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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …ts. The Contractor shall— (1) Have policies, procedures, and operating instructions that adequately describe its MMAS; (2) Provide to the Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO), upon request, the results of internal reviews that it has …
  • FAR 9.407-2 Causes for suspension.
    (a) The suspending and debarring official may suspend a contractor suspected, upon adequate evidence, of— (1) Commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with— (i) Obtaining; (ii) Attempting to obtain; or (iii) Performing a …
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    … the supplies, materials, or other property are commingled. The Contractor shall maintain adequate accounting control over the property on its books and records. (3) If, at any time during the progress of the work on the contract, it becom…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …protect, repair, and maintain) Government property in its possession. The system shall be adequate to satisfy the requirements of this clause. In doing so, the Contractor shall initiate and maintain the processes, systems, procedures, recor…
  • 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…
  • 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 9.407-1 General.
    …ocedures in 9.407-3. (b)(1) Suspension is a serious action to be imposed on the basis of adequate evidence, pending the completion of an investigation or legal proceedings, when it has been determined that immediate action is necessary to …
  • FAR 32.503-6 Suspension or reduction of payments.
    …des the requirement to maintain an efficient and reliable accounting system and controls, adequate for the proper administration of progress payments. If the system or controls are deemed inadequate, progress payments shall be suspended (or…
  • DFARS 252.232-7012 Performance-Based Payments—Whole-Contract Basis.
    … or a combination of the following alternative forms of security sufficient to constitute adequate security for the performance-based payments and so specify in the contract, consistent with FAR 32.202-4: (A) A paramount lien on assets. (…
  • DFARS 252.232-7013 Performance-Based Payments—Deliverable-Item Basis.
    … or a combination of the following alternative forms of security sufficient to constitute adequate security for the performance-based payments and so specify in the contract, consistent with FAR 32.202-4: (A) A paramount lien on assets. (…
  • 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 26.505 Suspension of payments, termination of contract, and debarment and suspension actions.
    (a) After determining in writing that adequate evidence to suspect any of the causes at paragraph (d) of this section exists, the contracting officer may suspend contract payments in accordance with the procedures at 32.503-6(a)(1). (b) Af…
  • FAR 32.805 Procedure.
    …nments by a partnership may be signed by one partner, if the assignment is accompanied by adequate evidence that the signer is a general partner of the partnership and is authorized to execute assignments on behalf of the partnership. (3) …
  • 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 52.232-32 Performance-Based Payments.
    …his clause. (h) Records and controls. The Contractor shall maintain records and controls adequate for administration of this clause. The Contractor shall have no entitlement to performance-based payments during any time the Contractor's re…
  • DFARS 204.7302 Policy.
    (a)(1) Contractors and subcontractors are required to provide adequate security on all covered contractor information systems. (2) Contractors required to implement NIST SP 800-171, in accordance with the clause at 252.204-7012, Safeguardi…
  • 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 13.402 Conditions for use.
    …ies are to occur at locations where there is both a geographical separation and a lack of adequate communications facilities between Government receiving and disbursing activities that will make it impractical to make timely payment based o…
  • FAR 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer.
    … not mean acceptance or approval of the report. The report shall be rejected if it is not adequately completed, for instance, if there are errors, omissions, or incomplete data. Failure to meet the goals of the subcontracting plan is not a …
  • FAR 28.203-1 Acceptability of individual sureties.
    …Affidavit of Individual Surety, and provide a security interest. One individual surety is adequate support for a bond, provided the net adjusted value of unencumbered assets pledged by that individual surety equals or exceeds the amount of …
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …on in the pre-merger or pre-acquisition review process, or the Government's interests are adequately protected with an alternative formulation of the information, the responsible contracting officer may modify the list of documents to be su…
  • FAR 49.601-2 Letter notice.
    …ntracting Officer by telephone or personal conference and obtain instructions.) (2) Keep adequate records of your compliance with subparagraph (1) above showing the— (i) Date you received the Notice of Termination; (ii) Effective date of…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    …ide for the following: (A) Assignment of responsibility at a sufficiently high level and adequate resources to ensure effectiveness of the business ethics awareness and compliance program and internal control system. (B) Reasonable effort…
  • 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…
  • FAR 52.216-10 Incentive Fee.
    …cer shall release 75 percent of all fee withholds under this contract after receipt of an adequate certified final indirect cost rate proposal covering the year of physical completion of this contract, provided the Contractor has satisfied …
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …uch small business concerns an opportunity to compete over a period of time. (2) Provide adequate and timely consideration of the potentialities of small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business…
  • FAR 52.222-46 Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees.
    … lowering can be detrimental in obtaining the quality of professional services needed for adequate contract performance. It is therefore in the Government's best interest that professional employees, as defined in 29 CFR 541, be properly an…
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    …withheld funds and future progress payments that amount the Contracting Officer considers adequate for protection of the Government and shall release to the Contractor all the remaining withheld funds. Also, on completion and acceptance of …
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …ol of costs and property. The Contractor shall maintain an accounting system and controls adequate for the proper administration of this clause. (g) Reports, forms, and access to records. (1) The Contractor shall promptly furnish reports, …

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.