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82 sections with “approved schedule”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.236-15 Schedules for Construction Contracts.
    …g Officer. If, in the opinion of the Contracting Officer, the Contractor falls behind the approved schedule, the Contractor shall take steps necessary to improve its progress, including those that may be required by the Contracting Officer,…
  • FAR 4.1302 Acquisition of approved products and services for personal identity verification.
    (a) In order to comply with FIPS PUB 201, agencies must purchase only approved personal identity verification products and services. (b) Agencies may acquire the approved products and services from the GSA, Federal Supply Schedule 70, Spec…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ring nature, as defined by State law, if applicable, that are required to be performed or approved by a person licensed, registered, or certified to provide those services; (2) Professional services of an architectural or engineering natur…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …raph (c) of this section. (iii) The documentation or justification must be completed and approved at the time the requirement for a brand-name item is determined. In addition, the justification for a brand-name item is required at the orde…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …. (ii) Requirements for use of items peculiar to one manufacturer shall be justified and approved using the format(s) and requirements from paragraphs (b)(2)(ii)(A), (B), and (C) of this section, modified to show the brand-name justificati…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …ed into individual subcontracting plans, provided the master subcontracting plan has been approved. Reduced payment means a payment that is for less than the amount agreed upon in a subcontract in accordance with its terms and conditions, …
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    … 2021) The Government will pay the Contractor as follows upon the submission of vouchers approved by the Contracting Officer or the authorized representative: (a) Hourly rate. (1) Hourly rate means the rate(s) prescribed in the contract f…
  • FAR 52.236-21 Specifications and Drawings for Construction.
    …ignation, or prescription, of the Contracting Officer is intended and similarly the words approved, acceptable, satisfactory, or words of like import shall mean approved by, or acceptable to, or satisfactory to the Contracting Officer, unle…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …act, only for performing this contract, unless otherwise provided for in this contract or approved by the Contracting Officer. (2) Modifications or alterations of Government property are prohibited, unless they are— (i) Reasonable and nec…
  • DFARS 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    …An alternate domestic content threshold will apply to the entire period of performance as approved by the senior procurement executive (see 225.101(d)). (v) Use alternate III of the clause in lieu of Alternate I of the clause in solicitati…
  • DFARS 246.870-2 Policy.
    …raph (a)(1)(i) of this section, from suppliers identified by the Contractor as contractor-approved suppliers, provided that— (A) For identifying and approving such contractor-approved suppliers, the contractor uses established counterfeit …
  • DFARS 252.228-7001 Ground and Flight Risk.
    …or. It also includes any operator of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Flight means any flight approved in writing by the Government flight representative, to include taxi test made in the performance of this contract, or flight for the purpose …
  • DFARS 252.246-7008 Sources of Electronic Parts.
    …r contract for another company under the label or brand name of that company. Contractor-approved supplier means a supplier that does not have a contractual agreement with the original component manufacturer for a transaction, but has been…
  • DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.
    …ubmitted after such date(s) as expeditiously as possible, however, if a DoD waiver is not approved prior to the shipper's sailing date, this will not of itself constitute a compensable delay under this or any other clause of this contract. …
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …prepared in accordance with this paragraph shall be signed by the contracting officer and approved by the head of the contracting activity prior to the execution of the base period. (iii) The D&F required by paragraph (h)(3)(ii)(A) of this…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …for administration (see 31.109). (7) Determine the allowability of costs suspended or disapproved as required (see subpart 42.8), direct the suspension or disapproval of costs when there is reason to believe they should be suspended or dis…
  • FAR 6.304 Approval of the justification.
    … (b) of this section, the justification for other than full and open competition shall be approved in writing— (1) For a proposed contract not exceeding $900,000, the contracting officer's certification required by 6.303-2(b)(12) will serv…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …on, unless the requirement is waived on the basis of a justification that is prepared and approved in accordance with 8.405-6. (2) For services requiring a statement of work. This applies when establishing a BPA that requires services pric…
  • FAR 11.603 Procedures.
    …ve been given authority by the Department of Commerce to place rated orders in support of approved programs (see Schedule I of the DPAS). Other U.S. Government agencies, Canada, and foreign nations may apply for priority rating authority. …
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    … section, must exist. (ii) A written justification for use of the higher amounts must be approved by an officer of the contractor's organization or designee to ensure that the authority is properly administered and controlled to prevent ab…
  • FAR 52.209-3 First Article Approval—Contractor Testing.
    …ce of disapproval shall cite reasons for the disapproval. (c) If the first article is disapproved, the Contractor, upon Government request, shall repeat any or all first article tests. After each request for additional tests, the Contracto…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … Government will pay the Contractor as follows upon the submission of commercial invoices approved by the Contracting Officer: (i) Hourly rate. (A) The amounts shall be computed by multiplying the appropriate hourly rates prescribed in th…
  • FAR 52.228-7 Insurance—Liability to Third Persons.
    …and for those periods as the Contracting Officer may require or approve and with insurers approved by the Contracting Officer. (b) The Contractor agrees to submit for the Contracting Officer's approval, to the extent and in the manner requ…
  • DFARS 252.237-7016 Delivery tickets.
    …ntractor shall complete delivery tickets in the number of copies required and in the form approved by the Contracting Officer, when it receives the articles to be serviced. (b) The Contractor shall include one copy of each delivery ticket …
  • FAR 17.502-2 The Economy Act.
    … to purchase such supplies or services on behalf of other agencies. (2) The D&F shall be approved by a contracting officer of the requesting agency with authority to contract for the supplies or services to be ordered, or by another offici…
  • FAR 22.103-4 Approvals.
    …ting officer. If the contracting officer determines that the requested overtime should be approved in whole or in part, the contracting officer shall request the approval of the agency's designated approving official and modify paragraph (a…
  • FAR 44.305-2 Notification.
    …s of subcontracts may be required even though the contractor's purchasing system has been approved. The system approval notification shall identify the class or classes of subcontracts requiring consent. Reasons for selecting the subcontrac…
  • FAR 52.209-4 First Article Approval—Government Testing.
    …ce of disapproval shall cite reasons for the disapproval. (c) If the first article is disapproved, the Contractor, upon Government request, shall submit an additional first article for testing. After each request, the Contractor shall make…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …pute within the meaning of the Disputes clause. (5) Within 120 days (or longer period if approved in writing by the Contracting Officer) after settlement of the final annual indirect cost rates for all years of a physically complete contra…
  • FAR 52.225-8 Duty-Free Entry.
    …tes means the States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. (b) Except as otherwise approved by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall not include in the contract price any amount for duties on supplies specifically identified …
  • FAR 52.232-30 Installment Payments for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …each separately priced unit of supply (but not for services) of each line item in amounts approved by the Contracting Officer pursuant to this clause. (1) Number of installment payments for each line item. Each separately priced unit of ea…
  • FAR 52.248-2 Value Engineering—Architect-Engineer.
    …r's qualifications and engineering discipline. Subsequent changes or substitutions to the approved VE team shall be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer for approval; and (3) The team leader shall be responsible for prestudy wor…
  • FAR 52.249-2 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price).
    …haser and (ii) may acquire the property under the conditions prescribed by, and at prices approved by, the Contracting Officer. The proceeds of any transfer or disposition will be applied to reduce any payments to be made by the Government …
  • FAR 52.249-3 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements).
    …haser and (ii) may acquire the property under the conditions prescribed by, and at prices approved by, the Contracting Officer. The proceeds of any transfer or disposition will be applied to reduce any payments to be made by the Government …
  • DFARS 204.7103-1 Criteria for establishing.
    …See 204.7105. (e) If the contract involves a test model or a first article which must be approved, establish a separate contract line item or subline item for each item of supply or service which must be approved. If the test model or firs…
  • DFARS 228.370-1 Definitions.
    …or. It also includes any operator of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Flight means any flight approved in writing by the Government flight representative, to include taxi test made in the performance of the contract, or flight for the purpose o…
  • DFARS 228.370-2 General.
    …s; (ii) Is sustained during flight if either the flight or the crewmembers have not been approved in advance and in writing by the GFR, who has been authorized in accordance with the combined regulation/instruction entitled “Contractor's F…
  • DFARS 237.104 Personal services contracts.
    …equest to enter into a personal services contract for direct health care services must be approved by the commander of the medical/dental treatment facility where the services will be performed. (ii) A request to enter into a personal serv…
  • FAR 4.606 Reporting Data.
    …of this section only if they are able to be segregated from FAR-based actions and this is approved in writing by the FPDS Program Office. Prior to the commencement of reporting, agencies must contact the FPDS Program Office if they desire t…
  • FAR 4.805 Storage, handling, and contract files.
    … cannot be economically segregated, the entire file should be kept for the period of time approved for the program records. Similarly, if documents described in the following table are part of a subject or case file that documents activitie…

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.