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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …porting Requirements for Contracted Services, to comply with 10 U.S.C. 4505. (1) Use the basic clause as prescribed in 204.1705(a)(i) and (ii). (2) Use the alternate I clause as prescribed in 204.1705(a)(i) and (iii). (O) Use the provisi…
  • DFARS 225.7503 Contract clauses.
    …nless the entire acquisition is exempt from the Balance of Payments Program— (a) Use the basic or an alternate of the clause at 252.225-7044, Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material, in solicitations and contracts for constructio…
  • DFARS 234.7101 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    (a) Use the basic or the alternate of the provision at 252.234-7003, Notice of Cost and Software Data Reporting System, in any solicitation that includes the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.234-7004, Cost and Software Data Repor…
  • DFARS 239.7411 Contract clauses.
    …opriate FAR and DFARS clauses, use the following clauses in solicitations, contracts, and basic agreements for telecommunications services. Modify the clauses only if necessary to meet the requirements of a governmental regulatory agency. …
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …th its Alternate III if submission via electronic media is required; and (4) Replace the basic provision with its Alternate IV if certified cost or pricing data are not expected to be required because an exception may apply, but data other…
  • FAR 16.702 Basic agreements.
    (a) Description. A basic agreement is a written instrument of understanding, negotiated between an agency or contracting activity and a contractor, that (1) contains contract clauses applying to future contracts between the parties during i…
  • FAR 16.703 Basic ordering agreements.
    (a) Description. A basic ordering agreement is a written instrument of understanding, negotiated between an agency, contracting activity, or contracting office and a contractor, that contains (1) terms and clauses applying to future contrac…
  • DFARS 204.1705 Contract clauses.
    (a)(i) Use the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.204-7023, Reporting Requirements for Contracted Services, in solicitations, contracts, agreements, and orders, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for…
  • DFARS 216.203-4-70 Additional provisions and clauses.
    (a) Price adjustment for basic steel, aluminum, brass, bronze, or copper mill products. (1)(i) The price adjustment clause at 252.216-7000, Economic Price Adjustment—Basic Steel, Aluminum, Brass, Bronze, or Copper Mill Products, may be used…
  • DFARS 217.208-70 Additional clauses.
    (a) Use the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.217-7000, Exercise of Option to Fulfill Foreign Military Sales Commitments, in solicitations and contracts when an option may be used for foreign military sales requirements. Do not us…
  • DFARS 219.708 Contract clauses.
    (b)(1)(A) Use the basic, alternate I, or alternate II clause at 252.219-7003, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts), in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acq…
  • FAR 15.209 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ussions with offerors within the competitive range, the contracting officer shall use the basic provision with its Alternate I. (2) If the Government would be willing to accept alternate proposals, the contracting officer shall alter the b…
  • FAR 25.1001 Waiver of right to examination of records.
    …al Services, prescribed at 12.301(b)(4), implement 10 U.S.C. 3841 and 41 U.S.C. 4706. The basic clauses authorize examination of records by the Comptroller General. (1) Insert the appropriate basic clause, whenever possible, in negotiated …
  • FAR 52.211-8 Time of Delivery.
    …e contracting officer may substitute the following paragraph (b) for paragraph (b) of the basic clause. The time may be expressed by substituting on or before; during the months __________; or not sooner than ________ or later than ________…
  • FAR 52.211-9 Desired and Required Time of Delivery.
    …e contracting officer may substitute the following paragraph (b) for paragraph (b) of the basic clause. The time may be expressed by substituting on or before; during the months __; or not sooner than __, or later than __ as headings for th…
  • FAR 52.216-21 Requirements.
    …ty to produce or perform, substitute the following paragraph (c) for paragraph (c) of the basic clause: (c) The estimated quantities are not the total requirements of the Government activity specified in the Schedule, but are estimates of …
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …dvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns, with a separate part for the basic contract and separate parts for each option (if any). The subcontracting plan shall be included in and made a part of the resultant contract. Th…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …scribed in 27.303(b)(3), add the following sentence at the end of paragraph (d)(2) of the basic clause: The license shall include the right of the Government to sublicense foreign governments, their nationals and international organization…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …)(2), substitute the following definition for limited rights data in paragraph (a) of the basic clause: Limited rights data means data, other than computer software, developed at private expense that embody trade secrets or are commercial …
  • FAR 52.243-1 Changes—Fixed-Price.
    …lies are to be furnished, substitute the following paragraph (a) for paragraph (a) of the basic clause: (a) The Contracting Officer may at any time, by written order, and without notice to the sureties, if any, make changes within the gene…
  • FAR 52.249-6 Termination (Cost-Reimbursement).
    …construction, substitute the following subparagraph (h)(4) for subparagraph (h)(4) of the basic clause: (h)(4) A portion of the fee payable under the contract determined as follows: (i) If the contract is terminated for the convenience of…
  • DFARS 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …r pricing data will be required or when using the provision at 252.215-7008— (i) Use the basic or alternate of the provision at 252.215-7010, Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Dat…
  • DFARS 223.7106 Contract clause.
    Use the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.223-7006, Prohibition on Storage, Treatment, and Disposal of Toxic or Hazardous Materials, in all solicitations and contracts which require, may require, or permit contractor access to a D…
  • DFARS 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    (1) Use the basic or the alternate of the provision at 252.225-7000, Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate, instead of the provision at FAR 52.225-2, Buy American Certificate, in any solicitation, including solicitations usin…
  • DFARS 229.402-70 Additional provisions and clauses.
    (a) Use the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.229-7001, Tax Relief, in solicitations and contracts when a contract will be awarded to a foreign concern for performance in a foreign country. (1) Use the basic clause in solicitatio…
  • DFARS 235.072 Additional contract clauses.
    …elopment, test, and evaluation or training that use live vertebrate animals. (b) Use the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.235-7003, Frequency Authorization, in solicitations and contracts for developing, producing, constructing,…
  • DFARS 237.7101 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …iate percentage in paragraph (e) of the clause, not to exceed eight percent. (e) Use the basic or an alternate of the clause at 252.237-7016, Delivery Tickets, in all solicitations and contracts for laundry and dry cleaning services. (1) …
  • DFARS 244.305-71 Contract clause.
    Use the Contractor Purchasing System Administration basic clause or its alternate as follows: (a) Use the clause at 252.244-7001, Contractor Purchasing System Administration—Basic, in solicitations and contracts containing the clause at FA…
  • DFARS 246.710 Contract clauses.
    (1) Use a clause substantially the same as the basic or one of the alternates of the clause at 252.246-7001, Warranty of Data, in solicitations and contracts that include the clause at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data and Computer Sof…
  • DFARS 247.574 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a) Use the basic or one of the alternates of the clause at 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercia…
  • DFARS 252.225-7020 Trade Agreements Certificate.
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(5) and (5)(i), use the following provision: Trade Agreements Certificate—Basic (NOV 2014) (a) Definitions. Designated country end product, nondesignated country end product, qualifying country end product,…
  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(6) and (6)(i), use the following clause: Trade Agreements—Basic (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Caribbean Basin country end product— (1) Means an article that— (i) Is wholly the grow…
  • DFARS 252.225-7035 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program Certificate.
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(9) and (9)(i), use the following provision: Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program Certificate—Basic (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. “Bahraini end product,” “commercially available off-…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.1101(10)(i) and (10)(i)(A), use the following clause: Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program—Basic (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Bahraini end product means an arti…
  • DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.
    Basic. As prescribed in 225.7503(b) and (b)(1), use the following clause: Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements—Basic (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Caribbean Basin country construc…
  • DFARS 252.239-7013 Term of Agreement and Continuation of Services.
    Basic. As prescribed in 239.7411(c)(1), use the following clause: Term of Agreement and Continuation of Services—Basic (OCT 2019 (a) This basic agreement is not a contract. The Government incurs liability only upon issuance of a communica…
  • FAR 4.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …) 52.215-6, Place of Performance. (14) 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations (Basic, Alternates I, and II). (15) 52.219-2, Equal Low Bids. (16) [Reserved] (17) 52.222-18, Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for L…
  • FAR 14.201-7 Contract clauses.
    …Audit and Records-Sealed Bidding, in solicitations and contracts as follows: (1) Use the basic clause if— (i) The acquisition will not use funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 200…
  • FAR 22.1310 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    …e head of the agency waives one or more (but not all) of the terms of the clause, use the basic clause with its Alternate I. (b) Insert the clause at 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans, in solicitations and contracts containing the …
  • FAR 22.1408 Contract clause.
    … not all) of the terms of the clause in accordance with 22.1403(a) or 22.1403(b), use the basic clause with its Alternate I.

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.