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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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51 sections with “Under Secretary of Defense for Policy”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.225-7049 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commercial Satellite Services—Representations.
    …ract for commercial satellite services may be awarded to— (1)(i) A foreign entity if the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment or the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy reasonably believes that— (A) The foreign ent…
  • DFARS 252.204-7000 Disclosure of information.
    …c, Technical and Engineering Information, in effect on the date of contract award and the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) memoranda on Fundamental Research, dated May 24, 2010, and on Contracted Fundament…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …icipation by small businesses; (6) Assists small business concerns in obtaining payments under their contracts, late payment interest penalties, or information on contractual payment provisions; (7) Has supervisory authority over agency p…
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …tractor participating in an approved plan is also required to comply with its obligations under the Equal Opportunity clause, and to make a good faith effort to achieve each goal under the plan in each trade in which it has employees. The o…
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    … costs of the contractor associated with the production of unfunded units to be delivered under the contract; (4) The contract provides that payments to the contractor under the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred costs on fu…
  • DFARS 234.7002 Policy.
    …ystems. (1) A DoD major weapon system may be treated as a commercial product, or acquired under procedures established for the acquisition of commercial products, only if— (i) The Secretary of Defense determines that— (A) The major weapon…
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    …ce performed by Contractor personnel subject to this clause is not active duty or service under 38 U.S.C. 106 note. (c) Support. (1)(i) The Combatant Commander will develop a security plan for protection of Contractor personnel in location…
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …nlimited rights in technical data. (B) If the contracting officer makes a determination, under paragraphs (b)(1)(A) (1) and (2) of this section, for a competitive solicitation, 10 U.S.C. 3208(d)(2) requires that the evaluation of items dev…
  • DFARS 225.772-2 Prohibitions.
    …ot award a contract for commercial satellite services to— (a)(1) A foreign entity if the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment or the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy reasonably believes that— (i) The foreign ent…
  • DFARS 247.572 Policy.
    …ing to the United States. (c) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2631(c)— (1) Any vessel used under a time charter contract for the transportation of supplies under this section shall have the following work performed in the United States or it…
  • DFARS 225.772-4 Exception.
    (a) The prohibitions in 225.772-2(a) and (b) do not apply if— (1) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, or the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, without power of redelegation, determines that it is in the nat…
  • FAR 1.301 Policy.
    …issuances that merely implement or supplement higher level issuances that have previously undergone the public comment process, unless such implementation or supplementation results in an additional significant cost or administrative impact…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …or omission has occurred. Advisory and assistance services means those services provided under contract by nongovernmental sources to support or improve: organizational policy development; decision-making; management and administration; pr…
  • FAR 17.703 Policy.
    …ncipal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting at: Department of Defense, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), Defense Pricing and Contracting, Contract Policy, Room 3B938, 3060 Defense Pentagon, Washing…
  • FAR 41.201 Policy.
    …r transfer of electricity to the agency by a non-utility, including a qualifying facility under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; (ii) Enter into an interagency agreement, pursuant to 41.206 and 17.5, with a Federal power…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    …incidental information technology. FASCSA order means any of the following orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FASCSA) requiring the removal of covered articles from executive agency information systems o…
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    …ated by the Secretary of State as diplomatic in nature, including any individual assigned under section 502(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-465) to be temporarily in charge of such a mission or office. Combatant commander…
  • DFARS 201.301 Policy.
    …ion of the FAR is issued in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) under authorization and subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense. The DFARS contains— (i) Requirements of law; (…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …horized aftermarket manufacturer means an organization that fabricates an electronic part under a contract with, or with the express written authority of, the original component manufacturer based on the original component manufacturer's de…
  • DFARS 209.104-1 General standards.
    …government when access to proscribed information is required to perform the contract. (A) Under 10 U.S.C. 4874(a), no DoD contract under a national security program may be awarded to an entity controlled by a foreign government if that enti…
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    …ms specifically for commissary resale. (6) Acquisitions of items for test and evaluation under the foreign comparative testing program (10 U.S.C. 2350a(g)). However, this exception does not apply to any acquisitions under follow-on product…
  • DFARS 242.002 Interagency agreements.
    (b)(i) DoD requires reimbursement, at a rate set by the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer), from non-DoD organizations, except for— (A) Quality assurance, contract administration, and audit services provided u…
  • FAR 25.302-4 Policy.
    …nd reporting specified incidents in which personnel performing private security functions under a contract are involved. (2) In addition, contractors are required to fully cooperate with any Government-authorized investigation into inciden…
  • FAR 39.101 Policy.
    …nications equipment or services, regardless of whether that use is in performance of work under a Federal contract. (g) See the prohibition in 4.2202 on the presence or use of a covered application (“TikTok”). (h) Executive agencies are p…
  • FAR 47.502 Policy.
    …ence Act of 1954 (46 U.S.C. 1241(b), which is Section 901(b) of the Merchant Marine Act). Under this Act, Government agencies acquiring, either within or outside the United States, supplies that may require ocean transportation shall ensure…
  • FAR 52.209-14 Reserve Officer Training Corps and Military Recruiting on Campus.
    …aragraph (b) of this clause— (1) The institution will be ineligible for further payments under this and any other contracts with this agency and any other covered agency, except for contracts at or below the simplified acquisition threshol…
  • DFARS 201.402 Policy.
    …e Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) (OUSD(A&S)DPCAP), is the approval authority within DoD for any individual or class deviation …
  • DFARS 209.570-2 Policy.
    …DoD. The authority to make this determination may not be delegated below the level of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. Also, see 209.570-3(b). (d) Effective October 1, 2010, DoD is prohibited from awarding a …
  • DFARS 213.270 Use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    … accommodation check. (7) The payment is for a transportation bill. (8) The purchase is under a Federal Supply Schedule contract that does not permit use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card. (9) The purchase is for medical ser…
  • DFARS 213.305-3 Conditions for use.
    …ector for Financial Commerce, Office of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), except as provided in paragraph (d)(iii) of this subsection. (iii) Imprest funds are authorized for use wit…
  • DFARS 225.770-5 Waiver of prohibition.
    …gation, to make the determination specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection: (1) The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment). (2) The Secretaries of the military departments. (3) The Component Acquisition Executive o…
  • DFARS 225.772-3 Procedures.
    …gn entity if such award presents an unacceptable cybersecurity risk, as determined by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment or the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. (2) When procuring commercial satellite serv…
  • FAR 28.305 Overseas workers' compensation and war-hazard insurance.
    … involving construction, alteration, removal, or repair, including projects or operations under service contracts and projects in connection with the national defense or with war activities, dredging, harbor improvements, dams, roadways, an…
  • DFARS 206.302-5 Authorized or required by statute.
    …or other community services from local governments at military installations to be closed under the circumstances in 237.7401 (section 2907 of Fiscal Year 1994 Defense Authorization Act (Pub. L. 103-160)). (iii) Acquire products and servic…
  • DFARS 230.201-5 Waiver.
    …pal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment)— (1) May grant CAS waivers that meet the conditions in FAR 30.201-5(b)(1); and (2) May gran…
  • DFARS 242.771-3 Responsibilities.
    …e Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in connection with 10 U.S.C. 3763(c); the Defense Contract Management Agency or the milita…
  • FAR 4.2301 Definitions.
    …incidental information technology. FASCSA order means any of the following orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FASCSA) requiring the removal of covered articles from executive agency information systems o…
  • FAR 52.204-28 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts.
    …incidental information technology. FASCSA order means any of the following orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FASCSA) requiring the removal of covered articles from executive agency information systems o…
  • DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.
    …(see PGI 201.170-2(a)) for all procurements with an estimated value of $1 billion or more under major defense acquisition programs for which the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S)) is the milestone decision…
  • DFARS 201.201-1 The two councils.
    …If a recommended revision of DFARS is a FAR deviation, identify the deviation and include under separate TAB a justification for the deviation that addresses the requirements of 201.402(2). The justification should be in the form of a memor…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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