48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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4 sections with “contractors authorized to accompany the Force (CAAF)”

  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    …f a unified or specified combatant command established in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 161. Contractors authorized to accompany the Force, or CAAF, means contractor personnel, including all tiers of subcontractor personnel, who are authorized…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …ries/affiliates of the employer; (F) Any agent or employee of such entities; and (G) Subcontractors at all tiers. Severe forms of trafficking in persons means— (1) Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud…
  • DFARS 225.371-5 Contract clauses.
    …ance in a designated operational area that authorize contractor personnel (including both contractors authorized to accompany the Force (CAAF) and non-CAAF) to support U.S. Armed Forces deployed outside the United States in— (1) Contingenc…
  • FAR 22.1702 Definitions.
    …ries/affiliates of the employer; (F) Any agent or employee of such entities; and (G) Subcontractors at all tiers. Severe forms of trafficking in persons means— (1) Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud…

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.