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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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19 sections with “business case analysis”

  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …lopment, production, operation or maintenance of the system. Affiliates means associated business concerns or individuals if, directly or indirectly either one controls or can control the other; or third party controls or can control both,…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …fficient contract performance, attract the best capabilities of qualified large and small business concerns to Government contracts, and maintain a viable industrial base. (3) Both the Government and contractors should be concerned with pr…
  • FAR 17.502-1 General.
    …rs the order; therefore, no written agreement with the servicing agency is required. (b) Business-case analysis requirements for multi-agency contracts and governmentwide acquisition contracts. In order to establish a multi-agency or gover…
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    … DoD; and (2) Implements 10 U.S.C. 3761. (b) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) Business combination means a transaction whereby assets or operations of two or more companies not previously under common ownership or control are co…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …essary and proper in the public interest or to avoid the serious impairment of Government business, and is in accord with the remedial purpose of the Service Contract Labor Standards statute to protect prevailing labor standards (41 U.S.C. …
  • DFARS 217.174 Multiyear contracts for electricity from renewable energy sources.
    …ess of 5 years only if the head of the contracting activity determines, on the basis of a business case analysis (see PGI 217.174 for a business case analysis template and guidance) prepared by the requiring activity, that— (1) The propose…
  • DFARS 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.
    …, except as provided in 225.7303-5, recognize the reasonable and allocable costs of doing business with a foreign government or international organization, even though such costs might not be recognized in the same amounts in pricing other …
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …rformance of offerors in complying with subcontracting plan goals for small disadvantaged business (SDB) concerns (see subpart 19.7). (vi) For offerors that are joint ventures, the evaluation shall take into account past performance of the…
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    …ble, and in a manner consistent with the protection of national security and confidential business information— (1) Publish a notice in the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) (https://www.sam.gov) of the intent to make the domestic nonava…
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …rm in which it is regularly maintained by the Offeror or prospective subcontractor in its business operations. (3) If the Offeror redacts data that identifies the customer (see DFARS 234.7002(e)(2)), then the Offeror shall include, for eac…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …cting contractor sites for overhead should-cost reviews: (i) Dollar amount of Government business. (ii) Level of Government participation. (iii) Level of noncompetitive Government contracts. (iv) Volume of proposal activity. (v) Major …
  • FAR 6.302-3 Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services.
    …on may be appropriate when it is necessary to— (i) Keep vital facilities or suppliers in business or make them available in the event of a national emergency; (ii) Train a selected supplier in the furnishing of critical supplies or servic…
  • FAR 17.207 Exercise of options.
    …s and potential costs of disrupting operations; and (2) May consider the effect on small business. (f) Before exercising an option, the contracting officer shall make a written determination for the contract file that exercise is in accor…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …the period when the work being remunerated was performed. (l) Compensation incidental to business acquisitions. The following costs are unallowable: (1) Payments to employees under agreements in which they receive special compensation, in…
  • FAR 32.503-6 Suspension or reduction of payments.
    …actor is delinquent in paying the costs of contract performance in the ordinary course of business, the contracting officer shall evaluate whether the delinquency is caused by an unsatisfactory financial condition and, if so, shall apply th…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …s who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of the Contractor's business; (2) All or substantially all of the Contractor's operation at any one plant or separate location; or (3) A separate and complete major ind…
  • DFARS 215.402 Pricing policy.
    … provide the information in the form in which it is regularly maintained in the offeror's business operations. (ii) Follow the procedures at PGI 215.402 when conducting cost or price analysis, particularly with regard to acquisitions for s…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-4 Facilities capital employed.
    …ment in defense related facilities as compared with the portion of the contractor's total business that is derived from DoD; and (iii) Should consider any contractual provisions that reduce the contractor's risk of investment recovery, suc…
  • DFARS 227.7103-5 Government rights.
    … of interest in the software to another party or the sale or transfer of some or all of a business entity or its assets to another party; (8) Data in which the Government has obtained unlimited rights under another Government contract or a…

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.