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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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103 sections with “acceptance period”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.214-16 Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.
    …s for bids, except for construction, if the contracting officer determines that a minimum acceptance period must be specified: Minimum Bid Acceptance Period (APR 1984) (a) Acceptance period, as used in this provision, means the number of …
  • FAR 19.804-3 SBA acceptance.
    …pond to an offering letter within ten working days, the contracting office may seek SBA's acceptance through the Associate Administrator for Business Development. The contracting office may assume that SBA has accepted the requirement into …
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …ept as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this section). (ii) The 30th day after Government acceptance of supplies delivered or services performed. (A) For a final invoice, when the payment amount is subject to contract settlement actions, a…
  • FAR 52.214-15 Period for Acceptance of Bids.
    As prescribed in 14.201-6(i), insert the following provision: Period for Acceptance of Bids (APR 1984) In compliance with the solicitation, the bidder agrees, if this bid is accepted within __ calendar days (60 calendar days unless a diff…
  • FAR 52.232-25 Prompt payment.
    …t as provided in paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of this clause). (B) The 30th day after Government acceptance of supplies delivered or services performed. For a final invoice, when the payment amount is subject to contract settlement actions, accept…
  • DFARS 232.904 Determining payment due dates.
    (d) In most cases, Government acceptance or approval can occur within the 7-day constructive acceptance period specified in the FAR Prompt Payment clauses. Government payment of construction progress payments can, in most cases, be made wit…
  • FAR 14.201-6 Solicitation provisions.
    …rmance is specified by the Government. (i) Insert the provision at 52.214-15, Period for Acceptance of Bids, in invitations for bids (IFB's) that are not issued on SF 33 or SF 1447 except IFB's (1) for construction work or (2) in which the…
  • FAR 48.104-1 Determining sharing period.
    …e sharing period for each VECP need not be identical. (b) The sharing period begins with acceptance of the first unit incorporating the VECP. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, the end of the sharing period is a specific …
  • DFARS 227.7103-14 Conformity, acceptance, and warranty of technical data.
    …rements of the contract pertaining to the delivery of technical data. (b) Conformity and acceptance. (1) Solicitations and contracts requiring the delivery of technical data shall specify the requirements the data must satisfy to be accept…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    …rative difficulties be encountered after bid opening that may delay award beyond bidders' acceptance periods, the several lowest bidders whose bids have not expired (irrespective of the acceptance period specified in the bid) should be requ…
  • FAR 14.408-1 General.
    … shall make a contract award (1) by written or electronic notice, (2) within the time for acceptance specified in the bid or an extension (see 14.404-1(d)), and (3) to that responsible bidder whose bid, conforming to the invitation, will be…
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    …t contract, future contract savings include savings on increases in quantities after VECP acceptance that are due to contract modifications, exercise of options, additional orders, and funding of subsequent year requirements on a multiyear …
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …rms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2023) (a) Inspection/Acceptance. The Contractor shall only tender for acceptance those items that conform to the requirements of this contract. The Government reserves the…
  • FAR 52.232-26 Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    … as provided in paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this clause). (B) The 30th day after Government acceptance of the work or services completed by the Contractor. For a final invoice, when the payment amount is subject to contract settlement actions…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …cting Officer for release to the Contractor. (ii) Final payments based on completion and acceptance of all work and presentation of release of all claims against the Government arising by virtue of the contract, and payments for partial de…
  • FAR 52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price.
    …e Government covering supplies under this contract and shall tender to the Government for acceptance only supplies that have been inspected in accordance with the inspection system and have been found by the Contractor to be in conformity w…
  • FAR 52.246-6 Inspection—Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour.
    …ble at all places and times, including the period of performance, and in any event before acceptance. The Government may also inspect the plant or plants of the Contractor or any subcontractor engaged in contract performance. The Government…
  • FAR 52.246-8 Inspection of Research and Development—Cost-Reimbursement.
    …ble at all places and times, including the period of performance, and in any event before acceptance. The Government may also inspect the plant or plants of the Contractor or its subcontractors engaged in the contract performance. The Gover…
  • FAR 52.246-19 Warranty of Systems and Equipment under Performance Specifications or Design Criteria.
    …e Specifications or Design Criteria (MAY 2001) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptance means the act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government assumes for itself, or as an agent of another, owne…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …t contract, future contract savings include savings on increases in quantities after VECP acceptance that are due to contract modifications, exercise of options, additional orders, and funding of subsequent year requirements on a multiyear …
  • DFARS 252.246-7001 Warranty of data.
    …ts in Technical Data and Computer Software. (b) Warranty. Notwithstanding inspection and acceptance by the Government of technical data furnished under this contract, and notwithstanding any provision of this contract concerning the conclu…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …s; orders, such as purchase orders, under which the contract becomes effective by written acceptance or performance; and bilateral contract modifications. Contracts do not include grants and cooperative agreements covered by 31 U.S.C. 6301,…
  • FAR 11.403 Supplies or services.
    …tes; (2) Specific periods from the date of the contract; i.e., from the date of award or acceptance by the Government, or from the date shown as the effective date of the contract; (3) Specific periods from the date of receipt by the cont…
  • FAR 15.504 Award to successful offeror.
    …t the Government may make subsequent awards on those additional items within the proposal acceptance period. (c) If the Optional Form (OF) 307, Contract Award, Standard Form (SF) 26, Award/Contract, or SF 33, Solicitation, Offer and Award,…
  • FAR 36.701 Standard and optional forms for use in contracting for construction or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements.
    …ealed bid solicitations, or when the Government otherwise requires a noncancellable offer acceptance period, the contracting officer shall insert in the blank provided in Block 13D the number of calendar days that the offer must be availabl…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …ext of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): (d) Inspection/Acceptance. The Contractor shall tender for acceptance only those items that conform to the requirements of this contract. The Government reserves the…
  • FAR 52.246-7 Inspection of Research and Development—Fixed-Price.
    …ble at all places and times, including the period of performance, and in any event before acceptance. The Government may also inspect the premises of the Contractor or any subcontractor engaged in contract performance. The Government shall …
  • FAR 52.246-20 Warranty of Services.
    …ert a clause substantially as follows: Warranty of Services (MAY 2001) (a) Definitions. Acceptance, as used in this clause, means the act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government assumes for itself, or as …
  • FAR 3.104-6 Ethics advisory opinions regarding prohibitions on a former official's acceptance of compensation from a contractor.
    (a) An official or former official of a Federal agency who does not know whether he or she is or would be precluded by 41 U.S.C. 2104 (see 3.104-3(d)) from accepting compensation from a particular contractor may request advice from the appr…
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    …ecifications, see especially 16.505(a)(4); (7) The proposed contract action results from acceptance of a proposal under the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-219); (8) The proposed contract action results from …
  • FAR 28.204-3 Irrevocable letter of credit.
    …a bid guarantee, the ILC should expire no earlier than 60 days after the close of the bid acceptance period. (2) If used as an alternative to corporate or individual sureties as security for a performance or payment bond, the offeror/contr…
  • FAR 32.905 Payment documentation and process.
    …nt documentation to the designated payment office by the 5th working day after Government acceptance or approval, unless other arrangements have been made. This period of time does not extend the due dates prescribed in this section. Accept…
  • FAR 32.908 Contract clauses.
    …paragraph (a)(4)(i) of the clause to specify a period longer than 7 days for constructive acceptance or constructive approval, if required to afford the Government a practicable opportunity to inspect and test the supplies furnished or eval…
  • FAR 52.228-14 Irrevocable Letter of Credit.
    … a bid guarantee, the ILC shall expire no earlier than 60 days after the close of the bid acceptance period; (2) If used as an alternative to corporate or individual sureties as security for a performance or payment bond, the offeror/Contr…
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    …onditions of the subcontract; and (4) This certification is not to be construed as final acceptance of a subcontractor's performance. (Name) (Title) (Date) (d) Refund of unearned amounts. If the Contractor, after making a certified req…
  • FAR 52.237-4 Payment by Government to Contractor.
    …cting Officer shall retain 10 percent of the estimated payment until final completion and acceptance of the contract work. However, if the Contracting Officer finds that satisfactory progress was achieved during any period for which a progr…
  • FAR 52.246-3 Inspection of Supplies—Cost-Reimbursement.
    …ble at all places and times, including the period of manufacture, and in any event before acceptance. The Government may also inspect the plant or plants of the Contractor or any subcontractor engaged in the contract performance. The Govern…
  • FAR 52.246-17 Warranty of Supplies of a Noncomplex Nature.
    … of Supplies of a Noncomplex Nature (JUN 2003) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptance means the act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government assumes for itself, or as an agent of another, owne…
  • FAR 52.246-18 Warranty of Supplies of a Complex Nature.
    …nty of Supplies of a Complex Nature (MAY 2001) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptance means the act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government assumes for itself, or as an agent of another, owne…
  • FAR 52.246-21 Warranty of Construction.
    …any tier. (b) This warranty shall continue for a period of 1 year from the date of final acceptance of the work. If the Government takes possession of any part of the work before final acceptance, this warranty shall continue for a period …

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