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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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43 sections with “compensation information”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.
    As prescribed in 4.1403(a), insert the following clause: Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause: Executive means officers, managing partners, or any other emp…
  • FAR 3.104-6 Ethics advisory opinions regarding prohibitions on a former official's acceptance of compensation from a contractor.
    …ther he or she is or would be precluded by 41 U.S.C. 2104 (see 3.104-3(d)) from accepting compensation from a particular contractor may request advice from the appropriate agency ethics official before accepting such compensation. (b) The …
  • FAR 52.222-46 Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees.
    As prescribed in 22.1103, insert the following provision: Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees (FEB 1993) (a) Recompetition of service contracts may in some cases result in lowering the compensation (salaries and fringe b…
  • FAR 52.228-3 Workers' Compensation Insurance (Defense Base Act).
    As prescribed in 28.309(a), insert the following clause: Workers' Compensation Insurance (Defense Base Act) (JUL 2014) (a) The Contractor shall— (1) Before commencing performance under this contract, establish provisions to provide for t…
  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    …ollowing clause: Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Compensation means any payments made to, or on behalf of, an employee or offered to an applicant as remuneration for employment, including but not lim…
  • FAR 22.802 General.
    … employment because the employee or applicant inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This prohibition against discrimination does not apply to instances in whi…
  • FAR 22.1103 Policy, procedures, and solicitation provision.
    …cordingly, the contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.222-46, Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees, in solicitations for negotiated contracts when the contract amount is expected to exceed $900,000 and service…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …ate of future conditions affecting pension cost; e.g., mortality rate, employee turnover, compensation levels, earnings on pension plan assets, and changes in values of pension plan assets. Actuarial cost method means a technique which use…
  • FAR 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions.
    …ified in paragraph (b) of this clause and are permitted by other Federal law. Reasonable compensation means, with respect to a regularly employed officer or employee of any person, compensation that is consistent with the normal compensati…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …f Labor or exempted by 41 U.S.C. 6702, as interpreted in subpart C of 29 CFR part 4. (c) Compensation. (1) Each service employee employed in the performance of this contract by the Contractor or any subcontractor shall be paid not less tha…
  • FAR 4.1402 Procedures.
    …that contractors comply with the reporting requirements of 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards. Agencies shall review contractor reports on a quarterly basis to ensure the information is consistent …
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …amage to persons or property; and (iii) Adequate insurance under all applicable workers' compensation laws. (2) Until work under this contract has been completed and all advance payments made under the contract have been liquidated, the C…
  • DFARS 232.072-2 Appropriate information.
    …tractor is not a widely-traded, publicly-held corporation. (4) Statement of all forms of compensation to each officer, manager, partner, joint venturer, or proprietor, as appropriate— (i) Planned for the current year; (ii) Paid during th…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …l; and (2) Alternate designated agency ethics officials described in 5 CFR 2638.202(b). Compensation means wages, salaries, honoraria, commissions, professional fees, and any other form of compensation, provided directly or indirectly for…
  • FAR 3.104-3 Statutory and related prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements.
    … Executive Branch. See 3.104-2(b)(2). (d) Prohibition on former official's acceptance of compensation from a contractor (41 U.S.C. 2104). (1) A former official of a Federal agency may not accept compensation from a contractor that has been…
  • FAR 3.803 Exceptions.
    …nditions: (1) Agency and legislative liaison by own employees. (i) Payment of reasonable compensation made to an officer or employee of a person requesting or receiving a covered Federal action if the payment is for agency and legislative …
  • FAR 28.308 Self-insurance.
    …overnment's interest. Agencies shall not approve a program of self-insurance for workers' compensation in a jurisdiction where workers' compensation does not completely cover the employer's liability to employees, unless the contractor— (1…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …rt regularly employed officers or employees of the offeror to whom payments of reasonable compensation were made. (f) Buy American Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.225-1, Buy American—Supp…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …budgetary data. (B) General organizational information and limitation on allowability of compensation for certain contractor personnel. See 31.205-6(p). Additional salary reference information is available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …es independent of the manufacturer or contractor. (iii) The contractor will use the same compensation (wage and fringe benefits) plan for all service employees performing work under the contract as the contractor uses for these employees a…
  • FAR 31.205-33 Professional and consultant service costs.
    …ent for the service (e.g., description of the service, estimate of time required, rate of compensation, termination provisions). (e) Retainer fees, to be allowable, must be supported by evidence that— (1) The services covered by the retai…
  • FAR 50.103-4 Facts and evidence.
    …uaranteed by any stockholder or partner. (14) A list of all salaries, bonuses, and other compensation paid or furnished to the principal officers or partners, and of all dividends and other withdrawals, and of all payments to stockholders …
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …comply with 10 U.S.C. 4651. (B) Use the clause at 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials, as prescribed in 203.171-4(a), to comply with section 847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Y…
  • DFARS 227.7004 Requirements for filing an administrative claim for patent infringement.
    (a) A patent infringement claim for compensation, asserted against the United States under any of the applicable statutes cited in 227.7002, must be actually communicated to and received by a Department, agency, organization, office, or fie…
  • DFARS 242.7302 Requirements.
    … on specific areas of a contractor's insurance programs, pension plans, or other deferred compensation plans shall be performed for a contractor (including, but not limited to, a contractor meeting the requirements in paragraph (a) of this …
  • FAR 15.406-3 Documenting the negotiation.
    …e current status of any contractor systems (e.g., purchasing, estimating, accounting, and compensation) to the extent they affected and were considered in the negotiation. (5) If certified cost or pricing data were not required in the case…
  • FAR 22.406-2 Wages, fringe benefits, and overtime.
    …ty under any bona fide plan or program to provide for medical or hospital care, pensions, compensation for injuries or illness resulting from occupational activity, unemployment benefits, life insurance, disability and sickness insurance, a…
  • FAR 22.1904 Annual Executive Order Minimum Wage Rate.
    …decreases that result from changes in social security and unemployment taxes and workers' compensation insurance, but will not otherwise include any amount for general and administrative costs, overhead, or profit. (2) The wage rate price …
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    …cable. (h) Examples for which advance agreements may be particularly important are— (1) Compensation for personal services, including but not limited to allowances for off-site pay, incentive pay, location allowances, hardship pay, cost o…
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    … that relates to personal use by employees (including transportation to and from work) is compensation for personal services and is unallowable as stated in 31.205-6(m)(2).
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …this section— (i) For consultant and expert witness fees that exceed the highest rate of compensation for expert witnesses paid by the Government pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 5 CFR 304.105; or (ii) For attorney's fees that exceed $150 pe…
  • FAR 42.1203 Processing agreements.
    …nsferor and transferee regarding the assumption of liabilities (e.g., long-term incentive compensation plans, cost accounting standards noncompliances, environmental cleanup costs, and final overhead costs) should be referenced specifically…
  • FAR 50.104-3 Special procedures for unusually hazardous or nuclear risks.
    …nder such policies for unusually hazardous or nuclear risks; and (F) Applicable workers' compensation insurance coverage. (iv) The controlling or limiting factors for determining the amount of financial protection the contractor is to pro…
  • FAR 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest.
    … financial interests referred to in paragraph (1) of this definition may arise from— (i) Compensation, including wages, salaries, commissions, professional fees, or fees for business referrals; (ii) Consulting relationships (including com…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …nts of the intelligence community—see FAR 3.900(a). __(5) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). __(6) [Reserved] __(7) 52.204-14, Service Contrac…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …ents of the intelligence community—see FAR 3.900(a). (ii) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) (Applies to contracts valued at or above the thresho…
  • FAR 52.216-10 Incentive Fee.
    …between this clause and provisioning documents or Government options under this contract, compensation for spare parts or other supplies and services ordered under such documents shall be determined in accordance with this clause. (End of …
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    …decreases that result from changes in social security and unemployment taxes and workers' compensation insurance, but will not otherwise include any amount for general and administrative costs, overhead, or profit. (ii) Subcontractors may …
  • FAR 52.229-10 State of New Mexico Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax.
    …chase of tangible personal property by the Contractor which would be otherwise subject to compensation tax shall be governed by the principles of this clause. Accordingly, compensating tax shall be due from the Contractor only if such prope…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …n or to be taken to prevent recurrence. (9) A statement that the Government will receive compensation covering the loss of Government property, in the event the Contractor was or will be reimbursed or compensated. (10) Copies of all suppo…

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