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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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155 sections with “contracting officer's authorization”: the first 40

  • FAR 3.603 Responsibilities of the contracting officer.
    (a) Before awarding a contract, the contracting officer shall obtain an authorization under 3.602 if— (1) The contracting officer knows, or has reason to believe, that a prospective contractor is one to which award is otherwise prohibited …
  • FAR 51.102 Authorization to use Government supply sources.
    …o a contractor to use Government supply sources in accordance with 51.101 (a) or (b), the contracting officer shall place in the contract file a written finding supporting issuance of the authorization. A written finding is not required whe…
  • FAR 49.606 Granting subcontract settlement authorization.
    Contracting officers shall use the following format when granting subcontract settlement authorization: LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION (a) Your request of ______ (date) is approved, and you are authorized, subject to the limitations of subsectio…
  • FAR 50.205-4 Authorization of awards made presuming SAFETY Act designation or certification after contract award.
    (a) When necessary to award a contract prior to DHS issuing SAFETY Act protections, contracting officers may award contracts presuming that DHS will issue a SAFETY Act designation/certification to the contractor after contract award only if…
  • FAR 52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities.
    As prescribed in 4.2004, insert the following clause: Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities (DEC 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Kaspersky L…
  • FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.
    As prescribed in 4.2105(b), insert the following clause: Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (NOV 2021) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Backhaul means intermedia…
  • DFARS 252.251-7000 Ordering from Government supply sources.
    …k on a reimbursable basis, the Contractor shall— (1) Comply with the requirements of the Contracting Officer's authorization, using FEDSTRIP or MILSTRIP procedures, as appropriate; (2) Use only the GSA Form 1948-A, Retail Services Shoppin…
  • FAR 50.205-3 Authorization of offers contingent upon SAFETY Act designation or certification before contract award.
    (a) Contracting officers may authorize such contingent offers, only if— (1) DHS has issued— (i) For offers contingent upon SAFETY Act designation, a pre-qualification designation notice or a block designation; or (ii) For offers continge…
  • FAR 51.202 Authorization.
    (a) The contracting officer may authorize a cost-reimbursement contractor to obtain interagency fleet management system (IFMS) vehicles and related services, if the contracting officer has— (1) Determined that the authorization will accomp…
  • DFARS 252.235-7003 Frequency Authorization.
    …chnical operating characteristics of the proposed electromagnetic radiating device to the Contracting Officer during the initial planning, experimental, or developmental phase of contract performance. (c) The Contracting Officer shall furn…
  • 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 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 14.201-7 Contract clauses.
    (a) When contracting by sealed bidding, the contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.214-26, Audit and Records-Sealed Bidding, in solicitations and contracts as follows: (1) Use the basic clause if— (i) The acquisition will not u…
  • FAR 15.101-2 Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
    …f proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. If the contracting officer documents the file pursuant to 15.304(c)(3)(iii), past performance need not be an evaluation factor in lowest price technically ac…
  • 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 15.403-3 Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data.
    (a)(1) In those acquisitions that do not require certified cost or pricing data, the contracting officer shall— (i) Obtain whatever data are available from Government or other secondary sources and use that data in determining a fair and r…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …sal analysis is to ensure that the final agreed-to price is fair and reasonable. (1) The contracting officer is responsible for evaluating the reasonableness of the offered prices. The analytical techniques and procedures described in this…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    … contractor must furnish any additional quantities, not to exceed the stated maximum. The contracting officer should establish a reasonable maximum quantity based on market research, trends on recent contracts for similar supplies or servic…
  • FAR 22.406-3 Additional classifications.
    …assification that is not listed in the wage determination applicable to the contract, the contracting officer, pursuant to the clause at 52.222-6, Construction Wage Rate Requirements, shall require that the contractor submit to the contract…
  • 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 23.303 Notice of radioactive materials.
    …lause at 52.223-7, Notice of Radioactive Materials, requires the contractor to notify the contracting officer prior to delivery of radioactive material. (b) Upon receipt of the notice, the contracting officer shall notify receiving activit…
  • FAR 27.201-2 Contract clauses.
    … (iii) Both complete performance and delivery are outside the United States; or (iv) The contracting officer determines after consultation with legal counsel that omission of the clause would be consistent with commercial practice. (2) Us…
  • FAR 32.202-1 Policy.
    …provision of financing by the buyer is a commercial practice. In these circumstances, the contracting officer may include appropriate financing terms in contracts for commercial purchases when doing so will be in the best interest of the Go…
  • FAR 32.304-2 Certificate of eligibility.
    (a) The contracting officer shall prepare the certificate of eligibility for a contract that the contracting officer deems to be of material consequence, when— (1) The contract financing office requests it; (2) Another interested agency r…
  • FAR 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.
    (a) Delegating functions. As provided in agency procedures, contracting officers may delegate contract administration or specialized support services, either through interagency agreements or by direct request to the cognizant CAO listed in…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    (a) The contracting officer normally delegates the following contract administration functions to a CAO. The contracting officer may retain any of these functions, except those in paragraphs (a)(5), (a)(9), (a)(11), and (a)(12) of this sect…
  • FAR 49.108-4 Authorization for subcontract settlements without approval or ratification.
    …aphs (1), (2), and (3) above shall not apply to contracts under the administration of any contracting officer if the contracting officer so notifies the prime contractor concerned. This notice shall (i) be in writing, and (ii) if subparagra…
  • FAR 49.601-2 Letter notice.
    …urn receipt requested, or electronically, provided evidence of receipt is received by the contracting officer. If no prior electronic notice was issued, or if no confirmation of an electronic notice was received, use the alternate notice th…
  • FAR 52.209-3 First Article Approval—Contractor Testing.
    …(b), insert the following clause: First Article Approval—Contractor Testing (SEP 1989) [Contracting Officer shall insert details] (a) The Contractor shall test __ unit(s) of Lot/Item __ as specified in this contract. At least __ calendar…
  • FAR 52.209-4 First Article Approval—Government Testing.
    …(b), insert the following clause: First Article Approval—Government Testing (SEP 1989) [Contracting Officer shall insert details] (a) The Contractor shall deliver __ units(s) of Lot/Item __ within __ calendar days from the date of this c…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ns equipment or services has the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOS…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …iations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)). (2) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities (DEC 2023) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91). …
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …d Form (SF) 1444, Request for Authorization of Additional Classification and Rate, to the Contracting Officer no later than 30 days after the unlisted class of employee performs any contract work. The Contracting Officer shall review the pr…
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    …partment of State as a danger pay post (see https://aoprals.state.gov/); or (B) That the Contracting Officer has indicated is subject to this clause. (2) Contract performance may require work in dangerous or austere conditions. Except as …
  • FAR 52.227-1 Authorization and Consent.
    …isions forming a part of this contract or (ii) specific written instructions given by the Contracting Officer directing the manner of performance. The entire liability to the Government for infringement of a United States patent shall be de…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …n paragraph (d) of this clause. The request for a greater rights must be submitted to the Contracting Officer at the time of the first disclosure of the subject invention pursuant to paragraph (e)(2) of this clause, or not later than 8 mont…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …erwise in paragraph (d) of this clause, the Contractor may, without prior approval of the Contracting Officer, assert copyright in scientific and technical articles based on or containing data first produced in the performance of this contr…
  • FAR 52.227-20 Rights in Data—SBIR Program.
    …mance of this contract. The Contractor shall not, without prior written permission of the Contracting Officer, incorporate in data delivered under this contract any data that are not first produced in the performance of this contract unless…
  • FAR 52.232-20 Limitation of Cost.
    …Government's and the Contractor's share of the cost. (b) The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing whenever it has reason to believe that— (1) The costs the Contractor expects to incur under this contract in the next …
  • FAR 52.232-22 Limitation of Funds.
    …actually allotted by the Government to the contract. (c) The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing whenever it has reason to believe that the costs it expects to incur under this contract in the next 60 days, when adde…

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