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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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24 sections with “architect-engineer contractors”

  • FAR 52.244-4 Subcontractors and outside associates and consultants (Architect-engineer services).
    …(b), insert the following clause: Subcontractors and Outside Associates and Consultants (Architect-Engineer Services) (AUG 1998) Any subcontractors and outside associates or consultants required by the Contractor in connection with the se…
  • FAR 36.608 Liability for Government costs resulting from design errors or deficiencies.
    Architect-engineer contractors shall be responsible for the professional quality, technical accuracy, and coordination of all services required under their contracts. A firm may be liable for Government costs resulting from errors or defici…
  • FAR 44.204 Contract clauses.
    …clause with its Alternate I. (3) Use of this clause is not required in— (i) Fixed-price architect-engineer contracts; or (ii) Contracts for mortuary services, refuse services, or shipment and storage of personal property, when an agency-…
  • FAR 36.609-2 Redesign responsibility for design errors or deficiencies.
    (a) Under architect-engineer contracts, contractors shall be required to make necessary corrections at no cost to the Government when the designs, drawings, specifications, or other items or services furnished contain any errors, deficienci…
  • FAR 42.1502 Policy.
    …on contracts below $900,000. (f) Past performance evaluations shall be prepared for each architect-engineer services contract of $45,000 or more, and for each architect-engineer services contract that is terminated for default regardless o…
  • FAR 48.102 Policies.
    …ting activities will include value engineering provisions in appropriate supply, service, architect-engineer and construction contracts as prescribed by 48.201 and 48.202 except where exemptions are granted on a case-by-case basis, or for s…
  • FAR 16.500 Scope of subpart.
    …(d) The statutory multiple award preference implemented by this subpart does not apply to architect-engineer contracts subject to the procedures in subpart 36.6. However, agencies are not precluded from making multiple awards for architect-…
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …reement over quantity, quality, or contractor compliance with contract requirements. (c) Architect-engineer contracts. (1) The due date for making payments on contracts that contain the clause at 52.232-10, Payments Under Fixed-Price Archi…
  • FAR 36.102 Definitions.
    …his part— Contract is intended to refer to a contract for construction or a contract for architect-engineer services, unless another meaning is clearly intended. Design means defining the construction requirement (including the functional…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ovision or clause as changed by the addition, deletion, or substitution (see 52.105(a)). Architect-engineer services, as defined in 40 U.S.C. 1102, means— (1) Professional services of an architectural or engineering nature, as defined by …
  • FAR 15.204 Contract format.
    …rs. The uniform contract format need not be used for the following: (a) Construction and architect-engineer contracts (see part 36). (b) Subsistence contracts. (c) Supplies or services contracts requiring special contract formats prescri…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …fee shall not exceed 15 percent of the contract's estimated cost, excluding fee. (B) For architect-engineer services for public works or utilities, the contract price or the estimated cost and fee for production and delivery of designs, pl…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … (i) Acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Construction or architect-engineer services under part 36; (iii) Utility services under part 41; (iv) Service contracts where supplies are not required; (v) Acquis…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    … contracts for services that substantially or to a dominant extent specify performance of architect-engineer services, as defined in 2.101, shall— (i) Be awarded using the procedures at subpart 36.6; and (ii) Require the direct supervisio…
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    … business as a whole. These costs are particularly significant in construction, job-site, architect-engineer, facilities, and Government-owned contractor operated (GOCO) plant contracts (see 31.203(h)); (14) Costs of construction plant and…
  • FAR 32.905 Payment documentation and process.
    …ixed-Price Construction Contracts, or the clause at 52.232-10, Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts. (6) Signature, printed name, title, mailing address, and telephone number of the designated Government official respons…
  • FAR 36.601-1 Public announcement.
    The Government shall publicly announce all requirements for architect-engineer services and negotiate contracts for these services based on the demonstrated competence and qualifications of prospective contractors to perform the services at…
  • FAR 36.606 Negotiations.
    …he clause prescribed at 44.204(b), Subcontractors and Outside Associates and Consultants (Architect-Engineer Services) (see 52.244-4), limits a firm's subcontracting to firms agreed upon during negotiations. (f) If a mutually satisfactory …
  • FAR 37.102 Policy.
    …performance-based acquisition methods to the maximum extent practicable, except for— (i) Architect-engineer services acquired in accordance with 40 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. (see part 36); (ii) Construction (see part 36); (iii) Utility service…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …ast performance information in CPARS that is within three years (six for construction and architect-engineer contracts) of the completion of performance of the evaluated contract or order, and information contained in the Federal Awardee Pe…
  • FAR 48.101 General.
    … item of work in the contract Schedule. No value engineering (VE) sharing is permitted in architect-engineer contracts. All other contracts with a program clause share in savings on accepted VECP's, but at a lower percentage rate than under…
  • FAR 52.103 Identification of provisions and clauses.
    …ot published in the Federal Register and codified in 48 CFR. If part 36 (Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts) of the Y Acquisition Regulation prescribes the use of a clause entitled “Refrigerated Display Cases,” dated March 1983, …
  • DFARS 215.404-4 Profit.
    …or below the certified cost or pricing data threshold (see FAR 15.403-4(a)(1)); (ii) For architect-engineer or construction work; (iii) Primarily for delivery of material from subcontractors; or (iv) A termination settlement; or (2) The…
  • DFARS 216.500 Scope of subpart.
    (d)(i) When awarding task orders or delivery orders for architect-engineer services under a multiple-award contract, follow the procedures for the selection of contractors and placement of orders at FAR 36.6 to implement 10 U.S.C. 3406(h)(1…

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