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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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72 sections with “conflict of interest”: the first 40

  • 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…
  • 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 252.209-7012 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…
  • 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 …
  • 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 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 (…
  • 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 9.506 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…
  • 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…
  • 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 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 27.404-6 Inspection of data at the contractor's facility.
    … If the contractor demonstrates to the contracting officer that there would be a possible conflict of interest if inspection were made by a particular representative, the contracting officer shall designate an alternate representative.
  • FAR 52.207-3 Right of First Refusal of Employment.
    …hich they are qualified, if that employment is consistent with post-Government employment conflict of interest standards. (b) Within 10 days after contract award, the Contracting Officer will provide to the Contractor a list of all Governm…
  • 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 209.571-8 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 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 …
  • 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 3.000 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 3.101-1 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 3.1100 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 3.1101 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 9.000 Scope of part.
    …ngements; defense production pools and research and development pools; and organizational conflicts of interest.
  • FAR 9.500 Scope of subpart.
    …, general rules, and procedures for identifying, evaluating, and resolving organizational conflicts of interest; (b) Provides examples to assist contracting officers in applying these rules and procedures to individual contracting situatio…
  • 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 9.508 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 12.503 Applicability of certain laws to Executive agency contracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    … Minimum Response Time for Offers (see 5.203). (4) 41 U.S.C. 2303(b), Policy on Personal Conflicts of Interest by Contractor Employees (see subpart 3.11). (5) 41 U.S.C. 3901(b) and 10 U.S.C. 3321(b) Contingent Fees (see 3.404). (6) 41 U.…
  • FAR 15.604 Agency points of contact.
    …ents concerning responsible prospective contractors (see subpart 9.1), and organizational conflicts of interest (see subpart 9.5). (3) Guidance on preferred methods for submitting ideas/concepts to the Government, such as any agency: upcom…
  • FAR 15.605 Content of unsolicited proposals.
    …ce, and facilities to be used; (6) Other statements, if applicable, about organizational conflicts of interest, security clearances, and environmental impacts; and (7) The names and telephone numbers of agency technical or other agency po…
  • FAR 18.000 Scope of part.
    …rements and limitations set forth in FAR Part 3, Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest. (c) Additional flexibilities may be authorized in an executive agency supplement to the FAR.
  • FAR 31.205-33 Professional and consultant service costs.
    …ting in violation of any statute or regulation prohibiting improper business practices or conflicts of interest. (4) Services performed which are not consistent with the purpose and scope of the services contracted for or otherwise agreed …
  • FAR 32.304-2 Certificate of eligibility.
    …judice to the national defense, because reletting of a contract with another source would conflict with a major policy on defense acquisition; e.g., policies relating to the mobilization base. (2) The urgency of contract performance schedu…
  • 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…
  • 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 (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.