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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • FAR 14.407-2 Apparent clerical mistakes.
    (a) Any clerical mistake, apparent on its face in the bid, may be corrected by the contracting officer before award. The contracting officer first shall obtain from the bidder a verification of the bid intended. Examples of apparent mistake…
  • FAR 22.101-4 Removal of items from contractors' facilities affected by work stoppages.
    (a) Items shall be removed from contractors' facilities affected by work stoppages in accordance with agency procedures. Agency procedures should allow for the following: (1) Determine whether removal of items is in the Government's intere…
  • DFARS 222.101-4 Removal of items from contractors' facilities affected by work stoppages.
    (a) When a contractor is unable to deliver urgent and critical items because of a work stoppage at its facility, the contracting officer, before removing any items from the facility, shall— (i) Before initiating any action, contact the lab…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …rocurements, SBA, the contracting officer, or any other interested party may protest the apparent successful offeror's certified HUBZone status (see 13 CFR 126.800). (2) The Director of SBA's Office of the HUBZone Program will determine wh…
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …the contracting officer, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), or SBA may protest the apparently successful offeror's service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) status. For all other acquisitions, any interested party may pro…
  • 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.
    …am. For all other acquisitions, an interested party (see 13 CFR 127.102) may protest the apparent successful offeror's EDWOSB or WOSB status. (2) SBA's protest regulations are found in subpart F “Protests” at 13 CFR 127.600 through 127.605…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …t and office information/word processing systems. (ii) Scientific equipment and medical apparatus or equipment if the application of micro-electronic circuitry or other technology of at least similar sophistication is an essential element …
  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    … Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)). These exclusions presently consist of— (i) Textiles, apparel articles, footwear, handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, leather wearing apparel, and handloomed, handmade, or folklore articles that ar…
  • FAR 19.805-2 Procedures.
    …entified in accordance with 19.804-3. (b) The SBA will determine the eligibility of the apparent successful offeror. Eligibility is based on section 8(a) program criteria (see 13 CFR 124.501(g) and 19.816(c)). For a two-step design-build p…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …2 million for construction) and that has subcontracting possibilities, shall require the apparently successful offeror to submit an acceptable subcontracting plan. If the apparently successful offeror fails to negotiate a subcontracting pla…
  • FAR 26.403 Procedures.
    …ion 26.404, encourage contractors, to the maximum extent practicable and safe, to donate apparently wholesome excess food to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure people in the United States. (2) Costs. (i) In an…
  • FAR 52.223-3 Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data.
    …mines that any other material to be delivered under this contract is hazardous. (d) The apparently successful offeror agrees to submit, for each item as required prior to award, a Material Safety Data Sheet, meeting the requirements of 29 …
  • FAR 52.226-6 Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations.
    …onation to Nonprofit Organizations (JUN 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Apparently wholesome food means food that meets all quality and labeling standards imposed by Federal, State, and local laws and regulations even thoug…
  • FAR 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
    …am procedures in 19.1505. (ii) The notice shall state— (A) The name and address of the apparently successful offeror; (B) That the Government will not consider subsequent revisions of the offeror's proposal; and (C) That no response is …
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …special notification from the contracting officer (see 15.503(a)(2)) that identifies the apparently successful offeror for negotiated acquisitions, including— (A) Partial set-asides and reserves of multiple-award contracts; (B) Orders tha…
  • FAR 19.813 Protesting an 8(a) participant's eligibility or size status.
    …be protested by another 8(a) participant or any other party. (c) The size status of the apparent successful offeror for competitive 8(a) awards may be protested. The filing of a size status protest is limited to— (1) Any offeror whom the …
  • FAR 19.1505 Set-aside procedures.
    …emoved from consideration. (f) Prior to award, the contracting officer shall verify the apparently successful offeror is certified in SAM, or has a pending application for certification in DSBS. If the apparently successful offeror's EDWOS…
  • FAR 23.403 Emergency planning and toxic release reporting.
    … comply with the emergency planning and toxic release reporting requirements in EPCRA and PPA. (b) Pursuant to EPCRA, PPA, and any agency implementing procedures, every contract that provides for performance on a Federal facility shall req…
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    …stan, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam). (4) Certain of the following: textiles and apparel articles; footwear, handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel; or handloomed, handmade, and folklore articles. (…
  • FAR 35.007 Solicitations.
    …her means of publicizing requirements. If it is not practicable to initially solicit all apparently qualified sources, only a reasonable number need be solicited. In the interest of competition, contracting officers shall furnish copies of …
  • FAR 50.103-2 Types of contract adjustment.
    …s understood it. (ii) A contractor's mistake so obvious that it was or should have been apparent to the contracting officer. (iii) A mutual mistake as to a material fact. (2) Amending contracts to correct mistakes with the least possible…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …successful small business subcontract offeror in writing of the name and location of the apparent successful offeror and if the successful subcontract offeror is a small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned…
  • FAR 52.222-33 Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement.
    …owing paragraphs (b) and (e) for paragraphs (b) and (e) of the basic provision. (b) The apparent successful offeror shall— (1) Negotiate or become a party to a project labor agreement with one or more labor organizations for the term of t…
  • FAR 52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information.
    …ow Act of 1986 (EPCRA) (42 U.S.C. 11001-11050), and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA) (42 U.S.C. 13101-13109). (c) The Contractor shall provide all information needed by the Federal facility to comply with the following: (1) The …
  • FAR 52.225-5 Trade Agreements.
    …, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam); and (4) Certain of the following: textiles and apparel articles; footwear, handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel; or handloomed, handmade, and folklore articles; (…
  • FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award.
    …currence of costs allocable to the work covered by the order during the period of work stoppage. Upon receipt of the final decision in the protest, the Contracting Officer shall either— (1) Cancel the stop-work order; or (2) Terminate the…
  • FAR 52.242-15 Stop-Work Order.
    …currence of costs allocable to the work covered by the order during the period of work stoppage. Within a period of 90 days after a stop-work order is delivered to the Contractor, or within any extension of that period to which the parties …
  • DFARS 209.571-7 Systems engineering and technical assistance contracts.
    …necessary because DoD needs the domain experience and expertise of the highly qualified, apparently successful offeror; and (ii) Based on the agreed-to resolution strategy, the apparently successful offeror will be able to provide objectiv…
  • DFARS 252.209-7008 Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.
    …Incorporation of Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan in contract. If the apparently successful offeror submitted an acceptable Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan, and the head of the contracting activity det…
  • FAR 3.000 Scope of part.
    …mproper business practices and personal conflicts of interest and for dealing with their apparent or actual occurrence.
  • FAR 7.204 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    …ariation is evident from offeror responses, and the potential for significant savings is apparent, the contracting officer shall consult with the cognizant inventory manager or requirements development activity before proceeding with an awa…
  • FAR 9.504 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    …onflict of interest exists. (e) The contracting officer shall award the contract to the apparent successful offeror unless a conflict of interest is determined to exist that cannot be avoided or mitigated. Before determining to withhold aw…
  • FAR 14.202-7 Facsimile bids.
    …re authorized, contracting officers may, after the date set for bid opening, request the apparently successful offeror to provide the complete original signed bid.
  • FAR 14.403 Recording of bids.
    …l not contain information regarding failure to meet minimum standards of responsibility, apparent collusion of bidders, or other notations properly exempt from disclosure to the public in accordance with agency regulations implementing subp…
  • FAR 14.407-1 General.
    …e opening of bids, contracting officers shall examine all bids for mistakes. In cases of apparent mistakes and in cases where the contracting officer has reason to believe that a mistake may have been made, the contracting officer shall req…
  • FAR 14.407-4 Mistakes after award.
    …clear that the mistake was (1) mutual, or (2) if unilaterally made by the contractor, so apparent as to have charged the contracting officer with notice of the probability of the mistake. (d) Each proposed determination shall be coordinate…
  • FAR 15.608 Prohibitions.
    …sure of such information concerning trade secrets, processes, operations, style of work, apparatus, and other matters, except as authorized by law, may result in criminal penalties under 18 U.S.C. 1905.
  • FAR 16.403 Fixed-price incentive contracts.
    …within the ceiling limits, upon request of either party to the contract, when it becomes apparent that final negotiated cost will be substantially different from the target cost.
  • FAR 19.601 General.
    …ons except for 8(a) sole-source awards. A contracting officer shall, upon determining an apparent successful small business offeror to be nonresponsible, refer that small business to the SBA for a possible COC, even if the next acceptable o…
  • FAR 19.602-1 Referral.
    (a) Upon determining and documenting that an apparent successful small business offeror lacks certain elements of responsibility (including, but not limited to, capability, competency, capacity, credit, integrity, perseverance, tenacity, an…

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DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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