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193 sections with “contractor responsibility”: the first 40

  • FAR 9.104-4 Subcontractor responsibility.
    (a) Generally, prospective prime contractors are responsible for determining the responsibility of their prospective subcontractors (but see 9.405 and 9.405-2 regarding debarred, ineligible, or suspended firms). Determinations of prospectiv…
  • FAR 52.247-15 Contractor Responsibility for Loading and Unloading.
    …itations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services when the contractor is responsible for loading and unloading shipments: Contractor Responsibility for Loading and Unloading (APR 1984) (a)(1) Unless otherwis…
  • FAR 52.247-16 Contractor Responsibility for Returning Undelivered Freight.
    …itations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services when the contractor is responsible for returning undelivered freight: Contractor Responsibility for Returning Undelivered Freight (APR 1984) (a) When, throug…
  • FAR 52.247-14 Contractor Responsibility for Receipt of Shipment.
    …n solicitations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services: Contractor Responsibility for Receipt of Shipment (APR 1984) The Contractor shall diligently count and examine all goods tendered for shipment, recei…
  • DFARS 209.104-4 Subcontractor responsibility.
    Generally, the Canadian Commercial Corporation's (CCC) proposal of a firm as its subcontractor is sufficient basis for an affirmative determination of responsibility. However, when the CCC determination of responsibility is not consistent w…
  • FAR 52.236-23 Responsibility of the Architect-Engineer Contractor.
    …ed in 36.609-2(b), insert the following clause: Responsibility of the Architect-Engineer Contractor (APR 1984) (a) The Contractor shall be responsible for the professional quality, technical accuracy, and the coordination of all designs, …
  • FAR 47.207-5 Contractor responsibilities.
    Contractor responsibilities vary with the kinds of freight to be shipped and services required. The contracting officer shall specify clearly those service requirements that are not considered normal transportation or transportation-related…
  • FAR 45.104 Responsibility and liability for Government property.
    (a) Generally, contractors are not held liable for loss of Government property under the following types of contracts: (1) Cost-reimbursement contracts. (2) Time-and-material contracts. (3) Labor-hour contracts. (4) Fixed-price contract…
  • 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, …
  • 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 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel.
    As prescribed in 4.1303, insert the following clause: Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (JAN 2011) (a) The Contractor shall comply with agency personal identity verification procedures identified in the contract that …
  • FAR 52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters.
    …es of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (OCT 2018) (a) The Contractor shall update the information in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) on a semi-annual basis, throughou…
  • 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…
  • FAR 52.247-21 Contractor Liability for Personal Injury and/or Property Damage.
    …n solicitations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services: Contractor Liability for Personal Injury and/or Property Damage (APR 1984) (a) The Contractor assumes responsibility for all damage or injury to pers…
  • 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 252.232-7005 Reimbursement of Subcontractor Advance Payments—DoD Mentor-Protégé Program.
    As prescribed in 232.412-70(b), use the following clause: Reimbursement of Subcontractor Advance Payments—DoD Mentor-Protégé Program (MAR 2024) (a) The Government will reimburse the Contractor for any advance payments made by the Contract…
  • 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 …
  • 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…
  • DFARS 232.072 Financial responsibility of contractors.
    …cedures in this section in determining the financial capability of current or prospective contractors.
  • DFARS 252.209-7006 Limitations on Contractors Acting as Lead System Integrators.
    As prescribed in 209.570-4(a), use the following provision: Limitations on Contractors Acting As Lead System Integrators (DEC 2022) (a) Definitions. Lead system integrator, lead system integrator with system responsibility, and lead syste…
  • 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…
  • FAR 52.246-16 Responsibility for Supplies.
    …cifically provides otherwise, risk of loss of or damage to supplies shall remain with the Contractor until, and shall pass to the Government upon— (1) Delivery of the supplies to a carrier, if transportation is f.o.b. origin; or (2) Accep…
  • DFARS 209.105-1 Obtaining information.
    …ent, see PGI 209.105-1. (2) A satisfactory performance record is a factor in determining contractor responsibility (see FAR 9.104-1(c)). (i) One source of information relating to contractor performance is the Contractor Performance Assess…
  • 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 3.903 Policy.
    (a)(1) Contractors and subcontractors are prohibited from discharging, demoting, or otherwise discriminating against an employee as a reprisal for disclosing, to any of the entities listed at paragraph (b) of this section, information that …
  • 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 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 9.103 Policy.
    … Purchases shall be made from, and contracts shall be awarded to, responsible prospective contractors only. (b) No purchase or award shall be made unless the contracting officer makes an affirmative determination of responsibility. In the …
  • 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 9.104-6 Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.
    …ncluding FAPIIS information from the System for Award Management (SAM) Exclusions and the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) (2) In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 2313(d)(3), FAPIIS also identifies— (i) An affiliate tha…
  • 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 9.105-2 Determinations and documentation.
    …tracting 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 rejected because the prospective c…
  • FAR 9.106-4 Reports.
    …g activity shall complete the applicable parts of SF 1403, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor (General); SF 1404, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor—Technical; SF 1405, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor—Production; SF …
  • 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 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    The suspending and debarring official may debar— (a) A contractor for a conviction of or civil judgment for— (1) Commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with— (i) Obtaining; (ii) Attempting to obtain; or (iii) Performin…
  • FAR 9.407-1 General.
    (a) The suspending and debarring official may, in the public interest, suspend a contractor for any of the causes in 9.407-2, using the procedures in 9.407-3. (b)(1) Suspension is a serious action to be imposed on the basis of adequate evi…
  • FAR 9.407-2 Causes for suspension.
    (a) The suspending and debarring official may suspend a contractor suspected, upon adequate evidence, of— (1) Commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with— (i) Obtaining; (ii) Attempting to obtain; or (iii) Performing a …
  • FAR 9.505-1 Providing systems engineering and technical direction.
    (a) A contractor that provides systems engineering and technical direction for a system but does not have overall contractual responsibility for its development, its integration, assembly, and checkout, or its production shall not— (1) Be …
  • FAR 9.604 Limitations.
    Nothing in this subpart authorizes contractor team arrangements in violation of antitrust statutes or limits the Government's rights to— (a) Require consent to subcontracts (see subpart 44.2); (b) Determine, on the basis of the stated con…

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