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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • DFARS 204.804 Closeout of contract files.
    …or group of contracts meeting the requirements of paragraph (3)(i) of this section may be closed out through a negotiated settlement with the contractor. Except as provided in paragraph (3)(ii)(B) of this section, the contract closeout proc…
  • FAR 4.804-1 Closeout by the office administering the contract.
    …ws: (1) Files for contracts using simplified acquisition procedures should be considered closed when the contracting officer receives evidence of receipt of property and final payment, unless otherwise specified by agency regulations. (2)…
  • FAR 15.609 Limited use of data.
    (a) An unsolicited proposal may include data that the offeror does not want disclosed to the public for any purpose or used by the Government except for evaluation purposes. If the offeror wishes to restrict the data, the title page must be…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    … disclosure, use, or reproduction of such data. (2) If the unmarked data has not been disclosed without restriction outside the Government, the Contractor may request, within 6 months (or a longer time approved by the Contracting Officer i…
  • DFARS 227.7103-5 Government rights.
    … to the contractor by the Government; (7) Publicly available or have been released or disclosed by the contractor or subcontractor without restrictions on further use, release or disclosure other than a release or disclosure resulting from…
  • FAR 4.804-2 Closeout of the contracting office files if another office administers the contract.
    …Contract files for contracts using simplified acquisition procedures should be considered closed when the contracting officer receives evidence of receipt of property and final payment, unless otherwise specified by agency regulation. (b) …
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …e and use of data. Offerors that include in their proposals data that they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose, or used by the Government except for evaluation purposes, shall— (1) Mark the title page with the following leg…
  • FAR 52.227-20 Rights in Data—SBIR Program.
    …the Government will use these data for Government purposes only, and they shall not be disclosed outside the Government (including disclosure for procurement purposes) during such period without permission of the Contractor, except that, su…
  • FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.
    …r the CAS. Desirable change means a compliant change to a Contractor's established or disclosed cost accounting practices that the CFAO finds is desirable and not detrimental to the Government and is, therefore, not subject to the no incre…
  • FAR 27.404-2 Limited rights data and restricted computer software.
    …Such restricted computer software will not be used or reproduced by the Government, or disclosed outside the Government, except that the computer software may be— (i) Used or copied for use with the computers for which it was acquired, inc…
  • FAR 42.708 Quick-closeout procedure.
    …of direct and indirect costs for a specific contract, task order, or delivery order to be closed, in advance of the determination of final direct costs and indirect rates set forth in 42.705, if— (1) The contract, task order, or delivery o…
  • FAR 52.225-26 Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    …ending a proceeding or dispute arising under the contract or related to a potential or disclosed violation. Other significant military operations means activities, other than combat operations, as part of a contingency operation outside th…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …hese data, furnished under the Value Engineering clause of contract ____, shall not be disclosed outside the Government or duplicated, used, or disclosed, in whole or in part, for any purpose other than to evaluate a value engineering chang…
  • FAR 52.248-3 Value Engineering—Construction.
    …rnished under the Value Engineering—Construction clause of contract ____, shall not be disclosed outside the Government or duplicated, used, or disclosed, in whole or in part, for any purpose other than to evaluate a value engineering chang…
  • DFARS 242.708 Quick-closeout procedure.
    …of direct and indirect costs for a specific contract, task order, or delivery order to be closed in advance of the determination of final direct costs and indirect rates set forth in FAR 42.705, regardless of the dollar value or percentage …
  • DFARS 252.225-7039 Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    …ending a proceeding or dispute arising under the contract or related to a potential or disclosed violation. Private security functions means the following activities engaged in by a contractor: (1) Guarding of personnel, facilities, desig…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ractor by the Government; (vii) Otherwise publicly available or have been released or disclosed by the Contractor or subcontractor without restrictions on further use, release or disclosure, other than a release or disclosure resulting fro…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …er software documentation that is otherwise publicly available or has been released or disclosed by the Contractor or subcontractor without restriction on further use, release or disclosure, other than a release or disclosure resulting from…
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …data or computer software; (iv) Otherwise publicly available or have been released or disclosed by the Contractor or a subcontractor without restrictions on further use, release, or disclosure other than a release or disclosure resulting f…
  • FAR 9.105-3 Disclosure of preaward information.
    …of determining the responsibility of a prospective contractor shall not be released or disclosed outside the Government. (b) The contracting officer may discuss preaward survey information with the prospective contractor before determining…
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    In order to minimize delays in contract awards, administrative determinations may be made as described in this 14.407-3 in connection with mistakes in bids alleged after opening of bids and before award. The authority to permit correction o…
  • FAR 15.201 Exchanges with industry before receipt of proposals.
    …Is. (f) General information about agency mission needs and future requirements may be disclosed at any time. After release of the solicitation, the contracting officer must be the focal point of any exchange with potential offerors. When s…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …agraph (g)(3) to include the purposes, if any, for which limited rights data are to be disclosed outside the Government. (4) In accordance with 27.404-2(d), if a contracting officer determines it is necessary to obtain restricted computer …
  • FAR 42.902 Procedures.
    …ontractor (in assessing this impact, identify and review any contracts that have not been closed out, including those physically completed or terminated); (3) Take actions necessary to protect the Government's financial interests and safeg…
  • DFARS 214.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    (e) Authority for making a determination under FAR 14.407-3(a), (b) and (d) is delegated for the defense agencies, without power of redelegation, as follows: (i) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: General Counsel, DARPA. (ii) Defe…
  • DFARS 227.7203-5 Government rights.
    …er software documentation that is otherwise publicly available or has been released or disclosed by the contractor or subcontractor without restrictions on further use, release or disclosure other than a release or disclosure resulting from…
  • DFARS 252.227-7025 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Government-Furnished Information Marked with Restrictive Legends.
    …legends only as permitted in the license. Such data or software may not be released or disclosed to other persons unless permitted by the license and, prior to release or disclosure, the intended recipient has completed the nondisclosure ag…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ct of interest with respect to the issues in controversy, unless the interest is fully disclosed in writing to all parties and all parties agree that the neutral person may serve (5 U.S.C. 583). Nondevelopmental item means— (1) Any previo…
  • FAR 3.907-5 Access to investigative file of Inspector General.
    …he Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a. The investigation of the Inspector General shall be deemed closed for the purposes of disclosure under such section when an employee files an appeal to the agency head or a court of competent jurisdiction. (b…
  • FAR 14.407-4 Mistakes after award.
    …ated with legal counsel in accordance with agency procedures. (e) Mistakes alleged or disclosed after award shall be processed as follows: (1) The contracting officer shall request the contractor to support the alleged mistake by submissi…
  • FAR 32.906 Making payments.
    …en the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday when Government offices are closed, may make payment on the following working day without incurring a late payment interest penalty. (4) When it is determined that the designate…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …e its employees in order to assure that subject inventions are promptly identified and disclosed to Contractor personnel responsible for patent matters. The procedures shall include the maintenance of laboratory notebooks or equivalent reco…
  • FAR 52.227-19 Commercial Computer Software License.
    …ercial computer software delivered under this contract may not be used, reproduced, or disclosed by the Government except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this clause or as expressly stated otherwise in this contract. (2) The commercial …
  • FAR 52.230-2 Cost Accounting Standards.
    …ts from indirect costs and the basis used for allocating indirect costs. The practices disclosed for this contract shall be the same as the practices currently disclosed and applied on all other contracts and subcontracts being performed by…
  • FAR 52.230-5 Cost Accounting Standards—Educational Institution.
    …costs and the basis used for accumulating and allocating indirect costs. The practices disclosed for this contract shall be the same as the practices currently disclosed and applied on all other contracts and subcontracts being performed by…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …t the Contractor, except as shown in the financial statements. (3) The Contractor has disclosed all contingent liabilities, except for liability resulting from the renegotiation of defense production contracts, in the financial statements …
  • DFARS 227.7103-7 Use and nondisclosure agreement.
    …strictive legends by the Recipient or any person to whom the Recipient has released or disclosed the Data. (6) The Recipient is executing this Agreement for the benefit of the Contractor. The Contractor is a third party beneficiary of this…
  • DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …nical data covered by paragraph (c)(2) of this clause are authorized to be released or disclosed to covered Government support contractors; (ii) The Contractor will be notified of such release or disclosure; (iii) The Contractor (or the p…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …and effective procedures to ensure that subject inventions are promptly identified and disclosed to Contractor personnel responsible for patent matters; (ii) Include in these procedures the maintenance of— (A) Laboratory notebooks or equi…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    … contract, if that information has not been previously made available to the public or disclosed publicly: (1) Cost or pricing data (as defined by 10 U.S.C. 3701(1)) with respect to procurements subject to that section, and 41 U.S.C. 3501(…

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.