48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
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102 sections with “contractual requirements”: the first 40
- DFARS 252.204-7021 Contractor Compliance With the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level Requirements.… of the CMMC requirements, and flow down the correct CMMC level to subcontracts and other contractual instruments; (2) Only process, store, or transmit FCI or CUI on contractor information systems that have a CMMC status at the CMMC level …
- FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.…procedures when prescribed by agency acquisition regulations. (24) Negotiate and execute contractual documents for settlement of partial and complete contract terminations for convenience, except as otherwise prescribed by part 49. (25) N…
- FAR 3.1003 Requirements.… (1) Although the policy at 3.1002 applies as guidance to all Government contractors, the contractual requirements set forth in the clauses at 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct, and 52.203-14, Display of Hotline Post…
- FAR 2.101 Definitions.…owing definitional subdivisions: (1) Management and professional support services, i.e., contractual services that provide assistance, advice or training for the efficient and effective management and operation of organizations, activities…
- DFARS 227.7103-14 Conformity, acceptance, and warranty of technical data.…responsible for determining whether technical data tendered for acceptance conform to the contractual requirements. (2) The clause at 252.227-7030, Technical Data—Withholding of Payment, provides for withholding up to 10 percent of the con…
- DFARS 227.7203-14 Conformity, acceptance, and warranty of computer software and computer software documentation.…onsible for determining whether computer software tendered for acceptance conforms to the contractual requirements. Except for nonconforming restrictive markings (follow the procedures at 227.7203-12(a) if nonconforming markings are the sol…
- DFARS 252.204-7020 NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements.…the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (g), in all subcontracts and other contractual instruments, including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services (excluding commercially available of…
- DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…, shall commence upon execution of the contract, subcontract, letter contract (or similar contractual instrument), contract modification, or option exercise that required development of the items, components, or processes or creation of the…
- FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.…ent of need. Introduce the plan by a brief statement of need. Summarize the technical and contractual history of the acquisition. Discuss feasible acquisition alternatives, the impact of prior acquisitions on those alternatives, and any rel…
- FAR 9.106-4 Reports.…ractor plans, or has taken, corrective action. Lack of evidence that past failure to meet contractual requirements was the prospective contractor's fault does not necessarily indicate satisfactory performance. The narrative shall report any…
- FAR 46.203 Criteria for use of contract quality requirements.…Complex items have quality characteristics, not wholly visible in the end item, for which contractual conformance must be established progressively through precise measurements, tests, and controls applied during purchasing, manufacturing, …
- FAR 52.204-14 Service Contract Reporting Requirements.…o submit the report in a timely manner, the contracting officer will exercise appropriate contractual remedies. In addition, the Contracting Officer will make the Contractor's failure to comply with the reporting requirements a part of the …
- FAR 52.204-15 Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts.…o submit the report in a timely manner, the Contracting Officer will exercise appropriate contractual remedies. In addition, the Contracting Officer will make the Contractor's failure to comply with the reporting requirements a part of the …
- FAR 52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements.…art hereof, or as may be incorporated for a secondary site of the work, regardless of any contractual relationship which may be alleged to exist between the Contractor and such laborers and mechanics. Any wage determination incorporated for…
- DFARS 217.7404 Limitations.…r into a UCA for a foreign military sale unless— (i) The UCA provides for agreement upon contractual terms, specifications, and price by the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the contractor submits a qualifying propo…
- DFARS 246.102 Policy.…tractors. (2) Conduct quality audits to ensure the quality of products and services meet contractual requirements. (3) Base the type and extent of Government contract quality assurance actions on the particular acquisition. (4) Provide c…
- DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.…d shall commence upon execution of the contract, subcontract, letter contract (or similar contractual instrument), contract modification, or option exercise that required development of the computer software. (iii) The Government shall not…
- DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.…eriod shall commence upon award of the contract, subcontract, letter contract (or similar contractual instrument), or contract modification (including a modification to exercise an option) that required development of the items, components,…
- DFARS 252.227-7040 Additional preaward requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program.…is provision as an attachment to its offer, dated and signed by an official authorized to contractually obligate the Offeror. (d) The Offeror's failure to submit the written agreement or written representation required by paragraph (b) of …
- FAR 9.307 Government administration procedures.…ication as is feasible of the forthcoming shipment, and— (1) Advise that activity of the contractual requirements for testing and approval, or evaluation, as appropriate; (2) Call attention to the notice requirement in paragraph (b) of th…
- FAR 42.1503 Procedures.…evaluations should be tailored to the contract type, size, content, and complexity of the contractual requirements. (2) Evaluation factors for each assessment shall include, at a minimum, the following: (i) Technical (quality of product o…
- FAR 45.105 Contractors' property management system compliance.…ntractor in writing when the contractor's property management system does not comply with contractual requirements, shall request prompt correction of deficiencies, and shall request from the contractor a corrective action plan, including a…
- FAR 46.101 Definitions.…ntrols incumbent on the contractor, to assure that the product or service conforms to the contractual requirements. Counterfeit item means an unlawful or unauthorized reproduction, substitution, or alteration that has been knowingly mismar…
- FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.…aragraph (e) and excluding paragraph (c)(1) of this clause, in all subcontracts and other contractual instruments, including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services. (2) The Government may identify i…
- FAR 52.223-1 Biobased Product Certification.…a direct result of this contract, will comply with the applicable specifications or other contractual requirements. (End of provision)
- FAR 52.223-4 Recovered Material Certification.…t will be at least the amount required by the applicable contract specifications or other contractual requirements. (End of provision)
- FAR 52.223-9 Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items.…rial content for EPA-designated items met the applicable contract specifications or other contractual requirements. (Signature of the Officer or Employee) (Typed Name of the Officer or Employee) (Title) (Name of Company, Firm, or Organi…
- DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.…pplier, materialman, distributor, or vendor at any level below the prime contractor whose contractual obligation to perform results from, or is conditioned upon, award of the prime contract and who is performing any part of the work or othe…
- FAR 46.405 Subcontracts.… assurance actions at the subcontract level shall be worded so as not to— (1) Affect the contractual relationship between the prime contractor and the Government, or between the prime contractor and the subcontractor; (2) Establish a cont…
- FAR 47.301-3 Using the Defense Transportation System (DTS).…mentation, marking, advance notification of shipment dates, and terminal clearances. (c) Contractual documents shall designate a contract administration office (see 42.202(a)) as the contact point to which the contractor will provide neces…
- FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…on is given to all appropriate factors including common ownership, common management, and contractual relationships. SBA determines affiliation based on the factors set forth at 13 CFR 121.103. Small disadvantaged business concern, consist…
- FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.…ional capacity, as those terms are defined in 29 CFR part 541; and (C) Regardless of the contractual relationship alleged to exist between the individual and the employer. (ii) Includes workers performing on, or in connection with, the co…
- FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.…paring, and submitting the VECP, as well as those costs the Contractor incurs to make the contractual changes required by Government acceptance of a VECP. Future unit cost reduction, as used in this clause, means the instant unit cost redu…
- FAR 52.248-3 Value Engineering—Construction.…paring, and submitting the VECP, as well as those costs the Contractor incurs to make the contractual changes required by Government acceptance of a VECP. Government costs, as used in this clause, means those agency costs that result direc…
- DFARS 227.7103-5 Government rights.…period commences upon execution of the contract, subcontract, letter contract (or similar contractual instrument), contract modification, or option exercise that required the development. Upon expiration of the Government rights period, the…
- DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…ent under this contract, the Contractor shall use this clause in the subcontract or other contractual instrument, including subcontracts and other contractual instruments for commercial products or commercial services, and require its subco…
- DFARS 252.246-7007 Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System.… Authorized supplier means a supplier, distributor, or an aftermarket manufacturer with a contractual arrangement with, or the express written authority of, the original manufacturer or current design activity to buy, stock, repackage, sell…
- DFARS 252.246-7008 Sources of Electronic Parts.… Authorized supplier means a supplier, distributor, or an aftermarket manufacturer with a contractual arrangement with, or the express written authority of, the original manufacturer or current design activity to buy, stock, repackage, sell…
- FAR 1.602-2 Responsibilities.…ith the terms of the contract, and safeguarding the interests of the United States in its contractual relationships. In order to perform these responsibilities, contracting officers should be allowed wide latitude to exercise business judgm…
- FAR 3.1101 Definitions.…the Government, including developing statements of work. (3) Developing or approving any contractual documents, to include documents defining requirements, incentive plans, and evaluation criteria. (4) Evaluating contract proposals. (5) …
FAR (chapter 1)
- Part 1 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 58 sections
- Part 2 Definitions of Words and Terms 3 sections
- Part 3 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 98 sections
- Part 4 Administrative and Information Matters 116 sections
- Part 5 Publicizing Contract Actions 34 sections
- Part 6 Competition Requirements 34 sections
- Part 7 Acquisition Planning 34 sections
- Part 8 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 67 sections
- Part 9 Contractor Qualifications 106 sections
- Part 10 Market Research 4 sections
- Part 11 Describing Agency Needs 33 sections
- Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 38 sections
- Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 49 sections
- Part 14 Sealed Bidding 82 sections
- Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation 81 sections
- Part 16 Types of Contracts 74 sections
- Part 17 Special Contracting Methods 50 sections
- Part 18 Emergency Acquisitions 34 sections
- Part 19 Small Business Programs 126 sections
- Part 22 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 205 sections
- Part 23 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 38 sections
- Part 24 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 10 sections
- Part 25 Foreign Acquisition 81 sections
- Part 26 Other Socioeconomic Programs 36 sections
- Part 27 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 59 sections
- Part 28 Bonds and Insurance 61 sections
- Part 29 Taxes 23 sections
- Part 30 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 30 sections
- Part 31 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 87 sections
- Part 32 Contract Financing 175 sections
- Part 33 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 23 sections
- Part 34 Major System Acquisition 20 sections
- Part 35 Research and Development Contracting 25 sections
- Part 36 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 81 sections
- Part 37 Service Contracting 46 sections
- Part 38 Federal Supply Schedule Contracting 3 sections
- Part 39 Acquisition of Information Technology 14 sections
- Part 40 Information Security and Supply Chain Security 12 sections
- Part 41 Acquisition of Utility Services 17 sections
- Part 42 Contract Administration and Audit Services 84 sections
- Part 43 Contract Modifications 14 sections
- Part 44 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 24 sections
- Part 45 Government Property 33 sections
- Part 46 Quality Assurance 60 sections
- Part 47 Transportation 106 sections
- Part 48 Value Engineering 13 sections
- Part 49 Termination of Contracts 108 sections
- Part 50 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 34 sections
- Part 51 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 15 sections
- Part 52 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 680 sections
- Part 53 Forms 61 sections
DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)
- Part 201 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 24 sections
- Part 202 Definitions of Words and Terms 1 sections
- Part 203 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 28 sections
- Part 204 Administrative and Information Matters 76 sections
- Part 205 Publicizing Contract Actions 11 sections
- Part 206 Competition Requirements 20 sections
- Part 207 Acquisition Planning 22 sections
- Part 208 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 31 sections
- Part 209 Contractor Qualifications 55 sections
- Part 210 Market Research 2 sections
- Part 211 Describing Agency Needs 22 sections
- Part 212 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 24 sections
- Part 213 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 23 sections
- Part 214 Sealed Bidding 14 sections
- Part 215 Contracting by Negotiation 66 sections
- Part 216 Types of Contracts 36 sections
- Part 217 Special Contracting Methods 64 sections
- Part 218 Emergency Acquisitions 7 sections
- Part 219 Small Business Programs 47 sections
- Part 222 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 56 sections
- Part 223 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 34 sections
- Part 224 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 2 sections
- Part 225 Foreign Acquisition 251 sections
- Part 226 Other Socioeconomic Programs 14 sections
- Part 227 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 99 sections
- Part 228 Bonds and Insurance 17 sections
- Part 229 Taxes 9 sections
- Part 230 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 2 sections
- Part 231 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 232 Contract Financing 74 sections
- Part 233 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 8 sections
- Part 234 Major System Acquisition 13 sections
- Part 235 Research and Development Contracting 16 sections
- Part 236 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 25 sections
- Part 237 Service Contracting 67 sections
- Part 239 Acquisition of Information Technology 38 sections
- Part 241 Acquisition of Utility Services 8 sections
- Part 242 Contract Administration and Audit Services 40 sections
- Part 243 Contract Modifications 18 sections
- Part 244 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 245 Government Property 23 sections
- Part 246 Quality Assurance 39 sections
- Part 247 Transportation 27 sections
- Part 249 Termination of Contracts 14 sections
- Part 250 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 16 sections
- Part 251 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 5 sections
- Part 252 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 405 sections
- Part 253 Forms 10 sections
- Part 270 Defense Contracting Programs 7 sections
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.