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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • DFARS 215.407-5-70 Disclosure, maintenance, and review requirements.
    …f the disclosure and approve or disapprove the system: and (ii) Pursue correction of any weaknesses or deficiencies. (3) The auditor conducts estimating system reviews. (4) An acceptable system shall provide for the use of appropriate so…
  • DFARS 234.201 Policy.
    …anagement system and approve or disapprove the system; and (ii) Pursue correction of any weaknesses or deficiencies. (6) In evaluating the acceptability of a contractor's earned value management system, the contracting officer, in consult…
  • DFARS 242.7000 Contractor business system deficiencies.
    …2.242-7005, until the contracting officer determines that there are no remaining material weaknesses; and (ii) The contracting officer reserves the right to take other actions within the terms and conditions of the contract. (3) Provide a…
  • DFARS 242.7203 Review procedures.
    … the contracting officer. If the auditor or functional specialist identifies any material weakness, the report shall describe the weaknesses or deficiencies in sufficient detail to allow the contracting officer to understand the weaknesses …
  • DFARS 242.7502 Policy.
    …accounting system and approve or disapprove the system; and (2) Pursue correction of any weaknesses or deficiencies. (c) In evaluating the acceptability of a contractor's accounting system, the contracting officer, in consultation with th…
  • DFARS 244.305-70 Policy.
    … contracting officer. If the auditor or purchasing system analyst identifies any material weaknesses, the report shall describe the underlying deficiencies in sufficient detail to allow the contracting officer to understand the weaknesses o…
  • DFARS 245.105 Contractors' property management system compliance.
    …ity of the system and approve or disapprove the system; and (2) Pursue correction of any weaknesses or deficiencies. (c) In evaluating the acceptability of a contractor's property management system, the contracting officer, in consultatio…
  • DFARS 252.215-7002 Cost Estimating System Requirements.
    …lation of historical costs, and other analyses used to generate cost estimates. Material weakness means a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in the internal control over information in contractor business systems, such that there is…
  • DFARS 252.234-7002 Earned Value Management System.
    …omplies with the earned value management system guidelines in the ANSI/EIA-748. Material weakness means a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in the internal control over information in contractor business systems, such that there is…
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …, engineering, estimating, purchasing, inventory, accounting, or other systems. Material weakness means a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in the internal control over information in contractor business systems, such that there is…
  • DFARS 252.242-7005 Contractor business systems.
    …cludes the clause at 252.244-7001, Contractor Purchasing System Administration. Material weakness means a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in the internal control over information in contractor business systems, such that there is…
  • DFARS 252.242-7006 Accounting System Administration.
    …direct costs, compensation, billing, labor, and general information technology. Material weakness means a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in the internal control over information in contractor business systems, such that there is…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    … system that complies with the system criteria in paragraph (c) of this clause. Material weakness means a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in the internal control over information in contractor business systems, such that there is…
  • DFARS 252.245-7003 Contractor Property Management System Administration.
    … system that complies with the system criteria in paragraph (c) of this clause. Material weakness means a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in the internal control over information in contractor business systems, such that there is…
  • FAR 15.001 Definitions.
    …al failure of a proposal to meet a Government requirement or a combination of significant weaknesses in a proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance to an unacceptable level. Proposal modification is a change mad…
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …ddress— (i) Ambiguities in the proposal or other concerns (e.g., perceived deficiencies, weaknesses, errors, omissions, or mistakes (see 14.407)); and (ii) Information relating to relevant past performance; and (4) Shall address adverse …
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …, review, etc.). (G) Management letter from outside CPAs concerning any internal control weaknesses. (H) Actions that have been and/or will be implemented to correct the weaknesses described in the management letter from subparagraph (G) …
  • FAR 1.102-3 Evaluating agency acquisition processes.
    …untary feedback from interested parties in an acquisition to assess process strengths and weaknesses and improve effectiveness and efficiency of the acquisition process. Agencies may— (1) Utilize a variety of feedback mechanisms available …
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …umerical weights, and ordinal rankings. The relative strengths, deficiencies, significant weaknesses, and risks supporting proposal evaluation shall be documented in the contract file. (1) Cost or price evaluation. Normally, competition es…
  • FAR 15.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
    …debriefing information shall include— (1) The Government's evaluation of the significant weaknesses or deficiencies in the offeror's proposal, if applicable; (2) The overall evaluated cost or price (including unit prices), and technical r…
  • FAR 16.103 Negotiating contract type.
    … (B) The nature of the additional risks (e.g., inadequate contractor's accounting system, weaknesses in contractor's internal control, non-compliance with Cost Accounting Standards, or lack of or inadequate earned value management system); …
  • FAR 44.305-2 Notification.
    …contracts include the fact that a CPSR or continuing surveillance has revealed sufficient weaknesses in a particular area of subcontracting to warrant special attention by the ACO. (c) When recommendations are made for improvement of an ap…
  • FAR 44.305-3 Withholding or withdrawing approval.
    …ll withhold or withdraw approval of a contractor's purchasing system when there are major weaknesses or when the contractor is unable to provide sufficient information upon which to make an affirmative determination. The ACO may withdraw ap…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    … see 218.270.) Major defense acquisition program is defined in 10 U.S.C. 4201. Material weakness means a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in the internal control over information in contractor business systems, such that there is…
  • DFARS 242.302 Contract administration functions.
    … 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 projects performed by major contrac…
  • DFARS 242.7202 Policy.
    …contractor's MMAS and approve or disapprove the system; and (2) Pursue correction of any weaknesses or deficiencies. (c) In evaluating the acceptability of the contractor's MMAS, the contracting officer, in consultation with the auditor a…

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.