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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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135 sections with “construction supplies”: the first 40

  • DFARS 227.7107-2 Contracts for construction supplies and research and development work.
    …nd clauses required by 227-7103-6 and 227.7203-6 when the acquisition is limited to— (a) Construction supplies or materials; (b) Experimental, developmental, or research work, or test and evaluation studies of structures, equipment, proce…
  • FAR 31.105 Construction and architect-engineer contracts.
    …ose exempted under OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR part 200, appendix VIII (see 31.108) for construction management or construction, alteration or repair of buildings, bridges, roads, or other kinds of real property. It also includes architec…
  • FAR 36.701 Standard and optional forms for use in contracting for construction or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements.
    (a) Standard Form 1442, Solicitation, Offer, and Award (Construction, Alteration, or Repair), shall be used to solicit and submit offers, and award construction or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contracts expected to ex…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    As prescribed in 25.1102(a), insert the following clause: Buy American—Construction Materials (OCT 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item—(1) Means any item of supply (including co…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    As prescribed in 25.1102(c), insert the following clause: Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements (NOV 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Caribbean Basin country construction material means a construction m…
  • FAR 52.225-21 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials.
    …lause: Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials (JAN 2021) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated directly int…
  • FAR 52.225-23 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …lause: Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements (NOV 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Component means an article, material, or supply in…
  • FAR 53.236-1 Construction.
    The following forms are prescribed, as stated below, for use in contracting for construction, alteration, or repair, or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements. (a)-(c) [Reserved] (d) SF 1442 (Rev. 12/2022), Solicitation, Offe…
  • DFARS 252.225-7044 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material.
    …scribed in 225.7503(a) and (a)(1), use the following clause: Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material—Basic (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item— (1) Means any ite…
  • DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.
    …scribed in 225.7503(b) and (b)(1), use the following clause: Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements—Basic (FEB 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Caribbean Basin country construction material…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …eans the acquiring by contract with appropriated funds of supplies or services (including construction) by and for the use of the Federal Government through purchase or lease, whether the supplies or services are already in existence or mus…
  • FAR 11.404 Contract clauses.
    …he clauses and their alternates may be used in solicitations and contracts for other than construction and architect-engineering substantially as shown, or they may be changed or new clauses written. (2) The contracting officer may insert …
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    … Agency (where appropriate) to be eligible for probationary employment as an apprentice. Construction, alteration, or repair means all types of work done by laborers and mechanics employed by the construction contractor or construction sub…
  • FAR 22.402 Applicability.
    (a) Contracts for construction work. (1) The requirements of this subpart apply— (i) Only if the construction work is, or reasonably can be foreseen to be, performed at a particular site so that wage rates can be determined for the localit…
  • FAR 22.404-2 General requirements.
    …fficer shall either include only the rate schedules that apply to the particular types of construction (building, heavy, highway, etc.) or include the entire wage determination and clearly indicate the parts of the work to which each rate s…
  • FAR 25.001 General.
    …ies (see Subpart 25.1); and (2) Requires, with some exceptions, the use of only domestic construction materials in contracts for construction in the United States (see Subpart 25.2). (b) The restrictions in the Buy American statute are no…
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    …ponent means an article, material, or supply incorporated directly into an end product or construction material. Construction material means an article, material, or supply brought to the construction site by a contractor or subcontractor …
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …fication for extending the constructive acceptance or approval period beyond 7 days. (d) Construction contracts. (1) The due date for making payments on construction contracts is as follows: (i) The due date for making progress payments b…
  • FAR 52.222-11 Subcontracts (Labor Standards).
    …insert the following clause: Subcontracts (Labor Standards) (MAY 2014) (a) Definition. Construction, alteration or repair, as used in this clause, means all types of work done by laborers and mechanics employed by the construction Contra…
  • DFARS 225.003 Definitions.
    …due to the applicability of a trade agreement to a particular acquisition; (2) A foreign construction material that is not subject to discriminatory treatment, due to the applicability of a trade agreement to a particular acquisition; or …
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    …ommercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item— (1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “ commercial product” in section 2.101 of …
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    …ommercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item— (1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial product” in section 2.101 of t…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …a description of high-performance sustainable building practices required, if for design, construction, renovation, repair, or deconstruction (see part 23 and 36.104). (12) For a proposed contract action in an amount estimated to be greate…
  • FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
    …e supplier can furnish the service (see 41.202); or when the contemplated contract is for construction of a part of a utility system and the utility company itself is the only source available to work on the system. (4) When the agency hea…
  • FAR 11.503 Contract clauses.
    …ges are appropriate (see 11.501(a)). (b) Use the clause at 52.211-12, Liquidated Damages—Construction, in solicitations and contracts for construction, other than cost-plus-fixed-fee, when the contracting officer determines that liquidated…
  • FAR 19.202-1 Encouraging small business participation in acquisitions.
    …the following actions: (a) Divide proposed acquisitions of supplies and services (except construction) into reasonably small lots (not less than economic production runs) to permit offers on quantities less than the total requirement. (b)…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    …ssigned a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for services (except construction), the concern will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are …
  • FAR 43.205 Contract clauses.
    …acting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate II. (4) If the requirement is for construction, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate III. (5) [Reserved] (6) If it is desired to include the clause in soli…
  • FAR 49.504 Termination of fixed-price contracts for default.
    …ieves that key personnel essential to the work may be devoted to other programs). (c)(1) Construction. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.249-10, Default (Fixed-Price Construction), in solicitations and contracts for con…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …(3) The small business size standard for a concern that submits an offer, other than on a construction or service acquisition, but proposes to furnish an end item that it did not itself manufacture, process, or produce is 500 employees, or …
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …quire articles, equipment, supplies, services, or materials, or obtain the performance of construction work from the small business concerns that it used in preparing the bid or proposal, in the same or greater scope, amount, and quality us…
  • FAR 52.225-1 Buy American—Supplies.
    … Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item—(1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial product” at Federal Acquisitio…
  • FAR 52.227-3 Patent Indemnity.
    …ising out of the manufacture or delivery of supplies, the performance of services, or the construction, alteration, modification, or repair of real property (hereinafter referred to as construction work) under this contract, or out of the u…
  • FAR 52.227-4 Patent Indemnity—Construction Contracts.
    As prescribed in 27.201-2(d)(1), insert the following clause: Patent Indemnity—Construction Contracts (DEC 2007) Except as otherwise provided, the Contractor shall indemnify the Government and its officers, agents, and employees against l…
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    As prescribed in 32.111(a)(5), insert the following clause: Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts (MAY 2014) (a) Payment of price. The Government shall pay the Contractor the contract price as provided in this contract. (b) P…
  • DFARS 247.574 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … or forces deployed in humanitarian or peacekeeping operations when the contract is not a construction contract; or (ii) Commissary or exchange cargoes transported outside of the Defense Transportation System when the contract is not a con…
  • DFARS 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium.
    …specified by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall not provide any deliverable or construction material under this contract that— (i) Contains hexavalent chromium in a concentration greater than 0.1 percent by weight in any homogen…
  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    …Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item. (1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial product” in section 2.101 of t…
  • DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.
    …pplies by sea under this contract shall use U.S.-flag vessels if— (i) This contract is a construction contract; or (ii) The supplies being transported are— (A) Other than commercial products or (B) Commercial products that— (1) The Con…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …nable Federal Buildings and Associated Instructions (Guiding Principles), for the design, construction, renovation, repair, or deconstruction of Federal buildings (see 36.104). The Guiding Principles can be accessed at https://www.sustainab…

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