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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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322 sections with “class D&F”: the first 40

  • FAR 1.703 Class determinations and findings.
    (a) A class D&F provides authority for a class of contract actions. A class may consist of contract actions for the same or related supplies or services or other contract actions that require essentially identical justification. (b) The fi…
  • FAR 1.404 Class deviations.
    Class deviations affect more than one contract action. When an agency knows that it will require a class deviation on a permanent basis, it should propose a FAR revision, if appropriate. Civilian agencies, other than NASA, must furnish a co…
  • FAR 19.102 Small business size standards and North American Industry Classification System codes.
    (a) Locating size standards and North American Industry Classification System codes. (1) SBA establishes small business size standards on an industry-by-industry basis. Small business size standards and corresponding North American Industry…
  • FAR 19.502-6 Setting aside a class of acquisitions for small business.
    (a) A class of acquisitions of selected products or services, or a portion of the acquisitions, may be set aside for exclusive participation by small business concerns if individual acquisitions in the class will meet the criteria in 19.502…
  • FAR 22.406-3 Additional classifications.
    (a) If any laborer or mechanic is to be employed in a classification that is not listed in the wage determination applicable to the contract, the contracting officer, pursuant to the clause at 52.222-6, Construction Wage Rate Requirements, …
  • FAR 22.1019 Additional classes of service employees.
    (a) If the contracting officer is aware that contract performance involves classes of service employees not included in the wage determination, the contracting officer shall require the contractor to classify the unlisted classes so as to p…
  • FAR 47.305-9 Commodity description and freight classification.
    …Generally, the freight rate for supplies is based on the rating applicable to the freight classification description published in the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) (for carriers) and the Uniform Freight Classification (UFC) (…
  • FAR 52.227-10 Filing of Patent Applications—Classified Subject Matter.
    As prescribed at 27.203-2, insert the following clause: Filing of Patent Applications—Classified Subject Matter (DEC 2007) (a) Before filing or causing to be filed a patent application in the United States disclosing any subject matter of…
  • FAR 52.247-53 Freight Classification Description.
    … system, nonstandard, or modifications of previously shipped items, and different freight classifications may apply: Freight Classification Description (APR 1984) Offerors are requested to indicate below the full Uniform Freight Classific…
  • FAR 52.241-4 Change in Class of Service.
    …ibed in 41.501(c)(3), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Change in Class of Service (FEB 1995) (a) In the event of a change in the class of service, such service shall be provided at the Contractor's lowest available…
  • DFARS 252.225-7063 Restriction on Acquisition of Components of T-AO 205 and T-ARC Class Vessels.
    …use the following clause: Restriction on Acquisition of Components of T-AO 205 AND T-ARC Class Vessels (MAY 2024) (a) Restriction. (1) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 4864, the following components of T-AO 205 and T-ARC class vessels must b…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ssful performance of ongoing Federal operations. All advisory and assistance services are classified in one of the following definitional subdivisions: (1) Management and professional support services, i.e., contractual services that provi…
  • FAR 4.402 General.
    …ndustrial Security Program” (NISP), establishes a program to safeguard Federal Government classified information that is released to contractors, licensees, and grantees of the United States Government. Executive Order 12829 amends Executiv…
  • FAR 4.403 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    …ntracting officers shall review all proposed solicitations to determine whether access to classified information may be required by offerors, or by a contractor during contract performance. (1) If access to classified information of anothe…
  • FAR 14.402-2 Classified bids.
    The general public may not attend bid openings for classified acquisitions. A bidder or its representative may attend and record the results if the individual has the appropriate security clearance. The contracting officer also may make the…
  • FAR 14.409-2 Award of classified contracts.
    In addition to 14.409-1, if classified information was furnished or created in connection with the solicitation, the contracting officer shall advise the unsuccessful bidders, including any who did not bid, to take disposition action in acc…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    …omply with the following: (i) For a contract or order assigned a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for services (except construction), the concern will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Governm…
  • FAR 27.203-1 General.
    (a) Unauthorized disclosure of classified subject matter, whether in patent applications or resulting from the issuance of a patent, may be a violation of 18 U.S.C. 792, et seq. (Chapter 37—Espionage and Censorship), and related statutes, a…
  • FAR 52.204-2 Security Requirements.
    … (a) This clause applies to the extent that this contract involves access to information classified Confidential, Secret, or Top Secret. (b) The Contractor shall comply with (1) the Security Agreement (DD Form 441), including the National…
  • FAR 52.209-13 Violation of Arms Control Treaties or Agreements—Certification.
    …ed States is a participating state. The determinations are described in the most recent unclassified annual report provided to Congress pursuant to section 403 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a). The report is availab…
  • FAR 52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements.
    …less than the appropriate wage rate and fringe benefits in the wage determination for the classification of work actually performed, without regard to skill, except as provided in the clause entitled Apprentices and Trainees. Laborers or me…
  • FAR 52.222-9 Apprentices and Trainees.
    …ntice. (2) The allowable ratio of apprentices to journeymen on the job site in any craft classification shall not be greater than the ratio permitted to the Contractor as to the entire work force under the registered program. (3) Any work…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …tract. (2)(i) If a wage determination is attached to this contract, the Contractor shall classify any class of service employee which is not listed therein and which is to be employed under the contract (i.e., the work to be performed is n…
  • FAR 52.247-52 Clearance and Documentation Requirements—Shipments to DOD Air or Water Terminal Transshipment Points.
    …re; and (2) Each shipment weighing less than 10,000 pounds; if the cargo either— (i) Is classified TOP SECRET, SECRET, OR CONFIDENTIAL; (ii) Will require exclusive use of a motor vehicle; (iii) Will occupy full visible capacity of a rai…
  • FAR 53.204-1 Safeguarding classified information within industry (DD Form 254, DD Form 441).
    …al security services for the National Industrial Security Program if contractor access to classified information is required, as specified in subpart 4.4 and the clause at 52.204-2: (a) DD Form 254 (Department of Defense (DOD)), Contract S…
  • DFARS 201.404 Class deviations.
    …raph (b)(ii) of this section, OUSD(A&S)DPCAP is the approval authority within DoD for any class deviation. (ii) The senior procurement executives for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and the Directors of the Defense Commissary Agency, the De…
  • DFARS 204.7103-1 Criteria for establishing.
    …ivery dates for the units by destination in the delivery schedule. (4) Single accounting classification citation. (i) Each contract line item shall reference a single accounting classification citation except as provided in paragraph (a)(4…
  • DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.
    …ublicly available without restrictions. Covered contractor information system means an unclassified information system that is owned, or operated by or for, a contractor and that processes, stores, or transmits covered defense information.…
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    …n which it is incorporated is manufactured in the United States and the component is of a class or kind for which the Government has determined that— (1) Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality a…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    …n which it is incorporated is manufactured in the United States and the component is of a class or kind for which the Government has determined that— (1) Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality a…
  • DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.
    …for a contract in accordance with FAR 25.201(c). Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind for which nonavailability determinations have been made are treated as domestic. Components of unknown origin are treated as foreign; or…
  • FAR 1.702 General.
    …A D&F shall ordinarily be for an individual contract action. Unless otherwise prohibited, class D&F's may be executed for classes of contract action (see 1.703). The approval granted by a D&F is restricted to the proposed contract action(s)…
  • FAR 1.706 Expiration.
    Expiration dates are required for class D&F's and are optional for individual D&F's. Authority to act under an individual D&F expires when it is exercised or on an expiration date specified in the document, whichever occurs first. Authority…
  • FAR 3.902 Classified information.
    41 U.S.C. 4712 does not provide any right to disclose classified information not otherwise provided by law.
  • FAR 4.1005-1 Required data elements.
    …scription of what is being purchased. (3) Product or Service Code (PSC). (4) Accounting classification citation. (i) Line items or deliverable subline items. If multiple accounting classifications for a single deliverable apply, include …
  • FAR 6.303-1 Requirements.
    … Justifications required by paragraph (a) of this section may be made on an individual or class basis. Any justification for contracts awarded under the authority of 6.302-7 shall only be made on an individual basis. Whenever a justificatio…
  • FAR 8.608 Protection of classified and sensitive information.
    …all not enter into any contract with FPI that allows an inmate worker access to any— (a) Classified data; (b) Geographic data regarding the location of— (1) Surface and subsurface infrastructure providing communications or water or elect…
  • FAR 14.409-1 Award of unclassified contracts.
    … of the abstract of offers need be given. (c) When a request is received concerning an unclassified invitation from an inquirer who is neither a bidder nor a representative of a bidder, the contracting officer should make every effort to f…
  • FAR 52.232-25 Prompt payment.
    …urt, ice cream, mayonnaise, salad dressings, and other similar products, fall within this classification. Nothing in the Act limits this classification to refrigerated products. When questions arise regarding the proper classification of a …
  • FAR 52.247-64 Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels.
    …e available, under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2353); (3) Shipments of classified supplies when the classification prohibits the use of non-Government vessels; and (4) Subcontracts or purchase orders for the acquisition …

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.