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75 sections with “administrative review”: the first 40

  • 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…
  • FAR 49.111 Review of proposed settlements.
    Each agency shall establish procedures, when necessary, for the administrative review of proposed termination settlements. When one agency provides termination settlement services for another agency, the agency providing the services shall …
  • 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 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 22.406-10 Disposition of disputes concerning construction contract labor standards enforcement.
    …s requirements under varying circumstances. (b) Generally, these differences are settled administratively at the project level by the contracting agency. If necessary, these differences may be settled with assistance from the Department of…
  • FAR 22.1022 Withholding of contract payments.
    … to the underpaid employees on order of the Secretary (or authorized representatives), an Administrative Law Judge, or the Administrative Review Board. In addition, the Department of Labor has given blanket approval to forward withheld fund…
  • 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…
  • FAR 9.406-1 General.
    …dual) cooperated fully with Government agencies during the investigation and any court or administrative action. (5) Whether the contractor (including an individual) has paid or has agreed to pay all criminal, civil, and administrative lia…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …erty, and equipment, depreciation, plant maintenance and security, taxes, and general and administrative activities. It is normally used to evaluate and negotiate an FPRA with the contractor. When an overhead should-cost review is conducte…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …mitted unreasonably low goals to minimize exposure to liquidated damages and to avoid the administrative burden of substantiating good faith efforts. Additionally, particular attention should be paid to the identification of steps that, if …
  • 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 32.503-3 Initiation of progress payments and review of accounting system.
    (a) For contractors that the administrative contracting officer (ACO) has found by previous experience or recent audit review (within the last 12 months) to be (1) reliable, competent, and capable of satisfactory performance, (2) possessed …
  • DFARS 219.706 Responsibilities of the cognizant administrative contracting officer.
    …d approving master subcontracting plans. (ii) The small business specialist supports the administrative contracting officer in evaluating a contractor's performance and compliance with its subcontracting plan.
  • DFARS 242.7203 Review procedures.
    …fying sales to the Government during the contractor's preceding fiscal year; and (2) The administrative contracting officer (ACO), with advice from the auditor, determines an MMAS review is needed based on a risk assessment of the contract…
  • 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 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 27.304-1 General.
    … at 37 CFR 401. (2) A small business concern or nonprofit organization is entitled to an administrative review of the use of the exceptions at 27.303(e)(1)(i) through (e)(1)(iv) in accordance with agency procedures and 37 CFR part 401. (c…
  • 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 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 1.102-2 Performance standards.
    …discipline should be commensurate with the size and nature of a given task. (b) Minimize administrative operating costs. (1) In order to ensure that maximum efficiency is obtained, rules, regulations, and policies should be promulgated onl…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …re than official responsibility, knowledge, perfunctory involvement, or involvement on an administrative or peripheral issue. Participation may be substantial even though it is not determinative of the outcome of a particular matter. A find…
  • FAR 4.804-5 Procedures for closing out contract files.
    …a) The contract administration office is responsible for initiating (automated or manual) administrative closeout of the contract after receiving evidence of its physical completion. At the outset of this process, the contract administratio…
  • 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 31.201-6 Accounting for unallowable costs.
    …advance agreement under the provisions of 31.109 between the contractor and the cognizant administrative contracting officer or Federal official. The advance agreement should specify the basic characteristics of the sampling process. The co…
  • FAR 42.601 General.
    …tivities requiring Government review and approval and affecting the work of more than one administrative contracting officer (ACO). In these circumstances, effective and consistent contract administration may require the assignment of a cor…
  • 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 43.204 Administration.
    … or both can be agreed upon in advance, only a supplemental agreement need be issued, but administrative changes and changes issued pursuant to a clause giving the Government a unilateral right to make a change (e.g., an option clause) init…
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    … planning and analysis, contract administration and oversight, or recurring financial and administrative support). (4) Restructuring costs means the costs, including both direct and indirect, of restructuring activities. Restructuring cost…
  • DFARS 242.803 Disallowing costs after incurrence.
    …f actual costs incurred; (C) Reviewing completion/final vouchers and sending them to the administrative contracting officer; and (D) Issuing DCAA Forms 1, Notice of Contract Costs Suspended and/or Disapproved, to deduct costs where allowa…
  • DFARS 252.204-7023 Reporting Requirements for Contracted Services.
    …le contracts and/or the costs of which are normally applied to a contractor's general and administrative expenses or indirect costs. (b) The Contractor shall report annually, by October 31, at https://www.sam.gov, on the services performed…
  • DFARS 252.217-7028 Over and above work.
    …he Contractor which describes over and above work being proposed. (b) The Contractor and Administrative Contracting Officer shall mutually agree to procedures for Government administration and Contractor performance of over and above work …
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …rt Detection and Avoidance System, if applicable; (20) Provide for an organizational and administrative structure that ensures effective and efficient procurement of required quality materials and parts at the best value from responsible a…
  • FAR 1.201-2 FAR Secretariat.
    …s interested in reviewing the files on completed cases; and (4) Performing miscellaneous administrative tasks pertaining to the maintenance of the FAR.
  • FAR 3.104-7 Violations or possible violations.
    … the agency suspending and debarring official. (e) The HCA should recommend or direct an administrative or contractual remedy commensurate with the severity and effect of the violation. (f) If the HCA determines that urgent and compelling…
  • FAR 3.907-6 Remedies and enforcement authority.
    …int regarding the reprisal. (c)(1) The complainant shall be deemed to have exhausted all administrative remedies with respect to the complaint, and the complainant may bring a de novo action at law or equity against the employer to seek co…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …he Schedules Program, review the following website: http://www.gsa.gov/training. (f) For administrative convenience, an ordering activity contracting officer may add items not on the Federal Supply Schedule (also referred to as open market…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …on and the need to periodically compare multiple technical approaches or prices; (C) The administrative costs of BPAs; and (D) The technical qualifications of the schedule contractor(s). (4) BPAs shall address the frequency of ordering, …
  • FAR 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    …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 15.404-2 Data to support proposal analysis.
    …gency concurrently forward the audit report to the requesting contracting officer and the administrative contracting officer (ACO). The completed field pricing assistance results may reference audit information, but need not reconcile the a…

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.