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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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128 sections with “classified”: the first 40

  • 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 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 3.902 Classified information.
    41 U.S.C. 4712 does not provide any right to disclose classified information not otherwise provided by law.
  • 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 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…
  • FAR 14.402-1 Unclassified bids.
    (a) The bid opening officer shall decide when the time set for opening bids has arrived and shall inform those present of that decision. The officer shall then (1) personally and publicly open all bids received before that time, (2) if prac…
  • FAR 27.203 Security requirements for patent applications containing classified subject matter.
  • 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 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…
  • 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.…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 239.7304 Determination and notification.
    …icant supply chain risk to a covered system; (b) Making a determination in writing, in unclassified or classified form, with the concurrence of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, that— (1) Use of the authority…
  • FAR 4.2301 Definitions.
    …ederal or non-Federal information system, subject to the requirements of the Controlled Unclassified Information program (see 32 CFR part 2002); or (4) Hardware, systems, devices, software, or services that include embedded or incidental i…
  • FAR 5.102 Availability of solicitations.
    …i) Disclosure would compromise the national security (e.g., would result in disclosure of classified information, or information subject to export controls) or create other security risks. The fact that access to classified matter may be ne…
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    …ch disclosure would compromise the national security (e.g., would result in disclosure of classified information). The fact that a proposed solicitation or contract action contains classified information, or that access to classified matter…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …en disclosure would compromise the national security (e.g., would result in disclosure of classified information) or create other security risks. (b) Items peculiar to one manufacturer. An item peculiar to one manufacturer can be a particu…
  • FAR 27.203-2 Contract clause.
    Insert the clause at 52.227-10, Filing of Patent Applications—Classified Subject Matter, in all classified solicitations and contracts and in all solicitations and contracts where the nature of the work reasonably might result in a patent a…
  • FAR 52.204-28 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts.
    …ederal or non-Federal information system, subject to the requirements of the Controlled Unclassified Information program (see 32 CFR part 2002); or (4) Hardware, systems, devices, software, or services that include embedded or incidental i…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    …ederal or non-Federal information system, subject to the requirements of the Controlled Unclassified Information program (see 32 CFR part 2002); or (4) Hardware, systems, devices, software, or services that include embedded or incidental i…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 204.7301 Definitions.
    …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 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …m's original identity, utility, form, fit, and function have been destroyed. Items can be classified as scrap if processed by cutting, tearing, crushing, mangling, shredding, or melting. Intact or recognizable components and parts are not “…
  • FAR 3.909-1 Prohibition.
    …aph (a) of this section does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312 (Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement), Form 4414 (Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement), or any other form issued by …
  • FAR 4.603 Policy.
    … the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-282), all unclassified Federal award data must be publicly accessible. (b) Executive agencies shall use FPDS to maintain publicly available information about all…
  • FAR 4.1102 Policy.
    …asing and payment mechanism, as opposed to using the purchase card for payment only; (2) Classified contracts (see 2.101) when registration in SAM, or use of SAM data, could compromise the safeguarding of classified information or national…
  • FAR 4.1705 Contract clauses.
    …actions entirely funded by DoD, contracts awarded with a generic entity identifier, or in classified solicitations, contracts, or orders. (b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirem…
  • FAR 6.302-6 National security.
    …ld violate security requirements); it shall not be used merely because the acquisition is classified, or merely because access to classified matter will be necessary to submit a proposal or to perform the contract. (c) Limitations. (1) Con…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …en disclosure would compromise the national security (e.g., would result in disclosure of classified information) or create other security risks. (D) The justification is subject to the screening requirement in paragraph (b)(2)(ii)(D)(4) o…
  • FAR 32.112-2 Subcontractor requests for information.
    … (1) Specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept classified in the interest of national defense or foreign policy; and (2) Properly classified pursuant to such Executive order.
  • FAR 32.1103 Applicability.
    …id in other than United States currency (but see 32.1106(b)); (d) Payment by EFT under a classified contract could compromise the safeguarding of classified information or national security, or arrangements for appropriate EFT payments wou…
  • FAR 50.103-6 Disposition.
    …mstances justifying the decision; (e) Identification of any of the foregoing information classified “Confidential” or higher (instead of being included in the memorandum, such information may be set forth in a separate classified document …
  • FAR 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements—Representation.
    … (b) of this provision does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, (Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement), Form 4414 (Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement), or any other form issued by …
  • FAR 52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements.
    …raph (b) of this clause does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312 (Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement), Form 4414 (Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement), or any other form issued by …
  • FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting.
    … includes FAR clause 52.204-2, Security Requirements, a subcontractor requiring access to classified information under a contract shall be identified with a CAGE code on the DD Form 254. The Contractor shall require a subcontractor requirin…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …u)(1) of this provision does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312 (Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement), Form 4414 (Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement), or any other form issued by …

FAR (chapter 1)

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