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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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31 sections with “acquisition team”

  • FAR 1.102-4 Acquisition team.
    The purpose of defining the Federal Acquisition Team (Team) in the Guiding Principles is to ensure that participants in the System are identified—beginning with the customer and ending with the contractor of the product or service. By ident…
  • FAR 1.102-5 Role of the acquisition team.
    (a) Government members of the Team must be empowered to make acquisition decisions within their areas of responsibility, including selection, negotiation, and administration of contracts consistent with the Guiding Principles. In particular…
  • FAR 1.102 Statement of guiding principles for the Federal Acquisition System.
    (a) The vision for the Federal Acquisition System is to deliver on a timely basis the best value product or service to the customer, while maintaining the public's trust and fulfilling public policy objectives. Participants in the acquisiti…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    (a) In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 3307, contracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include only those clauses— (1) Required to implement provisions of law or executi…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … term, defined in this section, has the same meaning throughout this chapter (the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)) unless the context in which the word or term is used clearly requires a different meaning or another FAR part, subpart, …
  • FAR 7.104 General procedures.
    (a) Acquisition planning should begin as soon as the agency need is identified, preferably well in advance of the fiscal year in which contract award or order placement is necessary. In developing the plan, the planner shall form a team con…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …ogram should-cost review should be considered, particularly in the case of a major system acquisition (see part 34), when— (i) Some initial production has already taken place; (ii) The contract will be awarded on a sole source basis; (ii…
  • DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.
    (a) Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy peer reviews. (1) The Office of the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP), using the procedures at PGI 201.170, will organize teams of revie…
  • DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.
    …U.S. dollars; and (10) Name of the carrier. (g) If this contract exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold, the Contractor shall provide with its final invoice under this contract a representation that to the best of its knowledge and …
  • FAR 1.102-2 Performance standards.
    …t be responsive and adaptive to customer needs, concerns, and feedback. Implementation of acquisition policies and procedures, as well as consideration of timeliness, quality and cost throughout the process, must take into account the persp…
  • FAR 15.303 Responsibilities.
    … selection authority, unless the agency head appoints another individual for a particular acquisition or group of acquisitions. (b) The source selection authority shall— (1) Establish an evaluation team, tailored for the particular acquis…
  • FAR 52.207-6 Solicitation of Offers from Small Business Concerns and Small Business Teaming Arrangements or Joint Ventures (Multiple-Award Contracts).
    …ponsibilities, roles, and percentages (or other allocations) of work as it relates to the acquisition; (2)(i) For civilian agencies, may include two business concerns in a mentor-protégé relationship when both the mentor and the protégé ar…
  • FAR 9.602 General.
    …tor team arrangements may be particularly appropriate in complex research and development acquisitions, but may be used in other appropriate acquisitions, including production. (c) The companies involved normally form a contractor team arr…
  • DFARS 215.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    (c)(i) In acquisitions that require use of the clause at FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, other than those based on the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process (see FAR 15.101-2), the extent of particip…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    …Federal Government (see 2.101). (2) Organization, reorganization, (including mergers and acquisitions) or resisting mergers and acquisitions (see also 31.205-27). (3) Defense of antitrust suits. (4) Defense of suits brought by employees …
  • FAR 41.101 Definitions.
    …t, an Authorization under an areawide contract, or an interagency agreement) to cover the acquisition of utility services. Termination liability means a contingent Government obligation to pay a utility supplier the unamortized portion of …
  • DFARS 252.204-7020 NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements.
    …nd Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-171, in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation System (DFARS) clause at 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting, of this contract.…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …decision to designate award to a particular source. Federal agency procurement means the acquisition (by using competitive procedures and awarding a contract) of goods or services (including construction) from non-Federal sources by a Fede…
  • FAR 3.104-3 Statutory and related prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements.
    … substantially in a Federal agency procurement for a contract in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, contacts or is contacted by a person who is an offeror in that Federal agency procurement regarding possible non-Federal employ…
  • FAR 7.107-4 Substantial bundling.
    … In addition to addressing the requirements for bundling (see 7.107-3), when the proposed acquisition strategy involves substantial bundling, the agency shall document in its strategy— (1) The specific benefits anticipated to be derived fr…
  • FAR 7.107-5 Notifications.
    …ation of the solicitation. The rationale is the information required for inclusion in the acquisition strategy at 7.107-4(b). (e) Notification to SBA of follow-on bundled or consolidated requirements. For each follow-on bundled or consolid…
  • FAR 9.601 Definition.
    …companies to have them act as its subcontractors under a specified Government contract or acquisition program.
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …r or critical aspects of the requirement when such information is relevant to the instant acquisition. (iv) In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not availabl…
  • FAR 15.404-2 Data to support proposal analysis.
    …contracting officers are encouraged to team with appropriate field experts throughout the acquisition process, including negotiations. Early communication with these experts will assist in determining the extent of assistance required, the …
  • FAR 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … I when the contract will be available for use by multiple agencies (e.g., Governmentwide acquisition contracts or multi-agency contracts). When placing orders under the multiple-award contract available for use by multiple agencies, the or…
  • FAR 35.004 Publicizing requirements and expanding research and development sources.
    …cal personnel, contracting officers, and Government small business personnel early in the acquisition process; and (3) Providing agency R&D points of contact for potential sources. (b) See subpart 9.7 for information regarding R&D pools a…
  • FAR 36.303-1 Phase One.
    …ures. The contracting officer shall document this determination in the contract file. For acquisitions greater than $5.5 million, the determination shall be approved by the head of the contracting activity, delegable to a level no lower tha…
  • FAR 52.248-2 Value Engineering—Architect-Engineer.
    …eful life of a building, system or product. It includes the cost of design, construction, acquisition, operation, maintenance, and salvage (resale) value, if any. Value engineering, as used in this clause, means an organized effort to anal…
  • DFARS 215.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …manner that is transparent, objective, and provides for the efficiency of the DoD systems acquisition process (section 837 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91)). (i) Major weapon system should-cos…
  • DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials.
    …on or after January 28, 2008; and (2)(i) Participated personally and substantially in an acquisition as defined in 41 U.S.C. 131 with a value in excess of $10 million, and serves or served— (A) In an Executive Schedule position under subc…
  • DFARS 252.215-7015 Program Should-Cost Review.
    …Government has the right to perform a program should-cost review, as described in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.407-4(b). The review may be conducted in support of a particular contract proposal or during contract performance to f…

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