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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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65 sections with “base closure”: the first 40

  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …chase descriptions, or the solicitation (e.g., balance, facility of use, or pattern). Biobased product means a product determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be a commercial product or industrial product (other than food or fe…
  • FAR 9.406-3 Procedures.
    …raph (c)(3)(iv) of this section to include those flexible procedures. (2) In actions not based upon a conviction or civil judgment, if it is found that the contractor's submission in opposition raises a genuine dispute over facts material …
  • FAR 9.407-3 Procedures.
    …aragraph (c)(5) of this section to include those flexible procedures. (2) In actions not based on an indictment, if it is found that the contractor's submission in opposition raises a genuine dispute over facts material to the suspension a…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    … (d) Final indirect cost rates. (1) Final annual indirect cost rates and the appropriate bases shall be established in accordance with subpart 42.7 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in effect for the period covered by the indirec…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …Rights in Data—General (MAY 2014) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Computer database or database means a collection of recorded information in a form capable of, and for the purpose of, being stored in, processed, and operated on …
  • FAR 52.227-20 Rights in Data—SBIR Program.
    …s in Data—SBIR Program (MAY 2014) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Computer database or database means a collection of recorded information in a form capable of, and for the purpose of, being stored in, processed, and operated on …
  • FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.
    …acts and subcontracts described at FAR 16.202, 16.203, (except when price adjustments are based on actual costs of labor or material, described at 16.203-1(a)(2)), and 16.207; (2) Fixed-price incentive contracts and subcontracts where the …
  • DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.
    …n information system. This definition includes a virus, worm, Trojan horse, or other code-based entity that infects a host, as well as spyware and some forms of adware. Media means physical devices or writing surfaces including, but is not…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …haracter of the data to the attention of the contracting officer; (iii) The contract was based on an agreement about the total cost of the contract and there was no agreement about the cost of each item procured under such contract; or (i…
  • FAR 27.404-2 Limited rights data and restricted computer software.
    …imited rights data are expected to be delivered, use Alternate II. Where negotiations are based on an unsolicited proposal, the need for Alternate II of the clause at 52.227-14 should be addressed during negotiations or discussions, and if …
  • DFARS 217.171 Multiyear contracts for services.
    …skills (e.g., training for pilots and aircrew members or foreign language training); (4) Base services (e.g., ground maintenance, in-plane refueling, bus transportation, and refuse collection and disposal); and (5) Environmental remediati…
  • DFARS 226.7104 Other considerations.
    When planning for contracts for services related to base closure activities at a military installation affected by a closure or realignment under a base closure law, contracting officers shall consider including, as a factor in source selec…
  • DFARS 237.7400 Scope.
    …ces at military installations to be closed under the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Pub. L. 100-526), as amended, and the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-510), as amended…
  • DFARS 252.204-7014 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Information by Litigation Support Contractors.
    …be reproduced, recreated, or recompiled. Computer software does not include computer data bases or computer software documentation. Litigation information means any information, including sensitive information, that is furnished to the con…
  • DFARS 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support.
    …be reproduced, recreated, or recompiled. Computer software does not include computer data bases or computer software documentation. Litigation support means administrative, technical, or professional services provided in support of the Gov…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …d Commercial Services (Aug 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Computer data base means a collection of data recorded in a form capable of being processed by a computer. The term does not include computer software. Computer pr…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    … require only minor modification to meet the requirements of this contract. Computer database means a collection of recorded data in a form capable of being processed by a computer. The term does not include computer software. Computer pr…
  • DFARS 252.227-7017 Identification and Assertion of Use, Release, or Disclosure Restrictions.
    … than unlimited rights. Notification and identification are not required for restrictions based solely on copyright. (c) Offers submitted in response to this solicitation shall identify, to the extent known at the time an offer is submitte…
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    … require only minor modification to meet the requirements of this contract. Computer database means a collection of recorded data in a form capable of being processed by a computer. The term does not include computer software. Computer pr…
  • DFARS 252.227-7020 Rights in special works.
    …ivered under this contract. (b) Definitions. As used in this clause: (1) “Computer data base” means a collection of data recorded in a form capable of being processed by a computer. The term does not include computer software. (2) “Compu…
  • FAR 14.503-1 Step one.
    …st be received (see 14.201-6(r)). (7) A statement that (i) in the second step, only bids based upon technical proposals determined to be acceptable, either initially or as a result of discussions, will be considered for awards and (ii) eac…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ror that are generally stocked in inventory, provide a separate cost breakdown, if priced based on cost. For interorganizational transfers priced at cost, provide a separate breakdown of cost elements. Analyze the certified cost or pricing …
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    … period of performance, and be within the maximum value of the contract. (3) Performance-based acquisition methods must be used to the maximum extent practicable, if the contract or order is for services (see 37.102(a) and subpart 37.6). …
  • FAR 32.006-4 Procedures.
    …est for advance, partial, or progress payments under a contract awarded by that agency is based on fraud, the remedy coordination official shall recommend that the agency head reduce or suspend further payments to the contractor. The remedy…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …s not for acquisition of commercial products or commercial services. (xvii) 52.223-1, Biobased Product Certification. This provision applies to solicitations that require the delivery or specify the use of biobased products in USDA-designa…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …n ownership, common management, and contractual relationships. SBA determines affiliation based on the factors set forth at 13 CFR 121.103. Small disadvantaged business concern, consistent with 13 CFR 124.1001, means a small business conce…
  • DFARS 225.872-2 Applicability.
    …on to Foreign Governments and International Organizations; (2) U.S. defense mobilization base requirements purchased under the authority of FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(i), except for quantities in excess of that required to maintain the defense mobi…
  • DFARS 226.7102 Policy.
    …ated in the vicinity of a military installation that is being closed or realigned under a base closure law, including 10 U.S.C. 2687, and small and small disadvantaged businesses shall be provided maximum practicable opportunity to particip…
  • DFARS 226.7103 Procedure.
    …aside decisions under subpart 219.5 and FAR subpart 19.5 for acquisitions in support of a base closure or realignment, the contracting officer shall— (a) Determine whether there is a reasonable expectation that offers will be received from…
  • DFARS 252.204-7007 Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications.
    … the solicitation. (d)(1) The following representations or certifications in the SAM database are applicable to this solicitation as indicated: (i) 252.204-7016, Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation. App…
  • DFARS 252.227-7019 Validation of Asserted Restrictions—Computer Software.
    …ing Officer to evaluate the Contractor's asserted restrictions. Such information shall be based upon the records required by this clause or other information reasonably available to the Contractor. (2) Based upon the information provided, …
  • DFARS 252.227-7037 Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data.
    … the 90-day period, the Government may cancel or ignore the restrictive markings that are based on the asserted restrictions, and the failure of the Contractor or subcontractor to take the required action constitutes agreement with such Gov…
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …es that costs of purchased and fabricated material charged or allocated to a contract are based on valid time-phased requirements; and (iii) Maintains a consistent, equitable, and unbiased logic for costing of material transactions; and (…
  • FAR 22.406-8 Investigations.
    …eport on receipt and make preliminary findings. The contracting officer normally must not base adverse findings solely on employee statements that the employee does not wish to have disclosed. However, if the investigation establishes a pat…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …approve the contractor's requests for payments under the progress payments or performance-based payments clauses. (14) Make payments on assigned contracts when prescribed in agency acquisition regulations. (15) Manage special bank account…
  • FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.
    …, the Contractor does not need to report awards for that subcontractor. (h) The FSRS database at http://www.fsrs.gov will be prepopulated with some information from SAM and the FPDS database. If FPDS information is incorrect, the contracto…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    …cords or other proof of the verifiable information on which such estimates are reasonably based. Only if the Contractor relies on an estimate that is reasonable and based on verifiable information will an employee's time spent in connection…
  • FAR 4.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …tract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services—Certification. (23) 52.223-1, Biobased Product Certification. (24) 52.223-4, Recovered Material Certification. (25) 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Redu…
  • FAR 4.2304 Procedures.
    …or of National Intelligence, then the contracting officer shall modify the basic contract based upon the requirements of the order, removing any covered article, or any products or services produced or provided by a source (see 4.2303(b)). …
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    … proposed contract action results from an unsolicited research proposal and acceptance is based solely upon the unique capability of the source to perform the particular research services proposed (see 6.302-1(a)(2)(i); (9) The proposed co…

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.