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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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77 sections with “covered employees”: the first 40

  • FAR 3.1103 Procedures.
    …sociated with inherently Government functions to— (1) Have procedures in place to screen covered employees for potential personal conflicts of interest by— (i) Obtaining and maintaining from each covered employee, when the employee is ini…
  • FAR 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest.
    …racts. (8) Determining whether contract costs are reasonable, allocable, and allowable. Covered employee means an individual who performs an acquisition function closely associated with inherently governmental functions and is— (1) An em…
  • FAR 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application.
    As prescribed in 4.2203, insert the following clause: Prohibition on a Bytedance Covered Application (JUN 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Covered application means the social networking service TikTok or any successor appl…
  • FAR 22.2104 Exclusions.
    … from coverage under this subpart: (a) Employees performing in connection with contracts covered by the E.O. for less than 20 percent of their work hours in a given workweek. This exclusion is inapplicable to employees performing on contra…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ateral contract modifications. Contracts do not include grants and cooperative agreements covered by 31 U.S.C. 6301, et seq. For discussion of various types of contracts, see part 16. Contract administration office means an office that per…
  • FAR 3.803 Exceptions.
    …sonable compensation made to an officer or employee of a person requesting or receiving a covered Federal action if the payment is for agency and legislative liaison activities not directly related to a covered Federal action. For purposes …
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …aid for similar non-Government work under comparable circumstances. (2) Compensation not covered by labor-management agreements. Compensation for each employee or job class of employees must be reasonable for the work performed. Compensati…
  • FAR 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions.
    … Agency means executive agency as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101. Covered Federal action means any of the following actions: (1) Awarding any Federal contract. (2) Making any Federal grant. (3) Making any Federal …
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ragraphs (c) through (v) of this provision. (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Covered telecommunications equipment or services has the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunic…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …n Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities (DEC 2023) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91). (iii) 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Su…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    …ee—(1)(i) Means any person engaged in performing work on or in connection with a contract covered by Executive Order (E.O.) 13706; and (A) Whose wages under such contract are governed by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (41 U.S…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …73) when acquiring information technology, whether as a service or as a supply, that is a covered system, is a part of a covered system, or is in support of a covered system, as defined in 239.7301. (f) The following additional provisions …
  • DFARS 252.204-7009 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information.
    …m does not include information that is lawfully publicly available without restrictions. Covered defense information means unclassified controlled technical information or other information (as described in the Controlled Unclassified Info…
  • DFARS 252.227-7025 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Government-Furnished Information Marked with Restrictive Legends.
    …racts in which the Government will furnish the Contractor with technical data, the terms “covered Government support contractor,” “limited rights,” and “Government purpose rights” are defined in the clause at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technic…
  • FAR 3.1102 Policy.
    …require contractors to— (a) Identify and prevent personal conflicts of interest of their covered employees; and (b) Prohibit covered employees who have access to non-public information by reason of performance on a Government contract fro…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    …h (3) of this subsection (but see paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subsection); or (5) Not covered by subparagraphs (b) (1) through (4) of this subsection, but where the underlying alleged contractor misconduct was the same as that which led…
  • FAR 52.222-23 Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action To Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity for Construction.
    …ms for the Contractor's aggregate workforce in each trade on all construction work in the covered area, are as follows: These goals are applicable to all the Contractor's construction work performed in the covered area. If the Contractor p…
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …iance Requirements for Construction (APR 2015) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Covered area means the geographical area described in the solicitation for this contract. Deputy Assistant Secretary means the Deputy Assistant Secre…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …in favor of the Government, paramount to all other liens, on the supplies or other things covered by this contract and on all material and other property acquired for or allocated to the performance of this contract, except to the extent th…
  • DFARS 228.307-1 Group insurance plans.
    …ided in department or agency regulations. A contractor is eligible if— (a) The number of covered employees is 500 or more; and (b) The contractor has all cost-reimbursement contracts; or (c) At least 90 percent of the payroll for contrac…
  • FAR 52.228-3 Workers' Compensation Insurance (Defense Base Act).
    … provisions to provide for the payment of disability compensation and medical benefits to covered employees and death benefits to their eligible survivors, by purchasing workers' compensation insurance or qualifying as a self-insurer under …
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    …ion and Response Program; (ii) That many of the offenses addressed by the definition are covered under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (see paragraph (e)(2)(iv) of this clause). Other sexual misconduct may constitute offenses under th…
  • FAR 4.2202 Prohibition.
    …vernment Devices” Implementation Guidance, collectively prohibit the presence or use of a covered application on information technology, including certain equipment used by Federal contractors. (b) This prohibition applies to the presence …
  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    …uisition. The contracting officer shall determine whether there is a predecessor contract covered by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and, if so, whether the incumbent prime contractor or its subcontractors and any of their empl…
  • FAR 31.205-33 Professional and consultant service costs.
    …(e) Retainer fees, to be allowable, must be supported by evidence that— (1) The services covered by the retainer agreement are necessary and customary; (2) The level of past services justifies the amount of the retainer fees (if no servic…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …racts that will be performed in the United States or its outlying areas. (vi) 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation. This provision applies to all solicitations. (vii) 52.209-2, Prohibition on Contract…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …t exercise its postacceptance rights (1) within a reasonable time after the defect was discovered or should have been discovered; and (2) before any substantial change occurs in the condition of the item, unless the change is due to the def…
  • FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans.
    …ently separated veterans); (2) The total number of new employees hired during the period covered by the report, and of the total, the number of protected veterans (i.e., active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, Armed Forces service …
  • FAR 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act.
    …etary of Labor, in conspicuous places in and about its plants and offices where employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act engage in activities relating to the performance of the contract, including all places where notices to em…
  • FAR 52.250-1 Indemnification Under Public Law 85-804.
    …the extent that it is within the deductible amounts of the Contractor's insurance, is not covered under this clause. If insurance coverage or other financial protection in effect on the date the approving official authorizes use of this cla…
  • DFARS 252.222-7006 Restrictions on the Use of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements.
    …of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements (JAN 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Covered subcontractor means any entity that has a subcontract valued in excess of $1 million, except a subcontract for the acquisition of commercial p…
  • DFARS 252.235-7000 Indemnification Under 10 U.S.C. 3861—Fixed Price.
    …actor meets all the terms and conditions of this clause. (b) Claims, losses, and damages covered— (1) Claims by third persons for death, bodily injury, sickness, or disease, or the loss, damage, or lost use of property. Claims include tho…
  • DFARS 252.235-7001 Indemnification Under 10 U.S.C. 3861—Cost Reimbursement.
    …actor meets all the terms and conditions of this clause. (b) Claims, losses, and damages covered— (1) Claims by third persons for death, bodily injury, sickness, or disease, or the loss, damage, or lost use of property. Claims include tho…
  • FAR 3.104-2 General.
    …substantially,” as this term is defined in 3.104-1; (3) Post-employment restrictions are covered by 18 U.S.C. 207 and 5 CFR parts 2637 and 2641, that prohibit certain activities by former Government employees, including representation of a…
  • FAR 5.203 Publicizing and response time.
    …a)(2). (h) In addition to other requirements set forth in this section, for acquisitions covered by the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement or a Free Trade Agreement (see subpart 25.4), the period of time between publ…
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …ential business information and/or any other sensitive information (other than situations covered by the National Industrial Security Program described in 4.402(b)). (12) Contractors providing information regarding agency policies or regul…
  • FAR 22.001 Definitions.
    …ee 22.1003-3 and 22.1003-4. See 22.1003-5 and 29 CFR 4.130 for a partial list of services covered by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute. Service employee means any person engaged in the performance of a service contract other tha…
  • FAR 22.406-2 Wages, fringe benefits, and overtime.
    …ng the employer's contributions or costs by the employee's hours worked during the period covered by the costs or contributions. For example, if a contractor pays a monthly health insurance premium of $112 for a particular employee who work…
  • FAR 22.406-6 Payrolls and statements.
    …o be submitted, within 7 calendar days after the regular payment date of the payroll week covered, for the contractor and each subcontractor, (1) copies of weekly payrolls applicable to the contract, and (2) weekly payroll statements of com…
  • FAR 22.406-8 Investigations.
    …standards requirements; (ii) Not be limited to specific areas raised in a complaint or uncovered during compliance checks; and (iii) Use personnel familiar with labor laws and their application to contracts. (2) Do not disclose contracto…

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