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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • 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 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 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 52.204-18 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 52.214-20 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 4.1103 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 9.404 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 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 22.1008-1 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 32.1108 Payment by Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    …ontracting officers are required to verify by looking in the System for Award Management (SAM) whether the contractor has any delinquent debt subject to collection under the Treasury Offset Program (TOP) at contract award and order placemen…
  • 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 52.204-30 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 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded.
    …the Government, under a contract or subcontract at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace; and (2) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102(4), such as agricultu…
  • 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 …
  • DFARS 252.204-7007 Alternate A, 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 (e) of this provision instead of completing the corresponding individual representations and certificati…
  • FAR 9.407-3 Procedures.
    …ial interests of the Government in pending or contemplated legal proceedings based on the same facts as the suspension would be prejudiced, agencies shall also— (i) Afford the contractor an opportunity to appear with counsel, submit docume…
  • FAR 26.205 Disaster Response Registry.
    (a) Contracting officers shall consult the Disaster Response Registry via https://www.sam.gov to determine the availability of contractors for debris removal, distribution of supplies, reconstruction, and other disaster or emergency relief …
  • FAR 52.240-1 Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manufactured or Assembled by American Security Drone Act—Covered Foreign Entities.
    …ral Acquisition Security Council (FASC) and published in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov (section 1822 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, Pub. L. 118-31, 41 U.S.C. 3901 note prec.). …
  • DFARS 252.209-7004 Subcontracting with Firms that are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
    …, that is identified in the Exclusions section of the System for Award Management System (SAM Exclusions) as being ineligible for the award of Defense contracts or subcontracts because it is owned or controlled by the government of a countr…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …nistration as identified in the System for Award Management Exclusions located at https://sam.gov; (2) Delinquent on obligations to the U.S. Government under surplus sales contracts; (3) Designated by the Department of Defense as ineligib…
  • 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 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …be in accordance with the interface description available via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov. (c) General format for “Description.” Prepare a clear and concise description of the supplies or services that is not unnecessarily restrict…
  • FAR 8.602 Policy.
    …itation is available through the Governmentwide point of entry (Contract Opportunities at SAM.gov), it is not necessary to provide a separate copy of the solicitation to FPI; (B) If the solicitation is not available through Contract Opport…
  • FAR 9.406-3 Procedures.
    …ication service; (ii) By email to the point of contact email address in the contractor's SAM registration, if any, or to the last known email address as confirmed by the agency; or (iii) By certified mail to the last known street address …
  • 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 18.102 System for Award Management.
    …4.1102, contractors are not required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time of submission of offers or quotations for— (1) Contracts awarded without providing for full and open competition due to unusual and …
  • 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 22.001 Definitions.
    …atters. e98 means the Department of Labor's approved electronic application (https://www.sam.gov), whereby a contracting officer submits pertinent information to the Department of Labor and requests a Service Contract Labor Standards statu…
  • 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 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 (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.