48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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8 sections with “assisted acquisition”

  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …n to the contractor, of its right to be paid by the Government for contract performance. Assisted acquisition means a type of interagency acquisition where a servicing agency performs acquisition activities on a requesting agency's behalf,…
  • FAR 4.603 Policy.
    … reported contract action report data, regardless of dollar value. (c) Agencies awarding assisted acquisitions or direct acquisitions must report these actions and identify the Program/Funding Agency and Office Codes from the applicable ag…
  • FAR 17.502-1 General.
    (a) Written agreement on responsibility for management and administration—(1) Assisted acquisitions. (i) Prior to the issuance of a solicitation, the servicing agency and the requesting agency shall both sign a written interagency agreement…
  • DFARS 217.770 Procedures.
    … for supplies and services under non-DoD contracts, whether through direct acquisition or assisted acquisition, when the amount of the order exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold. These procedures shall include— (a) Evaluating wheth…
  • FAR 17.701 Definitions.
    … officer; or (2) Any other DoD official authorized to approve a direct acquisition or an assisted acquisition on behalf of DoD. Nondefense agency means any department or agency of the Federal Government other than the Department of Defens…
  • DFARS 217.502-1 General.
    (a) Written agreement on responsibility for management and administration— (1) Assisted acquisitions. Follow the procedures at PGI 217.502-1(a)(1), when a contracting activity from a DoD Component provides acquisition assistance to deploye…
  • DFARS 217.701 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Assisted acquisition means the type of interagency contracting through which acquisition officials of a non-DoD agency award a contract or a task or delivery order for the acquisition of supplies or services on beh…
  • FAR 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation.
    …abilities, the Contracting Officer will withhold payments from other Federal or Federally assisted contracts held by the same Contractor that are subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards statute. (d) Payrolls and basic recor…

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.