48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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19 sections with “Production of major defense acquisition program”

  • DFARS 252.209-7009 Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.
    …ted from participating as a prime contractor or major subcontractor in the development or production of a weapon system under the major defense acquisition program or pre-major defense acquisition program. (d) Organizational Conflict of In…
  • DFARS 252.209-7008 Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.
    …d from participating as a prime contractor or a major subcontractor in the development or production of a weapon system under the major defense acquisition program or pre-major defense acquisition program, unless the offeror submits, and th…
  • 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 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …ng officer is prohibited by 10 U.S.C. 3208(d)(1) from requiring offers for development or production of major systems that would enable the Government to use technical data to competitively reprocure identical items or components of the sys…
  • 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 48.102 Policies.
    …he value engineering program requirement clause (52.248-1, Alternates I or II) in initial production contracts for major systems programs (see definition of major system in 34.001) and for contracts for major systems research and developmen…
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    …rocurement of aircraft, the budget request includes full funding of procurement funds for production beyond advance procurement activities of aircraft units to be produced in the fiscal year covered by the budget; (3) Cancellation provisio…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 216.102 Policies.
    …ar 2013 (Pub. L. 112-239), use of any cost-reimbursement line item for the acquisition of production of major defense acquisition programs is prohibited, unless the exception at 234.004(2)(ii) applies.
  • DFARS 209.571-1 Definitions.
    …tem integrator with system responsibility means a prime contractor for the development or production of a major system, if the prime contractor is not expected at the time of award to perform a substantial portion of the work on the system …
  • DFARS 209.571-7 Systems engineering and technical assistance contracts.
    …ontractor from participating as a contractor or major subcontractor in the development or production of a weapon system under such program. (2) The requirement in paragraph (b)(1) of this subsection cannot be waived. (c) Exception. (1) Th…
  • DFARS 235.006 Contracting methods and contract type.
    …d (B) Notify the milestone decision authority of an intent not to exercise a fixed-price production option on a development contract for a major weapon system reasonably in advance of the expiration of the option exercise period. (ii) For…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    …nt, a joint venture, or similar arrangement of shared interest; or (ii) Dual sourcing, coproduction, or similar programs, are unallowable, except when— (A) Incurred as a result of compliance with specific terms and conditions of the contr…
  • FAR 52.246-26 Reporting Nonconforming Items.
    …s a single or peculiar application. Counterfeit item means an unlawful or unauthorized reproduction, substitution, or alteration that has been knowingly mismarked, misidentified, or otherwise misrepresented to be an authentic, unmodified i…
  • 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 215.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …velopment phase of a weapon system, including embedded software (10 U.S.C. 4328); or (C) Production and deployment phase of a weapon system, including embedded software (10 U.S.C. 4328). (vii) See 226.7202 for an additional evaluation fac…
  • DFARS 215.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …rts if necessary, with the training, skills, and experience in analysis of cost elements, production or sustainment processes, and technologies relevant to the program under review. The review team may include members from the Defense Contr…
  • DFARS 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …15, Program Should-Cost Review, in all solicitations and contracts for the development or production of a major weapon system, as defined in 234.7001.

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.