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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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88 sections with “active contract”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.223-7 Notice of Radioactive Materials.
    As prescribed in 23.304(b), insert the following clause: Notice of Radioactive Materials (JAN 1997) (a) The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer or designee, in writing, ___ * days prior to the delivery of, or prior to completi…
  • FAR 9.405-2 Restrictions on subcontracting.
    …d, proposed for debarment, or voluntarily excluded, as evidenced by the party's having an active exclusion record in SAM (see 9.404), a corporate officer or designee of the contractor is required by operation of the clause at 52.209-6, Prot…
  • FAR 16.206 Fixed-ceiling-price contracts with retroactive price redetermination.
  • FAR 23.303 Notice of radioactive materials.
    (a) The clause at 52.223-7, Notice of Radioactive Materials, requires the contractor to notify the contracting officer prior to delivery of radioactive material. (b) Upon receipt of the notice, the contracting officer shall notify receivin…
  • FAR 23.304 Contract clauses.
    …rnate I. (b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.223-7, Notice of Radioactive Materials, in solicitations and contracts for supplies that are or that contain— (1) Radioactive material requiring specific licensing under r…
  • FAR 52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters.
    …nts with total value greater than $10,000,000 means— (1) The total value of all current, active contracts and grants, including all priced options; and (2) The total value of all current, active orders including all priced options under i…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …t be for work performed by the employee in the current year and must not represent a retroactive adjustment of prior years' salaries or wages (but see paragraphs (g), (h), (j), (k), (m), and (o) of this subsection). (2) The total compensat…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …When the goals in a subcontracting plan are amended, these goal changes do not apply retroactively. (j) Subcontracting plans are not required from subcontractors when the prime contract contains the clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms a…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …on by the interested parties and/or finally determined by the Wage and Hour Division retroactive to the date such class of employees commenced contract work shall be a violation of the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and this contr…
  • FAR 52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies To Ban Text Messaging While Driving.
    …) Definitions. As used in this clause— Driving—(1) Means operating a motor vehicle on an active roadway with the motor running, including while temporarily stationary because of traffic, a traffic light, stop sign, or otherwise. (2) Does …
  • DFARS 252.247-7002 Revision of prices.
    …for the balance of the contract, and the Contractor shall continue performance. (g) Retroactive changes in wages or working conditions. (1) In the event of a retroactive wage adjustment, the Contractor or the Contracting Officer may reques…
  • FAR 16.206-4 Contract clause.
    …hen contracting by negotiation, insert the clause at 52.216-6, Price Redetermination—Retroactive, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and the conditions in 16.206-2 and 16.206-3(a) through (d) apply.
  • FAR 19.705-2 Determining the need for a subcontracting plan.
    …nities not envisioned at the time of contract award. These goal changes do not apply retroactively. (f) If a subcontracting plan has been added to the contract due to a modification (see 19.702(a)(1)(iii)) or a size rerepresentation (see 1…
  • FAR 22.404-9 Award of contract without required wage determination.
    …icer shall— (1) Modify the contract to incorporate the required wage determination (retroactive to the date of award), and equitably adjust the contract price if appropriate; or (2) Terminate the contract.
  • FAR 25.703-3 Prohibition on contracting with entities that export sensitive technology to Iran.
    … exports certain sensitive technology to Iran, as determined by the President, and has an active exclusion in the System for Award Management at http://www.sam.gov (22 U.S.C. 8515). (b) Each offeror must represent that it does not export a…
  • FAR 46.302 Fixed-price supply contracts.
    …er shall use the clause with its Alternate I. If a fixed-ceiling-price contract with retroactive price redetermination is contemplated, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate II.
  • FAR 52.216-6 Price Redetermination—Retroactive.
    As prescribed in 16.206-4, insert the following clause: Price Redetermination—Retroactive (JAN 2022) (a) General. The unit price and the total price stated in this contract shall be redetermined in accordance with this clause, but in no e…
  • FAR 52.222-49 Service Contract Labor Standards—Place of Performance Unknown.
    …, a wage determination shall be requested and incorporated in the resultant contract retroactive to the date of contract award, and there shall be no adjustment in the contract price. (End of clause)
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    … employment. (4) Service performed by Contractor personnel subject to this clause is not active duty or service under 38 U.S.C. 106 note. (c) Support. Unless specified elsewhere in the contract, the Contractor is responsible for all logis…
  • FAR 52.225-26 Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    …ctions or personnel performing such functions believe a weapon was so discharged; or (E) Active, non-lethal countermeasures (other than the discharge of a weapon) are employed by personnel performing private security functions in response …
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …in paragraph (e) of the basic clause: (e)(5) The Contractor shall establish and maintain active and effective procedures to ensure that subject inventions are promptly identified and timely disclosed, and shall submit a description of the …
  • DFARS 217.171 Multiyear contracts for services.
    …refuse collection and disposal); and (5) Environmental remediation services for— (i) An active military installation; (ii) A military installation being closed or realigned under a base closure law as defined in 10 U.S.C. 2667(h)(2); or …
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    …, exceeds $100 million; and (D) Military department. (iii) Total number of subcontracts active under the Test Program that would have otherwise required a subcontracting plan. (iv) Costs incurred in negotiating, complying with, and repor…
  • DFARS 252.225-7039 Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    …ctions or personnel performing such functions believe a weapon was so discharged; or (E) Active, non-lethal countermeasures (other than the discharge of a weapon) are employed by personnel performing private security functions in response …
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    …his clause). (5) Service performed by Contractor personnel subject to this clause is not active duty or service under 38 U.S.C. 106 note. (c) Support. (1)(i) The Combatant Commander will develop a security plan for protection of Contracto…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …certain rights in this invention.” (5) The Contractor shall— (i) Establish and maintain active and effective procedures to ensure that subject inventions are promptly identified and disclosed to Contractor personnel responsible for patent…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …nst an opposing military force; or (2) Results in the call or order to, or retention on, active duty of members of the uniformed services under sections 688, 12301(a), 12302, 12304, 12304a, 12305, or 12406 of title 10 of the United States …
  • FAR 22.404-7 Correction of wage determinations containing clerical errors.
    …rs. Such corrections will be effective immediately, and will apply to any solicitation or active contract. Before contract award, the contracting officer must follow the procedures in 22.404-5(b)(1) or (2)(i) or (ii) in sealed bidding, and …
  • FAR 30.603-2 Unilateral and desirable changes.
    …ctice consistently and process it as a noncompliance in accordance with 30.605. (d) Retroactive changes. (1) If a contractor requests that a unilateral change be retroactive, the contractor shall submit supporting rationale. (2) The CFAO …
  • FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans.
    …se: Employment Reports on Veterans (JUN 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause, “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran,” “Armed Forces service medal veteran,” “disabled veteran,” “protected veteran,” and “recently separated…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …. Participating personally and substantially in a Federal agency procurement means— (1) Active and significant involvement of an official in any of the following activities directly related to that procurement: (i) Drafting, reviewing, o…
  • FAR 16.206-1 Description.
    A fixed-ceiling-price contract with retroactive price redetermination provides for (a) a fixed ceiling price and (b) retroactive price redetermination within the ceiling after completion of the contract.
  • FAR 16.206-2 Application.
    A fixed-ceiling-price contract with retroactive price redetermination is appropriate for research and development contracts estimated at the simplified acquisition threshold or less when it is established at the outset that a fair and reaso…
  • FAR 16.703 Basic ordering agreements.
    …by individual orders issued under it. Modifying a basic ordering agreement shall not retroactively affect orders previously issued under it. (d) Orders. A contracting officer representing any Government activity listed in a basic ordering …
  • FAR 22.1905 Enforcement of Executive Order Minimum Wage Requirements.
    …ignificant violations of contract terms and conditions related to this subpart. (4) Retroactive inclusion of contract clause. If a contracting agency fails to include the contract clause in a contract to which E.O. 14026 applies, the contr…
  • FAR 45.602-3 Screening.
    … excess nuclear materials in the following categories: (i) By-product material. Any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to producing or using special n…
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …o permit the DoD to verify the accuracy of the description; (E) For items included on an active Federal Supply Service Multiple Award Schedule contract, proof that an exception has been granted for the schedule item; or (F) For items prov…
  • DFARS 252.246-7001 Warranty of data.
    …nd Associated Data Drawings, or DoD-D-1000B, Engineering and Associated Lists Drawings (Inactive for New Design) Amendment 4, Notice 1; or drawings and associated lists under category E or I of MIL-D-1000, Engineering and Associated Lists D…
  • FAR 1.603-4 Termination.
    …rmination of employment, or unsatisfactory performance. No termination shall operate retroactively.
  • FAR 4.1803 Verifying CAGE codes prior to award.
    …AGE code by reviewing the entity's registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). Active registrations in SAM have had the associated CAGE codes verified. (b) For entities not required to be registered in SAM, the contracting offic…

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.