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55 sections with “adequate consideration”: the first 40

  • FAR 44.202-2 Considerations.
    …se From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (41 U.S.C. 8504) (see part 8)? (5) Was adequate price competition obtained or its absence properly justified? (6) Did the contractor adequately assess and dispose of subcontractors' altern…
  • FAR 32.005 Consideration for contract financing.
    …ial to the Government than they would have been in the absence of the contract financing. Adequate new consideration is required for changes to, or the addition of, contract financing after award. (b) Amount of new consideration. The contr…
  • FAR 15.403-3 Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data.
    …rice (10 U.S.C. 3705(a) and 41 U.S.C. 3505(a)) if the contracting officer determines that adequate data from sources other than the offeror are not available. This includes requiring data from an offeror to support a cost realism analysis; …
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …contracting officer shall insert the clause with its Alternate I when contracting without adequate price competition or when prescribed by agency regulations. (g) Pension Adjustments and Asset Reversions. The contracting officer shall inse…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …t the defects or is not possible, the Government may seek an equitable price reduction or adequate consideration for acceptance of nonconforming supplies or services. The Government must exercise its postacceptance rights (1) within a reaso…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    …gn construction material in accordance with paragraph (b)(3) of this clause shall include adequate information for Government evaluation of the request, including— (A) A description of the foreign and domestic construction materials; (B) …
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …gn construction material in accordance with paragraph (b)(4) of this clause shall include adequate information for Government evaluation of the request, including— (A) A description of the foreign and domestic construction materials; (B) …
  • FAR 52.225-21 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials.
    …gn construction material in accordance with paragraph (b)(4) of this clause shall include adequate information for Government evaluation of the request, including— (A) A description of the foreign and domestic construction materials; (B) …
  • FAR 52.225-23 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …gn construction material in accordance with paragraph (b)(4) of this clause shall include adequate information for Government evaluation of the request, including— (A) A description of the foreign and domestic construction materials; (B) …
  • DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.
    …mation and Cyber Incident Reporting (MAY 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Adequate security means protective measures that are commensurate with the consequences and probability of loss, misuse, or unauthorized access to, or…
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …commercial service exception, the Offeror shall submit, at a minimum, information that is adequate for determining commerciality and evaluating the reasonableness of the price for this acquisition, including prices at which the same product…
  • FAR 15.404-3 Subcontract pricing considerations.
    … than certified cost or pricing data that the contracting officer considers necessary for adequately pricing the prime contract. (3) Subcontractor certified cost or pricing data shall be submitted in the format provided in Table 15-2 of 15…
  • FAR 25.205 Postaward determinations.
    … an exception to the Buy American statute applies, the contracting officer must negotiate adequate consideration and modify the contract to allow use of the foreign construction material. When the basis for the exception is the unreasonable…
  • FAR 25.606 Postaward determinations.
    …covery Act or to the Buy American statute applies, the contracting officer must negotiate adequate consideration and modify the contract to allow use of the foreign construction material. When the basis for the exception is the unreasonable…
  • FAR 32.202-1 Policy.
    …ng is in the best interest of the Government (see paragraph (e) of this subsection); (5) Adequate security is obtained (see 32.202-4); (6) Prior to any performance of work under the contract, the aggregate of commercial advance payments s…
  • FAR 32.503-9 Liquidation rates—alternate method.
    …t the conditions of subsections 5, 6, and 7 above. The certificate must be accompanied by adequate supporting information. (b) The contracting officer shall change the liquidation rate in the following circumstances: (1) The rate shall be…
  • FAR 52.246-19 Warranty of Systems and Equipment under Performance Specifications or Design Criteria.
    …riod of time] after receipt of the Contractor's recommendations for corrective action and adequate supporting information, the Contracting Officer, using sole discretion, shall give the Contractor written notice not to correct any defect, o…
  • DFARS 244.202-2 Considerations.
    …here other than lowest price is the basis for subcontractor selection, has the contractor adequately substantiated the selection as offering the greatest value to the Government?
  • FAR 45.301 Use and rental.
    …e use of Government property, the contracting officer shall obtain a fair rental or other adequate consideration if use is authorized. (e) The cognizant contracting officer(s) may authorize the use of Government property on a rent-free bas…
  • FAR 48.104-4 Sharing alternative—no-cost settlement method.
    …roaches likely would not be more cost-effective, and the no-cost settlement would provide adequate consideration to the Government. Under this method of settlement, the contractor would keep all of the savings on the instant contract, and a…
  • FAR 52.209-1 Qualification Requirements.
    …fficer may either terminate this contract for default or allow performance to continue if adequate consideration is offered and the action is determined to be otherwise in the Government's best interests. (e) If an offeror, manufacturer, s…
  • DFARS 225.7004-6 Waiver of restrictions.
    … year. (iv) For contracts entered into prior to the effective date of a waiver, provided adequate consideration is received to modify the contract, the waiver shall be applied as directed or authorized in the waiver to— (A) Subcontracts e…
  • DFARS 232.1004 Procedures.
    …e-based payment schedule provides a mutually beneficial settlement position that reflects adequate consideration to the Government for the improved contractor cash flow. (c) Instructions for multiple appropriations. If the contract contain…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …inistration for civilian agencies and by the Department of Defense for defense agencies. Adequate evidence means information sufficient to support the reasonable belief that a particular act or omission has occurred. Advisory and assistan…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …e budget estimates, explain how they were derived, and discuss the schedule for obtaining adequate funds at the time they are required (see subpart 32.7). (7) Product or service descriptions. Explain the choice of product or service descri…
  • FAR 16.403-2 Fixed-price incentive (successive targets) contracts.
    …ons. This contract type may be used only when— (1) The contractor's accounting system is adequate for providing data for negotiating firm targets and a realistic profit adjustment formula, as well as later negotiation of final costs; and …
  • FAR 22.504 General requirements for project labor agreements.
    …project would substantially reduce the number of potential offerors to such a degree that adequate competition at a fair and reasonable price could not be achieved. (See 10.002(b)(1) and 36.104). A likely reduction in the number of potentia…
  • FAR 32.402 General.
    …t be authorized if other types of financing are reasonably available to the contractor in adequate amounts. Loans and credit at excessive interest rates or other exorbitant charges, or loans from other Government agencies, are not considere…
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …n and resulting contract if required to afford the Government a reasonable opportunity to adequately inspect the work and to determine the adequacy of the contractor's performance under the contract. The contracting officer must document in…
  • FAR 43.204 Administration.
    …for construction. The definitization of an equitable adjustment begins upon receipt of an adequate change order definitization proposal by the contracting officer, and ends upon the contracting officer's execution of a contractual action to…
  • DFARS 225.7303 Pricing acquisitions for FMS.
    … in this section. (b) If the foreign government has conducted a competition resulting in adequate price competition (see FAR 15.403-1(b)(1)), the contracting officer shall not require the submission of certified cost or pricing data. The c…
  • DFARS 253.209-1 Responsible prospective contractors.
    … (D) Financial capability. A determination that the prospective contractor has or can get adequate financial resources to obtain needed facilities, equipment, materials, etc. (E) Accounting system and related internal controls. An assessme…
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    …grams whenever market research does not produce a sufficient number of concerns to obtain adequate competition. Advance notices must not be used where security considerations prohibit such publication. Advance notices will enable potential …
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …el when a justification for the brand-name item was not completed for the BPA or does not adequately cover the requirements in the order. (3) Posting. (i) The ordering activity shall post the following information along with the Request fo…
  • FAR 9.104-1 General standards.
    To be determined responsible, a prospective contractor must— (a) Have adequate financial resources to perform the contract, or the ability to obtain them (see 9.104-3(a)); (b) Be able to comply with the required or proposed delivery or pe…
  • FAR 9.407-3 Procedures.
    … That they have been suspended and that the suspension is based on an indictment or other adequate evidence that the contractor has committed irregularities— (i) Of a serious nature in business dealings with the Government; or (ii) Seriou…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    …onsistent with paragraph (a)(1) above, the agency head determines in writing that— (1) Inadequate or ambiguous specifications were cited in the invitation; (2) Specifications have been revised; (3) The supplies or services being contract…
  • FAR 14.503-1 Step one.
    …may proceed directly with step two if there are sufficient acceptable proposals to ensure adequate price competition under step two, and if further time, effort and delay to make additional proposals acceptable and thereby increase competit…
  • FAR 17.605 Award, renewal, and extension.
    …cal and managerial capacity are sufficient, that organizational conflicts of interest are adequately covered, and that the contract will grant the Government broad and continuing rights to involve itself, if necessary, in technical and mana…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …bmit a timely offer for the subcontract. (iv) Providing interested small businesses with adequate and timely information about plans, specifications, and requirements for performance of the prime contract to assist them in submitting a tim…

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.