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34 sections with “common carrier”

  • FAR 52.232-6 Payment Under Communication Service Contracts With Common Carriers.
    …gency regulations, in solicitations and contracts for regulated communication services by common carriers: Payment Under Communication Service Contracts With Common Carriers (APR 1984) The Government shall pay the Contractor, in arrears, …
  • FAR 52.213-1 Fast Payment Procedure.
    …. The Government will pay invoices based on the Contractor's delivery to a post office or common carrier (or, if shipped by other means, to the point of first receipt by the Government). (b) Responsibility for supplies. (1) Title to the su…
  • DFARS 239.7406 Certified cost or pricing data and data other than certified cost or pricing data.
    (a) Common carriers are not required to submit certified cost or pricing data before award of contracts for tariffed services. Rates or preliminary estimates quoted by a common carrier for tariffed telecommunications services are considered…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … as defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products. Common item means material that is common to the applicable Government contract and the contractor's other work, except that for use in the clause at …
  • FAR 47.001 Definitions.
    … authorized and prepared by a Government official. Carrier or commercial carrier means a common carrier or a contract carrier. Common carrier means a person holding itself out to the general public to provide transportation for compensati…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, unusually severe weather, and delays of common carriers. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing as soon as it is reasonably possible after the commencement of any exc…
  • DFARS 239.7401 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— ) Common carrier means any entity engaged in the business of providing telecommunications services which are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission or other governmental body. Foreign carrier means any…
  • DFARS 239.7402 Policy.
    (a) Acquisition. DoD policy is to acquire telecommunications services from common and noncommon telecommunications carriers— (1) On a competitive basis, except when acquisition using other than full and open competition is justified; (2) …
  • FAR 13.402 Conditions for use.
    …c) Title to the supplies passes to the Government— (1) Upon delivery to a post office or common carrier for mailing or shipment to destination; or (2) Upon receipt by the Government if the shipment is by means other than Postal Service or…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …e Contract Labor Standards statute: (1) Contracts entered into by the United States with common carriers for the carriage of mail by rail, air (except air star routes), bus, and ocean vessel, where such carriage is performed on regularly s…
  • FAR 27.201-2 Contract clauses.
    …se with its Alternate II in solicitations and contracts for communication services with a common carrier and the services are unregulated and not priced by a tariff schedule set by a regulatory body. (b) Insert the clause at 52.227-2, Noti…
  • FAR 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
    …mplated; (6) The clause at 52.232-6, Payments under Communication Service Contracts with Common Carriers, in solicitations and contracts for regulated communication services by common carriers; and (7) The clause at 52.232-7, Payments und…
  • FAR 52.247-48 F.o.b. Destination—Evidence of Shipment.
    …3 years after final payment under the contract: (i) If transportation is accomplished by common carrier, a signed copy of the commercial bill of lading for the supplies covered by the Contractor's invoice, indicating the carrier's intent t…
  • FAR 52.247-63 Preference for U.S.-Flag Air Carriers.
    …nternational air transportation. 49 U.S.C. 40118, Government-financed air transportation (commonly referred to as the Fly America Act), requires that all Federal agencies and Government contractors and subcontractors use U.S.-flag air carri…
  • DFARS 232.611 Contract clause.
    …d facilities, and purchases under such agreements; and (C) Transportation contracts with common carriers for common carrier services.
  • DFARS 239.7408-1 General.
    (a) Special construction normally involves a common carrier giving a special service or facility related to the performance of the basic telecommunications service requirements. This may include— (1) Moving or relocating equipment; (2) P…
  • FAR 13.401 General.
    …es a certification that the contractor— (1) Has delivered the supplies to a post office, common carrier, or point of first receipt by the Government; and (2) Shall replace, repair, or correct supplies not received at destination, damaged …
  • FAR 27.202-5 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …t's interests. (2) If the solicitation is for communication services and facilities by a common carrier, use the provision with its Alternate I. (b) If the Government is obligated to pay a royalty on a patent involved in the prospective c…
  • FAR 32.600 Scope of subpart.
    …able). Sections 32.607, 32.608, and 32.610 of this subpart do not apply to claims against common carriers for transportation overcharges and freight and cargo losses (31 U.S.C. 3726).
  • FAR 47.104 Government rate tenders under sections 10721 and 13712 of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. 10721 and 13712).
    (a) This section explains statutory authority for common carriers subject to the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board (motor carrier, water carrier, freight forwarder, rail carrier) to offer to transport persons or property for …
  • FAR 47.303-17 Contractor-prepaid commercial bills of lading, small package shipments.
    …quired f.o.b. origin, to domestic destinations, including DOD air and water terminals, by common carriers on commercial bills of lading. Such shipments shall not exceed 150 pounds by commercial air or 1,000 pounds by other commercial carrie…
  • FAR 47.305-3 F.o.b. origin solicitations.
    … used in evaluating offers. The Government normally uses land transportation by regulated common carriers between points in the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia. (2) The contracting officer shall insert the provisio…
  • FAR 49.505 Other termination clauses.
    … for the cancellation or termination of orders under communication service contracts with common carriers because of special agency requirements that apply to these services. An appropriate clause, however, shall be prescribed at agency lev…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …ods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, unusually severe weather, and delays of common carriers. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing as soon as it is reasonably possible after the commencement of any exc…
  • FAR 52.247-47 Evaluation—F.o.b. Origin.
    … (JUN 2003) (a) The Government normally uses land methods of transportation by regulated common carrier for shipment within the contiguous United States. (b) To evaluate offers, the Government will consider only these methods to establish…
  • FAR 52.247-55 F.o.b. Point for Delivery of Government-Furnished Property.
    … in the contract, all property shall be packed in containers conforming with the rules of common carrier published tariffs so as to be free of penalty charges by the carrier designated for shipment by the Government. (End of clause)
  • FAR 52.247-56 Transit Arrangements.
    … transit arrangements may apply: Transit Arrangements (APR 1984) The lowest appropriate common carrier transportation costs, including offeror's through transit rates and charges when applicable, from offeror's shipping points, via the tr…
  • FAR 52.247-57 Transportation Transit Privilege Credits.
    …n Transit Privilege Credits (APR 1984) (a) If the offeror has established with regulated common carriers transit privileges that can be applied to the supplies when shipped from the original source, the offeror is invited to propose to use…
  • FAR 52.247-59 F.o.b. Origin—Carload and Truckload Shipments.
    …t that will result in the lowest freight rate (or per car charge) on file or published in common carrier tariffs or tenders as of the date of bid opening (or the closing date specified for receipt of proposals). (c) For purposes of actual …
  • FAR 52.247-61 F.o.b. Origin—Minimum Size of Shipments.
    … which will result in the lowest freight rate (or per car charge) on file or published in common carrier tariffs or tenders as of date of shipment. In the event the total weight of any scheduled quantity to a destination is less than the hi…
  • FAR 47.101 Policies.
    …) Agencies shall comply with the requirements for Government-financed air transportation (commonly referred to as the Fly America Act), the Cargo Preference Act, and related statutes as prescribed in subparts 47.4, Air Transportation by U.S…
  • FAR 47.402 Policy.
    …fects or property, if available (49 U.S.C. 40118, Government-financed air transportation, commonly referred to as the Fly America Act).
  • FAR 52.247-68 Report of Shipment (REPSHIP).
    …ies the full visible capacity of a railway car or motor vehicle, is given to any carrier (common, contract, or private) for transportation to a domestic destination (other than a port for export); (2) Transmits the notice by rapid means to…
  • DFARS 225.7003-1 Definitions.
    …Department of Defense that is or will be produced using the same production facilities, a common supply chain, and the same or similar production processes that are used for the production of articles predominantly used by the general publi…

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.