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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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20 sections with “Production capability”

  • FAR 6.302-3 Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services.
    …propriate under this part); (iv) Create or maintain the required domestic capability for production of critical supplies by limiting competition to items manufactured in— (A) The United States or its outlying areas; or (B) The United Sta…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … to provide direct support of a weapon system that is essential to research, development, production, operation or maintenance of the system. Affiliates means associated business concerns or individuals if, directly or indirectly either on…
  • FAR 42.1104 Surveillance requirements.
    (a) The contract administration office determines the extent of production surveillance on the basis of (1) the criticality (degree of importance to the Government) assigned by the contracting officer (see 42.1105) to the supplies or servic…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …plain and provide reasons for any urgency if it results in concurrency of development and production or constitutes justification for not providing for full and open competition. (6) Trade-offs. Discuss the expected consequences of trade-o…
  • DFARS 234.004 Acquisition strategy.
    …tracting officer shall— (A) Not use cost-reimbursement line items for the acquisition of production of major defense acquisition programs, unless the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S)), or the milestone d…
  • DFARS 253.209-1 Responsible prospective contractors.
    …uirements necessary to produce the required product or provide the required service. (B) Production capability. An evaluation of the prospective contractor's ability to plan, control, and integrate manpower, facilities, and other resources…
  • FAR 16.104 Factors in selecting contract types.
    …ifficult to estimate performance costs in advance. As a requirement recurs or as quantity production begins, the cost risk should shift to the contractor, and a fixed-price contract should be considered. (e) Combining contract types. If th…
  • FAR 53.209-1 Responsible prospective contractors.
    …rs, as specified in 9.106-1, 9.106-2, and 9.106-4. These forms are authorized for local reproduction and can be found at the GSA Forms Library at https://www.gsa.gov/forms. (a) SF 1403 (Rev. 01/2014), Preaward Survey of Prospective Contrac…
  • DFARS 234.001-70 Definitions.
    …em that complies with the earned value management system guidelines in the ANSI/EIA-748. Production of major defense acquisition program means the production and deployment of a major system that is intended to achieve an operational capab…
  • FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
    … the original source in the case of a follow-on contract for the continued development or production of a major system or highly specialized equipment, including major components thereof, when it is likely that award to any other source wou…
  • FAR 9.105-1 Obtaining information.
    …09-5 or 52.212-3(h) (see 9.104-5)), questionnaire replies, financial data, information on production equipment, and personnel information. (3) Commercial sources of supplier information of a type offered to buyers in the private sector. (…
  • FAR 9.106-4 Reports.
    …y of Prospective Contractor—Technical; SF 1405, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor—Production; SF 1406, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor—Quality Assurance; SF 1407, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor—Financial Capabil…
  • FAR 9.107 Surveys of nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne Program.
    …ale, and that the survey is waived. The capability survey will focus on the technical and production capabilities and applicable preaward survey elements to furnish specific supplies or services being considered for addition to the Procurem…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    … inefficient or uneconomical past practices are not projected into the future. In pricing production of recently developed complex equipment, the contracting officer should perform a trend analysis of basic labor and materials, even in peri…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …arch or development and, if prototypes or hardware are involved, no significant follow-on production is anticipated. (2) Contracting officers may require prospective contractors to submit make-or-buy programs for negotiated acquisitions wh…
  • FAR 19.502-6 Setting aside a class of acquisitions for small business.
    … any individual acquisition if the requirement is not severable into two or more economic production runs or reasonable lots, in the case of a partial class set-aside. (d) The contracting officer shall review each individual acquisition ar…
  • FAR 19.803 Selecting acquisitions for the 8(a) program.
    …e participant's technical ability and capacity to perform. (3) The participant's present production capacity and related facilities. (4) The extent to which contracting assistance is needed in the present and the future, described in term…
  • FAR 19.812 Contract administration.
    …ty's capability and resources, 8(a) contractors furnishing requirements shall be afforded production and technical assistance, including, when appropriate, identification of causes of deficiencies in their products and suggested corrective …
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …ractor or subcontractor. Counterfeit electronic part means an unlawful or unauthorized reproduction, substitution, or alteration that has been knowingly mismarked, misidentified, or otherwise misrepresented to be an authentic, unmodified e…
  • DFARS 217.208-70 Additional clauses.
    …citation or award. (b) When a surge option is needed in support of industrial capability production planning, use the clause at 252.217-7001, Surge Option, in solicitations and contracts. (1) Insert the percentage or quantity of increase …

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.