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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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120 sections with “classified contract”: the first 40

  • 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 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 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 52.227-10 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 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 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 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …n forms. (20) Ensure processing and execution of duty-free entry certificates. (21) For classified contracts, administer those portions of the applicable industrial security program delegated to the CAO (see Subpart 4.4). (22) Issue work…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 242.302 Contract administration functions.
    …er basic ordering agreements for overhaul, maintenance, and repair. (S-71)(A) Except for classified contracts, negotiate or settle questioned direct costs in an incurred cost audit. The procuring contracting officer may delegate this autho…
  • 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 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 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 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 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 52.209-13 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 216.306 Cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts.
    …ch contracts that are for environmental work only, provided the environmental work is not classified as construction, as defined by 10 U.S.C. 2801. (B) The Secretary of Defense or designee must approve such contracts that are not for envir…
  • DFARS 252.204-7009 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information.
    …is lawfully publicly available without restrictions. Covered defense information means unclassified controlled technical information or other information (as described in the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Registry at http://www…
  • 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 252.245-7005 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 4.404 Contract clause.
    …rity Requirements, in solicitations and contracts when the contract may require access to classified information, unless the conditions specified in paragraph (d) of this section apply. (b) If a cost contract (see 16.302) for research and …
  • 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 4.802 Contract files.
    …sers; (3) Minimal establishment of duplicate and working files; (4) The safeguarding of classified documents; and (5) Conformance with agency regulations for file location and maintenance. (d) If the contract files or file segments are …
  • FAR 4.804-5 Procedures for closing out contract files.
    …en complete, the administrative closeout procedures must ensure that— (1) Disposition of classified material is completed; (2) Final patent report is cleared. If a final patent report is required, the contracting officer may proceed with …
  • 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 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 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 27.404-4 Contractor's release, publication, and use of data.
    …ncies shall not place any restrictions on the conduct of or reporting on the results of unclassified basic or applied research, except as provided in applicable U.S. statutes. However, agencies may restrict the release or disclosure of comp…
  • 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 45.606 Contractor scrap procedures.
    …s materials or wastes; (3) Contaminated with hazardous materials or wastes; (4) That is classified or otherwise controlled; (5) Containing precious or strategic metals; or (6) That is dangerous to public health or safety. (c) Absent co…
  • FAR 46.203 Criteria for use of contract quality requirements.
    …icality of its application. (a) Technical description. Contract items may be technically classified as— (1) Commercial (described in commercial catalogs, drawings, or industrial standards; see part 2); or (2) Military-Federal (described …
  • 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 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.
    …d information will be made public. (c) Nothing in this clause requires the disclosure of classified information. (d)(1) Executive compensation of the prime contractor. As a part of its annual registration requirement in the System for Awa…
  • FAR 52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems.
    …information systems generally or other Federal safeguarding requirements for controlled unclassified information (CUI) as established by Executive Order 13556. (c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, in…
  • 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 204.404-70 Additional contract clauses.
    …ion, in solicitations and contracts when the contractor will have access to or generate unclassified information that may be sensitive and inappropriate for release to the public. (b) Use the clause at 252.204-7003, Control of Government P…
  • DFARS 204.802 Contract files.
    …iple parties, including the contractor. Do not include in EDA contract documents that are classified, too sensitive for widespread distribution (e.g., personally identifiable information and Privacy Act and Health Insurance Portability and …
  • DFARS 204.7500 Scope of subpart.
    …n, technical, or general administrative security operations governing the protection of unclassified information, nor does it affect requirements of the National Industrial Security Program. (c) This subpart applies to unclassified contrac…
  • DFARS 213.302-3 Obtaining contractor acceptance and modifying purchase orders.
    (1) Require written acceptance of purchase orders for classified acquisitions. (2) See PGI 213.302-3 for guidance on the use of unilateral modifications. (3) A supplemental agreement converts a unilateral purchase order to a bilateral agr…
  • DFARS 226.570-2 Contract clause.
    …03, Drug-Free Work Force, in all solicitations and contracts-- (1) That invoke access to classified information; or (2) When the contracting officer determines that the clause is necessary for reasons of national security or for the purpo…

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.