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104 sections with “contractor status”: the first 40

  • FAR 19.301-2 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented its status as a small business concern.
    …52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, or other appropriate authority. (b) Requirements. A contractor that represented its status as any of the small business concerns identified at 19.000(a)(3) before contract award is required to rereprese…
  • 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…
  • FAR 19.305 Reviews of SDB status.
    This section applies to reviews of a small business concern's SDB status as a prime contractor or subcontractor. (a) SBA may initiate the review of SDB status on any firm that has represented itself to be an SDB on a prime contract or subc…
  • 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 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …h veteran; or (iii) For set-aside or sole-source service contract or order ostensible subcontractor protests, the protester presents credible evidence of the alleged undue reliance on a small entity subcontractor that is not a similarly-si…
  • 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 44.306 Disclosure of approval status.
    Upon request, the ACO may inform a contractor that the purchasing system of a proposed subcontractor has been approved or disapproved, but shall caution that the Government will not keep the contractor advised of any changes in the approval…
  • FAR 49.603-8 Fixed-price contracts—settlements with subcontractors only.
    …ck 14 of SF 30 for settlements of fixed-price contracts covering only settlements with subcontractors.] (a) This agreement settles that portion of the settlement proposal of the Contractor that is based upon termination of the following su…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    … prescribed in 27.303(b)(1), insert the following clause: Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (MAY 2014) (a) As used in this clause— Invention means any invention or discovery that is or may be patentable or otherwise protectable u…
  • FAR 52.229-14 Taxes—Foreign Contracts in Afghanistan (North Atlantic Treaty Organization Status of Forces Agreement).
    …014, and entered into force on January 1, 2015. (1) The SOFA exempts NATO Forces and its contractors and subcontractors (other than those that are Afghan legal entities or residents) from paying any tax or similar charge assessed by the Go…
  • 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 …
  • 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 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    As prescribed in 227.303(2), use the following clause: Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business) (JUN 2012) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause—Invention means— (1) Any invention or discovery that is or may be patent…
  • 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 252.239-7001 Information Assurance Contractor Training and Certification.
    As prescribed in 239.7103(b), use the following clause: Information Assurance Contractor Training and Certification (JAN 2008) (a) The Contractor shall ensure that personnel accessing information systems have the proper and current inform…
  • FAR 37.114 Special acquisition requirements.
    Contracts for services which require the contractor to provide advice, opinions, recommendations, ideas, reports, analyses, or other work products have the potential for influencing the authority, accountability, and responsibilities of Gov…
  • 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…
  • FAR 27.404-6 Inspection of data at the contractor's facility.
    Contracting officers may obtain the right to inspect data at the contractor's facility by use of the clause at 52.227-14 with its Alternate V, which adds paragraph (j) to provide that right. Agencies may also adopt Alternate V for general u…
  • FAR 4.804-5 Procedures for closing out contract files.
    …(ii) If the final patent report is not received, the contracting officer shall notify the contractor of the contractor's obligations and the Government's rights under the applicable patent rights clause, in accordance with 27.303. If the co…
  • 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 14.407-4 Mistakes after award.
    If a contractor's discovery and request for correction of a mistake in bid is not made until after the award, it shall be processed under the procedures of subpart 33.2 and the following: (a) When a mistake in a contractor's bid is not dis…
  • FAR 15.405 Price negotiation.
    …isory recommendations, reports of contributing specialists, and the current status of the contractor's purchasing system, the contracting officer is responsible for exercising the requisite judgment needed to reach a negotiated settlement w…
  • 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 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 19.301-3 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented itself as other than a small business concern.
    A contractor that represented itself as other than small before contract award may, but is not required to, rerepresent its size status when— (a) The conditions in 19.301-2(b) apply; and (b) The contractor qualifies as a small business co…
  • 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 22.1302 Policy.
    (a) Contractors and subcontractors, when entering into contracts and subcontracts subject to the Act, are required to— (1) List all employment openings, with the appropriate employment service delivery system where the opening occurs, exce…
  • FAR 22.1702 Definitions.
    …nt means any individual, including a director, an officer, an employee, or an independent contractor, authorized to act on behalf of the organization. Coercion means— (1) Threats of serious harm to or physical restraint against any person…
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    …tion material means an article, material, or supply brought to the construction site by a contractor or subcontractor for incorporation into the building or work. The term also includes an item brought to the site preassembled from articles…
  • 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 27.304-1 General.
    …tion. If an agency has reason to question the size or nonprofit status of the prospective contractor, the agency may require the prospective contractor to furnish evidence of its nonprofit status or may file a size protest in accordance wit…
  • FAR 30.604 Processing changes to disclosed or established cost accounting practices.
    … and desirable changes in cost accounting practices. (b) Procedures. Upon receipt of the contractor's notification and description of the change in cost accounting practice, the CFAO should review the proposed change concurrently for adequ…
  • 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 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …. (3) The compensation must be based upon and conform to the terms and conditions of the contractor's established compensation plan or practice followed so consistently as to imply, in effect, an agreement to make the payment. (4) No pres…
  • FAR 32.104 Providing contract financing.
    …ernment's best interest in the solicitation (see 32.106 and 32.113); and (5) Monitor the contractor's use of the contract financing provided and the contractor's financial status. (b) If the contractor is a small business concern, the con…
  • 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 32.503-2 Supervision of progress payments.
    …ents supervision, by prepayment review or periodic review, should vary inversely with the contractor's experience, performance record, reliability, quality of management, and financial strength, and with the adequacy of the contractor's acc…
  • 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 42.1106 Reporting requirements.
    …en information on contract performance status is needed, contracting officers may require contractors to submit production progress reports (see 42.1107(a)). Reporting requirements shall be limited to that information essential to Governmen…

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