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242 sections with “contractor's compliance”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.204-7021 Contractor Compliance With the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level Requirements.
    As prescribed in 204.7504(a), use the following clause: CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE CYBERSECURITY MATURITY MODEL CERTIFICATION LEVEL REQUIREMENTS (NOV 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause- Controlled unclassified information …
  • FAR 45.105 Contractors' property management system compliance.
    (a) The agency responsible for contract administration shall conduct an analysis of the contractor's property management policies, procedures, practices, and systems. This analysis shall be accomplished as frequently as conditions warrant, …
  • DFARS 245.105 Contractors' property management system compliance.
    …em that complies with the system criteria in paragraph (c) of the clause at 252.245-7003, Contractor Property Management Administration. Property management system means the contractor's system or systems for managing and controlling Gover…
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …t Compliance Programs, and is found at www.dol.gov/ofccp/LGBT/LGBT_FAQs.html. (b) If the Contractor, or a subcontractor at any tier, subcontracts a portion of the work involving any construction trade, each such subcontract in excess of $1…
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    As prescribed in 22.1906, insert the following clause: Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026 (JAN 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— “United States” means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Pu…
  • FAR 13.302-3 Obtaining contractor acceptance and modifying purchase orders.
    (a) When it is desired to consummate a binding contract between the parties before the contractor undertakes performance, the contracting officer shall require written (see 2.101) acceptance of the purchase order by the contractor. (b) Eac…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …all business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns as subcontractors in Government contracts is a matter of national interest with both social and economic benefits. When a contractor fails to make a good fa…
  • FAR 25.206 Noncompliance.
    …llegations of Buy American statute violations; (b) Unless fraud is suspected, notify the contractor of the apparent unauthorized use of foreign construction material and request a reply, to include proposed corrective action; and (c) If t…
  • FAR 25.607 Noncompliance.
    …5 of the Recovery Act or Buy American statute; (b) Unless fraud is suspected, notify the contractor of the apparent unauthorized use of foreign construction material and request a reply, to include proposed corrective action; and (c) If t…
  • FAR 30.605 Processing noncompliances.
    …with the alleged noncompliance; or (ii) Issue a notice of potential noncompliance to the contractor and provide a copy to the auditor. (2) The notice of potential noncompliance shall— (i) Notify the contractor in writing of the exact nat…
  • FAR 32.112-1 Subcontractor assertions of nonpayment.
    … 2091 and 8105 of Pub. L. 103-355 (10 U.S.C. 4601 note prec.), upon the assertion by a subcontractor or supplier of a Federal contractor that the subcontractor or supplier has not been paid in accordance with the payment terms of the subcon…
  • FAR 45.502 Subcontractor and alternate prime contractor locations.
    (a) To ensure subcontractor compliance with Government property administration requirements, and with prime contractor consent, the property administrator assigned to the prime contract may request support property administration from anoth…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    As prescribed in 3.1004(a), insert the following clause: Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (NOV 2021) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Agent means any individual, including a director, an officer, an employee, or an …
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    As prescribed in 25.301-4, insert the following clause: Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States (MAY 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Ch…
  • DFARS 252.222-7002 Compliance with local labor laws (overseas).
    …se the following clause: Compliance With Local Labor Laws (Overseas) (JUN 1997) (a) The Contractor shall comply with all— (1) Local laws, regulations, and labor union agreements governing work hours; and (2) Labor regulations including …
  • DFARS 252.222-7004 Compliance with Spanish social security laws and regulations.
    …clause: Compliance with Spanish Social Security Laws and Regulations (JUN 1997) (a) The Contractor shall comply with all Spanish Government social security laws and regulations. Within 30 calendar days after the start of contract performa…
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    As prescribed in 225.371-5(a), use the following clause: Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States (Aug 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Combatant Commander means the commander of …
  • DFARS 252.228-7006 Compliance with Spanish Laws and Insurance.
    …nish Laws and Insurance (DEC 1998) (a) The requirements of this clause apply only if the Contractor is not a Spanish concern. (b) The Contractor shall, without additional expense to the United States Government, comply with all applicable…
  • FAR 9.104-3 Application of standards.
    (a) Ability to obtain resources. Except to the extent that a prospective contractor has sufficient resources or proposes to perform the contract by subcontracting, the contracting officer shall require acceptable evidence of the prospective…
  • FAR 9.405-2 Restrictions on subcontracting.
    (a) When a contractor debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or voluntarily excluded, is proposed as a subcontractor for any subcontract subject to Government consent (see subpart 44.2), contracting officers shall not consent to subco…
  • FAR 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer.
    … to the Area Director, Office of Government Contracting, in the SBA area office where the contractor's headquarters is located. (c) Give to the SBA procurement center representative (or, if a procurement center representative is not assign…
  • FAR 22.406-8 Investigations.
    …ons have not been corrected. (1) The investigation must— (i) Include all aspects of the contractor's compliance with contract labor standards requirements; (ii) Not be limited to specific areas raised in a complaint or uncovered during c…
  • FAR 22.801 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Affirmative action program means a contractor's program that complies with Department of Labor regulations to ensure equal opportunity in employment to minorities and women. Compliance evaluation means any one or …
  • FAR 22.1604 Compliance evaluation and complaint investigations and sanctions for violations.
    (a) The Secretary may conduct compliance evaluations or investigate complaints of any contractor or subcontractor to determine if any of the requirements of the clause at 52.222-40 have been violated. (b) Contracting departments and agenci…
  • FAR 28.308 Self-insurance.
    …ated that 50 percent or more of the self-insurance costs to be incurred at a segment of a contractor's business will be allocable to negotiated Government contracts, and the self-insurance costs at the segment for the contractor's fiscal ye…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …2.101) has designated the contracting officer to perform these functions. (1) Review the contractor's compensation structure. (2) Review the contractor's insurance plans. (3) Conduct post-award orientation conferences. (4) Review and ev…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    … Cost and Payment (AUG 2018) (a) Invoicing. (1) The Government will make payments to the Contractor when requested as work progresses, but (except for small business concerns) not more often than once every 2 weeks, in amounts determined t…
  • FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns.
    … services for major systems. It is further the policy of the United States that its prime contractors establish procedures to ensure the timely payment of amounts due pursuant to the terms of their subcontracts with small business concerns,…
  • FAR 52.222-23 Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action To Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity for Construction.
    …b) The goals for minority and female participation, expressed in percentage terms for the Contractor's aggregate workforce in each trade on all construction work in the covered area, are as follows: These goals are applicable to all the Co…
  • FAR 52.222-24 Preaward On-Site Equal Opportunity Compliance Evaluation.
    … in the amount of $10 million or more will result from this solicitation, the prospective Contractor and its known first-tier subcontractors with anticipated subcontracts of $10 million or more shall be subject to a preaward compliance eval…
  • DFARS 204.7302 Policy.
    (a)(1) Contractors and subcontractors are required to provide adequate security on all covered contractor information systems. (2) Contractors required to implement NIST SP 800-171, in accordance with the clause at 252.204-7012, Safeguardi…
  • DFARS 239.7102-3 Information assurance contractor training and certification.
    …unctional services for DoD information systems, or that require any appropriately cleared contractor personnel to access a DoD information system to perform contract duties, the requiring activity is responsible for providing to the contrac…
  • DFARS 252.223-7002 Safety Precautions for Ammunition and Explosives.
    …t for wholly inert items. (2) This definition does not include the following, unless the Contractor is using or incorporating these materials for initiation, propulsion, or detonation as an integral or component part of an explosive, an am…
  • DFARS 252.225-7010 Commercial Derivative Military Article—Specialty Metals Compliance Certificate.
    … of the listed item(s) as commercial derivative military articles, the offeror and its subcontractor(s) will demonstrate that individually or collectively they have entered into a contractual agreement or agreements to purchase an amount of…
  • DFARS 252.234-7002 Earned Value Management System.
    …s a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in the internal control over information in contractor business systems, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of such information will not be prevented, or de…
  • FAR 22.804-2 Construction.
    (a) Construction contractors that hold a nonexempt (see 22.807) Government construction contract are required to meet (1) the contract terms and conditions citing affirmative action requirements applicable to covered geographical areas or p…
  • FAR 22.902 Handling complaints.
    Agencies shall bring complaints regarding a contractor's compliance with this policy to that contractor's attention (in writing, if appropriate), stating the policy, indicating that the contractor's compliance has been questioned, and reque…
  • FAR 52.222-56 Certification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan.
    …ting Trafficking in Persons, and to monitor, detect, and terminate the contract with a subcontractor engaging in prohibited activities identified at paragraph (b) of the clause at 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons; and (2) After …
  • DFARS 252.204-7008 Compliance with safeguarding covered defense information controls.
    …) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Controlled technical information, covered contractor information system, covered defense information, cyber incident, information system, and technical information are defined in clause 252.20…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …nd other related services. Assignment of claims means the transfer or making over by the contractor to a bank, trust company, or other financing institution, as security for a loan to the contractor, of its right to be paid by the Governme…

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