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27 sections with “acceptable contractor business systems”

  • DFARS 252.242-7005 Contractor business systems.
    …d at 48 CFR 9903.201-1 (see the FAR Appendix). (b) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptable contractor business systems means contractor business systems that comply with the terms and conditions of the applicable business system c…
  • DFARS 242.7000 Contractor business system deficiencies.
    (a) Definitions. As used in this subpart— Acceptable contractor business systems means contractor business systems that comply with the terms and conditions of the applicable business system clauses listed in the definition of “contractor …
  • 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 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …chasing System Administration—Basic (Jan 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptable purchasing system means a purchasing system that complies with the system criteria in paragraph (c) of this clause. Material weakness mean…
  • DFARS 252.245-7003 Contractor Property Management System Administration.
    …ty Management System Administration (Jan 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptable property management system means a property system that complies with the system criteria in paragraph (c) of this clause. Material weakne…
  • FAR 28.204-3 Irrevocable letter of credit.
    …xpire only as provided in paragraph (f) of this subsection, and be issued/confirmed by an acceptable federally insured financial institution as provided in paragraph (g) of this subsection. (c) To draw on the ILC, the contracting officer s…
  • 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 252.215-7002 Cost Estimating System Requirements.
    … 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 this clause, and provides for a sys…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …es cost elements as management goals to achieve the best balance between life-cycle cost, acceptable performance, and schedule. Under this concept, cost is a design constraint during the design and development phases and a management discip…
  • 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 …
  • DFARS 234.201 Policy.
    … the contractor's earned value management system complies with the system criteria for an acceptable earned value management system as prescribed in the clause at 252.234-7002, Earned Value Management System. (7) Disposition of findings—(i…
  • DFARS 242.7502 Policy.
    …rmine whether the contractor's accounting system complies with the system criteria for an acceptable accounting system as prescribed in the clause at 252.242-7006, Accounting System Administration. (d) Disposition of findings—(1) Reporting…
  • DFARS 244.305-70 Policy.
    …rmine whether the contractor's purchasing system complies with the system criteria for an acceptable purchasing system as prescribed in the clause at 252.244-7001, Contractor Purchasing System Administration. (c) Disposition of findings—(1…
  • DFARS 252.242-7006 Accounting System Administration.
    …: 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) of this clause to provide reasonable assurance tha…
  • DFARS 242.7203 Review procedures.
    …aknesses, shall promptly notify the contractor, in writing, that the contractor's MMAS is acceptable and approved; or (ii) If the contracting officer finds that there are one or more material weaknesses due to the contractor's failure to m…
  • DFARS 252.234-7002 Earned Value Management System.
    …se: 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 complies with system criteria in paragraph (b) of thi…
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …al Management and Accounting System (Jan 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptable material management and accounting system means a material management and accounting system that generally complies with the system criteri…
  • FAR 16.103 Negotiating contract type.
    …s enterprise, shall be used when the risk involved is minimal or can be predicted with an acceptable degree of certainty. However, when a reasonable basis for firm pricing does not exist, other contract types should be considered, and negot…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …ing program and monitor and enforce compliance with the plan. (iii) Failure to submit an acceptable ISR, or the SSR, using the eSRS, or as provided in agency regulations, by the report due dates specified in 52.219-9, Small Business Subcon…
  • FAR 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …dance with 52.224-3(f) and the agency specifies that only its agency-provided training is acceptable). (xxi) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (OCT 2016) (Section 862, as amended, of the…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …the Contractor's (or subcontractor's) property management practices are inadequate or not acceptable for the effective management and control of Government property under this contract, or present an undue risk to the Government, the Contra…
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    …y, why alternatives that would not require a domestic nonavailability determination are unacceptable. (ii) A domestic nonavailability determination that applies to more than one contract (i.e., a class domestic nonavailability determinatio…
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …maintained by the offeror or prospective subcontractor in its business operations will be acceptable. The Contracting Officer may amend the description as the result of negotiations.] (2) As soon as practicable after agreement on price, bu…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …mptly enter into negotiations with the Contracting Officer to determine whether there are acceptable terms for transferring such rights. All technical data in which the Contractor has granted the Government additional rights shall be listed…
  • DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …mptly enter into negotiations with the Contracting Officer to determine whether there are acceptable terms for transferring such rights. All technical data in which the Contractor has granted the Government additional rights shall be listed…
  • DFARS 252.239-7010 Cloud Computing Services.
    …the authority to formally assume responsibility for operating an information system at an acceptable level of risk to organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, individuals, other …
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …r, and serial number for all aircraft under FSCs 1510 and 1520. (2) If the schedules are acceptable, the plant clearance officer will confirm acceptance in the GFP module plant clearance capability, which will transmit a notification to th…

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