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25 sections with “Selling”

  • FAR 31.205-38 Selling costs.
    (a) “Selling” is a generic term encompassing all efforts to market the contractor's products or services, some of which are covered specifically in other subsections of 31.205. The costs of any selling efforts other than those addressed in …
  • DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.
    …Other than commercial products or (B) Commercial products that— (1) The Contractor is reselling or distributing to the Government without adding value (generally, the Contractor does not add value to items that it contracts for f.o.b. des…
  • FAR 52.247-64 Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels.
    …ion contract; or (ii) The supplies being transported are— (A) Items the Contractor is reselling or distributing to the Government without adding value. (Generally, the Contractor does not add value to the items when it subcontracts items …
  • DFARS 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.
    …se contracts. Examples of such costs include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Selling expenses (not otherwise limited by FAR Part 31), such as— (i) Maintaining international sales and service organizations; (ii) Sales commissi…
  • DFARS 252.225-7065 Restriction on Acquisition of Fuel for Overseas Contingency Operations.
    …art, or derivatives of such fuel, that is sourced from nations or regions prohibited from selling petroleum to the United States. See Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 25.7 and the Office of Foreign Assets Control website at https://of…
  • DFARS 252.227-7008 Computation of royalties.
    …nce thereof by the Department of ____________, at the rate of ________ percent of the net selling price of such articles or materials (amount) per (name of item) * whether manufactured by the Government or procured under a fixed price contr…
  • FAR 3.401 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Bona fide agency, means an established commercial or selling agency, maintained by a contractor for the purpose of securing business, that neither exerts nor proposes to exert improper influence to solicit or obtai…
  • FAR 6.302-5 Authorized or required by statute.
    …rdinarily, these purchases will involve articles desired or preferred by customers of the selling activities (but see 6.301(d)).
  • FAR 7.403 General Services Administration assistance and OMB guidance.
    … website, Schedule 51 V Hardware Superstore-Equipment Rental, (https://www.gsa.gov/buying-selling/products-services/industrial-products-services/rental-of-industrial-equipment). (c) For additional OMB guidance, see— (1) Section 13, Specia…
  • FAR 12.501 Applicability.
    …iver of any provision of law with respect to any subcontract if the prime contractor is reselling or distributing commercial products or commercial services of another contractor without adding value. This limitation is intended to preclude…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …te brokers and appraisers to assist Federal employees or military personnel in buying and selling homes (which shall not include actual moving or storage of household goods and related services). (2) Conditions. The exemption for the servi…
  • FAR 25.702-1 Definitions.
    …ngaging in commerce in any form, including by acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating equipment, facilities, personnel, products, services, personal property, real property, or any other appara…
  • FAR 29.401-4 New Mexico gross receipts and compensating tax.
    …which activities involve predominately the performance of a service as distinguished from selling or leasing property. Services includes activities performed by a person for its members of shareholders. In determining what is a service, the…
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    …pment and bid and proposal costs; (6) Royalties and other costs for use of patents; (7) Selling and distribution costs; (8) Travel and relocation costs, as related to special or mass personnel movements, as related to travel via contract…
  • FAR 47.504 Exceptions.
    …tracts; or (4) Shipments of commercial products that are— (i) Items the contractor is reselling or distributing to the Government without adding value (see FAR 12.501(b)). Generally, the contractor does not add value to the items when it …
  • FAR 52.203-5 Covenant Against Contingent Fees.
    …nt fee. (b) Bona fide agency, as used in this clause, means an established commercial or selling agency, maintained by a contractor for the purpose of securing business, that neither exerts nor proposes to exert improper influence to solic…
  • FAR 52.225-20 Prohibition on Conducting Restricted Business Operations in Sudan—Certification.
    …ngaging in commerce in any form, including by acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating equipment, facilities, personnel, products, services, personal property, real property, or any other appara…
  • FAR 52.229-10 State of New Mexico Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax.
    …or shall provide Type 15 Nontaxable Transaction Certificates to each vendor in New Mexico selling tangible personal property to the Contractor for use in the performance of this contract. Failure to provide a Type 15 Nontaxable Transaction …
  • DFARS 225.802-71 End use certificates.
    …ansfer the item to third parties without authorization from the Government of the country selling the item. When encountering this situation, refer to DoD Instruction 2040.03, End Use Certificates, for guidance.
  • DFARS 225.7020-1 Definitions.
    …s engaging in commerce in any form, including acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating equipment, facilities, personnel, products, services, personal property, real property, or any other appara…
  • DFARS 225.7024-2 Prohibition.
    …art, or derivatives of such fuel, that is sourced from nations or regions prohibited from selling petroleum to the United States. See FAR subpart 25.7 and the Office of Foreign Assets Control website at https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-p…
  • DFARS 225.7303-4 Contingent fees.
    …— (1) The fees are paid to a bona fide employee or a bona fide established commercial or selling agency maintained by the prospective contractor for the purpose of securing business (see FAR Part 31 and FAR Subpart 3.4); and (2) The contr…
  • DFARS 252.225-7027 Restriction on contingent fees for foreign military sales.
    …(1) A bona fide employee of the Contractor; or (2) A bona fide established commercial or selling agency maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of securing business. (b) For foreign military sales, unless the contingent fees have bee…
  • DFARS 252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime.
    …s engaging in commerce in any form, including acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating equipment, facilities, personnel, products, services, personal property, real property, or any other appara…
  • DFARS 252.246-7007 Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System.
    …n, to subcontractors at all levels in the supply chain that are responsible for buying or selling electronic parts or assemblies containing electronic parts, or for performing authentication testing. (10) Process for keeping continually in…

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