48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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6 sections with “QML”

  • FAR 9.203 QPL's, QML's, and QBL's.
    (a) Qualification and listing in a QPL, QML, or QBL is the process by which products are obtained from manufacturers or distributors, examined and tested for compliance with specification requirements, or manufacturers or potential offerors…
  • FAR 9.202 Policy.
    …s paragraph does not apply with respect to qualification requirements contained in a QPL, QML, or QBL. (c) If a potential offeror can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the contracting officer that the potential offeror (or its product) me…
  • FAR 9.206-1 General.
    (a) Agencies may not enforce any QPL, QML, or QBL without first complying with the requirements of 9.202(a). However, qualification requirements themselves, whether or not previously embodied in a QPL, QML, or QBL, may be enforced without r…
  • FAR 9.207 Changes in status regarding qualification requirements.
    … qualification requirement any conditions which may merit removal or omission from a QPL, QML, or QBL or affect whether a source should continue to be otherwise identified as meeting the requirement. These conditions exist when— (1) Produc…
  • FAR 9.206-3 Competition.
    …ement applies to an acquisition, the contracting officer shall review the applicable QPL, QML, or QBL or other identification of those sources which have met the requirement before issuing a solicitation to ascertain whether the number of s…
  • FAR 9.201 Definitions.
    …rwise satisfied all applicable qualification requirements. Qualified manufacturers list (QML) means a list of manufacturers who have had their products examined and tested and who have satisfied all applicable qualification requirements fo…

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.