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231 sections with “award amount”: the first 40

  • FAR 5.303 Announcement of contract awards.
    (a) Public announcement. Contracting officers shall make information available on awards over $5.5 million (unless another dollar amount is specified in agency acquisition regulations) in sufficient time for the agency concerned to announce…
  • FAR 13.106-3 Award and documentation.
    (a) Basis for award. Before making award, the contracting officer must determine that the proposed price is fair and reasonable. (1) Whenever possible, base price reasonableness on competitive quotations or offers. (2) If only one respons…
  • FAR 16.305 Cost-plus-award-fee contracts.
    A cost-plus-award-fee contract is a cost-reimbursement contract that provides for a fee consisting of (a) a base amount (which may be zero) fixed at inception of the contract and (b) an award amount, based upon a judgmental evaluation by th…
  • FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.
    …insert the following clause: Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause: Executive means officers, managing partners, or any other employees in management positio…
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    In order to minimize delays in contract awards, administrative determinations may be made as described in this 14.407-3 in connection with mistakes in bids alleged after opening of bids and before award. The authority to permit correction o…
  • FAR 14.409-1 Award of unclassified contracts.
    …fy each unsuccessful bidder in writing or electronically within three days after contract award, that its bid was not accepted. “Day,” for purposes of the notification process, means calendar day, except that the period will run until a day…
  • FAR 16.405-2 Cost-plus-award-fee contracts.
    A cost-plus-award-fee contract is a cost-reimbursement contract that provides for a fee consisting of (1) a base amount fixed at inception of the contract, if applicable and at the discretion of the contracting officer, and (2) an award amo…
  • FAR 16.406 Contract clauses.
    …ion in solicitations and contracts when a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract or a cost-plus-award-fee contract is contemplated. (d) The clause at 52.216-10, Incentive Fee, is prescribed in 16.307(d) for insertion in solicitations and contrac…
  • FAR 52.214-10 Contract Award—Sealed Bidding.
    As prescribed in 14.201-6(e), insert the following provision: Contract Award—Sealed Bidding (JUL 1990) (a) The Government will evaluate bids in response to this solicitation without discussions and will award a contract to the responsible…
  • FAR 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer.
    After a contract or contract modification containing a subcontracting plan is awarded or an existing subcontracting plan is amended, the contracting officer shall do the following: (a) Notify the SBA of the award by sending a copy of the a…
  • DFARS 205.303 Announcement of contract awards.
    (a) Public announcement. (i) The threshold for DoD awards is $9 million. Report all contractual actions, including modifications, that have a face value, excluding unexercised options, of more than $9 million. (A) For undefinitized contrac…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …scription of requirements to satisfy agency needs, solicitation and selection of sources, award of contracts, contract financing, contract performance, contract administration, and those technical and management functions directly related t…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …e law or regulation. (5) Information marked in accordance with 52.215-1(e). Decision to award a subcontract or modification of subcontract means a decision to designate award to a particular source. Federal agency procurement means the a…
  • FAR 3.104-7 Violations or possible violations.
    …t determine if the reported violation or possible violation has any impact on the pending award or selection of the contractor. (1) If the contracting officer concludes that there is no impact on the procurement, the contracting officer mu…
  • FAR 4.2304 Procedures.
    …ty instructs the contracting officer otherwise, FASCSA orders apply as follows: contracts awarded by civilian agencies will be subject to DHS FASCSA orders, and contracts awarded by the Department of Defense will be subject to DoD FASCSA or…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …r. (9) Closing Response Date. (10) Contact Point or Contracting Officer. (11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number. (12) Contract Award Dollar Amount. (13) Line Item Number. (14) Contract Award Date. (15) Contractor. (16) Descript…
  • FAR 5.301 General.
    …n 5.003, contracting officers must synopsize through the GPE the following: (1) Contract awards exceeding $25,000 that are— (i) Covered by the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement or a Free Trade Agreement (see subpar…
  • FAR 6.302-2 Unusual and compelling urgency.
    … An unusual and compelling urgency precludes full and open competition; and (2) Delay in award of a contract would result in serious injury, financial or other, to the Government. (c) Limitations. (1) Contracts awarded using this authorit…
  • FAR 6.303-1 Requirements.
    …contract, commence negotiations for a contract resulting from an unsolicited proposal, or award any other contract without providing for full and open competition unless the contracting officer— (1) Justifies, if required in 6.302, the use…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …rd all schedule contractors offering the required services under the appropriate multiple-award schedule(s) an opportunity to submit a quote; or (B) Provide the RFQ to as many schedule contractors as practicable, consistent with market res…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …fficer shall, to the maximum extent practicable, give preference to establishing multiple-award BPAs, rather than establishing a single-award BPA. (ii) No single-award BPA with an estimated value exceeding $150 million (including any optio…
  • FAR 14.201-9 Simplified contract format.
    …y other information/instructions necessary to guide offerors. (3) Evaluation factors for award. Insert all evaluation factors and any significant subfactors for award. (4) Upon award, the contracting officer need not physically include th…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …t is anticipated that certified cost or pricing data will be required or for which any preaward or postaward cost determinations will be subject to part 31. (h) Facilities Capital Cost of Money. The contracting officer shall insert the pro…
  • FAR 16.001 Definitions.
    As used in this part— Award-Fee Board means the team of individuals identified in the award-fee plan who have been designated to assist the Fee-Determining Official in making award-fee determinations. Established price means a price that—…
  • FAR 16.401 General.
    …signed by the head of the contracting activity, shall be completed for all incentive- and award-fee contracts justifying that the use of this type of contract is in the best interest of the Government. This determination shall be documented…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …the Government will use in issuing orders, including the ordering media, and, if multiple awards may be made, state the procedures and selection criteria that the Government will use to provide awardees a fair opportunity to be considered f…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …ed for the contract in accordance with 6.302-1(c) or unless the base contract is a single-award contract awarded under full and open competition. Justifications for the use of brand-name specifications must be completed and approved at the …
  • FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …citations and contracts involving total small business set-asides. This includes multiple-award contracts when orders may be set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3), as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    … the time limit prescribed by the contracting officer, the offeror will be ineligible for award. For a multiple-award contract with more than one North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code, see paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this se…
  • FAR 19.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.
    …small business, HUBZone small business, or a women-owned small business in the System for Award Management (SAM) if— (A) The subcontractor is registered in SAM; and (B) The subcontractor represents that the size and socioeconomic status r…
  • FAR 19.805-1 General.
    …ph (b) of this section, an acquisition offered to the SBA under the 8(a) program shall be awarded on the basis of competition limited to eligible 8(a) participants when— (1) There is a reasonable expectation that at least two eligible and …
  • FAR 22.805 Procedures.
    (a) Preaward clearances for contracts and subcontracts of $10 million or more (excluding construction). (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (a)(4) and (a)(8) of this section, if the estimated amount of the contract or subcontract is $10 mi…
  • FAR 26.103 Procedures.
    …rting the claim; and (iv) Be filed with and received by the contracting officer prior to award of the subcontract in question. (2) If the notification of a challenge is received by the prime contractor prior to award, it shall withhold aw…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    … believes the contract effort will in the future exceed $500,000, even though the initial award does not, the contracting officer may include the clause in the initial award. (e) In accordance with 27.405-1, insert the clause at 52.227-17,…
  • FAR 28.101-4 Noncompliance with bid guarantee requirements.
    … requires rejection of an initial proposal as unacceptable, if a determination is made to award the contract based on initial proposals without discussion, except in the situations described in paragraph (c) of this subsection when noncompl…
  • FAR 28.102-2 Amount required.
    (a) Definition. As used in this subsection— Original contract price means the award price of the contract; or, for requirements contracts, the price payable for the estimated total quantity; or, for indefinite-quantity contracts, the price…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    … placed on the securities is the fair market value on the first date the number of shares awarded is known, determined upon the most objective basis available. (ii) Accruals for the cost of securities before issuing the securities to the e…
  • FAR 32.1108 Payment by Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    …chase threshold, contracting officers are required to verify by looking in the System for Award Management (SAM) whether the contractor has any delinquent debt subject to collection under the Treasury Offset Program (TOP) at contract award …
  • FAR 33.102 General.
    …nsider all protests and seek legal advice, whether protests are submitted before or after award and whether filed directly with the agency, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), or the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. (See 19.302 for pro…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …test has been filed, the agency shall give notice of the protest to the contractor if the award has been made, or, if no award has been made, to all parties who appear to have a reasonable prospect of receiving award if the protest is denie…

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.