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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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44 sections with “certified statement”: the first 40

  • FAR 15.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    (a) Certified cost or pricing data shall not be obtained for acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold. (b) Exceptions to certified cost or pricing data requirements. The contracting officer shall not require certified …
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    (a) If, before agreement on price, the contracting officer learns that any certified cost or pricing data submitted are inaccurate, incomplete, or noncurrent, the contracting officer shall immediately bring the matter to the attention of th…
  • FAR 52.215-20 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    As prescribed in 15.408(l), insert the following provision: Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data (NOV 2021) (a) Exceptions from certified cost or pricing data. (1) In lieu of s…
  • FAR 52.215-21 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.
    As prescribed in 15.408(m), insert the following clause: Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications (NOV 2021) (a) Exceptions from certified cost or pricing data. (1) I…
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …prescribed in 215.408(5)(i) and (5)(i)(A), use the following provision: Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Basic (MAY 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Marke…
  • FAR 52.229-2 North Carolina State and Local Sales and Use Tax.
    …me specified in paragraph (d) below, the Contractor shall furnish the Contracting Officer certified statements setting forth the cost of the materials purchased from each vendor and the amount of North Carolina State and local sales and use…
  • FAR 29.304 Matters requiring special consideration.
    …s, fixtures, or equipment by a contractor, the Government must secure from the contractor certified statements setting forth the cost of the property purchased from each vendor and the amount of sales or use taxes paid. In the event the con…
  • FAR 52.247-6 Financial Statement.
    …PR 1984) The offeror shall, upon request, promptly furnish the Government with a current certified statement of the offeror's financial condition and such data as the Government may request with respect to the offeror's operations. The Gov…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …cable, that are required to be performed or approved by a person licensed, registered, or certified to provide those services; (2) Professional services of an architectural or engineering nature performed by contract that are associated wi…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …if a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract is contemplated. (b) Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data. The contracting officer shall, when contracting by negotiation, insert the clause at 52.215-10, Price Reduction for De…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …rce procurements, SBA or the contracting officer may protest the prospective contractor's certified HUBZone status; for all other procurements, SBA, the contracting officer, or any other interested party may protest the apparent successful …
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …who are economically disadvantaged in accordance with 13 CFR part 127, and the concern is certified by SBA or an approved third-party certifier in accordance with 13 CFR 127.300. It automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business el…
  • FAR 50.103-4 Facts and evidence.
    …davits. (7) Relevant financial statements, cost analyses, or other such data, preferably certified by a certified public accountant, as necessary to support the request's monetary elements. (8) A list of persons connected with the contrac…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …mall disadvantaged business concerns (including ANCs and Indian tribes that have not been certified by SBA as small disadvantaged businesses), women-owned small business concerns, and for NASA only, Historically Black Colleges and Universit…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …ayment. Advance payments will be made under this contract (1) upon submission of properly certified invoices or vouchers by the Contractor, and approval by the administering office, ____ [Insert the name of the office designated under agenc…
  • FAR 52.244-2 Subcontracts.
    … The proposed subcontract price. (v) The subcontractor's current, complete, and accurate certified cost or pricing data and Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data, if required by other contract provisions. (vi) The subcontractor's Di…
  • FAR 15.204-5 Part IV—Representations and Instructions.
    …as— (1) Administrative; (2) Management; (3) Technical; (4) Past performance; and (5) Certified cost or pricing data (see Table 15-2 of 15.408) or data other than certified cost or pricing data. (c) Section M, Evaluation factors for aw…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …re the direct supervision of a professional architect or engineer licensed, registered or certified in the State, Federal District, or outlying area, in which the services are to be performed. (10)(i) No protest under subpart 33.1 is autho…
  • FAR 33.211 Contracting officer's decision.
    …t. (b) The contracting officer shall furnish a copy of the decision to the contractor by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by any other method that provides evidence of receipt. This requirement shall apply to decisions on claim…
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …, bill of sale, certificate of merger, contract, deed, agreement, or court decree. (2) A certified copy of each resolution of the corporate parties' boards of directors authorizing the transfer of assets. (3) A certified copy of the minut…
  • FAR 52.223-23 Sustainable Products and Services.
    …e-cpg-program#products). (ii) Energy- and water-efficient products that are ENERGY STAR® certified or Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)-designated products (42 U.S.C. 8259b) (10 CFR part 436, subpart C) (https://www.energy.gov/eere/…
  • FAR 52.230-2 Cost Accounting Standards.
    … 9904 in effect on the date of award of this contract or, if the Contractor has submitted certified cost or pricing data, on the date of final agreement on price as shown on the Contractor's signed certificate of current cost or pricing dat…
  • FAR 52.230-5 Cost Accounting Standards—Educational Institution.
    … 9905 in effect on the date of award of this contract or, if the Contractor has submitted certified cost or pricing data, on the date of final agreement on price as shown on the Contractor's signed certificate of current cost or pricing dat…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …e at the first tier, evaluates offers at the next lower tier, until award can be made. Uncertified cost data means the subset of “data other than certified cost or pricing data” (see FAR 2.101) that relates to cost.
  • DFARS 252.215-7002 Cost Estimating System Requirements.
    … of Defense (DoD) prime contracts or subcontracts, totaling $50 million or more for which certified cost or pricing data were required; or (2) In its fiscal year preceding award of this contract— (i) Received DoD prime contracts or subcon…
  • FAR 6.303-2 Content.
    …er than full and open competition) and which form a basis for the justification have been certified as complete and accurate by the technical or requirements personnel. (d) As a minimum, each justification for a sole-source 8(a) contract o…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …her rationale for limited sources) and which form a basis for the justification have been certified as complete and accurate by the technical or requirements personnel. (xi) For justifications under 8.405-6(a)(1), a written determination b…
  • FAR 9.406-3 Procedures.
    …tion, if any, or to the last known email address as confirmed by the agency; or (iii) By certified mail to the last known street address with return receipt requested. (2) The notice shall be sent— (i) To the contractor, the contractor's…
  • FAR 14.403 Recording of bids.
    …m 1419, Abstract of Offers—Construction (or automated equivalent), shall be completed and certified as to its accuracy by the bid opening officer as soon after bid opening as practicable. Where bid items are too numerous to warrant complete…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …ive contractors to submit make-or-buy program plans for negotiated acquisitions requiring certified cost or pricing data whose estimated value is $20 million or more, except when the proposed contract is for research or development and, if …
  • FAR 27.306 Licensing background patent rights to third parties.
    …rtunity for a hearing, and the agency shall notify the contractor of the determination by certified or registered mail. The notification shall include a statement that the contractor must bring any action for judicial review of the determin…
  • FAR 30.201-5 Waiver.
    …cept the contract or subcontract if CAS applies, a statement to that effect. (6) Whether certified cost or pricing data will be obtained, and if so, a discussion of how the data will be used in negotiating the contract or subcontract price…
  • FAR 32.601 General.
    …ion of prices under incentive type contracts. (2) Price or cost reductions for defective certified cost or pricing data. (3) Financing payments determined to be in excess of the contract limitations at 52.232-16(a)(7), Progress Payments, …
  • FAR 32.604 Demand for payment.
    …racting officer shall— (1) Furnish a copy of the demand for payment to the contractor by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by any other method that provides evidence of receipt; and (2) Forward a copy of the demand to the payme…
  • FAR 32.607-2 Deferment of collection.
    …ance overpayment, interest, as prescribed by the applicable Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data or CAS clause (see 32.607(c)). (4) Identification of the office to which the contractor is to send debt payments. (5)…
  • FAR 49.102 Notice of termination.
    …confirmation of receipt by the contractor. When the notice is mailed, it shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested. When the contracting office arranges for hand delivery of the notice, a written acknowledgment shall be obta…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …tractors where the procedures have not changed from the previous year's submission). (F) Certified financial statements and other financial data (e.g., trial balance, compilation, review, etc.). (G) Management letter from outside CPAs con…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …or (29 CFR 4.173), the incumbent Prime Contractor shall furnish the Contracting Officer a certified list of the names, of all service employees on the Contractor's or subcontractor's payroll during the last month of contract performance. Su…
  • DFARS 209.571-1 Definitions.
    …means a subcontractor that is awarded a subcontract that equals or exceeds— (i) Both the certified cost or pricing data threshold and 10 percent of the value of the contract under which the subcontract is awarded; or (ii) $55 million. “P…
  • DFARS 228.370-2 General.
    …)(iv) for commercial derivative aircraft only applies if the contractor is a licensed and certified Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) repair station for the specific model of aircraft under contract, when work is being performed pursuan…

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.