48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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11 sections with “change-of-name agreement”

  • FAR 53.242-1 Novation and change-of-name agreements (SF 30).
    SF 30, Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract. SF 30, prescribed in 53.243, shall be used in connection with novation and change of name agreements, as specified in 42.1203(h).
  • FAR 42.1203 Processing agreements.
    …ts) should be referenced specifically in the novation agreement. (f) Before novation and change-of-name agreements are executed, the responsible contracting officer shall ensure that Government counsel has reviewed them for legal sufficien…
  • FAR 42.1205 Agreement to recognize contractor's change of name.
    …ontractor shall forward to the responsible contracting officer three signed copies of the Change-of-Name Agreement, and one copy each of the following: (1) The document effecting the name change, authenticated by a proper official of the S…
  • FAR 42.1202 Responsibility for executing agreements.
    The contracting officer responsible for processing and executing novation and change-of-name agreements shall be determined as follows: (a) If any of the affected contracts held by the transferor have been assigned to an administrative con…
  • DFARS 242.1203 Processing agreements.
    The responsible contracting officer shall process and execute novation and change-of-name agreements in accordance with the procedures at PGI 242.1203.
  • FAR 4.1102 Policy.
    …ing the contract, but has not completed the necessary requirements regarding novation and change-of-name agreements in subpart 42.12, the contractor is required to provide the responsible contracting officer a minimum of one business day's …
  • FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance.
    …ing the contract, but has not completed the necessary requirements regarding novation and change-of-name agreements in subpart 42.12, the Contractor shall provide the responsible Contracting Officer a minimum of one business day's written n…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …o be certified in certain procurements (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35). Change-of-name agreement means a legal instrument executed by the contractor and the Government that recognizes the legal change of name of the contra…
  • FAR 42.1200 Scope of subpart.
    …gnition of a change in a contractor's name; and (c) Execution of novation agreements and change-of-name agreements by the responsible contracting officer.
  • FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance.
    …es those changes via update of its SAM registration. Contractors undergoing a novation or change-of-name agreement shall notify the contracting officer in accordance with subpart 42.12. The contractor shall communicate any change to the CAG…
  • DFARS 204.1103 Procedures.
    …tractor's record in the SAM database, the contracting officer shall process a novation or change-of-name agreement, or an address change, as appropriate. (4) See PGI 204.1103 for additional requirements relating to use of information in th…

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