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61 sections with “contractor business systems”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.242-7005 Contractor business systems.
    As prescribed in 242.7001, use the following clause: Contractor Business Systems (Jan 2025) (a) This clause only applies to covered contracts that are subject to the Cost Accounting Standards under 41 U.S.C. chapter 15, as implemented in …
  • DFARS 242.7000 Contractor business system deficiencies.
    (a) Definitions. As used in this subpart— Acceptable contractor business systems means contractor business systems that comply with the terms and conditions of the applicable business system clauses listed in the definition of “contractor …
  • 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…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    Basic. As prescribed in 244.305-71 and 244.305-71(a), use the following clause: Contractor Purchasing System Administration—Basic (Jan 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptable purchasing system means a purchasing system …
  • DFARS 252.245-7003 Contractor Property Management System Administration.
    As prescribed in 245.107(3), insert the following clause: Contractor Property Management System Administration (Jan 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acceptable property management system means a property system that complie…
  • FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded.
    …sert the following clause: Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded (JAN 2025) (a) Definition. Commercially available off-the-shelf (COT…
  • 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,…
  • 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…
  • FAR 15.407-5 Estimating systems.
    …cceptable estimating system for proposal preparation benefits both the Government and the contractor by increasing the accuracy and reliability of individual proposals. Cognizant audit activities, when it is appropriate to do so, shall esta…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …ng by the contracting officer to perform specific technical or administrative functions. Contractor-approved supplier means a supplier that does not have a contractual agreement with the original component manufacturer for a transaction, b…
  • DFARS 215.407-5-70 Disclosure, maintenance, and review requirements.
    …otiation of fair and reasonable prices; (iii) Is consistent with and integrated with the contractor's related management systems; and (iv) Is subject to applicable financial control systems. Contractor means a business unit as defined in…
  • DFARS 234.201 Policy.
    … (ii) For cost or incentive contracts and subcontracts valued at $50,000,000 or more, the contractor shall have an earned value management system that has been determined by the cognizant Federal agency to be in compliance with the guidelin…
  • DFARS 242.302 Contract administration functions.
    …act administration functions related to IR&D projects and B&P projects performed by major contractors, see 242.771-3(a). (12) Also perform all payment administration in accordance with any applicable payment clauses. (13)(A) Do not delega…
  • DFARS 242.7203 Review procedures.
    (a) Criteria for conducting reviews. Conduct an MMAS review when— (1) A contractor has $40 million of qualifying sales to the Government during the contractor's preceding fiscal year; and (2) The administrative contracting officer (ACO), …
  • DFARS 242.7502 Policy.
    (a) Contractors receiving cost-reimbursement, incentive type, time-and-materials, or labor-hour contracts, or contracts which provide for progress payments based on costs or on a percentage or stage of completion, shall maintain an accounti…
  • DFARS 244.305-70 Policy.
    … the purchasing system analyst or auditor, shall— (1) Determine the acceptability of the contractor's purchasing system and approve or disapprove the system; and (2) Pursue correction of any deficiencies. (b) In evaluating the acceptabil…
  • DFARS 252.215-7002 Cost Estimating System Requirements.
    …egotiation of fair and reasonable prices; (3) Is consistent with and integrated with the Contractor's related management systems; and (4) Is subject to applicable financial control systems. Estimating system means the Contractor's polici…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …system that generally complies with the system criteria in paragraph (d) of this clause. Contractor means a business unit as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101. Material management and accounting system (MMAS) means the…
  • DFARS 252.242-7006 Accounting System Administration.
    …ocations and charges are consistent with billing procedures. Accounting system means the Contractor's system or systems for accounting methods, procedures, and controls established to gather, record, classify, analyze, summarize, interpret…
  • 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…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …. 657q). When the proposed acquisition strategy involves bundling, identify the incumbent contractors and contracts affected by the bundling. (v) Address the extent and results of the market research and indicate their impact on the variou…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …systems are not covered by this subpart. (b) GSA schedule contracts require all schedule contractors to publish an “Authorized Federal Supply Schedule Pricelist” (pricelist). The pricelist contains all supplies and services offered by a sc…
  • FAR 9.105-1 Obtaining information.
    …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, the contracting officer shall obtain information regarding the respon…
  • 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 9.406-1 General.
    …nt's interest. The suspending and debarring official may, in the public interest, debar a contractor for any of the causes in 9.406-2, using the procedures in 9.406-3. The existence of a cause for debarment, however, does not necessarily re…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    (a) General. The prime contractor is responsible for managing contract performance, including planning, placing, and administering subcontracts as necessary to ensure the lowest overall cost and technical risk to the Government. When make-o…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …cost reviews differ from traditional evaluation methods because they do not assume that a contractor's historical costs reflect efficient and economical operation. Instead, these reviews evaluate the economy and efficiency of the contractor…
  • FAR 16.103 Negotiating contract type.
    …iate a contract type and price (or estimated cost and fee) that will result in reasonable contractor risk and provide the contractor with the greatest incentive for efficient and economical performance. (b) A firm-fixed-price contract, whi…
  • 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 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …tract are used regularly for other than Government purposes and are sold or traded by the contractor in substantial quantities to the general public in the course of normal business operations. (ii) The services will be furnished at prices…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …racts if in accordance with 27.404-3(a), an agency determines to grant permission for the contractor to assert claim to copyright subsisting in all data first produced without further request being made by the contractor. When Alternate IV …
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    …specific cost principles at subparts 31.2, 31.3, 31.6, and 31.7, contracting officers and contractors should seek advance agreement on the treatment of special or unusual costs and on statistical sampling methodologies at 31.201-6(c). Howev…
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …formance of a contract. Company means all divisions, subsidiaries, and affiliates of the contractor under common control. Development means the systematic use, under whatever name, of scientific and technical knowledge in the design, deve…
  • 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 44.303 Extent of review.
    A CPSR requires an evaluation of the contractor's purchasing system. Unless segregation of subcontracts is impracticable, this evaluation shall not include subcontracts awarded by the contractor exclusively in support of Government contract…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    …on system (including any telecommunications system) used or operated by an agency or by a contractor of an agency, or other organization on behalf of an agency— (1) The function, operation, or use of which involves intelligence activities;…
  • 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 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services) (MAR 2026) (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses that are incorporated by reference: (1) The clauses listed be…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …: Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Contractor when this clause is used in any subcontract, shall be deemed to refer to the subcontractor, except in the term “Government Prime Contractor…

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