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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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56 sections with “Requiring department”: the first 40

  • DFARS 208.7002-2 Requiring department responsibilities.
    See PGI 208.7002-2 for the requiring department's responsibilities.
  • DFARS 208.7003-2 Assignments under coordinated acquisition.
    Requiring departments must submit to the acquiring department all contracting requirements for items assigned for coordinated acquisition, except— (a) Items obtained through the sources in FAR 8.002(a)(1) (i) through (vii); (b) Items obta…
  • FAR 4.2304 Procedures.
    …CSA order at 4.2301). The contracting officer shall coordinate with the program office or requiring activity to identify the FASCSA order(s) that apply to the acquisition as follows: (1) Unless the program office or requiring activity inst…
  • DFARS 208.7003-1 Assignments under integrated materiel management (IMM).
    …sual and compelling urgency as defined in FAR 6.302-2. After such a purchase is made, the requiring activity must send one copy of the contract and a statement of the emergency to the IMM manager; (2) Items for which the IMM manager assign…
  • FAR 52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements.
    As prescribed in 3.909-3(b), insert the following clause: Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (JAN 2017) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Internal confidentiality agreement or statem…
  • DFARS 225.103 Exceptions.
    …rdinated acquisition (see Subpart 208.70), the determination is the responsibility of the requiring department when the requiring department specifies acquisition of a foreign end product. (c) The cost of a domestic end product is unreason…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …e used for commercial products or commercial services including those “of a type” or when requiring minor modifications for commercial products. (A) The prior price must be a valid basis for comparison. If there has been a significant time…
  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    …ng agreement provisions that attempt to limit a contractor's obligations by means such as requiring issuance of a wage determination by the DOL, requiring inclusion of the wage determination in the contract, or requiring the Government to a…
  • FAR 29.304 Matters requiring special consideration.
    The imposition of State and local taxes may result in special contract considerations including the following: (a) With coordination of the agency-designated counsel, a contract may (1) state that the contract price includes or excludes a …
  • DFARS 208.7001 Definitions.
    …ding, budgeting, storing, issuing, cataloging, standardizing, and contracting functions. Requiring department means the department or agency which has the requirement for an item.
  • FAR 23.304 Contract clauses.
    …icitations and contracts for supplies that are or that contain— (1) Radioactive material requiring specific licensing under regulations issued pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or (2) Radioactive material not requiring specific l…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …quisitions of commercial products and commercial services: (1) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (JAN 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further …
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    … requirements of paragraphs (c), (d), (g), (h), or (i) of this clause may result in— (1) Requiring the Contractor to remove a Contractor employee or employees from the performance of the contract; (2) Requiring the Contractor to terminate…
  • DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.
    … and Sustainment (USD(A&S)) is the milestone decision authority or USD(A&S) designates as requiring a peer review regardless of value. DoD components may request DPCAP-led peer reviews for acquisitions valued below the $1 billion threshold.…
  • DFARS 208.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …ii) When a schedule lists both foreign and domestic items that will meet the needs of the requiring activity, the ordering office must apply the procedures of part 225 and FAR part 25, Foreign Acquisition. When purchase of an item of foreig…
  • DFARS 234.004 Acquisition strategy.
    …ns for reliability and maintainability provided by the program manager, or the comparable requiring activity official performing program management responsibilities; or (ii) Ensure a copy of the justification, executed by the program manag…
  • DFARS 237.270 Acquisition of audit services.
    …2 option years. (c) Approvals. Do not issue a solicitation for audit services unless the requiring activity provides evidence that the cognizant DoD audit organization has approved the statement of work. The requiring agency shall obtain t…
  • FAR 4.2301 Definitions.
    … following orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FASCSA) requiring the removal of covered articles from executive agency information systems or the exclusion of one or more named sources or named covered art…
  • FAR 6.301 Policy.
    …ompetition shall not be justified on the basis of— (1) A lack of advance planning by the requiring activity; or (2) Concerns related to the amount of funds available (e.g., funds will expire) to the agency or activity for the acquisition …
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …reimbursement and other high-risk contracts (e.g., other than firm-fixed-price contracts) requiring a written acquisition plan. A written plan shall be prepared for cost reimbursement and other high-risk contracts other than firm-fixed-pric…
  • FAR 8.002 Priorities for use of mandatory Government sources.
    …tions listed below in descending order of priority: (1) Supplies. (i) Inventories of the requiring agency. (ii) Excess from other agencies (see subpart 8.1). (iii) Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (see subpart 8.6). (iv) Supplies that ar…
  • FAR 8.401 Definitions.
    …S.C. 152(3), Competitive Procedures, and 40 U.S.C. 501, Services for Executive Agencies. Requiring agency means the agency needing the supplies or services. Schedules e-Library means the on-line source for GSA and VA Federal Supply Schedu…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …hold. (1) For a proposed order or BPA exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, the requiring activity shall assist the ordering activity contracting officer in the preparation of the justification. The justification shall cite that t…
  • FAR 9.203 QPL's, QML's, and QBL's.
    …cturer, or potential offeror not yet included on an applicable list.) (b) Specifications requiring a qualified product are included— (1) In the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions; and (2) On t…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …he justifications for brand-name acquisitions may apply to the portion of the acquisition requiring the brand-name item. If the justification is to cover only the portion of the acquisition which is brand-name, then it should so state; the …
  • FAR 22.1501 Definitions.
    …t the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties. List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor means the list published by the Department of Labor in accordance with Execu…
  • FAR 22.1800 Scope.
    This subpart prescribes policies and procedures requiring contractors to utilize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Citizenship and Immigration Service's employment eligibility verification program (E-Verify) as the me…
  • FAR 22.2102 Policy.
    …tate law, any applicable law or municipal ordinance, or a collective bargaining agreement requiring greater paid sick leave or leave rights than those established under E.O. 13706 and 29 CFR part 13. For additional details regarding interac…
  • FAR 23.302 Hazardous material identification and notice of material safety data.
    …material designated by a Government technical representative as potentially hazardous and requiring safety controls. (d) MSDS's must be submitted— (1) By the apparent successful offeror prior to contract award if hazardous materials are e…
  • FAR 24.203 Policy.
    …rsonnel practices, and law enforcement. Since these requests often involve complex issues requiring an in-depth knowledge of a large and increasing body of court rulings and policy guidance, contracting officers are cautioned to comply with…
  • FAR 25.301-1 Scope.
    (a) This section applies to contracts requiring contractor personnel to perform outside the United States— (1) In a designated operational area during— (i) Contingency operations; (ii) Humanitarian or peacekeeping operations; or (iii) O…
  • FAR 41.103 Statutory and delegated authority.
    …elegated authority shall be consistent with the requirements of this part. Other agencies requiring utility service contracts for periods over one year, but not exceeding ten years, may request a delegation of authority from GSA at the addr…
  • FAR 42.703-1 Policy.
    …of fixed-price incentive and fixed-price redeterminable contracts and in other situations requiring that indirect costs be settled before contract prices are established, unless the quick-closeout procedure in 42.708 is used.
  • FAR 46.317 Reporting nonconforming items.
    …ality Requirement; (ii) Any items that the contracting officer, in consultation with the requiring activity determines to be critical items for which use of the clause is appropriate; (2) In addition (as required by paragraph (c)(4) of se…
  • FAR 46.408 Single-agency assignments of Government contract quality assurance.
    …eafood—the National Marine Fisheries Service of the Department of Commerce. (b) Agencies requiring quality assurance support for acquiring these supplies should request the support directly from the cognizant office.
  • FAR 48.102 Policies.
    … contractors a fair share of the savings on accepted VECP's. (c) Agencies shall consider requiring incorporation of value engineering clauses in appropriate subcontracts. (d)(1) Agencies other than the Department of Defense shall use the …
  • FAR 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements—Representation.
    …t, subcontract, and subcontractor, are defined in the clause at 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements. (b) In accordance with section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated…
  • FAR 52.204-28 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts.
    … following orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FASCSA) requiring the removal of covered articles from executive agency information systems or the exclusion of one or more named sources or named covered art…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    … following orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FASCSA) requiring the removal of covered articles from executive agency information systems or the exclusion of one or more named sources or named covered art…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …products being acquired under this solicitation that are included in the List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor, unless excluded at 22.1503(b).] (1) Listed end products. (2) Certificatio…

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.