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  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of proposals; or (2) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of offers and was under the Government's c…
  • FAR 28.203-1 Acceptability of individual sureties.
    (a) An individual surety is acceptable for all types of bonds except position schedule bonds. Assets pledged by an individual surety shall meet the eligibility requirements of Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Per 31 U.S.C. 9310, ind…
  • 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 9.104-3 Application of standards.
    …proposes to perform the contract by subcontracting, the contracting officer shall require acceptable evidence of the prospective contractor's ability to obtain required resources (see 9.104-1(a), (e), and (f)). Acceptable evidence normally …
  • FAR 14.304 Submission, modification, and withdrawal of bids.
    …0 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of bids; or (ii) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of bids and was under the Government's con…
  • FAR 15.208 Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals.
    …. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of proposals; or (ii) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of proposals and was under the Government'…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …ensure the criteria at 15.101-2(c)(1)-(5) are met when using the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process; and (G) Except for DoD, avoid using the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process to acquire …
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of offers; or (B) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of offers and was under the Government's c…
  • FAR 52.214-7 Late submissions, modifications, and withdrawals of bids.
    …0 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of bids; or (ii) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of bids and was under the Government's con…
  • FAR 52.214-23 Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of technical proposals under two-step sealed bidding.
    …. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of proposals; or (ii) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of offers and was under the Government's c…
  • 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 252.246-7007 Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System.
    …pection or testing) provides reasonable doubt that the electronic part is authentic. (b) Acceptable counterfeit electronic part detection and avoidance system. The Contractor shall establish and maintain an acceptable counterfeit electroni…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …) In negotiated acquisitions, the contracting officer shall determine whether the plan is acceptable based on the negotiation of each of the 15 elements of the plan (see 19.704). Subcontracting goals should be set at a level that the partie…
  • FAR 46.105 Contractor responsibilities.
    …at vendors or suppliers of raw materials, parts, components, subassemblies, etc., have an acceptable quality control system; and (4) Maintaining substantiating evidence, when required by the contract, that the supplies or services conform …
  • FAR 52.222-9 Apprentices and Trainees.
    …pprentices at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work performed until an acceptable program is approved. (b) Trainees. (1) Except as provided in 29 CFR 5.16, trainees will not be permitted to work at less than the predeter…
  • FAR 52.228-9 Cargo Insurance.
    …l value of the property in the shipment. (b) All insurance shall be written on companies acceptable to _____ [insert name of contracting agency], and policies shall include such terms and conditions as required by _____ [insert name of con…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    … of credit is used, the Contractor shall withdraw cash only when needed for disbursements acceptable under this contract and report cash disbursements and balances as required by the administering office. The Contractor shall apply terms si…
  • FAR 52.236-21 Specifications and Drawings for Construction.
    …or prescription, of the Contracting Officer is intended and similarly the words approved, acceptable, satisfactory, or words of like import shall mean approved by, or acceptable to, or satisfactory to the Contracting Officer, unless otherwi…
  • DFARS 252.217-7008 Bonds.
    …y nevertheless require a performance and payment bond, in form, amount, and with a surety acceptable to the Contracting Officer. Where performance and payment bond is required, the offer price shall be increased upon the award of the job or…
  • DFARS 252.232-7012 Performance-Based Payments—Whole-Contract Basis.
    … to which the Contractor shall provide access upon request of the Contracting Officer. An acceptable accounting system in accordance with DFARS 252.242-7006 is not required for reporting of incurred costs under this clause. If the Contracto…
  • DFARS 252.232-7013 Performance-Based Payments—Deliverable-Item Basis.
    … to which the Contractor shall provide access upon request of the Contracting Officer. An acceptable accounting system in accordance with DFARS 252.242-7006 is not required for reporting of incurred costs under this clause. If the Contracto…
  • DFARS 252.235-7004 Protection of Human Subjects.
    …ceives written notification from the Contracting Officer that the exemption is determined acceptable. The determination shall include citation of the exemption category under 32 CFR 219.101(b) and a rationale statement. In the event of a di…
  • 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 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    … (A) An urgent and compelling need exists, and following the procedures would result in unacceptable delays; (B) Only one source is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplie…
  • FAR 14.407-4 Mistakes after award.
    …se the price if the contract price, as corrected, does not exceed that of the next lowest acceptable bid under the original invitation for bids; or (3) That no change shall be made in the contract as awarded, if the evidence does not warra…
  • FAR 32.503-6 Suspension or reduction of payments.
    …ss payments shall be suspended (or the portion of progress payments associated with the unacceptable portion of the contractor's accounting system shall be suspended) until the necessary changes have been made. (2) If the contractor fails …
  • FAR 33.103 Protests to the agency.
    …e dispute resolution techniques, third party neutrals, and another agency's personnel are acceptable protest resolution methods. (d) The following procedures are established to resolve agency protests effectively, to build confidence in th…
  • FAR 49.601-2 Letter notice.
    …still on hand and arrange for their delivery or other disposal (see 49.205). (2) Invoice acceptable completed end items under the contract in the usual way and do not include them in the settlement proposal. (f) Patents. If required by th…
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    …ctor elects to delete paragraph (c)(4) from the certification, the certification is still acceptable.) I hereby certify, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that— (1) The amounts requested are only for performance in accordance with t…
  • FAR 52.232-32 Performance-Based Payments.
    …ment of performance-based payments not more frequently than monthly, in a form and manner acceptable to the Contracting Officer. Unless otherwise authorized by the Contracting Officer, all performance-based payments in any period for which …
  • 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…
  • FAR 52.247-58 Loading, Blocking, and Bracing of Freight Car Shipments.
    …damage to any supplies caused by the failure to load, block, and brace in accordance with acceptable standards set forth herein. (d) A copy of the appropriate pamphlet of the Association of American Railroads may be obtained from that Asso…
  • DFARS 237.270 Acquisition of audit services.
    …(2) See 215.101-2-70(b)(3) for the prohibition on the use of the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process when acquiring audit services. (3) See PGI 237.270 for a list of DoD publications that govern the conduct of audi…
  • 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 246.870-2 Policy.
    …arts or products that include electronic parts, are required to establish and maintain an acceptable counterfeit electronic part detection and avoidance system. Failure to do so may result in disapproval of the purchasing system by the cont…
  • DFARS 252.229-7001 Tax Relief.
    …Performance according to the Offshore Tax Relief Agreement) or other documentary evidence acceptable to the German tax authorities. All purchases made and paid for on a tax-free basis during a 30-day period may be accumulated, totaled, and …

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