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184 sections with “contractor facilities”: the first 40

  • FAR 42.402 Visits to contractors' facilities.
    (a) Government personnel planning to visit a contractor's facility in connection with one or more Government contracts shall provide prior notification to the cognizant CAO, with the following information, sufficiently in advance to permit …
  • FAR 52.241-5 Contractor's Facilities.
    As prescribed in 41.501(c)(4), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Contractor's Facilities (FEB 1995) (a) The Contractor, at its expense, unless otherwise provided for in this contract, shall furnish, install, operate…
  • FAR 3.502-2 Subcontractor kickbacks.
    …ack Act of 1986 (now codified at 41 U.S.C. chapter 87, Kickbacks,) was passed to deter subcontractors from making payments and contractors from accepting payments for the purpose of improperly obtaining or rewarding favorable treatment in c…
  • FAR 22.101-4 Removal of items from contractors' facilities affected by work stoppages.
    (a) Items shall be removed from contractors' facilities affected by work stoppages in accordance with agency procedures. Agency procedures should allow for the following: (1) Determine whether removal of items is in the Government's intere…
  • FAR 52.208-9 Contractor Use of Mandatory Sources of Supply or Services.
    As prescribed in 8.005, insert the following clause: Contractor Use of Mandatory Sources of Supply or Services (MAY 2014) (a) Certain supplies or services to be provided under this contract for use by the Government are required by law to…
  • 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…
  • FAR 52.225-26 Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    As prescribed in 25.302-6, insert the following clause: Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (OCT 2016) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Area of combat operations means an area of operations…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-4 Facilities capital employed.
    …stment in facilities that benefit DoD. It recognizes both the facilities capital that the contractor will employ in contract performance and the contractor's commitment to improving productivity. (b) Contract facilities capital estimates. …
  • DFARS 252.225-7039 Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    As prescribed in 225.302-6, insert the following clause: Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (JAN 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Full cooperation—(1) Means disclosure to the…
  • 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 252.229-7004 Status of contractors as a direct contractor (Spain).
    As prescribed in 229.402-70(d), use the following clause: Status of Contractor as a Director Contractor (Spain) (JUN 1997) (a) “Direct Contractor,” as used in this clause, means an individual, company, or entity with whom an agency of the…
  • DFARS 252.237-7024 Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services.
    …scribed in 237.7603(b), use the following provision: Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services (OCT 2010) (a) Definitions. Essential contractor service and mission-essential functions have the meanings given in the clause at…
  • DFARS 252.239-7004 Orders for Facilities and Services.
    … entity that creates the regulatory body are not governmental regulatory bodies. (b) The Contractor shall acknowledge a communication service authorization or other type order for supplies and facilities by— (1) Commencing performance aft…
  • DFARS 253.209-1 Responsible prospective contractors.
    (a) SF 1403, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor (General). (i) The factors in Section III, Block 19, generally mean— (A) Technical capability. An assessment of the prospective contractor's key management personnel to determine if th…
  • DFARS 209.405 Effect of listing.
    …nt or agency determines that a compelling reason exists for it to conduct business with a contractor that is debarred or suspended from procurement programs, it must provide written notice of the determination to the General Services Admini…
  • DFARS 222.101-4 Removal of items from contractors' facilities affected by work stoppages.
    (a) When a contractor is unable to deliver urgent and critical items because of a work stoppage at its facility, the contracting officer, before removing any items from the facility, shall— (i) Before initiating any action, contact the lab…
  • DFARS 252.215-7015 Program Should-Cost Review.
    … Government will communicate the elements of the proposed should-cost review to the prime contractor (Pub. L. 115-91). (b) If the Government performs a program should-cost review, upon the Government's request, the Contractor shall provide…
  • 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 252.239-7012 Title to telecommunication facilities and equipment.
    …clause: Title to Telecommunication Facilities and Equipment (DEC 1991) (a) Title to all Contractor furnished facilities and equipment used under this agreement/contract shall remain with the Contractor even if the Government paid the cost…
  • FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of segregated facilities.
    …ract Compliance Programs, and is found at www.dol.gov/ofccp/LGBT/LGBT_FAQs.html. (b) The Contractor agrees that it does not and will not maintain or provide for its employees any segregated facilities at any of its establishments, and that…
  • 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 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 9.403 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 15.404-4 Profit.
    …. (1) Profit or fee prenegotiation objectives do not necessarily represent net income to contractors. Rather, they represent that element of the potential total remuneration that contractors may receive for contract performance over and ab…
  • 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 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …cts when it is contemplated that certified cost or pricing data will be required from the contractor or any subcontractor (see 15.403-4). (c) Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications. The contracting offic…
  • FAR 17.604 Identifying management and operating contracts.
    …ts purpose (see 17.601) and by the special relationship it creates between Government and contractor. The following criteria can generally be applied in identifying management and operating contracts: (a) Government-owned or -controlled fa…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    … more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the concern's …
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    …epair 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 limitations— (1) Altering, remodelin…
  • FAR 22.605 Rulings and interpretations of the statute.
    … work performed after the date of the modification. (3) If a contract awarded to a prime contractor contains a provision whereby the prime contractor is made an agent of the Government, the prime contractor is required to include the stipu…
  • FAR 22.807 Exemptions.
    …ty clause, unless the aggregate value of all prime contracts or subcontracts awarded to a contractor in any 12-month period exceeds, or can reasonably be expected to exceed, $10,000. (Note: Government bills of lading, regardless of amount, …
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …acts for commercial products. Government solicitations and contracts shall— (a) Prohibit contractors, contractor employees, subcontractors, subcontractor employees, and their agents from— (1) Engaging in severe forms of trafficking in per…
  • FAR 27.404-3 Copyrighted works.
    (a) Data first produced in the performance of a contract. (1) Generally, the contractor must obtain permission of the contracting officer prior to asserting rights in any copyrighted work containing data first produced in the performance of…
  • 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 31.105 Construction and architect-engineer contracts.
    …ncluding marine equipment) in sound workable condition, either owned or controlled by the contractor or the subcontractor at any tier, or obtained from a commercial rental source, and furnished for use under Government contracts. (i) Allow…
  • 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 31.205-11 Depreciation.
    (a) Depreciation on a contractor's plant, equipment, and other capital facilities is an allowable contract cost, subject to the limitations contained in this cost principle. For tangible personal property, only estimated residual values tha…
  • FAR 31.205-13 Employee morale, health, welfare, food service, and dormitory costs and credits.
    … centers; (4) Employee counseling services; and (5) Food and dormitory services for the contractor's employees at or near the contractor's facilities. These services include— (i) Operating or furnishing facilities for cafeterias, dining …
  • FAR 31.205-16 Gains and losses on disposition or impairment of depreciable property or other capital assets.
    …etween the net amount realized and the undepreciated balance of the asset on the date the contractor becomes a lessee; and (2) When the application of (b)(1) of this subsection results in a loss— (i) The allowable portion of the loss is z…
  • FAR 31.205-17 Idle facilities and idle capacity costs.
    …or any other tangible capital asset, wherever located, and whether owned or leased by the contractor. Idle capacity means the unused capacity of partially used facilities. It is the difference between that which a facility could achieve un…

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