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34 sections with “Office of Federal Procurement Policy”

  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …c) The Small Business Act requires each agency with contracting authority to establish an Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (see section 15(k) of the Small Business Act). For the Department of Defense, in accordance wit…
  • FAR 52.204-28 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts.
    …. Intelligence community, as defined by 50 U.S.C. 3003(4), means the following— (1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) The Central Intelligence Agency; (3) The National Security Agency; (4) The Defense Intelligenc…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    …. Intelligence community, as defined by 50 U.S.C. 3003(4), means the following— (1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) The Central Intelligence Agency; (3) The National Security Agency; (4) The Defense Intelligenc…
  • FAR 1.108 FAR conventions.
    …ly to solicitations issued on or after the effective date of the change; (2) Contracting officers may, at their discretion, include the FAR changes in solicitations issued before the effective date, provided award of the resulting contract…
  • FAR 7.107-5 Notifications.
    …s to current small business contractors of agency's intent to bundle. (1) The contracting officer shall notify each small business performing a contract that it intends to bundle the requirement at least 30 days prior to the issuance of the…
  • FAR 17.703 Policy.
    …nce to the Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting at: Department of Defense, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), Defense Pricing and Contracting, Contract Policy, Room 3B938, 3060 Defense Pen…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …r job classes of employees, consider factors determined to be relevant by the contracting officer. Factors that may be relevant include, but are not limited to, conformity with compensation practices of other firms— (i) Of the same size; …
  • FAR 4.1601 Policy.
    …on record with the General Services Administration's Integrated Award Environment Program Office (which maintains a registry of the agency unique identifier scheme). The 2013 PIID format consisted of alpha characters in the first positions …
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …or is not an inherently governmental function may be reviewed and modified by appropriate Office of Management and Budget officials. (c) The following is a list of examples of functions considered to be inherently governmental functions or…
  • FAR 11.002 Policy.
    …ance with section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), the contracting officer shall obtain from the requiring activity the requirement documents, which must identify— (1) The needs of current and future users with disab…
  • FAR 13.005 List of laws inapplicable to contracts and subcontracts at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
    …the simplified acquisition threshold. (d) Any individual may petition the Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), to include any applicable provision of law not included on the list set forth in paragraph (a) of this se…
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …on about trafficking in persons may be found at the website for the Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at http://www.state.gov/j/tip/. See 47.405(b) for contract reporting requirements concerning train…
  • FAR 25.702-4 Waiver.
    …cy seeking waiver of the requirement shall submit the request to the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), allowing sufficient time for review and approval. Upon receipt of the waiver request, OFPP shall consult …
  • FAR 32.803 Policies.
    …al delegation makes such determinations of need subject to further guidance issued by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. The following guidance has been provided: Use of the no-setoff provision may be appropriate to facilitate the na…
  • FAR 37.102 Policy.
    … methods. (f) Agencies shall establish effective management practices in accordance with Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Policy Letter 93-1, Management Oversight of Service Contracting, to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in ser…
  • FAR 37.500 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart establishes responsibilities for implementing Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Policy Letter 93-1, Management Oversight of Service Contracting.
  • DFARS 208.602-70 Acquisition of items for which FPI has a significant market share.
    …luding that item is greater than 5 percent, as determined by DoD in consultation with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. A list of the federal supply classes of items for which FPI has a significant market share is maintained at http…
  • FAR 1.603-1 General.
    …nd a system for the selection, appointment, and termination of appointment of contracting officers. Agency heads or their designees may select and appoint contracting officers and terminate their appointments. These selections and appointme…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … of a combination of alpha and/or numeric characters assigned to identify specific agency offices, units, activities, or organizations by the General Services Administration for civilian agencies and by the Department of Defense for defense…
  • FAR 4.2301 Definitions.
    …. Intelligence community, as defined by 50 U.S.C. 3003(4), means the following— (1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) The Central Intelligence Agency; (3) The National Security Agency; (4) The Defense Intelligenc…
  • FAR 19.102 Small business size standards and North American Industry Classification System codes.
    …//www.sba.gov/document/support--table-size-standards. (2) NAICS codes are updated by the Office of Management and Budget through its Economic Classification Policy Committee every five years. New NAICS codes are not available for use in Fe…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …efinitions. As used in this 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 …
  • DFARS 219.201 General policy.
    (c) For the defense agencies, the director of the Office of Small Business Programs must be appointed by, be responsible to, and report directly to the director or deputy director of the defense agency. (8) The responsibility for assigning…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …em, as defined in this clause, may result in disapproval of the system by the Contracting Officer and/or withholding of payments. (c) System criteria. The Contractor's purchasing system shall— (1) Have an adequate system description inclu…
  • FAR 17.502-1 General.
    …ts beyond the FAR, the requesting agency shall so inform the servicing agency contracting officer in writing. For acquisitions on behalf of the Department of Defense, also see subpart 17.7. For patent rights, see 27.304-2. In preparing inte…
  • FAR 22.1302 Policy.
    …rvices, or contracts that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers must not obligate or expend funds appropriated for the agency for a fiscal year to enter into a contract for the procurement of personal prop…
  • DFARS 201.402 Policy.
    (1) The Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) (OUSD(A&S)DPCAP), is the approval authority within DoD for any individual or class devi…
  • FAR 4.1702 Applicability.
    …ntract inventories are governed by section 743(a)(3) of Division C of Pub. L. 111-117 and Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) guidance. The guidance is available at the following Web site: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploa…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …s, ensuring that the plan is approved and signed at least one level above the contracting officer. (k) Establishing criteria and thresholds at which design-to-cost and life-cycle-cost techniques will be used. (l) Establishing standard acq…
  • FAR 18.205 Resources.
    …at https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/117791”. (b) OFPP Guidelines. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) “Emergency Acquisitions Guide” is available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal…
  • FAR 25.603 Exceptions.
    (a)(1) When one of the following exceptions applies, the contracting officer may allow the contractor to incorporate foreign manufactured construction materials without regard to the restrictions of section 1605 of the Recovery Act or forei…
  • FAR 25.703-4 Waiver.
    …sidential Memorandum of September 23, 2010 (75 FR 67025), shall submit the request to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, allowing sufficient time for review and approval. (b) Agencies may request a waiver on an individual or class b…
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    The contracting officer need not submit the notice required by 5.201 when— (a) The contracting officer determines that— (1) The synopsis cannot be worded to preclude disclosure of an agency's needs and such disclosure would compromise the…
  • DFARS 201.304 Agency control and compliance procedures.
    …es an effective date. Unless guidance accompanying a change states otherwise, contracting officers must include any new or revised clauses, provisions, or forms in solicitations issued on or after the effective date of the change.

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.