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64 sections with “case record”: the first 40

  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ture energy and cost savings to the Government. Environmentally preferable means, in the case of a product or service, having a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services …
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …)(6) of this subsection. (2) Severance pay is allowable only to the extent that, in each case, it is required by— (i) Law; (ii) Employer-employee agreement; (iii) Established policy that constitutes, in effect, an implied agreement on t…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …cent of which is owned and controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and (ii) The m…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …ds its small business and small disadvantaged business subcontracting goals. (A) In most cases, the appropriate Contractor is the Contractor that awarded the subcontract to the ANC or Indian tribe. (B) If the ANC or Indian tribe designate…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …een job classifications based on the skill required and the duties performed. (B) In the case of a contract modification, an exercise of an option, or extension of an existing contract, or in any other case where a Contractor succeeds a co…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …ced with recognized characteristics. Practical application, means to manufacture, in the case of a composition or product; to practice, in the case of a process or method; or to operate, in the case of a machine or system; and, in each cas…
  • DFARS 250.103-5 Processing cases.
    …e month in which the record is prepared. (2) The officer or official responsible for the case shall forward to the contract adjustment board, through departmental channels, the documentation described at PGI 250.103-5. (3) Contract adjust…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …profit organization statute. Practical application means— (1)(i) To manufacture, in the case of a composition or product; (ii) To practice, in the case of a process or method; or (iii) To operate, in the case of a machine or system; and…
  • FAR 14.201-7 Contract clauses.
    …, use the clause with its Alternate I in all solicitations and contracts. (ii)(A) In the case of a bilateral contract modification that will use funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act o…
  • FAR 14.407-4 Mistakes after award.
    …ithout changing the essential requirements of the specifications. (b) In addition to the cases contemplated in paragraph (a) above or as otherwise authorized by law, agencies are authorized to make a determination— (1) To rescind a contra…
  • FAR 46.407 Nonconforming supplies or services.
    …in the required delivery schedule. Unless the contract specifies otherwise (as may be the case in some cost-reimbursement contracts), correction or replacement must be without additional cost to the Government. Subparagraph (e)(2) of the cl…
  • FAR 49.105-3 Termination case file.
    The TCO responsible for negotiating the final settlement shall establish a separate case file for each termination. This file will include memoranda and records of all actions relative to the settlement (see 4.801).
  • FAR 52.214-26 Audit and Records—Sealed Bidding.
    …e modification; or (4) Performance of the modification. (c) Comptroller General. In the case of pricing any modification, the Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative, shall have the same rights as specifi…
  • FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
    …cent of which is owned and controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and (ii) The m…
  • FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns.
    …cent of which is owned and controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and (ii) The m…
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …ition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 215.402(a)(i), 215.404-1(b), and 234.7002(e). (2) In cases in which uncertified cost data is required, the information shall be provided in the form in which it is regularly maintained by the Offeror or …
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    …furnishes evidence supporting an alleged mistake, the contracting officer shall refer the case to the appropriate authority (see paragraph (e) above) together with the following data: (i) A signed copy of the bid involved. (ii) A copy of …
  • FAR 22.1406 Complaint procedures.
    …titute investigation of each complaint and shall be responsible for developing a complete case record.
  • FAR 30.606 Resolving cost impacts.
    …s, including contract cost ceilings or target costs on flexibly-priced contracts. In such cases, the CFAO shall limit any upward contract price adjustments on affected contracts to the amount of downward price adjustments to other affected …
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    … requested by the protester. (iii) At least 5 days prior to the filing of the report, in cases in which the protester has filed a request for specific documents, the agency shall provide to all parties and the GAO a list of those documents…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …en the opportunity to inspect such property prior to the property being provided. In such cases, the Government makes no warranty with respect to the serviceability and/or suitability of the property for contract performance. Any repairs, r…
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    ….S. Armed Forces shall be afforded CAAF status through a letter of authorization. In some cases, Combatant Commander subordinate commanders may designate mission-essential host nation or local national contractor employees (e.g., interprete…
  • FAR 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    …not finally determined if there is a pending administrative or judicial challenge. In the case of a judicial challenge to the liability, the liability is not finally determined until all judicial appeal rights have been exhausted. (2) The …
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …11-5), the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate II. (B)(1) In the case of a bilateral contract modification that will use funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act o…
  • FAR 15.209 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …1)(iii) are not applicable; and (B) Use the clause with its Alternate I. (ii)(A) In the case of a bilateral contract modification that will use funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act o…
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …t realism analyses may also be used on fixed-price incentive contracts or, in exceptional cases, on other competitive fixed-price-type contracts (see 15.404-1(d)(3)). (See 37.115 for uncompensated overtime evaluation.) The contracting offic…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    … For the production of special works of the type set forth in 27.405-1, although in these cases insert the clause at 52.227-14, Rights in Data—General, and make it applicable to data other than special works, as appropriate (see paragraph (…
  • FAR 32.607-2 Deferment of collection.
    …not become due and payable pending mutual agreement on the amount of the claim or, in the case of a dispute, until the decision is reached. (g) At a minimum, the deferment agreement shall contain the following: (1) A description of the de…
  • FAR 42.707 Cost-sharing rates and limitations on indirect cost rates.
    …ontract by accepting indirect cost rates lower than the anticipated actual rates. In such cases, a negotiated indirect cost rate ceiling may be incorporated into the contract for prospective application. For cost sharing under research and …
  • FAR 49.201 General.
    …fit. Fair compensation is a matter of judgment and cannot be measured exactly. In a given case, various methods may be equally appropriate for arriving at fair compensation. The use of business judgment, as distinguished from strict account…
  • FAR 52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters.
    …not finally determined if there is a pending administrative or judicial challenge. In the case of a judicial challenge to the liability, the liability is not finally determined until all judicial appeal rights have been exhausted. (ii) The…
  • FAR 52.219-27 Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the SDVOSB Program.
    …cent of which is owned and controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and (ii) The m…
  • FAR 52.236-21 Specifications and Drawings for Construction.
    …ioned in the specifications, shall be of like effect as if shown or mentioned in both. In case of difference between drawings and specifications, the specifications shall govern. In case of discrepancy in the figures, in the drawings, or in…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …al conditions. (i) The contracting officer may assign a higher than normal value in those cases where there is a substantial technical risk. Indicators are— (A) Items are being manufactured using specifications with stringent tolerance lim…
  • DFARS 252.247-7002 Revision of prices.
    …on of prices under this clause; and (5) Any other relevant data usually furnished in the case of negotiations of prices under a new contract. The Government may examine and audit the Contractor's accounts, records, and books as the Contrac…
  • FAR 1.102 Statement of guiding principles for the Federal Acquisition System.
    …rests of the Government and is not addressed in the FAR nor prohibited by law (statute or case law), Executive order or other regulation, that the strategy, practice, policy or procedure is a permissible exercise of authority.
  • FAR 4.805 Storage, handling, and contract files.
    …ecords. Similarly, if documents described in the following table are part of a subject or case file that documents activities that are not described in the table, they should be treated in the same manner as the files of which they are a pa…
  • FAR 13.106-3 Award and documentation.
    …the propriety of placing the order at the price paid with the supplier concerned. In most cases, this will consist merely of showing the names of the suppliers contacted and the prices and other terms and conditions quoted by each. (2) Wri…
  • FAR 15.101-2 Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
    …racticable, using the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process in the case of a procurement that is predominantly for the acquisition of— (1) Information technology services, cybersecurity services, systems engineering …
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    …may be used to issue RFPs and to receive proposals, modifications, and revisions. In this case, the RFP shall specify the electronic commerce method(s) that offerors may use (see subpart 4.5). (d) Contracting officers may issue RFPs and/or…

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.