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317 sections with “contracting agencies”: the first 40

  • FAR 4.403 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    (a) Presolicitation phase. Contracting officers shall review all proposed solicitations to determine whether access to classified information may be required by offerors, or by a contractor during contract performance. (1) If access to cla…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    (a) Each subcontracting plan required under 19.301-2(e) and 19.702(a)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii) shall include— (1) Separate percentage goals for using small business (including ANCs and Indian tribes), veteran-owned small business, service-di…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …conomic benefits. When a contractor fails to make a good faith effort to comply with a subcontracting plan, these objectives are not achieved, and 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(F) directs that liquidated damages shall be paid by the contractor. (b) …
  • FAR 39.103 Modular contracting.
    (a) This section implements 41 U.S.C. 2308. Modular contracting is intended to reduce program risk and to incentivize contractor performance while meeting the Governments need for timely access to rapidly changing technology. Consistent wit…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    As prescribed in 19.708(b), insert the following clause: Small Business Subcontracting Plan (JAN 2025) (a) This clause does not apply to small business concerns. (b) Definitions. As used in this clause— Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) m…
  • FAR 52.219-16 Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan.
    As prescribed in 19.708(b)(2), insert the following clause: Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan (SEP 2021) (a) Failure to make a good faith effort to comply with the subcontracting plan, as used in this clause, means a willful or inten…
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    …cribed in 219.708(b)(1)(A) and (b)(1)(A)(1), use the following clause: Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts)—BASIC (DEC 2019) This clause supplements the Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting …
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    As prescribed in 219.708(b)(1)(B), use the following clause: Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program) (DEC 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Covered small business concern means a small business concern, veteran-own…
  • FAR 9.107 Surveys of nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne Program.
    …esignated as a mandatory source under the AbilityOne Program. The Committee may request a contracting office to assist in assessing the capabilities of a nonprofit agency. (b) The contracting office, upon request from the Committee, shall …
  • FAR 22.1905 Enforcement of Executive Order Minimum Wage Requirements.
    …ions required by Section 4 of the E.O., has assigned this authority to the Administrator. Contracting agencies do not have authority to conduct compliance investigations under 29 CFR part 10 or part 23 as implemented in this subpart. This d…
  • FAR 22.2109 Enforcement of Executive Order 13706 paid sick leave requirements.
    …the E.O., has assigned this authority to the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division. Contracting agencies do not have authority to conduct compliance investigations under 29 CFR part 13 as implemented in this subpart. This does not lim…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …of employment and who chooses to do so; or (B) Exempted by an authorized official of the contracting agency from the requirement to provide return transportation or pay for the cost of return transportation; (iii) The requirements of para…
  • FAR 22.406-1 Policy.
    (a) General. Contracting agencies are responsible for ensuring the full and impartial enforcement of labor standards in the administration of construction contracts. Contracting agencies shall maintain an effective program that shall includ…
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …of employment and who chooses to do so; or (B) Exempted by an authorized official of the contracting agency, designated by the agency head in accordance with agency procedures, from the requirement to provide return transportation or pay f…
  • FAR 36.214 Special procedures for price negotiation in construction contracting.
    …the policies and procedures in part 15 when negotiating prices for construction. (b) The contracting officer shall evaluate proposals and associated certified cost or pricing data and data other than certified cost or pricing data and shal…
  • FAR 1.601 General.
    …orized supplies and services are vested in the agency head. The agency head may establish contracting activities and delegate broad authority to manage the agency's contracting functions to heads of such contracting activities. Contracts ma…
  • FAR 1.602-3 Ratification of unauthorized commitments.
    …nel. (2) Subject to the limitations in paragraph (c) of this subsection, the head of the contracting activity, unless a higher level official is designated by the agency, may ratify an unauthorized commitment. (3) The ratification authori…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …rights and obligations of the parties. Change order means a written order, signed by the contracting officer, directing the contractor to make a change that the Changes clause authorizes the contracting officer to order without the contrac…
  • FAR 3.104-4 Disclosure, protection, and marking of contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information.
    …in accordance with applicable agency regulations or procedures, by the agency head or the contracting officer to receive such information. (b) Contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information must be protected from u…
  • FAR 3.104-7 Violations or possible violations.
    (a) A contracting officer who receives or obtains information of a violation or possible violation of 41 U.S.C. 2102, 2103, or 2104 (see 3.104-3) must determine if the reported violation or possible violation has any impact on the pending a…
  • FAR 4.605 Procedures.
    …r FPDS reporting can be found at https://www.fpds.gov. (b) Unique entity identifier. The contracting officer shall identify and report a unique entity identifier for the successful offeror on a contract action. The unique entity identifier…
  • FAR 4.2304 Procedures.
    …CSA orders. The applicability of FASCSA orders to a particular acquisition depends on the contracting office's agency, the scope of the FASCSA order, the funding, and whether the requirement involves certain types of information systems (se…
  • FAR 5.203 Publicizing and response time.
    …f 6.302, except that, for acquisitions of commercial products or commercial services, the contracting officer may— (1) Establish a shorter period for issuance of the solicitation; or (2) Use the combined synopsis and solicitation procedur…
  • FAR 5.405 Exchange of acquisition information.
    …ame item or class of items is being acquired by more than one agency, or by more than one contracting activity within an agency, the exchange and coordination of pertinent information, particularly cost and pricing data, between these agenc…
  • FAR 6.301 Policy.
    (a) 41 U.S.C. 3304 and 10 U.S.C. 3204) each authorize, under certain conditions, contracting without providing for full and open competition. The Department of Defense, Coast Guard, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are subj…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …t. Additionally, the Department of Defense (DoD) manages similar systems of schedule-type contracting for military items; however, DoD systems are not covered by this subpart. (b) GSA schedule contracts require all schedule contractors to …
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …chedules or synopsize the requirement; but see paragraph (g) of this section. (b)(1) The contracting officer, when placing an order or establishing a BPA, is responsible for applying the regulatory and statutory requirements applicable to …
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …d energy efficiency considerations. (viii) Delivery terms. (3)(i) The ordering activity contracting officer shall, to the maximum extent practicable, give preference to establishing multiple-award BPAs, rather than establishing a single-a…
  • FAR 9.104-7 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.209-5, Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters, in solicitations where the contract value is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. (b) The contracting o…
  • FAR 9.105-1 Obtaining information.
    (a) Before making a determination of responsibility, the contracting officer shall possess or obtain information sufficient to be satisfied that a prospective contractor currently meets the applicable standards in 9.104. (b)(1) Generally, …
  • FAR 9.206-1 General.
    …nless the agency complies with 9.202(a). (c) If a qualification requirement applies, the contracting officer need consider only those offers identified as meeting the requirement or included on the applicable QPL, QML, or QBL, unless an of…
  • FAR 11.301 Policy.
    …ese supplies or property may not be used in contract performance unless authorized by the contracting officer. (2) When acquiring commercial products, the contracting officer must consider the customary practices in the industry for the pr…
  • FAR 11.603 Procedures.
    …th the provisions of the DPAS. (d) Agency heads shall ensure compliance with the DPAS by contracting activities within their agencies. (e) Agency heads shall provide contracting activities with specific guidance on the issuance of rated o…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …rvices and is incorporated in the solicitation by reference (see Block 27a, SF 1449). The contracting officer may tailor these instructions or provide additional instructions tailored to the specific acquisition in accordance with 12.302. …
  • FAR 13.106-2 Evaluation of quotations or offers.
    (a) General. (1) The contracting officer shall evaluate quotations or offers— (i) In an impartial manner; and (ii) Inclusive of transportation charges from the shipping point of the supplier to the delivery destination. (2) Quotations or…
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    …upports the existence of a mistake but is not clear and convincing, an official above the contracting officer, unless otherwise provided by agency procedures, may make a determination permitting the bidder to withdraw the bid. (d) If the e…
  • FAR 14.407-4 Mistakes after award.
    …mutual, or (2) if unilaterally made by the contractor, so apparent as to have charged the contracting officer with notice of the probability of the mistake. (d) Each proposed determination shall be coordinated with legal counsel in accorda…
  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    … (ii) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3206(c), for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard— (A) The contracting officer may choose not to include price or cost as an evaluation factor for award when a solicitation— (1) Has an estimated value above t…
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …etitive range. Based on the ratings of each proposal against all evaluation criteria, the contracting officer shall establish a competitive range comprised of all of the most highly rated proposals, unless the range is further reduced for p…
  • FAR 15.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …cquisition threshold. (b) Exceptions to certified cost or pricing data requirements. The contracting officer shall not require certified cost or pricing data to support any action (contracts, subcontracts, or modifications) (but may requir…

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.