipments: Contractor Responsibility for Loading and Unloading (APR 1984) (a)(1) Unless otherwise specified in this contract t…
  • FAR 52.247-58 Loading, Blocking, and Bracing of Freight Car Shipments.
    …rt the following clause in solicitations and contracts when supplies may be shipped in carload lots by rail: Loading, Blocking, and Bracing of Freight Car Shipments (APR 1984) (a) Upon receipt of shipping instructions, as provided in this…
  • FAR 52.247-59 F.o.b. Origin—Carload and Truckload Shipments.
    …n it is contemplated that they may result in f.o.b. origin contracts with shipments in carloads or truckloads. This will facilitate realistic freight cost evaluations of offers and ensure that contractors produce economical shipments of agr…
  • FAR 47.305-15 Loading responsibilities of contractors.
    (a)(1) Contractors are responsible for loading, blocking, and bracing carload shipments as specified in standards published by the Association of American Railroads. (2) The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations and contracts t…
  • FAR 32.306 Loan guarantees for subcontracts.
    If the request for a loan guarantee concerns a subcontractor that is financially weak in comparison with its contractor, the Government's interests may be fostered by the contractor making progress payments to the subcontractor. If so, the …
  • FAR 47.306-3 Adequacy of loading and unloading facilities.
    …of the offeror's shipping facilities, including the ability to consolidate and ship in carload or truckload lots. (b) The contracting officer shall consider the type and adequacy of the consignee's receiving facilities to avoid shipping sc…
  • FAR 52.247-19 Stopping in Transit for Partial Unloading.
    …s along the route between origin and last destination: Stopping in Transit for Partial Unloading (APR 1984) When multiple shipments are tendered at one time to the Contractor for movement from one origin to two or more consignees along th…
  • FAR 32.301 Definitions.
    …ns a contractor, subcontractor (at any tier), or other supplier who receives a guaranteed loan. Federal Reserve Board means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Guaranteed loan or V loan means a loan, revolving credit fun…
  • FAR 32.303 General.
    (a) Section 301 of the Defense Production Act authorizes loan guarantees for contract performance or other operations related to national defense, subject to amounts annually authorized by Congress on the maximum obligation of any guarantee…
  • FAR 32.304-5 Assignment of claims under contracts.
    (a) The agency shall generally require a contractor that is provided a guaranteed loan to execute an assignment of claims under defense production contracts (including any contracts entered into during the term of the guaranteed loan that a…
  • FAR 32.304-8 Other borrowing.
    (a) Because of the limitations under guaranteed loans, some contractors seek to supplement the loan by other borrowing (outside the guarantee) from the financing institution or other sources. It has been recognized in practice that, while p…
  • FAR 32.403 Applicability.
    … financial controls to reduce the Government's financial risk. (f) Contracts for which a loan by a private financial institution is not practicable, whether or not a loan guarantee under this part is issued; for example, if— (1) Financing…
  • FAR 47.207-5 Contractor responsibilities.
    …l insert the clause at 52.247-14, Contractor Responsibility for Receipt of Shipment. (e) Loading and unloading. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.247-15, Contractor Responsibility for Loading and Unloading, when the con…
  • FAR 47.303-1 F.o.b. origin.
    …gin; (2) To, and placed on, the carrier's wharf (at shipside, within reach of the ship's loading tackle, when the shipping point is within a port area having water transportation service) or the carrier's freight station; (3) To a U.S. Po…
  • FAR 47.303-6 F.o.b. destination.
    …onsignee's wharf (if destination is a port city and supplies are for export), warehouse unloading platform, or receiving dock, at the expense of the contractor. The Government shall not be liable for any delivery, storage, demurrage, access…
  • FAR 47.303-17 Contractor-prepaid commercial bills of lading, small package shipments.
    …been consolidated initially. The contractor may be authorized to consolidate less-than-carload or less-than-truckload Government shipments with its own shipments so that the Government can take advantage of lower carload or truckload freigh…
  • FAR 47.305-3 F.o.b. origin solicitations.
    … information, provisions, and clauses concerning the following items: (a) Delivery in carload or truckload lots f.o.b. carrier's equipment, wharf, or freight station. (b) The requirement that the offeror furnish the following information …
  • FAR 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    …mum quantities available per shipment; (iii) The quantity that can be made available for loading to vessel per running day of 24 hours (if acquisition involves a commodity to be shipped in bulk); (iv) The minimum leadtime required to make…
  • FAR 47.305-13 Transit arrangements.
    (a) Transit privileges. (1) Transit arrangements permit the stopping of a carload or truckload shipment at a specific intermediate point en route to the final destination for storage, processing, or other purposes, as specified in carrier t…
  • FAR 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions.
    …(1) Awarding any Federal contract. (2) Making any Federal grant. (3) Making any Federal loan. (4) Entering into any cooperative agreement. (5) Extending, continuing, renewing, amending, or modifying any Federal contract, grant, loan, or…
  • FAR 52.247-11 Net Weight—Household Goods or Office Furniture.
    …involved: Net Weight—Household Goods or Office Furniture (APR 1984) (a) Net weight—full loads. The net weight of the shipment shall be determined by deducting the tare weight of the vehicle (determined by having a certified weighmaster we…
  • FAR 52.247-29 F.o.b. Origin.
    …gin; (2) To, and placed on, the carrier's wharf (at shipside, within reach of the ship's loading tackle, when the shipping point is within a port area having water transportation service) or the carrier's freight station; (3) To a U.S. Po…
  • FAR 52.247-30 F.o.b. Origin, Contractor's Facility.
    …odate shipment; (3) Deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the carrier, and load, stow, trim, block, and/or brace carload or truckload shipment (when loaded by the Contractor) on or in the carrier's conveyance as required by c…
  • FAR 52.247-31 F.o.b. Origin, Freight Allowed.
    …gin; (ii) To, and placed on, the carrier's wharf (at shipside within reach of the ship's loading tackle when the shipping point is within a port area having water transportation service) or the carrier's freight station; (iii) To a U.S. P…
  • FAR 52.247-32 F.o.b. Origin, Freight Prepaid.
    …in; (ii) To, and placed on, the carrier's wharf (at shipside, within reach of the ship's loading tackle, when the shipping point is within a port area having water transportation service) or the carrier's freight station; (iii) To a U.S. …
  • FAR 52.247-33 F.o.b. Origin, With Differentials.
    …in; (ii) To, and placed on, the carrier's wharf (at shipside, within reach of the ship's loading tackle, when the shipping point is within a port area having water transportation service) or the carrier's freight station; (iii) To a U.S. …
  • FAR 52.247-34 F.o.b. Destination.
    …onsignee's wharf (if destination is a port city and supplies are for export), warehouse unloading platform, or receiving dock, at the expense of the Contractor. The Government shall not be liable for any delivery, storage, demurrage, access…
  • FAR 52.247-51 Evaluation of Export Offers.
    … inland transportation costs from the point of origin in the United States to the port of loading, port handling charges at the port of loading, and ocean shipping costs from the United States port of loading (see paragraph (d) below) to th…
  • FAR 52.247-52 Clearance and Documentation Requirements—Shipments to DOD Air or Water Terminal Transshipment Points.
    …l occupy full visible capacity of a railway car or motor vehicle; (iv) Is less than a carload or truckload, but will be tendered as a carload or truckload; or (v) Is to be shipped to an ammunition outloading port for water shipment; or (…
  • FAR 52.247-61 F.o.b. Origin—Minimum Size of Shipments.
    …imum Size of Shipments (APR 1984) The Contractor agrees that shipment will be made in carload and truckload lots when the quantity to be delivered to any one destination in any delivery period pursuant to the contract schedule of deliverie…
  • FAR 52.247-66 Returnable Cylinders.
    …r tank car. (b) Returnable cylinders shall remain the Contractor's property but shall be loaned without charge to the Government for a period of __ days [Contracting Officer shall insert number of days] (hereafter referred to as loan perio…
  • DFARS 252.247-7000 Hardship conditions.
    …000) (a) If the Contractor finds unusual ship, dock, or cargo conditions associated with loading or unloading a particular cargo, that will work a hardship on the Contractor if loaded or unloaded at the basic commodity rates, the Contracto…
  • DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.
    …(s) and required delivery date(s); (3) Special handling and discharge requirements; (4) Loading and discharge points; (5) Name of shipper and consignee; (6) Prime contract number; and (7) A documented description of current, diligent e…
  • FAR 3.801 Definitions.
    …(1) Awarding any Federal contract. (2) Making any Federal grant. (3) Making any Federal loan. (4) Entering into any cooperative agreement. (5) Extending, continuing, renewing, amending, or modifying any Federal contract, grant, loan, or…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …sation costs incurred after January 1, 1999.) See https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ContractorCompensationCapContractsAwardedBeforeJune24.pdf. (3) All employee compensation limit for contracts awarded before June 24, 20…
  • FAR 41.301 Requirements.
    …m demand, monthly consumption, other pertinent information (e.g., demand side management, load or energy management, peak shaving, on site generation, load shaping), and annual cost of the service. (3) Known or estimated time schedule for …
  • FAR 47.305-5 Destination unknown.
    …pping weights, the solicitation shall state that subsequent shipments shall be made in carloads or truckloads (see the clause at 52.247-59, F.o.b. Origin—Carload and Truckload Shipments). (c)(1) When exact destinations are not known and it…
  • FAR 47.305-16 Shipping characteristics.
    …cer shall insert in solicitations and contracts the clause at 52.247-59, F.o.b. Origin—Carload and Truckload Shipments, when it is contemplated that they may result in f.o.b. origin contracts with shipments in carloads or truckloads. This w…

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.