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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • FAR 19.402 Small Business Administration procurement center representatives.
    (a)(1) The SBA may assign one or more procurement center representatives (PCRs) to any contracting activity or contract administration office to carry out SBA policies and programs. Assigned SBA PCRs are required to comply with the contract…
  • FAR 49.607 Delinquency notices.
    … be sent with proof of delivery requested. (See subpart 42.13 for stop-work orders.) (a) Cure notice. If a contract is to be terminated for default before the delivery date, a Cure Notice is required by the Default clause. Before using thi…
  • FAR 52.229-12 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements.
    As prescribed in 29.402-3(b), insert the following clause: Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements (FEB 2021) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Foreign person means any person other than a United States person. United States person, …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …in before contract award. Cost or pricing data are required to be certified in certain procurements (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35). Change-of-name agreement means a legal instrument executed by the contractor and the Gove…
  • FAR 3.104-3 Statutory and related prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements.
    (a) Prohibition on disclosing procurement information (41 U.S.C. 2102). (1) A person described in paragraph (a)(2) of this subsection must not, other than as provided by law, knowingly disclose contractor bid or proposal information or sour…
  • FAR 3.104-5 Disqualification.
    …t promptly submit written notice of disqualification from further participation in the procurement to the contracting officer, the source selection authority if other than the contracting officer, and the agency official's immediate supervi…
  • FAR 23.107-1 Products containing recovered materials.
    …1976 (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6962, as implemented at 40 CFR part 247. (b) EPA Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG) Program. Under RCRA, EPA must designate items that are or can be made with recovered materials and must also recommend pract…
  • FAR 23.107-2 Biobased products.
    …ll exceed $10,000; or (ii) The agency intends to establish or continue an affirmative procurement program in the following fiscal year. (d) Agency affirmative procurement program. An agency shall establish an affirmative procurement progr…
  • FAR 28.001 Definitions.
    …. The types of bonds and related documents are as follows: (1) An advance payment bond secures fulfillment of the contractor's obligations under an advance payment provision. (2) An annual bid bond is a single bond furnished by a bidder, …
  • FAR 49.402-3 Procedure for default.
    …ction. (b) The administrative contracting officer shall not issue a show cause notice or cure notice without the prior approval of the contracting office, which should be obtained by the most expeditious means. (c) Subdivision (a)(1)(i) o…
  • DFARS 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    …ent threshold will apply to the entire period of performance as approved by the senior procurement executive (see 225.101(d)). (v) Use alternate III of the clause in lieu of Alternate I of the clause in solicitations and contracts if— (A)…
  • DFARS 225.7503 Contract clauses.
    …ent threshold will apply to the entire period of performance as approved by the senior procurement executive (see 225.101(d)), unless the acquisition is in support of operations in Afghanistan. (4) Use the alternate III clause in lieu of t…
  • DFARS 232.1108-70 Prohibition of Governmentwide commercial purchase card as a method of payment when the tax on certain foreign procurements applies.
    …rformance if the contract includes the clause at FAR 52.229-12, Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements, unless the contract also includes the clause at 252.229-7014, Full Exemption from Two-Percent Excise Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements, i…
  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    … an end product. Designated country means— (1) A World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA) country (Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    …xcluding COTS fasteners. Qualifying country means a country with a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding or international agreement with the United States in which both countries agree to remove barriers to purchases o…
  • DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.
    …s at FAR 25.105. Designated country means— (1) A World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA) country (Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia…
  • FAR 3.104-6 Ethics advisory opinions regarding prohibitions on a former official's acceptance of compensation from a contractor.
    …fficial, and be dated and signed. The request must include information about the— (1) Procurement(s), or decision(s) on matters under 3.104-3(d)(1)(iii), involving the particular contractor, in which the individual was or is involved, incl…
  • FAR 4.1005-1 Required data elements.
    …e (described at 12.303(b)(4), 14.201-2, or 15.204-2, or in a comparable section of the procurement instrument), at a minimum, the following information as separate, distinct data elements: (1) Line item or subline item number established i…
  • FAR 8.704 Purchase priorities.
    …) 41 U.S.C. chapter 85 requires the Government to purchase supplies or services on the Procurement List, at prices established by the Committee, from AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies if they are available within the period requir…
  • FAR 22.1021 Requests for hearing.
    …description of the services to be performed under the contract; (4) The status of the procurement and any estimated procurement dates, such as bid opening, contract award, and commencement date of the contract or its follow-up option perio…
  • FAR 25.403 World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements.
    …he nondiscriminatory treatment specified in 25.402(a)(1). The WTO GPA and FTAs specify procurement procedures designed to ensure fairness (see 25.408). (b) Thresholds. (1) To determine whether the acquisition of products by lease, rental, …
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    … balance in the special account paramount to all other liens. The Government lien shall secure the repayment of any advance payments made under this contract and any related interest charges. (i) Lien on property under contract. (1) All ad…
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    …xcluding COTS fasteners. Qualifying country means a country with a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding or international agreement with the United States in which both countries agree to remove barriers to purchases o…
  • FAR 9.403 Definitions.
    …party or any criminal proceeding. The term includes appeals from such proceedings. Nonprocurement Common Rule means the procedures used by Federal Executive Agencies to suspend, debar, or exclude individuals or entities from participation …
  • FAR 23.101 Definitions.
    …roduct that is or can be made with recovered material— (1) That is listed by EPA in a procurement guideline (40 CFR part 247); and (2) For which EPA has provided recommended recovered material content levels and other purchasing recommend…
  • FAR 25.101 General.
    …with each increased threshold for the items in the year of delivery, unless the senior procurement executive of the contracting agency allows for application of an alternate domestic content test for that contract under which the domestic c…
  • FAR 25.201 Policy.
    …with each increased threshold for the items in the year of delivery, unless the senior procurement executive of the contracting agency allows for application of an alternate domestic content test for that contract under which the domestic c…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …ined applicable for the contractor fiscal year by the Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), under 41 U.S.C. 1127 as in effect prior to June 24, 2014, are unallowable (10 U.S.C. 3744(a)(16) and 41 U.S.C. 4304(a)(16), as…
  • FAR 33.103 Protests to the agency.
    (a) Reference. Executive Order 12979, Agency Procurement Protests, establishes policy on agency procurement protests. (b) Prior to submission of an agency protest, all parties shall use their best efforts to resolve concerns raised by an i…
  • FAR 52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price.
    …t. If the Contractor fails to perform or act as required in (1) or (2) above and does not cure such failure within a period of 10 days (or such longer period as the Contracting Officer may authorize in writing) after receipt of notice from …
  • FAR 52.250-4 SAFETY Act Pre-qualification Designation Notice.
    …Terrorism Technology (QATT). Pre-qualification designation notice means a notice in a procurement solicitation or other publication by the Government stating that the technology to be procured either affirmatively or presumptively satisfie…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …n, for at least the 1-year period preceding the solicitation of sources by DoD for the procurement (10 U.S.C. 3014). Obsolete electronic part means an electronic part that is no longer available from the original manufacturer or an authori…
  • DFARS 225.101 General.
    … domestic content threshold increases in paragraph (a)(ii) of this section. The senior procurement executive may approve application of an alternate domestic content test, under which the domestic content threshold in effect at the time of …
  • DFARS 225.7004-6 Waiver of restrictions.
    …rograms entered into between DoD and a foreign country, or would impede the reciprocal procurement of defense items under a memorandum of understanding providing for reciprocal procurement of defense items under 225.872, and that country do…
  • DFARS 227.7103-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.
    … assertion and continued adherence to the assertion would make it impractical to later procure competitively the item to which the data pertain. (b) Pre-award considerations. The challenge procedures required by 10 U.S.C. 3782 could signif…
  • DFARS 241.202 Procedures.
    … connection charge. (ii) Termination liability. Use when an obligation is necessary to secure the required services. The obligation must be not more than the agreed connection charge, less any net salvage material costs. Use of a terminati…
  • FAR 4.1005-2 Exceptions.
    …ng acquired on a cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, or labor-hour basis. (4) The procurement instrument is for services and firm prices have been established for elements of the total price, but the actual number of the elements is no…
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    … apply to proposed contract actions covered by the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement or a Free Trade Agreement (see Subpart 25.4); (13) The proposed contract action— (i) Is for an amount not expected to exceed the …
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    … (c) Special notices. Contracting officers may transmit to the GPE special notices of procurement matters such as business fairs, long-range procurement estimates, prebid or preproposal conferences, meetings, and the availability of draft …
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …the items under this acquisition is subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements.” (iii) If the solicitation will include the FAR clause at 52.225-11, Buy American-Construction Material…

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.