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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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93 sections with “arising under”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …tract to reach agreement on any request for equitable adjustment, claim, appeal or action arising under or relating to this contract shall be a dispute to be resolved in accordance with the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.…
  • FAR 33.213 Obligation to continue performance.
    …ge of the Disputes statute, the obligation to continue performance applied only to claims arising under a contract. However, the Disputes statute, at 41 U.S.C. 7103(g), authorizes agencies to require a contractor to continue contract perfor…
  • FAR 52.232-10 Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    …ute and deliver to the Contracting Officer a release of all claims against the Government arising under or by virtue of this contract, other than any claims that are specifically excepted by the Contractor from the operation of the release …
  • FAR 52.233-1 Disputes.
    …pter 71, Contract Disputes. (b) Except as provided in 41 U.S.C. chapter 71, all disputes arising under or relating to this contract shall be resolved under this clause. (c) Claim, as used in this clause, means a written demand or written …
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    … products and petroleum products. Debt bondage means the status or condition of a debtor arising from a pledge by the debtor of his or her personal services or of those of a person under his or her control as a security for debt, if the va…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    … its officers, agents, and employees of and from all liabilities, obligations, and claims arising out of or under this contract, subject only to the following exceptions: (1) Specified claims in stated amounts, or in estimated amounts if t…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ney in a sum certain, the adjustment or interpretation of contract terms, or other relief arising under or relating to the contract. However, a written demand or written assertion by the contractor seeking the payment of money exceeding $10…
  • FAR 32.304-5 Assignment of claims under contracts.
    …gned proceeds under defense production contracts by reason of claims against the borrower arising after notice of assignment and independently of defense production contracts under which the borrower is the seller.
  • FAR 33.203 Applicability.
    …is part applies to all disputes with respect to contracting officer decisions on matters “arising under” or “relating to” a contract. Agency Boards of Contract Appeals (BCAs) authorized under the Disputes statute continue to have all of the…
  • FAR 49.108-8 Assignment of rights under subcontracts.
    …de the Government the right, in its discretion, to settle and pay any settlement proposal arising out of the termination of subcontracts. This right does not obligate the Government to settle and pay settlement proposals of subcontractors. …
  • FAR 49.603-1 Fixed-price contracts—complete termination.
    …nguage should be appropriately modified.] (iv) All rights and liabilities of the parties arising under the contract and relating to reproduction rights, patent infringements, inventions, or applications for patents, including rights to ass…
  • FAR 49.603-2 Fixed-price contracts—partial termination.
    …nguage should be appropriately modified.] (iv) All rights and liabilities of the parties arising under the contract and relating to reproduction rights, patent infringements, inventions, or applications for patents, including rights to ass…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    …nguage should be appropriately modified.] (iv) All rights and liabilities of the parties arising under the contract and relating to reproduction rights, patent infringements, inventions, or applications for patents, including rights to ass…
  • FAR 49.603-4 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, with settlement limited to fee.
    …guage should be appropriately modified.] (iii) All rights and liabilities of the parties arising under the contract and relating to reproduction rights, patent infringements, inventions, or applications for patents, including rights to ass…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    …s and access to employees with information; (2) Does not foreclose any Contractor rights arising in law, the FAR, or the terms of the contract. It does not require— (i) A Contractor to waive its attorney-client privilege or the protection…
  • FAR 52.215-2 Audit and Records—Negotiation.
    …elating to appeals under the Disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved. (g) The Contractor shall insert a clause c…
  • FAR 52.225-26 Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    …s and access to employees with information; (2) Does not foreclose any Contractor rights arising in law, the FAR, or the terms of the contract. It does not require— (i) The Contractor to waive its attorney-client privilege or the protecti…
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    …y executed voucher; and (3) Presentation of release of all claims against the Government arising by virtue of this contract, other than claims, in stated amounts, that the Contractor has specifically excepted from the operation of the rele…
  • FAR 52.241-9 Connection Charge.
    …inal payment, the Contractor shall execute a release of any claims against the Government arising under or by the virtue of such installation. (b) Ownership, operation, maintenance and repair of new facilities to be provided. The facilitie…
  • FAR 52.250-1 Indemnification Under Public Law 85-804.
    …l not be indemnified for— (1) Government claims against the Contractor (other than those arising through subrogation); or (2) Loss or damage affecting the Contractor's property. (e) With the Contracting Officer's prior written approval, …
  • DFARS 252.225-7039 Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    …s and access to employees with information; (2) Does not foreclose any contractor rights arising in law, the FAR or the terms of the contract. It does not require— (i) The contractor to waive its attorney-client privilege or the protectio…
  • FAR 19.502-6 Setting aside a class of acquisitions for small business.
    …al class set-aside. (d) The contracting officer shall review each individual acquisition arising under a class small business set-aside to identify any changes in the magnitude of requirements, specifications, delivery requirements, or com…
  • FAR 22.809 Enforcement.
    … of the Secretary of Labor. (d) Referral by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of any matter arising under E.O. 11246 to the Department of Justice or to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for the institution of appropriate civi…
  • FAR 31.205-16 Gains and losses on disposition or impairment of depreciable property or other capital assets.
    … into consideration in the depreciation cost basis of the new item. (g) Gains and losses arising from mass or extraordinary sales, retirements, or other disposition other than through business combinations shall be considered on a case-by-…
  • FAR 33.210 Contracting officer's authority.
    …rized, within any specific limitations of their warrants, to decide or resolve all claims arising under or relating to a contract subject to the Disputes statute. In accordance with agency policies and 33.214, contracting officers are autho…
  • FAR 33.215 Contract clauses.
    …agency procedures that continued performance is necessary pending resolution of any claim arising under or relating to the contract, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I. (b) Insert the clause at 52.233-4 in al…
  • FAR 46.803 Policy.
    …of or damage to those items. However, this relief shall not limit the Government's rights arising under the contract to— (1) Have any defective item or its components corrected, repaired, or replaced when the defect or deficiency is discov…
  • FAR 49.603-7 No-cost settlement agreement—partial termination.
    …rstanding.] (2) The Contractor unconditionally waives any charges against the Government arising under the terminated portion of the contract or by reason of its termination, including, without limitation, all obligations of the Government…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …elating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved. (3) As used in thi…
  • FAR 52.214-26 Audit and Records—Sealed Bidding.
    …taining to appeals under the Disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to the performance of this contract shall be made available until disposition of such appeals, litigation, or claims. (e) S…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …rnment, its officers, agents, and employees from all liabilities, obligations, and claims arising out of or under this contract, except— (A) Specified claims stated in exact amounts, or in estimated amounts when the exact amounts are not k…
  • FAR 52.237-4 Payment by Government to Contractor.
    …is contract. If requested, the Contractor shall release all claims against the Government arising under this contract, other than any claims the Contractor specifically excepts, in stated amounts, from operation of this release. (End of cl…
  • FAR 52.249-10 Default (Fixed-Price Construction).
    …, (x) unusually severe weather, or (xi) delays of subcontractors or suppliers at any tier arising from unforeseeable causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of both the Contractor and the subcontractors or suppliers; a…
  • DFARS 252.203-7001 Prohibition on Persons Convicted of Fraud or Other Defense-Contract-Related Felonies.
    …fense-Contract-Related Felonies (JAN 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— (1) Arising out of a contract with the DoD means any act in connection with— (i) Attempting to obtain; (ii) Obtaining; or (iii) Performing a contract o…
  • DFARS 252.232-7008 Assignment of claims (overseas).
    …arked “Top Secret,” “Secret,” or “Confidential” be furnished to any assignee of any claim arising under this contract or to any other person not entitled to receive such documents. However, a copy of any part or all of this contract so mark…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    …h the defense or prosecution of lawsuits or appeals between contractors or subcontractors arising from either— (i) An agreement or contract concerning a teaming arrangement, a joint venture, or similar arrangement of shared interest; or (…
  • FAR 32.804 Extent of assignee's protection.
    …s free of reduction or setoff for— (1) Any liability of the contractor to the Government arising independently of the contract; and (2) Any of the following liabilities of the contractor to the Government arising from the assigned contrac…
  • FAR 52.222-34 Project Labor Agreement.
    …Set forth effective, prompt, and mutually binding procedures for resolving labor disputes arising during the term of the project labor agreement; (5) Provide other mechanisms for labor-management cooperation on matters of mutual interest a…
  • FAR 52.249-2 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price).
    …e Government shall have the right to settle or to pay any termination settlement proposal arising out of those terminations. (5) With approval or ratification to the extent required by the Contracting Officer, settle all outstanding liabil…
  • FAR 52.249-3 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements).
    …e Government shall have the right to settle or to pay any termination settlement proposal arising out of those terminations. (5) With approval or ratification to the extent required by the Contracting Officer, settle all outstanding liabil…

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.