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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • FAR 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest.
    As prescribed in 3.1106, insert the following clause: Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest (JUN 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acquisition function closely associated with inherently governmental functions means supp…
  • DFARS 209.572 Conflicts of interest in certain consulting services.
    …g consulting services with one or more covered foreign entities; and (2) Does not have a conflict-of-interest mitigation plan that is auditable by a contract oversight entity and approved by the contracting officer. (d) Waiver. (1) If the…
  • DFARS 252.209-7008 Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.
    ….571-8(a), use the following provision: Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program (DEC 2010) (a) Definitions. “Major subcontractor” is defined in the clause at 252.209-7009, Or…
  • DFARS 252.209-7009 Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.
    As prescribed in 209.571-8(b), use the following clause: Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program (MAY 2019) (a) Definition. As used in this clause— Major subcontractor means a subcontractor that is awarded a…
  • DFARS 252.209-7012 Prohibition Relating to Conflicts of Interest in Consulting Services—Certification.
    As prescribed in 209.572(e), use the following provision: Prohibition Relating to Conflicts of Interest in Consulting Services—Certification (Oct 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Consulting services means advisory and as…
  • DFARS 209.571-6 Identification of organizational conflicts of interest.
    When evaluating organizational conflicts of interest for major defense acquisition programs or pre-major defense acquisition programs, contracting officers shall consider— (a) The ownership of business units performing systems engineering …
  • DFARS 209.571 Organizational conflicts of interest in major defense acquisition programs.
  • FAR 3.1103 Procedures.
    …ions to— (1) Have procedures in place to screen covered employees for potential personal conflicts of interest by— (i) Obtaining and maintaining from each covered employee, when the employee is initially assigned to the task under the con…
  • FAR 3.1104 Mitigation or waiver.
    … In exceptional circumstances, if the contractor cannot satisfactorily prevent a personal conflict of interest as required by paragraph (b)(2)(i) of the clause at 52.203-16, Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest, the contractor may subm…
  • FAR 9.502 Applicability.
    …his subpart is not limited to any particular kind of acquisition. However, organizational conflicts of interest are more likely to occur in contracts involving— (1) Management support services; (2) Consultant or other professional service…
  • FAR 9.504 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    …yze planned acquisitions in order to— (1) Identify and evaluate potential organizational conflicts of interest as early in the acquisition process as possible; and (2) Avoid, neutralize, or mitigate significant potential conflicts before …
  • FAR 9.506 Procedures.
    …ng prospective contractors is necessary to identify and evaluate potential organizational conflicts of interest or to develop recommended actions, contracting officers should first seek the information from within the Government or from oth…
  • DFARS 209.571-4 Mitigation.
    (a) Mitigation is any action taken to minimize an organizational conflict of interest. Mitigation may require Government action, contractor action, or a combination of both. (b) If the contracting officer and the contractor have agreed to …
  • FAR 9.505 General rules.
    …tions on contracting as the means of avoiding, neutralizing, or mitigating organizational conflicts of interest that might otherwise exist in the stated situations. Some illustrative examples are provided in 9.508. Conflicts may arise in si…
  • FAR 9.507-1 Solicitation provisions.
    As indicated in the general rules in 9.505, significant potential organizational conflicts of interest are normally resolved by imposing some restraint, appropriate to the nature of the conflict, upon the contractor's eligibilityfor future …
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    …f the Contractor has committed— (A) A violation of Federal criminal law involving fraud, conflict of interest, bribery, or gratuity violations found in Title 18 of the United States Code; or (B) A violation of the civil False Claims Act (…
  • DFARS 209.571-8 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    (a) Use the provision at 252.209-7008, Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program, if the solicitation includes the clause at 252.209-7009, Organizational Conflict of Interest—Maj…
  • DFARS 252.227-7041 Additional postaward requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …presentation that the Contractor is satisfied with that written agreement, which does not conflict with the clause at DFARS 252.227-7018, Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software-Small Business Innovation Researc…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …acceptable to the parties. A neutral person must have no official, financial, or personal conflict of interest with respect to the issues in controversy, unless the interest is fully disclosed in writing to all parties and all parties agree…
  • FAR 3.101-1 General.
    …ic trust and an impeccable standard of conduct. The general rule is to avoid strictly any conflict of interest or even the appearance of a conflict of interest in Government-contractor relationships. While many Federal laws and regulations …
  • FAR 3.601 Policy.
    …d or controlled by one or more Government employees. This policy is intended to avoid any conflict of interest that might arise between the employees' interests and their Government duties, and to avoid the appearance of favoritism or prefe…
  • FAR 3.1003 Requirements.
    …ded thereunder, credible evidence of a violation of Federal criminal law involving fraud, conflict of interest, bribery, or gratuity violations found in Title 18 of the United States Code or a violation of the civil False Claims Act. Knowin…
  • FAR 3.1101 Definitions.
    …s no employer to whom such an individual could submit the required disclosures. Personal conflict of interest means a situation in which a covered employee has a financial interest, personal activity, or relationship that could impair the …
  • FAR 9.508 Examples.
    …gh (i) of this section illustrate situations in which questions concerning organizational conflicts of interest may arise. They are not all inclusive, but are intended to help the contracting officer apply the general rules in 9.505 to indi…
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …esponsible contracting officer shall identify and evaluate any significant organizational conflicts of interest in accordance with subpart 9.5. If the responsible contracting officer determines that a conflict of interest cannot be resolved…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …l statements furnished to the administering office. (4) None of the terms in this clause conflict with the authority under which the Contractor is doing business or with the provision of any existing indenture or agreement of the Contracto…
  • FAR 52.232-29 Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …proved payment requests within 30 days of submittal of a proper request for payment. (h) Conflict between terms of offeror and clause. In the event of any conflict between the terms proposed by the offeror in response to an invitation to p…
  • DFARS 209.571-3 Policy.
    …d unbiased; and (b) Contracting officers generally should seek to resolve organizational conflicts of interest in a manner that will promote competition and preserve DoD access to the expertise and experience of qualified contractors. Acco…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …on 874(b)(1)(A), Pub. L. 114-328). (i) Part 203—Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest. (A) Use the FAR clause at 52.203-3, Gratuities, as prescribed in FAR 3.202, to comply with 10 U.S.C. 4651. (B) Use the clause …
  • DFARS 227.7104-3 STTR program requirements.
    …h the agreement. The contracting officer shall review the agreement to ensure it does not conflict with the requirements of the solicitation or any right to carry out follow-on research. If such conflicts exist and cannot be resolved, the s…
  • DFARS 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.
    …d Records—Negotiation. 6. FAR 52.215-8, Order of Precedence—Uniform Contract Format. 7. Conflicts Between Agreement and Catalog. Insert the following clause: Conflicts Between Agreement and Catalog If there is any inconsistency between …
  • DFARS 252.227-7040 Additional preaward requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …tect any inventions that result from a STTR award; and (iii) No terms or conditions that conflict with the requirements of the clause at 252.227-7018, Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software-Small Business Inno…
  • FAR 1.304 Agency control and compliance procedures.
    …acquisition regulations; or (2) Except as required by law or as provided in subpart 1.4, conflict or be inconsistent with FAR content. (c) Agencies shall evaluate all regulatory coverage in agency acquisition regulations to determine if i…
  • FAR 1.602-2 Responsibilities.
    … of the contract nor in any way direct the contractor or its subcontractors to operate in conflict with the contract terms and conditions; (6) Shall be nominated either by the requiring activity or in accordance with agency procedures; and…
  • FAR 3.000 Scope of part.
    … prescribes policies and procedures for avoiding improper business practices and personal conflicts of interest and for dealing with their apparent or actual occurrence.
  • FAR 3.700 Scope of subpart.
    …scind contracts in relation to which— (1) There has been a final conviction for bribery, conflict of interest, disclosure or receipt of contractor bid or proposal information or source selection information in exchange for a thing of value…
  • FAR 3.701 Purpose.
    …ct to contracts in relation to which there has been— (1) A final conviction for bribery, conflict of interest, disclosure or receipt of contractor bid or proposal information or source selection information in exchange for a thing of value…
  • FAR 3.703 Authority.
    …numerated in the Act, in relation to which there has been a final conviction for bribery, conflict of interest, or any other violation of Chapter 11 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 201-224). Executive Order 12448, November …
  • FAR 3.1100 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart implements policy on personal conflicts of interest by employees of Government contractors as required by 41 U.S.C. 2303.
  • FAR 3.1102 Policy.
    The Government's policy is to require contractors to— (a) Identify and prevent personal conflicts of interest of their covered employees; and (b) Prohibit covered employees who have access to non-public information by reason of performanc…

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.