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119 sections with “completion date”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.211-10 Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work.
    …ers under indefinite-delivery contracts for construction. Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work (APR 1984) The Contractor shall be required to (a) commence work under this contract within __ [Contracting Officer insert number]…
  • FAR 11.402 Factors to consider in establishing schedules.
    …ct; e.g., furnishing Government property. (b) Construction. When scheduling the time for completion of a construction contract, the contracting officer shall consider applicable factors such as the— (1) Nature and complexity of the projec…
  • FAR 50.103-4 Facts and evidence.
    …nt of the contractor's remaining obligations, and the contractor's expectations regarding completion. (3) A statement of payments received, due, and yet to be received or to become due, including advance and progress payments; amounts with…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    … and September 30. A report is also required for each contract within 30 days of contract completion. Reports are due 30 days after the close of each reporting period, unless otherwise directed by the contracting officer. Reports are requir…
  • FAR 52.211-13 Time Extensions.
    …ract changes will depend upon the extent, if any, by which the changes cause delay in the completion of the various elements of construction. The change order granting the time extension may provide that the contract completion date will be…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …cost rates for all years of a physically complete contract, the Contractor shall submit a completion invoice or voucher to reflect the settled amounts and rates. The completion invoice or voucher shall include settled subcontract amounts an…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    … the contract price, the Government shall withhold further payments to the Contractor. On completion or termination of the contract, the Government shall deduct from the amount due to the Contractor all unliquidated advance payments and all…
  • FAR 52.241-9 Connection Charge.
    …bill. (2) In the event the Contractor, before any termination of this contract but after completion of the facilities provided for in this clause, serves any customer other than the Government (regardless of whether the Government is being…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …lans thereunder or of the termination of the contract (or subcontract thereunder), before completion of the work, for the convenience or at the option of the Government; and (3) Government-furnished property that exceeds the amounts needed…
  • DFARS 236.270 Expediting construction contracts.
    (a) 10 U.S.C. 2858 requires agency head approval to expedite the completion date of a contract funded by a Military Construction Appropriations Act, if additional costs are involved. This approval authority may not be redelegated. The appro…
  • FAR 8.705-4 Compliance with orders.
    …rofit agency or AbilityOne participating nonprofit agency for revision in the delivery or completion schedule, if feasible. If extension of the delivery or completion date is not feasible, the ordering office shall notify the appropriate ce…
  • FAR 11.404 Contract clauses.
    … contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.211-10, Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated. The clause may be changed to accommodate …
  • FAR 11.702 Construction contracts.
    … time if the quantity variation is such as to cause an increase in the time necessary for completion. The contracting officer must receive the request in writing within 10 days from the beginning of the period of delay. However, the contrac…
  • FAR 17.204 Contracts.
    …lead time to ensure continuous production. (d) The period may extend beyond the contract completion date for service contracts. This is necessary for situations when exercise of the option would result in the obligation of funds that are n…
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …that satisfactory progress has been made. (iii) The due date for final payments based on completion and acceptance of all work (including any retained amounts), and payments for partial deliveries that have been accepted by the Government …
  • FAR 32.1004 Procedures.
    … criterion. (2) Events or criteria may be either severable or cumulative. The successful completion of a severable event or criterion is independent of the accomplishment of any other event or criterion. Conversely, the successful accompli…
  • FAR 52.211-18 Variation in Estimated Quantity.
    …tity. If the quantity variation is such as to cause an increase in the time necessary for completion, the Contractor may request, in writing, an extension of time, to be received by the Contracting Officer within 10 days from the beginning …
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ct. (viii) Upon receipt and approval of the invoice designated by the Contractor as the “completion invoice” and supporting documentation, and upon compliance by the Contractor with all terms of this contract, any outstanding balances will…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …itten explanation must be submitted to the Contracting Officer within 30 days of contract completion. (14) Assurances that the Contractor will not prohibit a subcontractor from discussing with the Contracting Officer any material matter pe…
  • FAR 52.219-16 Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan.
    …lars attributable to Government contracts covered by the commercial plan. If, at contract completion or, in the case of a commercial plan, at the close of the fiscal year for which the plan is applicable, the Contractor has failed to meet i…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …erpayments. Upon receipt and approval of the voucher designated by the Contractor as the “completion voucher” and supporting documentation, and upon compliance by the Contractor with all terms of this contract (including, without limitation…
  • DFARS 227.7103-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.
    …competitive contract award unless resolution of the assertion is essential for successful completion of the procurement. (c) Challenge considerations and presumption—(1) Requirements to initiate a challenge. Contracting officers shall have…
  • DFARS 227.7203-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.
    …competitive contract award unless resolution of the assertion is essential for successful completion of the procurement. (2) Computer software documentation. Computer software documentation is technical data. Challenges to asserted restric…
  • FAR 4.804-1 Closeout by the office administering the contract.
    …in 6 months after the date on which the contracting officer receives evidence of physical completion. (3) Files for contracts requiring settlement of indirect cost rates should be closed within 36 months of the month in which the contracti…
  • FAR 4.903 Reporting contract information to the IRS.
    …ontract action; (4) Amount obligated on the contract action; and (5) Estimated contract completion date. (d) Transmit the information to the IRS through the Federal Procurement Data System (see Subpart 4.6 and implementing instructions).
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …f services required, cost range and limitations, type of contract, estimated starting and completion dates, and any significant evaluation factors. (14)(i) If the solicitation will include the FAR clause at 52.225-3, Buy American-Free Trad…
  • FAR 11.503 Contract clauses.
    …quidated damages are appropriate (see 11.501(a)). If the contract specifies more than one completion date for separate parts or stages of the work, revise paragraph (a) of the clause to state the amount of liquidated damages for delay of ea…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    …ties, if any) in order to avoid the need for resoliciting. (e) Under some circumstances, completion of the acquisition after cancellation of the invitation for bids may be appropriate. (1) If the invitation for bids has been cancelled for…
  • FAR 22.804-2 Construction.
    …or; employer identification number; dollar amount of the contract; estimated starting and completion dates of the contract; the contract number; and the geographical area in which the contract is to be performed. When requested by the OFCCP…
  • FAR 22.805 Procedures.
    …rojected award date is within 24 months of the proposed contractor's Notice of Compliance completion date in the Registry; and (iii) The contracting officer documents the Registry review in the contract file. (5) The contracting officer s…
  • FAR 49.404 Surety-takeover agreements.
    …sulting from the contractor's default, the surety has certain rights and interests in the completion of the contract work and application of any undisbursed funds. Therefore, the contracting officer must consider carefully the surety's prop…
  • FAR 49.504 Termination of fixed-price contracts for default.
    …ract amount is at or below the simplified acquisition threshold, if appropriate (e.g., if completion dates are essential). (2) Dismantling and demolition. If the contract is for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements, the cont…
  • FAR 52.222-23 Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action To Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity for Construction.
    …bcontractor; (3) Estimated dollar amount of the subcontract; (4) Estimated starting and completion dates of the subcontract; and (5) Geographical area in which the subcontract is to be performed. (e) As used in this Notice, and in any c…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …the Service Contract Labor Standards statute shall make and maintain for 3 years from the completion of the work, and make them available for inspection and transcription by authorized representatives of the Wage and Hour Division, a record…
  • FAR 52.236-13 Accident Prevention.
    …ns and activities; (2) avoid interruptions of Government operations and delays in project completion dates; and (3) control costs in the performance of this contract. (b) For these purposes on contracts for construction or dismantling, dem…
  • FAR 52.237-5 Payment by Contractor to Government.
    …he Contractor. The Government shall not permit storage of property on the site beyond the completion date. If the Contractor does not wish to remove from the site any of the property acquired, the Contracting Officer may, upon written reque…
  • FAR 52.237-6 Incremental Payment by Contractor to Government.
    …the Contractor. The Government will not permit storage of property on the site beyond the completion date. If the Contractor does not wish to remove from the site any of the property acquired, the Contracting Officer may, upon written reque…
  • FAR 52.249-6 Termination (Cost-Reimbursement).
    …vernment, the settlement shall include a percentage of the fee equal to the percentage of completion of work contemplated under the contract, but excluding subcontract effort included in subcontractors' termination proposals, less previous …
  • DFARS 204.7103-1 Criteria for establishing.
    …ract line item or service shall have its own delivery schedule, period of performance, or completion date expressly stated (“as required” constitutes an expressly stated delivery term). (i) The fact that there is more than one delivery dat…
  • DFARS 204.7104-1 Criteria for establishing.
    …ntract subline item shall have its own— (i) Delivery schedule, period of performance, or completion date; (ii) Unit price or single total price or amount (not separately priced (NSP) is acceptable as an entry for price or amount if the pr…

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