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189 sections with “contracting officer's decision”: the first 40

  • FAR 33.211 Contracting officer's decision.
    …be satisfied or settled by mutual agreement and a decision on the claim is necessary, the contracting officer shall— (1) Review the facts pertinent to the claim; (2) Secure assistance from legal and other advisors; (3) Coordinate with th…
  • FAR 9.504 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    (a) Using the general rules, procedures, and examples in this subpart, contracting officers shall analyze planned acquisitions in order to— (1) Identify and evaluate potential organizational conflicts of interest as early in the acquisitio…
  • FAR 19.103 Appealing the contracting officer's North American Industry Classification System code and size standard determination.
    (a) The contracting officer's determination is final unless appealed as follows: (1) An appeal of a contracting officer's NAICS code designation and the applicable size standard shall be served and filed within 10 calendar days after the i…
  • FAR 33.212 Contracting officer's duties upon appeal.
    …nt permitted by any agency procedures controlling contacts with agency BCA personnel, the contracting officer shall provide data, documentation, information, and support as may be required by the agency BCA for use on a pending appeal from …
  • 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 32.605 Final decisions.
    (a) The contracting officer shall issue a final decision as required by 33.211 if— (1) The contracting officer and the contractor are unable to reach agreement on the existence or amount of a debt in a timely manner; (2) The contractor fa…
  • 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 52.219-10 Incentive Subcontracting Program.
    As prescribed in 19.708(c)(1), insert the following clause: Incentive Subcontracting Program (OCT 2014) (a) Of the total dollars it plans to spend under subcontracts, the Contractor has committed itself in its subcontracting plan to try t…
  • 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 219.702-70 Statutory requirements for the Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans.
    …U.S.C. 637 note, DoD has established a test program to determine whether comprehensive subcontracting plans on a corporate, division, or plant-wide basis will reduce administrative burdens while enhancing subcontracting opportunities for sm…
  • 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 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    (a) If, before agreement on price, the contracting officer learns that any certified cost or pricing data submitted are inaccurate, incomplete, or noncurrent, the contracting officer shall immediately bring the matter to the attention of th…
  • FAR 19.810 SBA appeals.
    … may submit the following matters for determination to the agency head if the SBA and the contracting officer fail to agree on them: (1) The decision not to make a particular acquisition available for award under the 8(a) Program. (2) A c…
  • FAR 19.1305 HUBZone set-aside procedures.
    (a) The contracting officer— (1) Shall comply with 19.203 before deciding to set aside an acquisition under the HUBZone Program; (2) May set aside acquisitions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold for competition restricted to HUBZone s…
  • FAR 19.1405 Set-aside procedures.
    (a) The contracting officer— (1) Shall comply with 19.203 before deciding to set aside an acquisition under the SDVOSB Program; (2) May set-aside acquisitions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold for competition restricted to SDVOSB con…
  • FAR 19.1505 Set-aside procedures.
    (a) The contracting officer— (1) Shall comply with 19.203 before deciding to set aside an acquisition under the WOSB Program; and (2)(i) May set aside acquisitions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold for competition restricted to EDWOS…
  • FAR 19.1506 Women-Owned Small Business Program sole-source awards.
    (a) A contracting officer shall consider a contract award to an EDWOSB concern on a sole-source basis (see 6.302-5(b)(7)) before considering small business set-asides (see 19.203 and subpart 19.5) provided none of the exclusions at 19.1504 …
  • FAR 33.103 Protests to the agency.
    …ies shall use their best efforts to resolve concerns raised by an interested party at the contracting officer level through open and frank discussions. (c) The agency should provide for inexpensive, informal, procedurally simple, and exped…
  • 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 52.233-1 Disputes.
    … Claim, as used in this clause, means a written demand or written assertion by one of the contracting parties seeking, as a matter of right, the payment of money in a sum certain, the adjustment or interpretation of contract terms, or other…
  • DFARS 236.303-1 Phase One.
    …ivery indefinite-quantity contract for design-build construction; or (B) The head of the contracting activity, delegable to a level no lower than the senior contracting official within the contracting activity, approves the contracting off…
  • DFARS 252.227-7019 Validation of Asserted Restrictions—Computer Software.
    …se provided to the Government under this contract and shall be prepared to furnish to the Contracting Officer a written justification for such asserted restrictions in response to a request for information under paragraph (d) of this clause…
  • DFARS 252.227-7037 Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data.
    …ommercial services—presumption regarding development exclusively at private expense.. The Contracting Officer will presume that the Contractor's or a subcontractor's asserted use or release restrictions with respect to a commercial product …
  • FAR 13.003 Policy.
    …be set aside for small business concerns (see 19.000, 19.203, and subpart 19.5). (2) The contracting officer may make an award to a small business concern under the— (i) 8(a) Program (see subpart 19.8); (ii) Historically Underutilized Bu…
  • FAR 19.1406 Sole-source awards.
    (a) A contracting officer shall consider a contract award to a SDVOSB concern on a sole source basis (see 6.302-5(b)(6)), before considering small business set-asides (see 19.203 and subpart 19.5) provided none of the exclusions of 19.1404 …
  • 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 4.604 Responsibilities.
    (a) The Senior Procurement Executive in coordination with the head of the contracting activity is responsible for developing and monitoring a process to ensure timely and accurate reporting of contractual actions to FPDS. (b)(1) The respon…
  • 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 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …ng are examples of the records normally contained, if applicable, in contract files: (a) Contracting office contract file. (1) Purchase request, acquisition planning information, and other presolicitation documents. (2) Justifications and…
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    (a) Research and development (R&D) advance notices. Contracting officers may transmit to the GPE advance notices of their interest in potential R&D programs whenever market research does not produce a sufficient number of concerns to obtain…
  • FAR 8.405-1 Ordering procedures for supplies, and services not requiring a statement of work.
    …tion that is prepared and approved in accordance with 8.405-6. (2) The ordering activity contracting officer shall provide an RFQ that includes a description of the supplies to be delivered or the services to be performed and the basis upo…
  • 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 8.406-6 Disputes.
    …e contract. (1) Under the Disputes clause of the schedule contract, the ordering activity contracting officer may— (i) Issue final decisions on disputes arising from performance of the order (but see paragraph (b) of this section); or (ii…
  • FAR 9.105-2 Determinations and documentation.
    (a) Determinations. (1) The contracting officer's signing of a contract constitutes a determination that the prospective contractor is responsible with respect to that contract. When an offer on which an award would otherwise be made is rej…
  • FAR 12.403 Termination.
    …o not apply when terminating contracts for commercial products or commercial services and contracting officers shall follow the procedures in this section. Contracting officers may continue to use part 49 as guidance to the extent that part…
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    (a) Considerations. In soliciting competition, the contracting officer shall consider the guidance in 13.104 and the following before requesting quotations or offers: (1)(i) The nature of the article or service to be purchased and whether …
  • FAR 13.106-3 Award and documentation.
    (a) Basis for award. Before making award, the contracting officer must determine that the proposed price is fair and reasonable. (1) Whenever possible, base price reasonableness on competitive quotations or offers. (2) If only one respons…
  • 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 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 (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.