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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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58 sections with “advance proposal”: the first 40

  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    … at subparts 31.2, 31.3, 31.6, and 31.7, contracting officers and contractors should seek advance agreement on the treatment of special or unusual costs and on statistical sampling methodologies at 31.201-6(c). However, an advance agreement…
  • FAR 49.206-2 Bases for settlement proposals.
    …loss (49.203(b)) must be made to complete the gross settlement proposal. All unliquidated advance and progress payments and all disposal and other credits known when the proposal is submitted must then be deducted. (3) This inventory basis…
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    (a) Research and development (R&D) advance notices. Contracting officers may transmit to the GPE advance notices of their interest in potential R&D programs whenever market research does not produce a sufficient number of concerns to obtain…
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …in technology, materials, processes, methods, devices, or techniques, and (3) attempts to advance the state of the art. Applied research does not include efforts whose principal aim is design, development, or test of specific items or servi…
  • FAR 36.211 Distribution of advance notices and solicitations.
    (a) Advance notices and solicitations should be distributed to reach as many prospective offerors as practicable. Contracting officers may send notices and solicitations to organizations that maintain, without charge to the public, display …
  • DFARS 231.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …ncurred IR&D costs that the chief executive officer of the contractor has determined will advance the needs of DoD for future technology and advanced capability as DoD describes such needs in communications referenced at 242.771-3(c)(1)(i).…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    … I Price Analysis, II Quantitative Techniques for Contract Pricing, III Cost Analysis, IV Advanced Issues in Contract Pricing, and V Federal Contract Negotiation Techniques. These references provide detailed discussion and examples applying…
  • FAR 32.102 Description of contract financing methods.
    (a) Advance payments are advances of money by the Government to a prime contractor before, in anticipation of, and for the purpose of complete performance under one or more contracts. They are expected to be liquidated from payments due to …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …product that evolved from a product described in paragraph (1) of this definition through advances in technology or performance and that is not yet available in the commercial marketplace, but will be available in the commercial marketplace…
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    …2)(i); (9) The proposed contract action is made for perishable subsistence supplies, and advance notice is not appropriate or reasonable; (10) The proposed contract action is made under conditions described in 6.302-3, or 6.302-5 with reg…
  • FAR 15.407-3 Forward pricing rate agreements.
    …re certification at the time of agreement for data supplied in support of FPRA's or other advance agreements. When a forward pricing rate agreement or other advance agreement is used to price a contract action that requires a certificate, t…
  • FAR 15.603 General.
    …t the agency's research and development or other mission responsibilities; (5) Not be an advance proposal for a known agency requirement that can be acquired by competitive methods; and (6) Not address a previously published agency requir…
  • FAR 31.201-6 Accounting for unallowable costs.
    …ing methods for identifying and segregating unallowable costs should be the subject of an advance agreement under the provisions of 31.109 between the contractor and the cognizant administrative contracting officer or Federal official. The …
  • FAR 32.409-1 Recommendation for approval.
    …ty, technical ability, and plant capacity. (d) Comments on (1) the contractor's need for advance payments and (2) potential Government benefits from the contract performance. (e) Proposed advance payment contract terms, including proposed…
  • FAR 28.001 Definitions.
    …ustained by the obligee. The types of bonds and related documents are as follows: (1) An advance payment bond secures fulfillment of the contractor's obligations under an advance payment provision. (2) An annual bid bond is a single bond …
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …h the benefits to be paid, or the basis for determining such benefits, are established in advance and the contributions are intended to provide the stated benefits. Defined-contribution pension plan means a pension plan in which the contri…
  • FAR 49.203 Adjustment for loss.
    … in subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) below, less all disposal credits and all unliquidated advance and progress payments previously made under the contract: (1) The amount negotiated or determined for settlement expenses. (2) The contract …
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …amount, product or service(s) to be provided, contract performance period, rate ceilings, advance approval requirements, pre-contract cost allowability limitations, and billing limitations. (v) The Contractor shall update the billings on a…
  • DFARS 212.7002 Policy.
    …equirements; (2) To close capability gaps, or provide potential innovative technological advancements; and (3) When meaningful proposals with varying technical or scientific approaches can be reasonably anticipated. (b) Notwithstanding F…
  • DFARS 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.
    …thout any further analysis by the contracting officer. (4) Costs that are the subject of advance agreement under the appropriate provisions of FAR part 31; or where the advance understanding places a limit on the amounts of cost that will …
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    …reviews the audit report and the projected costs and projected savings, and negotiates an advance agreement in accordance with paragraph (d) of this subsection; and (4)(i) The official designated in paragraph (c)(4)(ii) of this subsection …
  • DFARS 235.016 Broad agency announcement.
    …asic research (budget activity 6.1). (ii) Applied research (budget activity 6.2). (iii) Advanced technology development (budget activity 6.3). (iv) Advanced component development and prototypes (budget activity 6.4).
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …e policies or certificates of insurance or references to them. (13) Documents supporting advance or progress payments. (14) Progressing, expediting, and production surveillance records. (15) Quality assurance records. (16) Property admi…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    … officers consult the Disaster Response Registry via https://www.sam.gov, Search Records, Advanced Search, Disaster Response Registry Search as a part of acquisition planning for debris removal, distribution of supplies, reconstruction, and…
  • FAR 15.101-2 Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
    … services, cybersecurity services, systems engineering and technical assistance services, advanced electronic testing, audit or audit readiness services, health care services and records, telecommunications devices and services, or other kn…
  • FAR 15.406-2 Certificate of current cost or pricing data.
    …current as of ____**. This certification includes the cost or pricing data supporting any advance agreements and forward pricing rate agreements between the offeror and the Government that are part of the proposal. * Identify the proposal,…
  • FAR 16.603-2 Application.
    …not exceed 50 percent of the estimated cost of the definitive contract unless approved in advance by the official that authorized the letter contract. (e) The contracting officer shall assign a priority rating to the letter contract if it …
  • FAR 22.504 General requirements for project labor agreements.
    …he particular contract: (i) Requiring a project labor agreement on the project would not advance the Federal Government's interests in achieving economy and efficiency in Federal procurement. The exception shall be based on one or more of …
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    … (vi) The contracting officer (or contractor with respect to a subcontract) determines in advance before issuing the solicitation, based on the nature of the contract requirements and knowledge of the practices of likely offerors, that all …
  • FAR 31.205-22 Lobbying and political activity costs.
    …equirements of this subsection. (e) Existing procedures should be utilized to resolve in advance any significant questions or disagreements concerning the interpretation or application of this subsection.
  • FAR 35.017-1 Sponsoring agreements.
    …ate, other provisions, such as identification of—(1) Any cost elements which will require advance agreement if cost-type contracts are used; and (2) Considerations which will affect negotiation of fees where payment of fees is determined b…
  • FAR 36.606 Negotiations.
    …cept as provided in 36.209. (d) During negotiations, the contracting officer should seek advance agreement (see 31.109) on any charges for computer-assisted design. When the firm's proposal does not cover appropriate modern and cost-effect…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …at officer. (5) Negotiate forward pricing rate agreements (see 15.407-3). (6) Negotiate advance agreements applicable to treatment of costs under contracts currently assigned for administration (see 31.109). (7) Determine the allowabilit…
  • FAR 42.705-1 Contracting officer determination procedure.
    …cting officer (or cognizant Federal agency official), including a listing of any relevant advance agreements or restrictive terms of specific contracts. (3) The contracting officer (or cognizant Federal agency official) shall head the Gove…
  • FAR 42.705-2 Auditor determination procedure.
    …it the proposal and prepare an advisory audit report, including a listing of any relevant advance agreements or restrictive terms of specific contracts; (ii) Seek agreement on indirect costs with the contractor; (iii) Prepare an indirect …
  • FAR 42.705-3 Educational institutions.
    …agency shall obtain the contractor's proposal for new predetermined rates sufficiently in advance so that the new rates, based on current data, may be promptly negotiated near the beginning of the new fiscal year or other period agreed to b…
  • FAR 43.204 Administration.
    …quitable adjustment in the contract price or delivery terms 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 unil…
  • FAR 49.002 Applicability.
    …oposals. Credits for retention or other disposal of termination inventory and amounts for advance or partial payments shall not be deducted.
  • FAR 49.112-1 Partial payments.
    …yment otherwise payable under 49.112-1(b)— (1) All unliquidated balances of progress and advance payments (including interest) made to the contractor, which are allocable to the terminated portion of the contract; and (2) The amounts of a…
  • FAR 49.601-2 Letter notice.
    …ly action in assisting displaced workers; (ii) Give affected employees maximum practical advance notice of the employment reduction and inform them of the facilities and services available to them through the local State Employment Service…

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.