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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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622 sections with “SAM”: the first 40

  • FAR 14.202-4 Bid samples.
    (a) Policy. (1) Bidders shall not be required to furnish bid samples unless there are characteristics of the product that cannot be described adequately in the specification or purchase description. (2) Bid samples will be used only to det…
  • FAR 52.214-20 Bid Samples.
    As prescribed in 14.201-6(o)(1), insert the following provision: Bid Samples (APR 2002) (a) Bid sample means a product sample required to be submitted by a bidder to show those characteristics of the offered products that cannot adequatel…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    A word or a term, defined in this section, has the same meaning throughout this chapter (the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)) unless the context in which the word or term is used clearly requires a different meaning or another FAR part…
  • FAR 4.1102 Policy.
    (a) Offerors and quoters are required to be registered in SAM at the time an offer or quotation is submitted in order to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements except for— (1) Purchases under the micro-purch…
  • FAR 4.1103 Procedures.
    …), the contracting officer— (1) Shall verify that the offeror or quoter is registered in SAM (see paragraph (b) of this section) at the time an offer or quotation is submitted; (2) Should use the unique entity identifier to verify SAM reg…
  • FAR 4.1201 Policy.
    … quoters are required to complete electronic annual representations and certifications in SAM accessed via https://www.sam.gov as a part of required registration (see FAR 4.1102). (b)(1) All registrants are required to review and update th…
  • FAR 9.308-1 Testing performed by the contractor.
    …he contractor be required to produce the first article and the production quantity at the same facility, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I. (3) If it is necessary to authorize the contractor to purchase mate…
  • FAR 9.308-2 Testing performed by the Government.
    …he contractor be required to produce the first article and the production quantity at the same facility, the contracting officer shall use the basic clause with its Alternate I. (3) If it is necessary to authorize the contractor to purchas…
  • FAR 9.404 Exclusions in the System for Award Management.
    …l Services Administration (GSA)— (1) Operates the web-based System for Award Management (SAM), which contains exclusion records; and (2) Provides technical assistance to Federal agencies in the use of SAM. (b) An exclusion record in SAM …
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    … officer shall obtain appropriate data, without certification, on the prices at which the same or similar items have previously been sold and determine if the data is adequate for evaluating the reasonableness of the price. Price analysis m…
  • FAR 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a) Insert a provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.217-3, Evaluation Exclusive of Options, in solicitations when the solicitation includes an option clause and does not include one of the provisions prescribed in paragraph…
  • FAR 19.1403 Status.
    …fferor— (1) Effective January 1, 2024, is designated in the System for Award Management (SAM) as an SDVOSB concern certified by SBA; or (2) Has represented that it is an SDVOSB concern in SAM and submitted an application for certification…
  • FAR 22.404-1 Types of wage determinations.
    … initiative. (2) General wage determinations are published on the Wage Determinations at SAM.gov website. General wage determinations are effective on the publication date of the wage determination or upon receipt of the wage determination…
  • FAR 22.404-6 Modifications of wage determinations.
    …ith changes incorporated. (2) All project wage determination modifications expire on the same day as the original determination. The need to include a modification of a project wage determination for the primary site of the work in a solic…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …sources independent of the manufacturer or contractor. (iii) The contractor will use the same compensation (wage and fringe benefits) plan for all service employees performing work under the contract as the contractor uses for these employ…
  • FAR 22.1008-1 Obtaining wage determinations.
    … officers may obtain most prevailing wage determinations using the Wage Determinations at SAM.gov website. Contracting officers may also use the Department of Labor's e98 electronic process, located on the Wage Determinations at SAM.gov web…
  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    …: (1) The services to be furnished under the proposed contract will be substantially the same as services being furnished by an incumbent contractor whose contract the proposed contract will succeed. (2) The services will be performed in …
  • FAR 22.1012-1 Prevailing wage determinations.
    …racting officer which may occur later.) (i) For purposes of using Wage Determinations at SAM.gov, the time of receipt by the contracting agency shall be the first day of publication of the revised prevailing wage determination on the websi…
  • FAR 31.201-6 Accounting for unallowable costs.
    …ment contract. This identification requirement applies also to any costs incurred for the same purpose under like circumstances as the costs specifically identified as unallowable under either this paragraph or paragraph (a) above. (c)(1) …
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …ut are not limited to, conformity with compensation practices of other firms— (i) Of the same size; (ii) In the same industry; (iii) In the same geographic area; and (iv) Engaged in similar non-Government work under comparable circumsta…
  • FAR 32.1110 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    … for Award Management, or an agency clause that requires a contractor to be registered in SAM and maintain registration until final payment, unless— (i) Payment will be made through a third party arrangement (see 13.301 and paragraph (d) o…
  • FAR 46.710 Contract clauses.
    … a particular need. (a)(1) The contracting officer may insert a clause substantially the same as the clause at 52.246-17, Warranty of Supplies of a Noncomplex Nature, in solicitations and contracts for noncomplex items when a fixed-price s…
  • FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management.
    …d Management records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see subpart 32.11) for the same entity. Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) means that— (1) The Offeror has entered all mandatory information, including the un…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …icitation, and the Offeror has an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), the Offeror may choose to use paragraph (d) of this provision instead of completing the corresponding individual representations and certificati…
  • FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance.
    …ial, nonprofit, or Government entity to establish additional System for Award Management (SAM) records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see subpart 32.11) for the same entity. Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) me…
  • FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting.
    …(c) CAGE codes may be obtained via— (1) Registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. If the Offeror is located in the United States or its outlying areas and does not already have a CAGE code assigned, the DLA Comm…
  • FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance.
    … subcontract, performance. For contractors registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), the DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch shall only modify data received from SAM in the CAGE master file if the contractor initia…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    …Contractor shall search for the phrase “FASCSA order” in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov to locate applicable FASCSA orders identified in paragraph (b)(1). (3) The Government may identify in the solicitation ad…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information); and …
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …nual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management (SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror …
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ed for the debt, the demand for payment included in the final decision shall identify the same due date as the original demand for payment. (v) Amounts shall be due at the earliest of the following dates: (A) The date fixed under this con…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    … 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Wake Island.) (vii) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (JUN 2020) (38 U.S.C. 4212) (Applies to contr…
  • FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns.
    …y SBA as a HUBZone small business concern in the Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) and SAM. Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concern means a small business concern— (1)(i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owne…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …owned small business, or a women-owned small business in the System for Award Management (SAM) if— (A) The subcontractor is registered in SAM; and (B) The subcontractor represents that the size and socioeconomic status representations mad…
  • FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management.
    …to the Contractor using the EFT information contained in the System for Award Management (SAM). In the event that the EFT information changes, the Contractor shall be responsible for providing the updated information to SAM. (c) Mechanisms…
  • FAR 52.246-17 Warranty of Supplies of a Noncomplex Nature.
    …n replacement under this clause, shall also be subject to the terms of this clause to the same extent as supplies initially delivered. The warranty, with respect to supplies or parts thereof, shall be equal in duration to that in paragraph …
  • FAR 52.246-19 Warranty of Systems and Equipment under Performance Specifications or Design Criteria.
    …ect or (ii) promptly notify the Contracting Officer, in writing, of the defect, using the same procedures prescribed in paragraph (b)(3) of this clause. (3) If the Contracting Officer determines that a defect exists in any of the supplies …
  • DFARS 204.1103 Procedures.
    … for helpful information on navigation and data entry in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. (1) On contract award documents, use the contractor's legal or “doing business as” name and physical address information as recorded i…
  • DFARS 215.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …e items. If there are no obvious high-dollar-value items, include an analysis of a random sample of items; and (D) A random sample of the remaining low-dollar value items. Sample size may be determined by subjective judgment, e.g., experie…
  • DFARS 225.7018-2 Restriction.
    …ry, that contains a covered material. (Section 854, Pub. L. 118-31; 10 U.S.C. 4872.) (b) Samarium-cobalt magnets and neodymium-iron-boron magnets. (1) Effective through December 31, 2026, for samarium-cobalt magnets and neodymium-iron-boro…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.