SpendQueryBeta

48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

FAR and DFARS navigator

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

Ask the FAR

Try: · · ·

Clear

97 sections with “administrative determination”: the first 40

  • FAR 42.705-1 Contracting officer determination procedure.
    … (1) Business units of a multidivisional corporation under the cognizance of a corporate administrative contracting officer (see subpart 42.6), with that officer responsible for the determination, assisted, as required, by the administrati…
  • DFARS 227.7006 Investigation and administrative disposition of claims.
    An investigation and administrative determination (denial or settlement) of each claim shall be made in accordance with instructions and procedures established by each Department, subject to the following: (a) When the procurement responsi…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …nitoring and reporting, data collection, budgeting, accounting, performance auditing, and administrative technical support for conferences and training programs. (2) Studies, analyses and evaluations, i.e., contracted services that provide…
  • FAR 9.407-3 Procedures.
    … exclusions and all similar actions taken by Federal, State, or local agencies, including administrative agreements that affect only those agencies; (iii) All criminal and civil proceedings not included in the notice of suspension that gre…
  • FAR 19.103 Appealing the contracting officer's North American Industry Classification System code and size standard determination.
    …cer by a notice and order of the date OHA received the appeal, the docket number, and the Administrative Judge assigned to the case. The contracting officer's response to the appeal, if any, shall include argument and evidence (see 13 CFR p…
  • FAR 52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters.
    …Regarding Responsibility Matters (OCT 2018) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Administrative proceeding means a non-judicial process that is adjudicatory in nature in order to make a determination of fault or liability (e.g., Se…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …the performance of this contract other than any person employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as these terms are defined in part 541 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, as revised. It includes all…
  • DFARS 242.705-1 Contracting officer determination procedure.
    (a) Applicability and responsibility. (1) The corporate administrative contracting officer and individual administrative contracting officers shall jointly decide how to conduct negotiations. Follow the procedures at PGI 242.705-1(a)(1) whe…
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    In order to minimize delays in contract awards, administrative determinations may be made as described in this 14.407-3 in connection with mistakes in bids alleged after opening of bids and before award. The authority to permit correction o…
  • FAR 19.706 Responsibilities of the cognizant administrative contracting officer.
    The administrative contracting officer is responsible for assisting in evaluating subcontracting plans, and for monitoring, evaluating, and documenting contractor performance under the clause prescribed in 19.708(b) and any subcontracting p…
  • FAR 22.404-8 Notification of improper wage determination before award.
    …etermination or the wrong rate schedule; or (2) A wage determination is withdrawn by the Administrative Review Board. (b) In sealed bidding, the contracting officer shall proceed in accordance with the following: (1) If the notification …
  • FAR 22.404-11 Wage determination appeals.
    The Secretary of Labor has established an Administrative Review Board which decides appeals of final decisions made by the Department of Labor concerning Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute wage determinations. A contracting agency …
  • FAR 22.406-9 Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.
    …held or suspended—(1) Forwarding wage underpayments to the Secretary of Labor. Upon final administrative determination, if the contractor or subcontractor has not made restitution, the contracting officer must follow the Department of Labor…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …protect prevailing labor standards (41 U.S.C. 6707(b)). See 29 CFR 4.123 for a listing of administrative exemptions, tolerances, and variations. Requests for limitations, variances, tolerances, and exemptions from the Service Contract Labor…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …arial accrued liability represents the excess of the present value of future benefits and administrative expenses over the present value of future normal costs for all plan participants and beneficiaries. The excess of the actuarial accrued…
  • FAR 42.705-2 Auditor determination procedure.
    …d-price contracts, with only minor involvement in cost-reimbursement contracts. (ii) The administrative cost of contracting officer determination would exceed the expected benefits. (iii) The business unit does not have a history of dispu…
  • DFARS 222.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay.
    …ver the total liquidated damage assessment. (d)(i) The assessment shall become the final administrative determination of contractor liability for liquidated damages when— (A) The contractor fails to appeal to the contracting agency within…
  • DFARS 242.705-2 Auditor determination procedure.
    …of Contract Costs Suspended and/or Disapproved, in addition to the advisory report to the administrative contracting officer.
  • FAR 9.101 Definitions.
    Administrative proceeding means a non-judicial process that is adjudicatory in nature in order to make a determination of fault or liability (e.g., Securities and Exchange Commission Administrative Proceedings, Civilian Board of Contract Ap…
  • FAR 9.104-6 Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.
    …formation may not be relevant to a determination of present responsibility, e.g., a prior administrative action such as debarment, suspension, voluntary exclusion, or administrative agreement, that has expired or otherwise been resolved, or…
  • FAR 16.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
    …ect labor hours at specified fixed hourly rates that include wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, and profit; and (2) Actual cost for materials (except as provided for in 31.205-26(e) and (f)). (c) Application. A time-and…
  • FAR 22.403-6 Department of Labor regulations involving construction.
    …ge and Hour Division, in enforcement cases under the various labor statutes, and by which Administrative Law Judge hearings are held; (5) Part 7, relating to rules of practice by which contractors and other interested parties may appeal to…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …re findings of fact and issue decisions under the Disputes clause on matters in which the administrative contracting officer (ACO) has the authority to take definitive action. (11) In connection with Cost Accounting Standards (see 48 CFR 3…
  • FAR 43.101 Definitions.
    As used in this part— Administrative change means a unilateral (see 43.103(b)) contract change, in writing, that does not affect the substantive rights of the parties (e.g., a change in the paying office or the appropriation data). Effect…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ined if it has been assessed. A liability is not finally determined if there is a pending administrative or judicial challenge. In the case of a judicial challenge to the liability, the liability is not finally determined until all judicial…
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    …hapter 31, subchapter IV); (B) Other than individuals employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as those terms are defined in 29 CFR part 541; and (C) Regardless of the contractual relationship alleged t…
  • DFARS 203.905 Procedures for investigating complaints.
    …tion in 203.903, or has been previously addressed in another Federal or State judicial or administrative proceeding initiated by the complainant, the DoD Inspector General will investigate the complaint. (2) If the DoD Inspector General in…
  • DFARS 227.7004 Requirements for filing an administrative claim for patent infringement.
    (a) A patent infringement claim for compensation, asserted against the United States under any of the applicable statutes cited in 227.7002, must be actually communicated to and received by a Department, agency, organization, office, or fie…
  • DFARS 227.7007 Notification and disclosure to claimants.
    When a claim is denied, the Department responsible for the administrative determination of the claim shall so notify the claimant or his authorized representative and provide the claimant a reasonable rationale of the basis for denying the …
  • DFARS 252.216-7004 Award Fee Reduction or Denial for Jeopardizing the Health or Safety of Government Personnel.
    … incident— (i) Means any incident in which the Contractor, through a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding that results in a disposition listed in paragraph (a)(ii) of this definition— (A) Has been determined in the performance of…
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …er documents are to be released or withheld), and the approval of agency responses to the administrative appeals of denials of Freedom of Information Act requests. (14) The conduct of administrative hearings to determine the eligibility of…
  • FAR 22.1004 Department of Labor responsibilities and regulations.
    … (f) Safe and sanitary working conditions (29 CFR part 1925); (g) Rules of practice for administrative proceedings enforcing service contract labor standards (29 CFR part 6); and (h) Practice before the Administrative Review Board (29 CF…
  • FAR 22.1704 Violations and remedies.
    …the agency suspending and debarring, the responsibility to— (A) Expeditiously conduct an administrative proceeding, allowing the contractor the opportunity to respond to the report; (B) Make a final determination as to whether the allegat…
  • FAR 28.308 Self-insurance.
    …actor shall submit, in writing, information on its proposed self-insurance program to the administrative contracting officer and obtain that official's approval of the program. The submission shall be by segment or segments of the contracto…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …ntified may obtain information for the evaluation of performance from the program office, administrative contracting office, audit office, end users of the product or service, and any other technical or business advisor, as appropriate; and…
  • FAR 47.304-1 General.
    …erioration. (5) Evaluation of f.o.b. origin offers is anticipated to result in increased administrative lead time or administrative cost that would outweigh the potential advantages of an f.o.b. origin determination.
  • FAR 52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law.
    …) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority …
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …rm does not include information incidental to contract administration, such as financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information. Form, fit, and function data means data relating to items, components, or processes that …
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …hich the Government is a party. The Government may not be interpleaded in any judicial or administrative proceeding involving such a dispute. (j) Preservation of prime-subcontractor rights. Except as provided in paragraph (i) of this claus…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …ing, operations, maintenance, and logistics support. The term does not include the normal administrative costs of processing the VECP or any increase in this contract's cost or price resulting from negative instant contract savings. Instan…

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.