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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • FAR 50.205-4 Authorization of awards made presuming SAFETY Act designation or certification after contract award.
    (a) When necessary to award a contract prior to DHS issuing SAFETY Act protections, contracting officers may award contracts presuming that DHS will issue a SAFETY Act designation/certification to the contractor after contract award only if…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ii) Minor modifications of a type not customarily available in the commercial marketplace made to meet Federal Government requirements. “Minor modifications” means modifications that do not significantly alter the nongovernmental function o…
  • FAR 3.803 Exceptions.
    …) Agency and legislative liaison by own employees. (i) Payment of reasonable compensation made to an officer or employee of a person requesting or receiving a covered Federal action if the payment is for agency and legislative liaison activ…
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    …n itself, justify use of this exception to synopsis; (2) The proposed contract action is made under the conditions described in 6.302-2 (or, for purchases conducted using simplified acquisition procedures, if unusual and compelling urgency…
  • FAR 6.302-5 Authorized or required by statute.
    …rovided for when— (i) A statute expressly authorizes or requires that the acquisition be made through another agency or from a specified source; or (ii) The agency's need is for a brand name commercial product for authorized resale. (b) …
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    … delivered or the services to be performed and the basis upon which the selection will be made. (B)(1) Shall post the RFQ on eBuy to afford all schedule contractors offering the required supplies or services under the appropriate multiple …
  • FAR 9.406-3 Procedures.
    …n the basis of all the information in the administrative record, including any submission made by the contractor. If no suspension is in effect, the decision shall be made within 45 days from the date that the official administrative record…
  • FAR 9.407-3 Procedures.
    … a genuine dispute over facts material to the suspension and if no determination has been made, on the basis of Department of advice from the Department of Justice, a U.S. Attorney's office, State attorney general's office, or a State or lo…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    …y of the competitive bid system dictates that, after bids have been opened, award must be made to that responsible bidder who submitted the lowest responsive bid, unless there is a compelling reason to reject all bids and cancel the invitat…
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    In order to minimize delays in contract awards, administrative determinations may be made as described in this 14.407-3 in connection with mistakes in bids alleged after opening of bids and before award. The authority to permit correction o…
  • FAR 14.407-4 Mistakes after award.
    If a contractor's discovery and request for correction of a mistake in bid is not made until after the award, it shall be processed under the procedures of subpart 33.2 and the following: (a) When a mistake in a contractor's bid is not dis…
  • FAR 14.408-1 General.
    …d the price-related factors (see 14.201-8) included in the invitation. Award shall not be made until all required approvals have been obtained and the award otherwise conforms with 14.103-2. (b) If less than three bids have been received, …
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …iating the contract price. The price negotiation memorandum shall reflect the adjustments made to the data or the corrected data used to negotiate the contract price. (b)(1) If, after award, certified cost or pricing data are found to be i…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    … delivered or the services to be performed and the basis upon which the selection will be made to all contractors offering the required supplies or services under the multiple-award contract; and (2) Afford all contractors responding to th…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …ther communication means when written notification is not required. (2) A protest may be made orally if it is confirmed in writing and received by the contracting officer within the 5-day period or by letter postmarked no later than 1 busi…
  • FAR 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    …ssues its decision if the contracting officer determines in writing that an award must be made to protect the public interest. (2) SBA will determine the merits of the status protest within 15 business days after receipt of a protest, or w…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …icer shall review all available information for an indication that the contractor has not made a good faith effort to comply with the plan. If no such indication is found, the contracting officer shall document the file accordingly. (d) No…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    … the Service Contract Labor Standards statute other than 41 U.S.C. 6707(f). These will be made only in special circumstances where it has been determined that the limitation, variation, tolerance, or exemption is necessary and proper in the…
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    …ndbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel; or handloomed, handmade, and folklore articles. (B) Access to the HTSUS to determine duty-free status of articles of the types listed in paragraph (1)(ii)(A)(4) of this…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …the contractor's part; or (iv) Circumstances of the particular employment. (3) Payments made in the event of employment with a replacement contractor where continuity of employment with credit for prior length of service is preserved unde…
  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …actor entitlement provisions. (1) Contracts shall provide that delivery payments shall be made only for completed supplies and services accepted by the Government in accordance with the terms of the contract. Contracts may provide for comme…
  • FAR 32.804 Extent of assignee's protection.
    (a) No payments made by the Government to the assignee under any contract assigned in accordance with the Act may be recovered on account of any liability of the contractor to the Government. This immunity of the assignee is effective wheth…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …iled, the agency shall give notice of the protest to the contractor if the award has been made, or, if no award has been made, to all parties who appear to have a reasonable prospect of receiving award if the protest is denied. The agency s…
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …purchase orders and all other contracts and purchase orders, including all modifications, made between the Government and the Transferor before the effective date of this Agreement (whether or not performance and payment have been completed…
  • FAR 49.112-1 Partial payments.
    …ndations to the subcontractor's application. Partial payments to a subcontractor shall be made only through the prime contractor and only after the prime contractor has submitted its interim or final settlement proposal. Except for undelive…
  • FAR 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions.
    …m an agency, but only with respect to expenditures by such tribe or organization that are made for purposes specified in paragraph (b) of this clause and are permitted by other Federal law. Reasonable compensation means, with respect to a …
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …facture means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled,…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … this contract. (c) Changes. Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties. (d) Disputes. This contract is subject to 41 U.S.C. chapter 71, Contract Disputes. Failure of the part…
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …des electronically transmitted and stored information. Proposal modification is a change made to a proposal before the solicitation's closing date and time, or made in response to an amendment, or made to correct a mistake at any time befo…
  • FAR 52.216-16 Incentive Price Revision—Firm Target.
    …he total final price, and any resulting additional payments, refunds, or credits shall be made promptly. (g) Quarterly limitation on payments statement. This paragraph (g) shall apply until final price revision under this contract has been…
  • FAR 52.216-17 Incentive Price Revision—Successive Targets.
    …he total final price, and any resulting additional payments, refunds, or credits shall be made promptly. (i) Quarterly limitation on payments statement. This paragraph (i) shall apply until a firm fixed price or a total final price is esta…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …separate parts for each option (if any). The subcontracting plan shall be included in and made a part of the resultant contract. The subcontracting plan shall be negotiated within the time specified by the Contracting Officer. Failure to su…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …is or may be protectable under the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321, et seq.) Made means— (1) When used in relation to any invention other than a plant variety, the conception or first actual reduction to practice of the invent…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …is or may be protectable under the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321, et seq.) Made means— (1) When used in relation to any invention other than a plant variety, means the conception or first actual reduction to practice of the …
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …his clause, or as otherwise may be provided in a collateral agreement incorporated in and made part of this contract, including minor modifications of such computer software. Technical data, means recorded information (regardless of the fo…
  • FAR 52.230-2 Cost Accounting Standards.
    …ormance cost data concerning this contract. If any change in cost accounting practices is made for the purposes of any contract or subcontract subject to CAS requirements, the change must be applied prospectively to this contract and the Di…
  • FAR 52.230-3 Disclosure and Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices.
    …gotiate with the Contracting Officer the terms and conditions under which a change may be made. After the terms and conditions under which the change is to be made have been agreed to, the change must be applied prospectively to this contra…
  • FAR 52.230-4 Disclosure and Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices—Foreign Concerns.
    …gotiate with the Contracting Officer the terms and conditions under which a change may be made. After the terms and conditions under which the change is to be made have been agreed to, the change must be applied prospectively to this contra…
  • FAR 52.230-5 Cost Accounting Standards—Educational Institution.
    …ormance cost data concerning this contract. If any change in cost accounting practices is made for the purposes of any contract or subcontract subject to CAS requirements, the change must be applied prospectively to this contract and the Di…
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    …yments, the Contractor shall furnish the following certification, or payment shall not be made: (However, if the Contractor elects to delete paragraph (c)(4) from the certification, the certification is still acceptable.) I hereby certify,…

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.