48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
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72 sections with “SF 252”: the first 40
- FAR 53.236-2 Architect-engineer services (SF's 252 and 330).…s are prescribed for use in contracting for architect-engineer and related services: (a) SF 252 (Rev. 10/23), Architect-Engineer Contract. SF 252 is prescribed for use in awarding fixed-price contracts for architect-engineer services, as s…
- DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.…TER SOFTWARE—SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM (AUG 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercial computer software means software developed or regularly used for nongove…
- DFARS 252.227-7040 Additional preaward requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program.… following provision: Additional Preaward Requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program (JAN 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision, the terms “research institution” and “United States” have the meaning given in th…
- DFARS 252.227-7041 Additional postaward requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program.…he following clause: Additional Postaward Requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program (JAN 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Research institution means an institution or entity that— (1) Has a place of busin…
- DFARS 225.003 Definitions.… determined that— (1) Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or (2) It is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the restr…
- DFARS 252.225-7046 Exports by Approved Community Members in Response to the Solicitation.… (DTC) Treaty”, “export”, “Implementing Arrangement”, “qualifying defense articles”, “transfer”, and “U.S. DoD Treaty-eligible requirements” in DFARS clause 252.225-7047 apply to this provision. (b) All contract line items in the contempla…
- DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…ve agreements with international or multi-national defense organizations, or sales or transfers by the United States Government to foreign governments or international organizations. Government purposes include competitive procurement, but …
- DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.…to the public but will be available for commercial sale, lease, or license in time to satisfy the delivery requirements of this contract; or (4) Satisfies a criterion expressed in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this definition and would req…
- DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…ter Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, governs technical data that are generated during any portion of performance that is covered under the Small Business Innovation Research…
- DFARS 252.227-7016 Rights in Bid or Proposal Information.…ded under the Small Business Innovation Research Program or Small Business Technology Transfer Program, the 252.227-7018, Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Sm…
- DFARS 252.227-7017 Identification and Assertion of Use, Release, or Disclosure Restrictions.…act under the Small Business Innovation Research Program or Small Business Technology Transfer Program, the 252.227-7018, Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Sm…
- DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.…t (DFARS) 252.225-7048, Export-Controlled Items, clause of this contract. Ineligible transferee means an individual, an entity, or a country— (1) Excluded from Federal programs by the General Services Administration as identified in the S…
- FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).… the sale of food in the United States). (xx) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management (OCT 2018) (Applies when the payment will be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT) and the payment office uses the …
- DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.…ter Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, as prescribed in 227.7104-4(a)(1). (D) Use the clause at 252.227-7037, Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data, as prescr…
- DFARS 215.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.… Government exercises the authority provided in 239.7305(d), the notifications to unsuccessful offerors, either preaward or postaward, shall not reveal any information that is determined to be withheld from disclosure in accordance with 10 …
- DFARS 216.505 Ordering.… the notice required at FAR 16.505(b)(6), a written or oral postaward debriefing of successful and unsuccessful awardees is required for task orders and delivery orders valued at $15 million or more (section 818 of the National Defense Auth…
- DFARS 227.7103-5 Government rights.…Products and Commercial Services. In unusual situations, the standards rights may not satisfy the Government's needs or the Government may be willing to accept lesser rights in data in return for other consideration. In those cases, a speci…
- DFARS 227.7203-5 Government rights.…l Computer Software Documentation. In unusual situations, the standard rights may not satisfy the Government's needs or the Government may be willing to accept lesser rights in return for other consideration. In those cases, a special licen…
- DFARS 232.503-15 Application of Government title terms.… approval requirement of FAR 32.503-15(d). Prior to granting blanket approval of cost transfers between contracts, the ACO should determine that— (i) The contractor retains records of the transfer activity that took place in the prior mont…
- DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.…detailed descriptions of circumstances that will result in manual or system generated transfers of parts; (7) Maintain a consistent, equitable, and unbiased logic for costing of material transactions as follows: (i) The Contractor shall m…
- FAR 36.702 Forms for use in contracting for architect-engineer services.… when the services will be performed in the United States or its outlying areas. (b) The SF 330, Architect-Engineer Qualifications, shall be used to evaluate firms before awarding a contract for architect-engineer services: (1) Use the SF…
- DFARS 225.772-3 Procedures.…e that an entity identified in, or otherwise known to be involved in, the otherwise successful offer is not listed as ineligible in the SAM database (see FAR 9.405). (b) If an offeror discloses information in accordance with paragraph (c) …
- DFARS 227.7103-10 Contractor identification and marking of technical data to be furnished with restrictive markings.… accordance with the procedures at 227.7103-13. (3) The restrictions asserted by a successful offeror shall be attached to its contract unless, in accordance with the procedures at 227.7103-13, the parties have agreed that an asserted rest…
- DFARS 227.7103-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.…to a competitive contract award unless resolution of the assertion is essential for successful completion of the procurement. (c) Challenge considerations and presumption—(1) Requirements to initiate a challenge. Contracting officers shall…
- DFARS 227.7104-3 STTR program requirements.…ision at 252.227-7040, Additional Preaward Requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program, requires offerors to submit, as part of their proposal, a written agreement between the offeror and a research institution that allocate…
- DFARS 227.7104-4 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.…ter Software-Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial pro…
- DFARS 227.7203-9 Copyright.…ter Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, require a contractor to grant, or obtain for the Government license rights which permit the Government to reproduce the software or docu…
- DFARS 227.7203-10 Contractor identification and marking of computer software or computer software documentation to be furnished with restrictive markings.…ter Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, permit a contractor to make additional assertions under certain conditions. If an offeror fails to submit the attachment or fails to com…
- DFARS 209.104-1 General standards.…ailability of another entity with the capacity, capability and technical expertise to satisfy defense acquisition, technology base, or industrial base requirements; and (5) A description of any alternate means available to satisfy the requ…
- DFARS 215.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.(b) Notwithstanding FAR 15.506(b), when requested by a successful or unsuccessful offeror, a written or oral debriefing is required for contract awards valued at $15 million or more (section 818 of the National Defense Authorization Act for…
- DFARS 227.7103-6 Contract clauses.…edures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, when the successful offeror(s) will be required to deliver to the Government technical data pertaining to other than commercial products or commercial services, or p…
- DFARS 227.7103-9 Copyright.…ter Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, require a contractor to grant or obtain for the Government license rights which permit the Government to reproduce data, distribute copi…
- DFARS 227.7103-14 Conformity, acceptance, and warranty of technical data.…f remedies applicable to technical data found to be incomplete, inadequate, or not to satisfy the requirements of the contract concerning such data; and (2) Authorizes agency heads to withhold payments (or exercise such other remedies an a…
- DFARS 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.…ne term and receives a certain number of semester hours credit (or equivalent) upon successful completion. (j) “Curriculum” means a series of courses having a unified purpose and belonging primarily to one major academic field. It will usu…
- DFARS 245.604-1 Sales procedures.…he plant clearance officer shall not approve award to any bidder who is an ineligible transferee, as defined in 252.245-7005, Management and Reporting of Government Property; and (iii) Notify the contractor of the bidder to whom an award w…
- DFARS 252.209-7008 Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.… Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan in contract. If the apparently successful offeror submitted an acceptable Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan, and the head of the contracting activity determines that DoD…
- DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation.…ary; and (ii) The encoded data elements of the unique item identifier conform to the transfer structure, syntax, and coding of messages and data formats specified for Format Indicators 05, 06, and 12 in ISO/IEC International Standard 15434…
- DFARS 252.227-7025 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Government-Furnished Information Marked with Restrictive Legends.…) For Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program contracts, the terms “covered Government support contractor,” “government purpose rights,” “limited rights,” “restricted rights,” …
- DFARS 204.7104-1 Criteria for establishing.…nformational subline item may include quantities, prices, or amounts, if necessary to satisfy management requirements. However, these elements shall be included within the item description in the supplies/services column and enclosed in par…
- DFARS 215.101-2-70 Limitations and prohibitions.… (See PGI 215.101-2-70(a)(1)(vi) for assistance with evaluating whether a requirement satisfies this limitation); (vii) The contract file contains a determination that the lowest price reflects full life-cycle costs (as defined at FAR 7.10…
FAR (chapter 1)
- Part 1 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 58 sections
- Part 2 Definitions of Words and Terms 3 sections
- Part 3 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 98 sections
- Part 4 Administrative and Information Matters 116 sections
- Part 5 Publicizing Contract Actions 34 sections
- Part 6 Competition Requirements 34 sections
- Part 7 Acquisition Planning 34 sections
- Part 8 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 67 sections
- Part 9 Contractor Qualifications 106 sections
- Part 10 Market Research 4 sections
- Part 11 Describing Agency Needs 33 sections
- Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 38 sections
- Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 49 sections
- Part 14 Sealed Bidding 82 sections
- Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation 81 sections
- Part 16 Types of Contracts 74 sections
- Part 17 Special Contracting Methods 50 sections
- Part 18 Emergency Acquisitions 34 sections
- Part 19 Small Business Programs 126 sections
- Part 22 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 205 sections
- Part 23 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 38 sections
- Part 24 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 10 sections
- Part 25 Foreign Acquisition 81 sections
- Part 26 Other Socioeconomic Programs 36 sections
- Part 27 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 59 sections
- Part 28 Bonds and Insurance 61 sections
- Part 29 Taxes 23 sections
- Part 30 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 30 sections
- Part 31 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 87 sections
- Part 32 Contract Financing 175 sections
- Part 33 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 23 sections
- Part 34 Major System Acquisition 20 sections
- Part 35 Research and Development Contracting 25 sections
- Part 36 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 81 sections
- Part 37 Service Contracting 46 sections
- Part 38 Federal Supply Schedule Contracting 3 sections
- Part 39 Acquisition of Information Technology 14 sections
- Part 40 Information Security and Supply Chain Security 12 sections
- Part 41 Acquisition of Utility Services 17 sections
- Part 42 Contract Administration and Audit Services 84 sections
- Part 43 Contract Modifications 14 sections
- Part 44 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 24 sections
- Part 45 Government Property 33 sections
- Part 46 Quality Assurance 60 sections
- Part 47 Transportation 106 sections
- Part 48 Value Engineering 13 sections
- Part 49 Termination of Contracts 108 sections
- Part 50 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 34 sections
- Part 51 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 15 sections
- Part 52 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 680 sections
- Part 53 Forms 61 sections
DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)
- Part 201 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 24 sections
- Part 202 Definitions of Words and Terms 1 sections
- Part 203 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 28 sections
- Part 204 Administrative and Information Matters 76 sections
- Part 205 Publicizing Contract Actions 11 sections
- Part 206 Competition Requirements 20 sections
- Part 207 Acquisition Planning 22 sections
- Part 208 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 31 sections
- Part 209 Contractor Qualifications 55 sections
- Part 210 Market Research 2 sections
- Part 211 Describing Agency Needs 22 sections
- Part 212 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 24 sections
- Part 213 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 23 sections
- Part 214 Sealed Bidding 14 sections
- Part 215 Contracting by Negotiation 66 sections
- Part 216 Types of Contracts 36 sections
- Part 217 Special Contracting Methods 64 sections
- Part 218 Emergency Acquisitions 7 sections
- Part 219 Small Business Programs 47 sections
- Part 222 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 56 sections
- Part 223 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 34 sections
- Part 224 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 2 sections
- Part 225 Foreign Acquisition 251 sections
- Part 226 Other Socioeconomic Programs 14 sections
- Part 227 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 99 sections
- Part 228 Bonds and Insurance 17 sections
- Part 229 Taxes 9 sections
- Part 230 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 2 sections
- Part 231 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 232 Contract Financing 74 sections
- Part 233 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 8 sections
- Part 234 Major System Acquisition 13 sections
- Part 235 Research and Development Contracting 16 sections
- Part 236 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 25 sections
- Part 237 Service Contracting 67 sections
- Part 239 Acquisition of Information Technology 38 sections
- Part 241 Acquisition of Utility Services 8 sections
- Part 242 Contract Administration and Audit Services 40 sections
- Part 243 Contract Modifications 18 sections
- Part 244 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 245 Government Property 23 sections
- Part 246 Quality Assurance 39 sections
- Part 247 Transportation 27 sections
- Part 249 Termination of Contracts 14 sections
- Part 250 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 16 sections
- Part 251 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 5 sections
- Part 252 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 405 sections
- Part 253 Forms 10 sections
- Part 270 Defense Contracting Programs 7 sections
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.