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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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53 sections with “contractor's eligibility”: the first 40

  • FAR 32.304-2 Certificate of eligibility.
    …tificate of eligibility, the accompanying data, and any other relevant information on the contractor's financial status and performance, to determine whether authorization of a loan guarantee would be in the Government's interest. (c) If t…
  • FAR 19.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.
    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, to be eligible as a subcontractor under the program, a concern must represent itself as a small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, …
  • FAR 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification.
    … the contract. Subcontract means any contract, as defined in 2.101, entered into by a subcontractor to furnish supplies or services for performance of a prime contract or a subcontract. It includes but is not limited to purchase orders, an…
  • FAR 9.507-2 Contract clause.
    (a) If, as a condition of award, the contractor's eligibility for future prime contract or subcontract awards will be restricted or the contractor must agree to some other restraint, the solicitation shall contain a proposed clause that spe…
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …t Government property is to be disposed of and on what terms (although an agency may give contractors authority to dispose of property at prices within specified ranges and subject to other reasonable conditions deemed appropriate by the ag…
  • FAR 8.405-5 Small business.
    … business goals. For purposes of reporting an order placed with a small business schedule contractor, an ordering agency may only take credit if the awardee meets a size standard that corresponds to the North American Industry Classificatio…
  • FAR 9.403 Definitions.
    … agreement means an agreement between an agency suspending and debarring official and the contractor used to resolve a suspension or debarment proceeding, or a potential suspension or debarment proceeding. Affiliates. (1) Business concerns…
  • FAR 9.405 Effect of listing.
    (a) Contractors debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or voluntarily excluded, are excluded from receiving contracts, and agencies shall not solicit offers from, award contracts to, or consent to subcontracts with these contractors, …
  • 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 16.505 Ordering.
    …reshold are exempt from verification in the System for Award Management as to whether the contractor has a delinquent debt subject to collection under the Treasury Offset Program (TOP). (b) Orders under multiple-award contracts—(1) Fair op…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    … For sole-source procurements, SBA or the contracting officer may protest the prospective contractor's certified HUBZone status; for all other procurements, SBA, the contracting officer, or any other interested party may protest the apparen…
  • FAR 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    … or sole-source service contracts or orders, the protest presents evidence that the prime contractor is unduly reliant on a small entity subcontractor that is not a similarly-situated entity as defined in 13 CFR 125.1, or a protest alleging…
  • FAR 19.816 Exiting the 8(a) program.
    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, when a contractor exits the 8(a) program, it is no longer eligible to receive new 8(a) contracts. However, the contractor remains under contractual obligation to complete existing con…
  • FAR 22.1020 Seniority lists.
    … is performed at a Federal facility where employees may be hired/retained by a succeeding contractor, the incumbent prime contractor is required to furnish a certified list of all service employees on the contractor's or subcontractor's pay…
  • FAR 22.1802 Policy.
    …clude in solicitations and contracts, as prescribed at 22.1803, requirements that Federal contractors must— (1) Enroll as Federal contractors in E-Verify; (2) Use E-Verify to verify employment eligibility of all new hires working in the U…
  • FAR 26.103 Procedures.
    (a) Contracting officers and prime contractors, acting in good faith, may rely on the representation of an Indian organization or Indian-owned economic enterprise as to its eligibility, unless an interested party challenges its status or th…
  • FAR 28.203-1 Acceptability of individual sureties.
    …ed by that individual surety equals or exceeds the amount of the bond. (4) An offeror or contractor may submit up to three individual sureties for each bond, in which case the net adjusted value of the pledged unencumbered assets, when com…
  • FAR 32.406 Letters of credit.
    …s providing financial advice and assistance. (b) If agencies provide advance payments to contractors, use of the following methods is required unless the agency has obtained a waiver from the Treasury Department: (1) By letter of credit i…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …tutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (MAR 2026) (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to impl…
  • FAR 52.219-17 Section 8(a) Award.
    …advance notice to the SBA before it issues a final notice terminating the right of the subcontractor to proceed with further performance, either in whole or in part, under the contract. (3) That payments to be made under the contract will …
  • FAR 52.222-11 Subcontracts (Labor Standards).
    …ause, means all types of work done by laborers and mechanics employed by the construction Contractor or construction subcontractor on a particular building or work at the site thereof, including without limitation— (1) Altering, remodeling…
  • FAR 52.222-15 Certification of Eligibility.
    …clause: Certification of Eligibility (MAY 2014) (a) By entering into this contract, the Contractor certifies that neither it nor any person or firm who has an interest in the Contractor's firm is a person or firm ineligible to be awarded …
  • FAR 52.226-1 Utilization of Indian Organizations and Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises.
    …r services from BIA in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 1542(c). Interested party means a prime contractor or an actual or prospective offeror whose direct economic interest would be affected by the award of a subcontract or by the failure to awa…
  • FAR 52.228-11 Individual Surety—Pledge of Assets.
    …(b), insert the following clause: Individual Surety—Pledge of Assets (FEB 2021) (a) The Contractor shall obtain from each person acting as an individual surety on a performance bond or a payment bond— (1) A pledge of assets that meets th…
  • DFARS 219.702-70 Statutory requirements for the Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans.
    …tual subcontracting dollars covered by the comprehensive subcontracting plan. (1) If the contractor has failed to meet its approved subcontracting goal(s), the contracting officer shall give the contractor written notice specifying the fai…
  • DFARS 219.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.
    …der this authority, subcontracts awarded to such entities may be counted toward the prime contractor's small business subcontracting goal. (b) A contractor may also rely on the written representation as to status of— (i) A historically bl…
  • DFARS 239.7402 Policy.
    …f information requiring security during telecommunications; (ii) The requirement for the contractor to secure telecommunications systems; (iii) The telecommunications security equipment, devices, techniques, or services with which the con…
  • DFARS 249.7003 Notification of anticipated contract terminations or reductions.
    … the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. Chapter 32) for employees of DoD contractors and subcontractors adversely affected by termination or substantial reductions in major defense programs. (b) Departments and agencies ar…
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    …ns a willful or intentional failure to perform in accordance with the requirements of the Contractor's approved comprehensive subcontracting plan or willful or intentional action to frustrate the plan. Subcontract means any agreement (othe…
  • DFARS 252.226-7001 Utilization of Indian Organizations, Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises, and Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns.
    …ble for services from BIA in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 1452(c). Interested party means a contractor or an actual or prospective offeror whose direct economic interest would be affected by the award of a subcontract or by the failure to awa…
  • DFARS 252.239-7016 Telecommunications security equipment, devices, techniques, and services.
    …nment-approved telecommunications security equipment, devices, techniques, or services to contractor telecommunications systems. (2) Sensitive information means any information the loss, misuse, or modification of which, or unauthorized ac…
  • DFARS 252.249-7002 Notification of Anticipated Contract Termination or Reduction.
    … the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. chapter 32) for employees of DoD contractors and subcontractors adversely affected by contract terminations or substantial reductions under major defense programs. (c) Notice to empl…
  • FAR 9.400 Scope of subpart.
    …ubpart— (1) Prescribes policies and procedures governing the debarment and suspension of contractors by agencies for the causes given in 9.406-2 and 9.407-2; (2) Provides for the listing of contractors debarred, suspended, proposed for de…
  • FAR 9.507-1 Solicitation provisions.
    … resolved by imposing some restraint, appropriate to the nature of the conflict, upon the contractor's eligibilityfor future contracts or subcontracts. Therefore, affected solicitations shall contain a provision that— (a) Invites offerors'…
  • FAR 22.1025 Ineligibility of violators.
    …t the approval of the Secretary of Labor. This prohibition against award to an ineligible contractor applies to both prime and subcontracts.
  • FAR 32.304-1 Application for guarantee.
    (a) A contractor, subcontractor, or supplier that needs operating funds to perform a contract related to national defense may apply to a financing institution for a loan. If the financing institution is willing to extend credit, but conside…
  • FAR 52.219-11 Special 8(a) Contract Conditions.
    …e advance notice to the SBA before it issues a final notice terminating the right of a subcontractor to proceed with further performance, either in whole or in part, under the subcontract for default or for the convenience of the Government…
  • DFARS 252.219-7009 Section 8(a) direct award.
    …(a) This contract is issued as a direct award between the contracting office and the 8(a) Contractor pursuant to the Partnership Agreement between the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Department of Defense. Accordingly, the SBA, …
  • DFARS 204.7502 Policy.
    … does not have a current CMMC status at the CMMC level required by the solicitation. (3) Contractors are required to achieve, at time of award, a CMMC status at the CMMC level specified in the solicitation, or higher, for all information s…
  • FAR 3.704 Policy.
    …agency, or designee, has determined, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, that the contractor or someone acting for the contractor has engaged in conduct constituting such an offense, then the head of the contracting activity shall c…

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.