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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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385 sections with “award price”: the first 40

  • FAR 19.1406 Sole-source awards.
    (a) A contracting officer shall consider a contract award to a SDVOSB concern on a sole source basis (see 6.302-5(b)(6)), before considering small business set-asides (see 19.203 and subpart 19.5) provided none of the exclusions of 19.1404 …
  • FAR 19.1506 Women-Owned Small Business Program sole-source awards.
    (a) A contracting officer shall consider a contract award to an EDWOSB concern on a sole-source basis (see 6.302-5(b)(7)) before considering small business set-asides (see 19.203 and subpart 19.5) provided none of the exclusions at 19.1504 …
  • 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 9.106-1 Conditions for preaward surveys.
    (a) A preaward survey is normally required only when the information on hand or readily available to the contracting officer, including information from commercial sources, is not sufficient to make a determination regarding responsibility.…
  • 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 14.201-8 Price-related factors.
    …set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) below may be applicable in evaluation of bids for award and shall be included in the solicitation when applicable. (See 14.201-5(c).) (a) Foreseeable costs or delays to the Government resulting from …
  • FAR 14.407-4 Mistakes after award.
    …or's discovery and request for correction of a mistake in bid is not made until after the award, it shall be processed under the procedures of subpart 33.2 and the following: (a) When a mistake in a contractor's bid is not discovered until…
  • FAR 14.408-4 Economic price adjustment.
    …sible economic price adjustment of the quoted base price. (2) If the bid is eligible for award, the contracting officer shall request the bidder to agree to the inclusion in the award of an approved economic price adjustment clause (see 16…
  • FAR 15.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
    … within 3 days after the date on which that offeror has received notification of contract award in accordance with 15.503(b), shall be debriefed and furnished the basis for the selection decision and contract award. (2) To the maximum exte…
  • FAR 16.404 Fixed-price contracts with award fees.
    Award-fee provisions may be used in fixed-price contracts when the Government wishes to motivate a contractor and other incentives cannot be used because contractor performance cannot be measured objectively. Such contracts shall establish …
  • FAR 19.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.
    …Engineer acquisitions); (2) Where all fair and reasonable offers are accepted (e.g., the award of multiple award schedule contracts); or (3) For the reserved portion of a solicitation for a multiple-award contract (see 19.503). (b) The c…
  • FAR 25.205 Postaward determinations.
    … a determination regarding the inapplicability of the Buy American statute after contract award, the contractor must explain why it could not request the determination before contract award or why the need for such determination otherwise w…
  • FAR 25.504-4 Group award basis.
    (a) Example 1. Problem: Offeror C specifies all-or-none award. Assume all offerors are large businesses. The acquisition is not covered by the WTO GPA . STEP 1: Evaluate Offers A & B before considering Offer C and determine which offer ha…
  • FAR 52.203-10 Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity.
    …-plus-fixed-fee contracts, the amount of the fee specified in the contract at the time of award; (2) For cost-plus-incentive-fee conrtracts, the target fee specified in the contract at the time of award, notwithstanding any minimum fee or …
  • FAR 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
    As prescribed in 19.309(c)(1), insert the following clause: Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation (JAN 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Long-term contract means a contract of more than five years in duration, in…
  • FAR 5.705 Publicizing postaward.
    … the following supersede the exceptions at 5.301(b)(2) through (7): (a)(1) Publicize the award notice for any action exceeding $500,000, funded in whole or in part by the Recovery Act, including— (i) Contracts; (ii) Modifications to exis…
  • 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 22.404-9 Award of contract without required wage determination.
    (a) If a contract is awarded without the required wage determination (i.e., incorporating no determination, containing a clearly inapplicable general wage determination, or containing a project determination which is inapplicable because of…
  • FAR 36.213-4 Notice of award.
    When a notice of award is issued, it shall be done in writing or electronically, shall contain information required by 14.408, and shall— (a) Identify the invitation for bids; (b) Identify the contractor's bid; (c) State the award price;…
  • 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 52.228-15 Performance and Payment Bonds—Construction.
    …n (JUN 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— 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…
  • DFARS 217.7004 Solicitation and award.
    …wance) for the exchange property listed. (b) The contracting officer is not obligated to award on an exchange basis. If the lowest evaluated offer is an offer for the new items without any exchange, the contracting officer may award on tha…
  • FAR 19.502-3 Partial set-asides of contracts other than multiple-award contracts.
    …his part apply; and (6) The solicitation will result in a contract other than a multiple-award contract (see 2.101 for definition of multiple-award contract). (b) When the contracting officer determines that a requirement is to be partial…
  • FAR 19.807 Estimating the fair market price.
    … a fair market price for a repeat purchase, the contracting officer shall consider recent award prices for the same items or work if there is comparability in quantities, conditions, terms, and performance times. The estimated price should …
  • FAR 19.1306 HUBZone sole-source awards.
    (a) A contracting officer shall consider a contract award to a HUBZone small business concern on a sole-source basis (see 6.302-5(b)(5)) before considering a small business set-aside (see 19.203 and subpart 19.5), provided none of the exclu…
  • FAR 35.008 Evaluation for award.
    (a) Generally, an R&D contract should be awarded to that organization, including any educational institution, that proposes the best ideas or concepts and has the highest competence in the specific field of science or technology involved. H…
  • DFARS 217.7505 Limitations on price increases.
    …on 1215 of Public Law 98-94 (10 U.S.C. 2452 note). (a) The contracting officer shall not award, on a sole source basis, a contract for any centrally managed replenishment part when the price of the part has increased by 25 percent or more …
  • 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 3.104-4 Disclosure, protection, and marking of contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information.
    …offerors the offered price(s), but shall not reveal any offeror's identity except for the awardee's identity subsequent to an award resulting from the auction (see subpart 17.8); (2) The disclosure or receipt of information, not otherwise …
  • 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 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …nnotated. (11) Contractor's representations and certifications (see 4.1201(c)). (12) Preaward survey reports or reference to previous preaward survey reports relied upon. (13) Source selection documentation. (14) Contracting officer's d…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …tion objectives (see subpart 15.3). When an EVMS is required (see FAR 34.202(a)) and a preaward IBR is contemplated, the acquisition plan must discuss— (i) How the pre-award IBR will be considered in the source selection decision; (ii) Ho…
  • 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 9.104-3 Application of standards.
    …f a commitment or explicit arrangement, that will be in existence at the time of contract award, to rent, purchase, or otherwise acquire the needed facilities, equipment, other resources, or personnel. Consideration of a prime contractor's …
  • FAR 11.404 Contract clauses.
    …n terms of specific calendar dates or specific periods and is based on an assumed date of award, the contracting officer may use the clause with its Alternate I. If the delivery schedule is expressed in terms of specific calendar dates or s…
  • FAR 12.207 Contract type.
    …he acquisition of commercial services when— (i) The service is acquired under a contract awarded using— (A) Competitive procedures (e.g., the procedures in 6.102, the set-aside procedures in Subpart 19.5, or competition conducted in accor…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …this clause with its Alternate I when a time-and-materials or labor-hour contract will be awarded. The contracting officer may tailor this clause in accordance with 12.302. (4) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required…

FAR (chapter 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.