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150 sections with “Section 8(a) Direct Award”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.219-7009 Section 8(a) direct award.
    As prescribed in 219.811-3(1), use the following clause: Section 8(a) Direct Award (OCT 2018) (a) This contract is issued as a direct award between the contracting office and the 8(a) Contractor pursuant to the Partnership Agreement betwe…
  • FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.
    … behalf of the employee, perquisites or property) for the executive exceeds $10,000. (b) Section 2(d)(2) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-282), as amended by section 6202 of the Government Fun…
  • FAR 52.219-17 Section 8(a) Award.
    As prescribed in 19.811-3(c), insert the following clause: Section 8(a) Award (OCT 2019) (a) By execution of a contract, the Small Business Administration (SBA) agrees to the following: (1) To furnish the supplies or services set forth i…
  • 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 3.104-3 Statutory and related prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements.
    …ement information (41 U.S.C. 2102). (1) A person described in paragraph (a)(2) of this subsection must not, other than as provided by law, knowingly disclose contractor bid or proposal information or source selection information before the …
  • FAR 3.502-2 Subcontractor kickbacks.
    …wingly and willfully engages in the prohibited conduct addressed in paragraph (a) of this section. (c) Provides for the recovery of civil penalties by the United States from any person who knowingly engages in such prohibited conduct and f…
  • FAR 3.803 Exceptions.
    …on include consultants and trade associations. (iii) As used in paragraph (a)(2) of this section “professional and technical services” are limited to advice and analysis directly applying any professional or technical discipline. For examp…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …ion for a single-award BPA exceeding $150 million, if applicable (see (a)(3)(ii)) of this section); (vi) Documentation supporting the decision to establish multiple-award BPAs or a single-award BPA (see (a)(3)(iv)); (vii) Evidence of comp…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …bleness of the offered prices. The analytical techniques and procedures described in this section may be used, singly or in combination with others, to ensure that the final price is fair and reasonable. The complexity and circumstances of …
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    (a) General. This subsection prescribes policies for establishing the profit or fee portion of the Government prenegotiation objective in price negotiations based on cost analysis. (1) Profit or fee prenegotiation objectives do not necessa…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …the pricing of contract modifications, and the clause prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section has not been included. (d) Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data. The contracting officer shall— (1) Insert the clause at 52.215-12, …
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    … using the format(s) and requirements from paragraphs (b)(2)(ii)(A), (B), and (C) of this section, modified to show the brand-name justification. A justification is required unless a justification covering the requirements in the order was …
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …ing authority to establish an Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (see section 15(k) of the Small Business Act). For the Department of Defense, in accordance with section 904 of Public Law 109-163 (10 U.S.C. 144 note), th…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    … in a specific offer by filing a contracting officer's protest (see paragraph (c) of this section). (c)(1) Any contracting officer who receives a protest, whether timely or not, or who, as the contracting officer, wishes to protest the sma…
  • FAR 19.504 Orders under multiple-award contracts.
    (a) General. In accordance with section 1331 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (15 U.S.C. 644(r)(2)), contracting officers may, at their discretion, set aside orders placed under multiple-award contracts for any of the small business c…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    (a) Applicability. (1) This section applies to small business set-asides above the simplified acquisition threshold and orders issued directly to a small business in accordance with 19.504(c)(1)(ii) above the simplified acquisition threshol…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …cerns, SDB concerns, and WOSB concerns. (a)(1) Except as stated in paragraph (b) of this section, section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) imposes the following requirements regarding subcontracting with small businesses a…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    … only, a contracting officer may require the goals referenced in paragraph (a)(1) of this section to be calculated as a percentage of total contract dollars, in addition to the goals established as a percentage of total subcontract dollars;…
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    …ary Countries under the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act of 2000. (3) Section XXII, Chapter 98, Subchapter II, Articles Exported and Returned, Advanced or Improved Abroad, U.S. Note 7(b). (4) Section XXII, Chapter 98, S…
  • FAR 25.703-4 Waiver.
    … contractor seeking a waiver of the requirements of 25.703-2 or 25.703-3, consistent with section 6(b)(5) of the Iran Sanctions Act or 22 U.S.C. 8551(b), respectively, and the Presidential Memorandum of September 23, 2010 (75 FR 67025), sha…
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    …ons and contracts for experimental, developmental, or research work as prescribed in this section. (2) This section also applies to solicitations or contracts for construction work or architect-engineer services that include— (i) Experime…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …it applicable to data other than special works, as appropriate (see paragraph (e) of this section); (ii) For the acquisition of existing data, commercial computer software, or other existing data, as described in 27.405-2 through 27.405-4 …
  • FAR 30.604 Processing changes to disclosed or established cost accounting practices.
    (a) Scope. This section applies to required, unilateral, and desirable changes in cost accounting practices. (b) Procedures. Upon receipt of the contractor's notification and description of the change in cost accounting practice, the CFAO …
  • FAR 31.205-1 Public relations and advertising costs.
    …ucts or services and to accomplish the activities referred to in paragraph (d) of this subsection, regardless of the medium employed, when the advertiser has control over the form and content of what will appear, the media in which it will …
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    … years' salaries or wages (but see paragraphs (g), (h), (j), (k), (m), and (o) of this subsection). (2) The total compensation for individual employees or job classes of employees must be reasonable for the work performed; however, specifi…
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    (a) Definitions. As used in this subsection— Applied research means that effort which (1) normally follows basic research, but may not be severable from the related basic research, (2) attempts to determine and exploit the potential of sci…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    (a) Definitions. As used in this subsection— Costs include, but are not limited to, administrative and clerical expenses; the costs of legal services, whether performed by in-house or private counsel; the costs of the services of accountan…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    … 21 (GAO Bid Protest Regulations). In the event guidance concerning GAO procedure in this section conflicts with 4 CFR part 21, 4 CFR part 21 governs. (a) General procedures. (1) A protester is required to furnish a copy of its complete pr…
  • FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.
    …in Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (b) Prohibition. (1) Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executiv…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …operations do not include business operations that the person (as that term is defined in Section 2 of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007) conducting the business can demonstrate— (1) Are conducted under contract directly …
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …bition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (JAN 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisio…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …bition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (JAN 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisio…
  • FAR 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification.
    …contract, within 3 business days after the date of hire (but see paragraph (b)(3) of this section); and (iii) Verify employees assigned to the contract. For each employee assigned to the contract, initiate verification within 90 calendar d…
  • FAR 52.225-21 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials.
    … or predominantly of iron or steel, the iron or steel was produced in the United States. (Section 1605 of the Recovery Act applies.) Foreign construction material means a construction material other than a domestic construction material. …
  • FAR 52.225-23 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    … or predominantly of iron or steel, the iron or steel was produced in the United States. (Section 1605 of the Recovery Act applies.) Foreign construction material means a construction material other than a domestic construction material. …
  • FAR 52.240-1 Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manufactured or Assembled by American Security Drone Act—Covered Foreign Entities.
    …cil (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.). FASC-prohibited unmanned air…
  • FAR 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …leblower Protections Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (JUN 2010) (Section 1553 of Pub. L. 111-5), if the subcontract is funded under the Recovery Act. (iii) 52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights (NOV 2…
  • DFARS 217.170 General.
    …is shows that the multiyear contract will result in the lower cost (10 U.S.C. 3501(l)(7); section 8008(a) of Pub. L. 105-56 and similar sections in subsequent DoD appropriations acts). (b) The head of the agency must provide written notice…
  • DFARS 223.501-70 Disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions.
    (a) Scope. This section implements section 318 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Pub. L. 118-31). (b) Definitions. As used in this section— Greenhouse gas means carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, nitroge…
  • DFARS 237.104 Personal services contracts.
    …ls under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 1091 shall be selected through the procedures in this section. These procedures do not apply to contracts awarded to business entities other than individuals. Selections made using the procedures in this …

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