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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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326 sections with “agency head”: the first 40

  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    The agency head or a designee shall prescribe procedures for the following: (a) Promoting and providing for full and open competition (see part 6) or, when full and open competition is not required in accordance with part 6, for obtaining …
  • FAR 37.503 Agency-head responsibilities.
    The agency head or designee should ensure that— (a) Requirements for services are clearly defined and appropriate performance standards are developed so that the agency's requirements can be understood by potential offerors and that perfor…
  • FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
    …C. 3204(a)(1) or 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1). (2) When the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or, for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible source…
  • DFARS 237.503 Agency-head responsibilities.
    (c) The agency head or designee shall employ procedures to ensure that requirements for service contracts are vetted and approved as a safeguard to prevent contracts from being awarded or administered in a manner that constitutes an unautho…
  • FAR 19.602-3 Resolving differences between the agency and the Small Business Administration.
    …C. This shall be done through the complete exchange of information and in accordance with agency procedures. If agreement cannot be reached between the contracting officer and the SBA Area Office, the contracting officer shall request that …
  • FAR 52.204-28 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts.
    …rity Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts (DEC 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Covered article, as defined in 41 U.S.C. 4713(k), means— (1) Information techn…
  • DFARS 207.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …y fiscal year; and (C) Any other acquisition considered appropriate by the department or agency. (ii) Written plans are not required in acquisitions for a final buy out or one-time buy. The terms “final buy out” and “one-time buy” refer t…
  • FAR 1.301 Policy.
    …a)(1) Subject to the authorities in paragraph (c) below and other statutory authority, an agency head may issue or authorize the issuance of agency acquisition regulations that implement or supplement the FAR and incorporate, together with …
  • FAR 1.404 Class deviations.
    Class deviations affect more than one contract action. When an agency knows that it will require a class deviation on a permanent basis, it should propose a FAR revision, if appropriate. Civilian agencies, other than NASA, must furnish a co…
  • FAR 1.601 General.
    …ity and responsibility to contract for authorized supplies and services are vested in the agency head. The agency head may establish contracting activities and delegate broad authority to manage the agency's contracting functions to heads o…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … be created, developed, demonstrated, and evaluated. Acquisition begins at the point when agency needs are established and includes the description of requirements to satisfy agency needs, solicitation and selection of sources, award of con…
  • FAR 3.104-4 Disclosure, protection, and marking of contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information.
    …n information to any person other than a person authorized, in accordance with applicable agency regulations or procedures, by the agency head or the contracting officer to receive such information. (b) Contractor bid or proposal informati…
  • FAR 3.104-7 Violations or possible violations.
    …that there is no impact on the procurement to an individual designated in accordance with agency procedures. (i) If that individual concurs, the contracting officer may proceed with the procurement. (ii) If that individual does not concur…
  • FAR 3.204 Treatment of violations.
    (a) Before taking any action against a contractor, the agency head or a designee shall determine, after notice and hearing under agency procedures, whether the contractor, its agent, or another representative, under a contract containing th…
  • FAR 3.704 Policy.
    …n for any violation of 18 U.S.C. 201-224 involving or relating to contracts awarded by an agency, the agency head or designee shall consider the facts available and, if appropriate, may declare void and rescind contracts, and recover the am…
  • FAR 3.705 Procedures.
    …ning any final conviction for any violation of 18 U.S.C. 201-224 involving or relating to agency contracts shall be reported promptly to the agency head or designee for that official's consideration. The agency head or designee shall prompt…
  • FAR 3.905-1 Remedies.
    (a) Agency response to Inspector General report. Not later than 30 days after receiving a report pursuant to 3.904-2, the head of the agency shall— (1) Determine whether sufficient basis exists to conclude that the contractor or subcontrac…
  • FAR 4.502 Policy.
    … conducting electronic commerce. However, as required by 41 U.S.C. 2301, the head of each agency, after consulting with the Administrator of OFPP, shall ensure that systems, technologies, procedures, and processes used by the agency to cond…
  • FAR 6.302-2 Unusual and compelling urgency.
    (a) Authority. (1) Citations: 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(2) or 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(2). (2) When the agency's need for the supplies or services is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the Government would be seriously injured unless the agen…
  • FAR 7.401 Acquisition considerations.
    …-case analysis of comparative costs and other factors in accordance with this subpart and agency procedures. (2) The methods of acquisition to be compared in the analysis shall include, at a minimum— (i) Purchase; (ii) Short-term rental …
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …ontracts shall not be used for the performance of inherently governmental functions. (b) Agency decisions which determine whether a function is or is not an inherently governmental function may be reviewed and modified by appropriate Offic…
  • FAR 9.206-1 General.
    …d after the above dates must comply with 9.202(a) to be enforceable. (b) Except when the agency head or designee determines that an emergency exists, whenever an agency elects, whether before or after award, not to enforce a qualification …
  • FAR 9.406-1 General.
    …he activity cited as a cause for debarment to the attention of the appropriate Government agency in a timely manner. (3) Whether the contractor has fully investigated the circumstances surrounding the cause for debarment (or the individual…
  • FAR 11.603 Procedures.
    …ty. (c) Rated orders shall be placed in accordance with the provisions of the DPAS. (d) Agency heads shall ensure compliance with the DPAS by contracting activities within their agencies. (e) Agency heads shall provide contracting activi…
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    …evidence establishes both the existence of the mistake and the bid actually intended, the agency head may make a determination permitting the bidder to correct the mistake; provided, that if this correction would result in displacing one or…
  • FAR 17.502-2 The Economy Act.
    … authorizes agencies to enter into agreements to obtain supplies or services from another agency. The FAR applies when one agency uses another agency's contract to obtain supplies or services. If the interagency business transaction does no…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …le opportunity to participate as subcontractors in the contracts awarded by any executive agency, consistent with efficient contract performance. The Small Business Administration (SBA) counsels and assists small business concerns and assis…
  • FAR 19.502-8 Rejecting Small Business Administration recommendations.
    …g officer to suspend action on the acquisition until the SBA Administrator appeals to the agency head (see paragraph (f) of this section); and (2) The SBA must be allowed 15 working days after making such a written request, within which th…
  • FAR 19.810 SBA appeals.
    (a) The SBA Administrator may submit the following matters for determination to the agency head if the SBA and the contracting officer fail to agree on them: (1) The decision not to make a particular acquisition available for award under t…
  • FAR 19.812 Contract administration.
    … (available via the Internet athttps://piee.eb.mil/pcm/xhtml/unauth/index.xhtml) (b) The agency shall distribute copies of the contract(s) in accordance with part 4. All contracts and modifications, if any, shall be distributed to both the…
  • FAR 22.404-6 Modifications of wage determinations.
    … solicitation is determined by the time of receipt of the modification by the contracting agency. Therefore, the contracting agency must annotate the modification of the project wage determination with the date and time immediately upon rec…
  • FAR 22.807 Exemptions.
    … 11246 may be excluded from a contract subject to E.O. 11246: (1) National security. The agency head may determine that a contract is essential to the national security and that the award of the contract without complying with one or more …
  • FAR 26.505 Suspension of payments, termination of contract, and debarment and suspension actions.
    …paragraph (a) or (b) of this section, the contracting officer shall refer the case to the agency suspending and debarring official, in accordance with agency procedures, pursuant to subpart 9.4. (d) The specific causes for suspension of co…
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    … information is not required elsewhere in the contract, and unless otherwise specified by agency supplemental regulations, the contracting officer may modify 52.227-11(e) or otherwise supplement the clause to require the contractor to do on…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    … before November 29, 1989. 10 U.S.C. 3744(b) and 41 U.S.C. 4304(b) permit the head of the agency to waive these cost allowability limitations under certain circumstances (see 37.113 and the solicitation provision at 52.237-8). (h) Backpay.…
  • FAR 32.006-4 Procedures.
    (a) In any case in which an agency's remedy coordination official finds substantial evidence that a contractor's request for advance, partial, or progress payments under a contract awarded by that agency is based on fraud, the remedy coordi…
  • FAR 32.007 Contract financing payments.
    (a)(1) Unless otherwise prescribed in agency policies and procedures or otherwise specified in paragraph (b) of this section, the due date for making contract financing payments by the designated payment office is the 30th day after the des…
  • FAR 32.402 General.
    ….102-3(b)(4). (b) Advance payments may be provided on any type of contract; however, the agency shall authorize advance payments sparingly. Except for the contracts described in 32.403(a) and (b), advance payment is the least preferred met…
  • FAR 34.003 Responsibilities.
    (a) As required by A-109, the agency head or designee shall establish written procedures for its implementation. (b) The agency procedures shall identify the key decision points of each major system acquisition and the agency official(s) f…
  • FAR 35.014 Government property and title.
    …t property apply to all R&D contracts. (b) In implementing 31 U.S.C. 6306, and unless an agency head provides otherwise, the policies in subparagraphs (1) through (4) following, regarding title to equipment (and other tangible personal pro…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.