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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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84 sections with “System criteria”: the first 40

  • DFARS 245.105 Contractors' property management system compliance.
    (a) Definitions. As used in this subpart— Acceptable property management system means a property system that complies with the system criteria in paragraph (c) of the clause at 252.245-7003, Contractor Property Management Administration. …
  • DFARS 252.215-7002 Cost Estimating System Requirements.
    As prescribed in 215.408(1), use the following clause: Cost Estimating System Requirements (Jan 2025) (a) Definitions. Acceptable estimating system means an estimating system that complies with the system criteria in paragraph (d) of thi…
  • DFARS 252.234-7002 Earned Value Management System.
    As prescribed in 234.203(2), use the following clause: Earned Value Management System (Jan 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptable earned value management system means an earned value management system that generally co…
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    As prescribed in 242.7204, use the following clause: Material Management and Accounting System (Jan 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptable material management and accounting system means a material management and accou…
  • DFARS 252.242-7006 Accounting System Administration.
    As prescribed in 242.7503, use the following clause: Accounting System Administration (Jan 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptable accounting system means a system that complies with the system criteria in paragraph (c)…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …scribed in 244.305-71 and 244.305-71(a), use the following clause: Contractor Purchasing System Administration—Basic (Jan 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptable purchasing system means a purchasing system that complies…
  • DFARS 252.245-7003 Contractor Property Management System Administration.
    As prescribed in 245.107(3), insert the following clause: Contractor Property Management System Administration (Jan 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptable property management system means a property system that complie…
  • DFARS 252.246-7007 Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System.
    …use the following clause: Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System (JAN 2023) The following paragraphs (a) through (e) of this clause do not apply unless the Contractor is subject to the Cost Accounting Standa…
  • FAR 52.234-4 Earned Value Management System.
    As prescribed in 34.203(c), insert the following clause: Earned Value Management System (NOV 2016) (a) The Contractor shall use an earned value management system (EVMS) that has been determined by the Cognizant Federal Agency (CFA) to be …
  • FAR 52.246-19 Warranty of Systems and Equipment under Performance Specifications or Design Criteria.
    …c)(1), the contracting officer may insert a clause substantially as follows: Warranty of Systems and Equipment Under Performance Specifications or Design Criteria (MAY 2001) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptance means the a…
  • DFARS 215.407-5-70 Disclosure, maintenance, and review requirements.
    (a) Definitions. As used in this section— Acceptable estimating system means an estimating system that complies with the system criteria in paragraph (d) of 252.215-7002, Cost Estimating System Requirements, and provides for a system that—…
  • DFARS 234.001-70 Definitions.
    As used in this part— Acceptable earned value management system means an earned value management system that generally complies with system criteria in paragraph (b) of 252.234-7002, Earned Value Management System. Earned value management…
  • DFARS 234.201 Policy.
    (1) DoD applies the earned value management system requirement as follows: (i) For cost or incentive contracts and subcontracts valued at $20,000,000 or more, the earned value management system shall comply with the guidelines in the Ameri…
  • DFARS 242.7201 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Acceptable material management and accounting system means a material management and accounting system that generally complies with the system criteria in paragraph (d) of the clause at 252.242-7004, Material Manag…
  • DFARS 242.7202 Policy.
    …ndards in paragraph (d) of the clause at 252.242-7004, Material Management and Accounting System, so that the system— (1) Reasonably forecasts material requirements; (2) Ensures the costs of purchased and fabricated material charged or al…
  • DFARS 242.7203 Review procedures.
    … more material weaknesses due to the contractor's failure to meet one or more of the MMAS system criteria in the clause at 252.242-7004, the contracting officer shall— (A) Promptly make an initial written determination on any material weak…
  • DFARS 242.7501 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Acceptable accounting system means a system that complies with the system criteria in paragraph (c) of the clause at 252.242-7006, Accounting System Administration, to provide reasonable assurance that— (1) Applic…
  • DFARS 242.7502 Policy.
    …ts based on costs or on a percentage or stage of completion, shall maintain an accounting system. (b) The cognizant contracting officer, in consultation with the auditor or functional specialist, shall— (1) Determine the acceptability of …
  • DFARS 244.101 Definitions.
    Acceptable purchasing system means a purchasing system that complies with the system criteria in paragraph (c) of the clause at 252.244-7001. Purchasing system means the contractor's system or systems for purchasing and subcontracting, inc…
  • DFARS 244.305-70 Policy.
    … 44.305-3(b). (a) The cognizant contracting officer, in consultation with the purchasing system analyst or auditor, shall— (1) Determine the acceptability of the contractor's purchasing system and approve or disapprove the system; and (2…
  • DFARS 246.870-2 Policy.
    …it, and approval by the Government, generally in conjunction with a contractor purchasing system review or other surveillance of purchasing practices by the contract administration office, or if the Government obtains credible evidence that…
  • DFARS 252.204-7024 Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System.
    …04.7604, use the following provision: Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System (MAR 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Item risk means the probability that a product, based on intended use, will introduce …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …anizations, activities (including management and support services for R&D activities), or systems. These services are normally closely related to the basic responsibilities and mission of the agency originating the requirement for the acqui…
  • FAR 4.2301 Definitions.
    …7 U.S.C. 153); (3) The processing of information on a Federal or non-Federal information system, subject to the requirements of the Controlled Unclassified Information program (see 32 CFR part 2002); or (4) Hardware, systems, devices, sof…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …ing the acquisition, such as— (i) Requirements for compatibility with existing or future systems or programs; and (ii) Any known cost, schedule, and capability or performance constraints. (3) Cost. Set forth the established cost goals fo…
  • FAR 9.508 Examples.
    …eneral rules in 9.505 to individual contract situations. (a) Company A agrees to provide systems engineering and technical direction for the Navy on the powerplant for a group of submarines (i.e., turbines, drive shafts, propellers, etc.).…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …30-4, 52.230-5, and 52.230-6. (12) Determine the adequacy of the contractor's accounting system. The contractor's accounting system should be adequate during the entire period of contract performance. The adequacy of the contractor's accou…
  • FAR 46.703 Criteria for use of warranties.
    …fectiveness of any warranty. There must be some assurance that an adequate administrative system for reporting defects exists or can be established. The adequacy of a reporting system may depend upon such factors as the— (1) Nature and com…
  • FAR 52.204-28 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts.
    …7 U.S.C. 153); (3) The processing of information on a Federal or non-Federal information system, subject to the requirements of the Controlled Unclassified Information program (see 32 CFR part 2002); or (4) Hardware, systems, devices, sof…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    …7 U.S.C. 153); (3) The processing of information on a Federal or non-Federal information system, subject to the requirements of the Controlled Unclassified Information program (see 32 CFR part 2002); or (4) Hardware, systems, devices, sof…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … Offeror has completed the annual 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…
  • FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
    …. 101(16), and who is registered in the Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem, or successor system that is maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Benefits Administration, as a service-disabled veteran.…
  • FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns.
    …. 101(16), and who is registered in the Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem, or successor system that is maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Benefits Administration, as a service-disabled veteran.…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …the definition of “commercial service” in FAR 2.101. Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) means the Governmentwide, electronic, web-based system for small business subcontracting program reporting. The eSRS is located at http:…
  • DFARS 212.102 Applicability.
    … product” or “commercial service” definition in FAR 2.101. See 234.7002(b) and (c) for subsystems of major weapon systems and components and spare parts of major weapon systems and of subsystems of major weapon systems; (B) Include the wri…
  • DFARS 215.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    … acquiring information technology, whether as a service or as a supply, that is a covered system, is a part of a covered system, or is in support of a covered system, as defined in 239.7301. For additional guidance see PGI 215.304(c)(v). (…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …f new technology that fundamentally changes the characteristics of an existing product or system and that results in increased technical performance, improved reliability, or reduced costs; or (B) New products or systems that contain signi…
  • DFARS 235.006 Contracting methods and contract type.
    … to exercise a fixed-price production option on a development contract for a major weapon system reasonably in advance of the expiration of the option exercise period. (ii) For other than major defense acquisition programs— (A) Do not awa…
  • DFARS 239.7301 Definitions.
    …pply means an item of information technology that is purchased for inclusion in a covered system, and the loss of integrity of which could result in a supply chain risk for a covered system (see 10 U.S.C. 3252). Covered system means a nati…
  • DFARS 242.302 Contract administration functions.
    …onsibilities with regard to receipt of an audit report identifying significant accounting system or related internal control weaknesses or deficiencies. (9) For additional contract administration functions related to IR&D projects and B&P …

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