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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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79 sections with “Personal service contracts”: the first 40

  • DFARS 237.104 Personal services contracts.
    (b)(i) Authorization to acquire the personal services of experts and consultants is included in 10 U.S.C. 129b. Personal service contracts for expert and consultant services must also be authorized by a determination and findings (D&F) in a…
  • FAR 37.104 Personal services contracts.
    (a) A personal services contract is characterized by the employer-employee relationship it creates between the Government and the contractor's personnel. The Government is normally required to obtain its employees by direct hire under compe…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    (a) General. Compensation for personal services is allowable subject to the following general criteria and additional requirements contained in other parts of this cost principle: (1) Compensation for personal services must be for work per…
  • FAR 52.232-3 Payments Under Personal Services Contracts.
    …yment due dates in accordance with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts for personal services: Payments Under Personal Services Contracts (APR 1984) The Government shall pay the Contractor for the services performed by the C…
  • DFARS 237.106 Funding and term of service contracts.
    (1) Personal service contracts for expert or consultant services shall not exceed 1 year. The nature of the duties must be— (i) Temporary (not more than 1 year); or (ii) Intermittent (not cumulatively more than 130 days in 1 year). (2) T…
  • FAR 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest.
    As prescribed in 3.1106, insert the following clause: Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest (JUN 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acquisition function closely associated with inherently governmental functions means supp…
  • FAR 52.249-12 Termination (Personal Services).
    …s prescribed in 49.505(a), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for personal services (see part 37): Termination (Personal Services) (APR 1984) The Government may terminate this contract at any time upon at least 15 …
  • FAR 12.503 Applicability of certain laws to Executive agency contracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …08(e)(3), Minimum Response Time for Offers (see 5.203). (4) 41 U.S.C. 2303(b), Policy on Personal Conflicts of Interest by Contractor Employees (see subpart 3.11). (5) 41 U.S.C. 3901(b) and 10 U.S.C. 3321(b) Contingent Fees (see 3.404). …
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    …t; (2) For engineering services from not-for-profit or nonprofit organizations; (3) For personal services (see subpart 37.1); (4) Providing for product or component improvement, unless the value engineering incentive application is restr…
  • DFARS 211.106 Purchase descriptions for service contracts.
    …or employees. Agencies shall be guided by the characteristics and descriptive elements of personal-services contracts at FAR 37.104. Service contracts shall require contractor employees to identify themselves as contractor personnel by intr…
  • DFARS 231.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    (f)(1) In accordance with Section 8122 of Pub. L. 104-61, and similar sections in subsequent Defense appropriations acts, costs for bonuses or other payments in excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor to an employee, that are par…
  • DFARS 252.225-7061 Restriction on the Acquisition of Personal Protective Equipment and Certain Other Items from Non-Allied Foreign Nations.
    As prescribed in 225.7023-4, use the following clause: Restriction on the Acquisition of Personal Protective Equipment and Certain Other Items From Non-Allied Foreign Nations (JAN 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Covered co…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …on, alteration, repair, processing, or assembling of vessels, aircraft, or other kinds of personal property (except that for use in subpart 22.5, see the definition at 22.502). Contiguous United States (CONUS) means the 48 contiguous State…
  • FAR 29.401-4 New Mexico gross receipts and compensating tax.
    …shall not be controlling. Services also includes construction activities and all tangible personal property that will become an ingredient or component part of a construction project. Such tangible personal property retains its character as…
  • FAR 49.505 Other termination clauses.
    (a) Personal service contracts. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.249-12, Termination (Personal Services), in solicitations and contracts for personal services (see Part 37). (b) Excusable delays. The contracting office…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …es (section 874(b)(1)(A), Pub. L. 114-328). (i) Part 203—Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest. (A) Use the FAR clause at 52.203-3, Gratuities, as prescribed in FAR 3.202, to comply with 10 U.S.C. 4651. (B) Use th…
  • DFARS 237.7303 Contract clauses.
    Contracts made directly with students are nonpersonal service contracts but shall include the clauses at FAR 52.232-3, Payments Under Personal Services Contracts, and FAR 52.249-12, Termination (Personal Services).
  • FAR 37.101 Definitions.
    …ional or rehabilitative programs, and detention, correctional, or treatment services. Nonpersonal services contract means a contract under which the personnel rendering the services are not subject, either by the contract's terms or by the…
  • FAR 47.104-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts.
    …(b) 49 U.S.C. 10721 and 13712 rates may be applied to the movement of household goods and personal effects of contractor employees who are relocated for the convenience and at the direction of the Government and whose total transportation c…
  • FAR 49.603-5 Cost-reimbursement contracts—partial termination.
    …continue to be reimbursed on SF 1034, Public Voucher for Purchase and Services Other Than Personal, under the applicable provisions of the contract and part 31 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (End of agreement)
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    …eater clearance, if required by the Combatant Commander. (v) All personnel have received personal security training. The training must at a minimum— (A) Cover safety and security issues facing employees overseas; (B) Identify safety and …
  • FAR 52.247-21 Contractor Liability for Personal Injury and/or Property Damage.
    …acts for transportation or for transportation-related services: Contractor Liability for Personal Injury and/or Property Damage (APR 1984) (a) The Contractor assumes responsibility for all damage or injury to persons or property occasione…
  • FAR 53.249 Termination of contracts.
    …ept for SF 1034. (1) SF 1034 (GAO), Public Voucher for Purchases and Services Other Than Personal. (See 49.302(a).) (2) SF 1435 (Rev. 03/2016), Settlement Proposal (Inventory Basis). (See 49.602-1(a).) (3) SF 1436 (Rev. 5/2004), Settleme…
  • FAR 3.104-3 Statutory and related prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements.
    …egarding non-Federal employment (41 U.S.C. 2103) (1) If an agency official, participating personally and substantially in a Federal agency procurement for a contract in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, contacts or is contacte…
  • FAR 3.909-3 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …graph (a)(2) of this section; and (2) Do not insert the provision in solicitations for a personal services contract with an individual if the services are to be performed entirely by the individual, rather than by an employee of the contra…
  • FAR 3.1101 Definitions.
    …e there is no employer to whom such an individual could submit the required disclosures. Personal conflict of interest means a situation in which a covered employee has a financial interest, personal activity, or relationship that could im…
  • FAR 25.301-4 Contract clause.
    …or Consular Mission outside the United States, in solicitations and contracts, other than personal service contracts with individuals, that will require contractor personnel to perform outside the United States— (a) In a designated operati…
  • FAR 37.102 Policy.
    …ct for the performance of an inherently governmental function (see subpart 7.5). (d) Non-personal service contracts are proper under general contracting authority. (e) Agency program officials are responsible for accurately describing the…
  • FAR 37.103 Contracting officer responsibility.
    …rpose the contracting officer shall— (1) Determine whether the proposed service is for a personal or nonpersonal services contract using the definitions at 2.101 and 37.101 and the guidelines in 37.104; (2) In doubtful cases, obtain the r…
  • FAR 37.502 Exclusions.
    …1) Obtained through personnel appointments and advisory committees; (2) Obtained through personal service contracts authorized by statute; (3) For construction as defined in 2.101; or (4) Obtained through interagency agreements where the…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …s, and faulty castings and forgings. Property means all tangible property, both real and personal. Property Administrator means an authorized representative of the Contracting Officer appointed in accordance with agency procedures, respon…
  • FAR 52.247-63 Preference for U.S.-Flag Air Carriers.
    …ers for U.S. Government-financed international air transportation of personnel (and their personal effects) or property, to the extent that service by those carriers is available. It requires the General Services Administration to issue reg…
  • FAR 22.801 Definitions.
    … the relationship of an employer and an employee)— (1) For the purchase, sale, or use of personal property or nonpersonal services that, in whole or in part, are necessary to the performance of any one or more contracts; or (2) Under whic…
  • FAR 22.1302 Policy.
    …opriated for the agency for a fiscal year to enter into a contract for the procurement of personal property and nonpersonal services (including construction) with a contractor that has not submitted the required annual VETS-4212, Federal Co…
  • FAR 22.1303 Applicability.
    (a) The Act applies to all contracts and subcontracts for personal property and nonpersonal services (including construction) of $200,000 or more except as waived by the Secretary of Labor. (b) The requirements of the clause at 52.222-35, …
  • FAR 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
    …rch and development contract is contemplated; (3) The clause at 52.232-3, Payments under Personal Services Contracts, in solicitations and contracts for personal services; (4) The clause at 52.232-4, Payments under Transportation Contract…
  • FAR 37.200 Scope of subpart.
    …applies to contracts, whether made with individuals or organizations, that involve either personal or nonpersonal services.
  • FAR 37.401 Policy.
    Agencies may enter into nonpersonal health care services contracts with physicians, dentists and other health care providers under authority of 10 U.S.C. chapter 221 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 33, Planning and Solicitation. Each contract shall— …
  • FAR 37.403 Contract clause.
    …7, Indemnification and Medical Liability Insurance, in solicitations and contracts for nonpersonal health care services. The contracting officer may include the clause in bilateral purchase orders for nonpersonal health care services awarde…
  • FAR 52.249-5 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Educational and Other Nonprofit Institutions).
    …erminate all applicable subcontracts and cancel or divert applicable commitments covering personal services that extend beyond the effective date of termination. (4) Assign to the Government, as directed by the Contracting Officer, all rig…

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.