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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • FAR 3.103-2 Evaluating the certification.
    …o commercial customers at the same prices being offered to the Government. (iv) Participating in a reverse auction (see subpart 17.8). (2) For the purpose of paragraph (b)(2) of the certificate, an individual may use a blanket authorizati…
  • FAR 3.303 Reporting suspected antitrust violations.
    …sure that markets operate competitively. Any agreement or mutual understanding among competing firms that restrains the natural operation of market forces is suspect. Paragraph (c) of this section identifies behavior patterns that are often…
  • FAR 4.403 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    (a) Presolicitation phase. Contracting officers shall review all proposed solicitations to determine whether access to classified information may be required by offerors, or by a contractor during contract performance. (1) If access to cla…
  • FAR 4.606 Reporting Data.
    …rchase orders and imprest fund buys over the micro-purchase threshold awarded by a contracting officer. (ii) Indefinite delivery vehicle (identified as an “IDV” in FPDS). Examples of IDVs include the following: (A) Task and Delivery Order…
  • FAR 4.1703 Reporting requirements.
    (a) Thresholds. (1) Except as exempted by OFPP guidance, service contractor reporting shall be required for contracts and first-tier subcontracts for services based on type of contract and estimated total value. For indefinite-delivery cont…
  • FAR 4.1704 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    (a) For other than indefinite-delivery contracts, the contracting officer shall ensure that 52.204-14, Service Reporting Requirement, is included in solicitations, contracts, and orders as prescribed at 4.1705. For indefinite-delivery contr…
  • FAR 5.101 Methods of disseminating information.
    (a) As required by the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(e)) and 41 U.S.C. 1708, contracting officers must disseminate information on proposed contract actions as follows: (1) For proposed contract actions expected to exceed $25,000, by sy…
  • FAR 7.108 Additional requirements for telecommuting.
    …ll not— (a) Include in a solicitation a requirement that prohibits an offeror from permitting its employees to telecommute unless the contracting officer first determines that the requirements of the agency, including security requirements…
  • FAR 7.204 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    (a) Contracting officers are responsible for transmitting offeror responses to the solicitation provision at 52.207-4 to appropriate inventory management/requirements development activities in accordance with agency procedures. The economic…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …requirements in part 6. However, an ordering activity must justify its action when restricting consideration in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b) of this section— (a) Orders or BPAs exceeding the micro-purchase threshold based on a limi…
  • FAR 9.107 Surveys of nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne Program.
    … supplies and services Federal agencies are required to purchase from AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies serving people who are blind or have other severe disabilities (see Subpart 8.7). The Committee is required to find an Ability…
  • FAR 9.308-1 Testing performed by the contractor.
    (a)(1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.209-3, First Article Approval—Contractor Testing, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and it is intended that the contract require— (i) Fir…
  • FAR 9.308-2 Testing performed by the Government.
    (a)(1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.209-4, First Article Approval—Government Testing, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and it is intended that the contract require first art…
  • FAR 9.405 Effect of listing.
    … suspended, proposed for debarment, or voluntarily excluded, are also excluded from conducting business with the Government as agents or representatives of other contractors. (b) Contractors and other entities that have an active exclusion…
  • FAR 9.405-2 Restrictions on subcontracting.
    …ubcontractor for any subcontract subject to Government consent (see subpart 44.2), contracting officers shall not consent to subcontracts with such contractors unless the agency head states in writing the compelling reasons for this approva…
  • FAR 9.504 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    (a) Using the general rules, procedures, and examples in this subpart, contracting officers shall analyze planned acquisitions in order to— (1) Identify and evaluate potential organizational conflicts of interest as early in the acquisitio…
  • FAR 9.702 Contracting with pools.
    … shall be treated the same as any other prospective or actual contractor. (b) The contracting officer shall not award a contract to a pool unless the offer leading to the contract is submitted by the pool in its own name or by an individua…
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    (a) Considerations. In soliciting competition, the contracting officer shall consider the guidance in 13.104 and the following before requesting quotations or offers: (1)(i) The nature of the article or service to be purchased and whether …
  • FAR 15.406-3 Documenting the negotiation.
    (a) The contracting officer shall document in the contract file the principal elements of the negotiated agreement. The documentation (e.g., price negotiation memorandum (PNM)) shall include the following: (1) The purpose of the negotiatio…
  • FAR 15.407-5 Estimating systems.
    (a) Using an acceptable estimating system for proposal preparation benefits both the Government and the contractor by increasing the accuracy and reliability of individual proposals. Cognizant audit activities, when it is appropriate to do …
  • FAR 16.103 Negotiating contract type.
    (a) Selecting the contract type is generally a matter for negotiation and requires the exercise of sound judgment. Negotiating the contract type and negotiating prices are closely related and should be considered together. The objective is …
  • FAR 16.104 Factors in selecting contract types.
    There are many factors that the contracting officer should consider in selecting and negotiating the contract type. They include the following: (a) Price competition. Normally, effective price competition results in realistic pricing, and …
  • FAR 18.201 Contingency operation.
    (a) Contingency operation is defined in 2.101. (b) Micro-purchase threshold. The threshold increases when the head of the agency determines the supplies or services are to be used to support a contingency operation. (See 2.101 and 13.201(g…
  • FAR 19.103 Appealing the contracting officer's North American Industry Classification System code and size standard determination.
    (a) The contracting officer's determination is final unless appealed as follows: (1) An appeal of a contracting officer's NAICS code designation and the applicable size standard shall be served and filed within 10 calendar days after the i…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …business size and size protests are found at 13 CFR part 121. (2) An offeror, the contracting officer, SBA, or another interested party may protest the small business representation of an offeror in a specific offer for a contract. However…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    … meaning given in 13 CFR 126.103. (b)(1) For sole-source procurements, SBA or the contracting officer may protest the prospective contractor's certified HUBZone status; for all other procurements, SBA, the contracting officer, or any other…
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …g given in 13 CFR 134.1002(b). (b) General. (1) For sole source acquisitions, the contracting officer, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), or SBA may protest the apparently successful offeror's service-disabled veteran-owned small bus…
  • FAR 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    …has the meaning given in 13 CFR 127.102. (b)(1) For sole source acquisitions, the contracting officer or SBA may protest the offeror's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern or as a WOSB concern…
  • FAR 19.502-6 Setting aside a class of acquisitions for small business.
    …nilateral or joint. (c) Each class small business set-aside determination shall be in writing and must— (1) Specifically identify the product(s) and service(s) it covers; (2) Provide that the set aside does not apply to any acquisition a…
  • FAR 19.502-8 Rejecting Small Business Administration recommendations.
    (a) If the contracting officer rejects a recommendation of the SBA, written notice shall be furnished to the appropriate SBA representative within 5 working days of the contracting officer's receipt of the recommendation. (b) The SBA PCR (…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    …ern unless the concern waived the evaluation preference. (b)(1) Limitations on subcontracting. A small business concern subject to the limitations on subcontracting is required to comply with the following: (i) For a contract or order ass…
  • FAR 19.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.
    …ern, a concern must meet the appropriate definition (see 2.101 and 19.001). For subcontracting purposes, a concern is small if it does not exceed the size standard for the NAICS code that the prime contractor determines best describes the p…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    (a) Each subcontracting plan required under 19.301-2(e) and 19.702(a)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii) shall include— (1) Separate percentage goals for using small business (including ANCs and Indian tribes), veteran-owned small business, service-di…
  • FAR 19.705-2 Determining the need for a subcontracting plan.
    The contracting officer shall take the following actions to determine whether a proposed contractual action requires a subcontracting plan: (a)(1) Determine whether the proposed total contract-dollars will exceed the subcontracting plan th…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    The contracting officer shall review the subcontracting plan for adequacy, ensuring that the required information, goals, and assurances are included (see 19.704). (a) No detailed standards apply to every subcontracting plan. Instead, the …
  • FAR 19.705-5 Awards involving subcontracting plans.
    (a) In making an award that requires a subcontracting plan, the contracting officer shall be responsible for the following: (1) Consider the contractor's compliance with the subcontracting plans submitted on previous contracts as a factor …
  • FAR 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer.
    After a contract or contract modification containing a subcontracting plan is awarded or an existing subcontracting plan is amended, the contracting officer shall do the following: (a) Notify the SBA of the award by sending a copy of the a…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    … benefits. When a contractor fails to make a good faith effort to comply with a subcontracting plan, these objectives are not achieved, and 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(F) directs that liquidated damages shall be paid by the contractor. (b) Determi…
  • FAR 19.706 Responsibilities of the cognizant administrative contracting officer.
    The administrative contracting officer is responsible for assisting in evaluating subcontracting plans, and for monitoring, evaluating, and documenting contractor performance under the clause prescribed in 19.708(b) and any subcontracting p…
  • FAR 19.803 Selecting acquisitions for the 8(a) program.
    …the program. Selection is initiated in one of three ways: (a) The SBA advises the contracting activity of an 8(a) participant's capabilities through a search letter and requests the contracting activity to identify acquisitions to support …

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