48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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7 sections with “certificate of eligibility”

  • FAR 32.304-2 Certificate of eligibility.
    (a) The contracting officer shall prepare the certificate of eligibility for a contract that the contracting officer deems to be of material consequence, when— (1) The contract financing office requests it; (2) Another interested agency r…
  • FAR 52.230-1 Cost Accounting Standards Notices and Certification.
    …nd reporting contract performance cost data. (c) Check the appropriate box below: □ (1) Certificate of Concurrent Submission of Disclosure Statement. The offeror hereby certifies that, as a part of the offer, copies of the Disclosure Stat…
  • FAR 28.203-1 Acceptability of individual sureties.
    … of an individual surety, need not be referred to the Small Business Administration for a Certificate of Competency. (See 19.602-1(a) and 61 Comp. Gen. 456 (1982).) (f) If a contractor submits an unacceptable individual surety, or one that…
  • FAR 32.304-4 Guarantee amount and maturity.
    …procedures for the original guarantee application, described in 32.304-1. Normally, a new certificate of eligibility is required.
  • FAR 9.403 Definitions.
    … as determined by the Secretary of the Department or the head of the agency to which such certificate was furnished. Voluntary exclusion means a contractor's written agreement to be excluded for a period under the terms of a settlement bet…
  • FAR 19.805-2 Procedures.
    …onsible to perform the contract, the contracting officer must refer the matter to SBA for Certificate of Competency consideration under subpart 19.6. (2) For a two-step design-build procurement, an 8(a) participant must be eligible for awa…
  • FAR 32.305 Loan guarantees for terminated contracts.
    …ure for such guarantees is substantially the same as that outlined in 32.304, except that certificates of eligibility are not required for (1) contracts that have been totally terminated or (2) the terminated portion of contracts that have …

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