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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • DFARS 227.7107-1 Architectural designs and data clauses for architect-engineer or construction contracts.
    … Government does not want duplicated, the Government may acquire exclusive control of the data pertaining to the design by including the clause at 252.227-7023, Drawings and Other Data to Become Property of Government, in solicitations and …
  • FAR 12.211 Technical data.
    … as provided by agency-specific statutes, the Government shall acquire only the technical data and the rights in that data customarily provided to the public with a commercial product or process. The contracting officer shall presume that d…
  • FAR 14.201-7 Contract clauses.
    …ted to exceed the threshold at 15.403-4(a)(1) for submission of certified cost or pricing data. (2)(i) If the acquisition will use funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, use th…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …ore agreement on price, the contracting officer learns that any certified cost or pricing data submitted are inaccurate, incomplete, or noncurrent, the contracting officer shall immediately bring the matter to the attention of the prospecti…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ee contract is contemplated. (b) Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data. The contracting officer shall, when contracting by negotiation, insert the clause at 52.215-10, Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or …
  • FAR 27.403 Data rights—General.
    All contracts that require data to be produced, furnished, acquired, or used in meeting contract performance requirements, must contain terms that delineate the respective rights and obligations of the Government and the contractor regardin…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    (a) Generally, a contract should contain only one data rights clause. However, where more than one is needed, the contract should distinguish the portion of contract performance to which each pertains. (b)(1) Insert the clause at 52.227-14…
  • FAR 35.011 Data.
    (a) R&D contracts shall specify the technical data to be delivered under the contract, since the data clauses required by part 27 do not require the delivery of any such data. (b) In planning a developmental program when subsequent product…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …ing by Negotiation. (A) Use the provision at 252.215-7003, Requirements for Submission of Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Canadian Commercial Corporation, as prescribed at 215.408(2)(i). (B) Use the clause at 252.215-7004, R…
  • DFARS 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …n all solicitations and contracts to be awarded on the basis of certified cost or pricing data. (2) When contracting with the Canadian Commercial Corporation— (i)(A) Use the provision at 252.215-7003, Requirement for Submission of Data Ot…
  • DFARS 227.7102-4 Contract clauses.
    …t as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, use the clause at 252.227-7015, Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures f…
  • DFARS 227.7103-6 Contract clauses.
    (a) Use the clause at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of c…
  • DFARS 227.7103-10 Contractor identification and marking of technical data to be furnished with restrictive markings.
    …s offerors to identify to the contracting officer, prior to contract award, any technical data that the offeror asserts should be provided to the Government with restrictions on use, modification, reproduction, release or disclosure. This r…
  • DFARS 227.7103-15 Subcontractor rights in technical data.
    … U.S.C. 3771 provides subcontractors at all tiers the same protection for their rights in data as is provided to prime contractors. The clauses at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services…
  • DFARS 227.7104-2 Rights in SBIR or STTR data.
    (a) Under the clause at 252.227-7018, Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software-Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, the Government obtains the following stand…
  • DFARS 227.7104-4 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a)(1) Use the clause at 252.227-7018, Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software-Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, in solicitations and contracts, including…
  • DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    As prescribed in 227.7102-4(a)(1), use the following clause: Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (JAN 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Commercial product and commercial service includes commercial com…
  • 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.
    …in 227.7104-4(a)(1), use the following clause: RIGHTS IN OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL TECHNICAL DATA AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE—SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM (AUG 2025) (a) Definitions. As u…
  • DFARS 227.7203-6 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ftware documentation. Do not use the clause when the only deliverable items are technical data (other than computer software documentation), commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation, commercial products, co…
  • DFARS 211.204 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (c) When contract performance requires use of specifications, standards, and data item descriptions that are not listed in the Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System database, use a provision, as appropriate, substa…
  • DFARS 246.710 Contract clauses.
    …the same as the basic or one of the alternates of the clause at 252.246-7001, Warranty of Data, in solicitations and contracts that include the clause at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software, when there is a need for…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ganization of program management, logistics management, project monitoring and reporting, data collection, budgeting, accounting, performance auditing, and administrative technical support for conferences and training programs. (2) Studies…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …er required sources of supplies or services (see part 8) and sources identifiable through databases including the Governmentwide database of contracts and other procurement instruments intended for use by multiple agencies available at http…
  • FAR 16.603-4 Contract clauses.
    …e meet the criteria of 15.403-1 for not requiring submission of certified cost or pricing data, the words “and certified cost or pricing data in accordance with FAR 15.408, Table 15-2 supporting its proposal” may be deleted from paragraph (…
  • FAR 27.406-3 Major system acquisition.
    (a) The clause at 52.227-21, Technical Data Declaration, Revision, and Withholding of Payment—Major Systems, implements 41 U.S.C. 2302(e). When using the clause at 52.227-21, the section of the contract specifying data delivery requirements…
  • FAR 27.408 Cosponsored research and development activities.
    …cting officer may limit the acquisition of, or acquire less than unlimited rights to, any data developed and delivered under the contract. Agencies may regulate the use of this authority in their supplements. Lesser rights shall, at a minim…
  • FAR 52.215-2 Audit and Records—Negotiation.
    …clause, records includes books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of whether such items are in written form, in the form of computer data, or in any other form. (b) Examinatio…
  • FAR 52.216-5 Price Redetermination—Prospective.
    …ceeding period shall be the effective date of price redetermination for that period. (d) Data submission. (1) Not more than __ nor less than __ [see Note (2)] days before the end of each redetermination period, except the last, the Contrac…
  • FAR 52.216-6 Price Redetermination—Retroactive.
    … of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in effect on the date of this contract. (c) Data submission. (1) Within __ [Contracting Officer insert number of days] days after delivery of all supplies to be delivered and completion of all s…
  • FAR 52.216-16 Incentive Price Revision—Firm Target.
    … of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in effect on the date of this contract. (c) Data submission. (1) Within __ [Contracting Officer insert number of days] days after the end of the month in which the Contractor has delivered the l…
  • FAR 52.216-17 Incentive Price Revision—Successive Targets.
    …eral Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in effect on the date of this contract. (c) Submitting data for establishing the firm fixed price or a final profit adjustment formula. (1) Within __ [Contracting Officer insert number of days] days after …
  • FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.
    …quest for a desirable change that is based on the criteria in FAR 30.603-2(b)(3)(ii), the data necessary to demonstrate the required cost savings; and (4) For any request for a desirable change that is based on criteria other than that in …
  • FAR 52.246-19 Warranty of Systems and Equipment under Performance Specifications or Design Criteria.
    …d under this contract. Except when this contract includes the clause entitled Warranty of Data, supplies also mean “data.” (b) Contractor's obligations. (1) The Contractor's warranties under this clause shall apply only to those defects di…
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …elopment or production of major systems that would enable the Government to use technical data to competitively reprocure identical items or components of the system if the item or component were developed exclusively at private expense, un…
  • DFARS 217.7406 Contract clauses.
    …15.403-1, 15.403-2, or 15.403-3 for not requiring submission of certified cost or pricing data, the words “and certified cost or pricing data” may be deleted from paragraph (a) of the clause.
  • DFARS 227.7103-9 Copyright.
    (a) Copyright license. (1) The clauses at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and 252.227-7018, Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business I…
  • DFARS 227.7103-11 Contractor procedures and records.
    (a) The clauses at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and 252.227-7018, Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Prog…
  • DFARS 227.7103-12 Government right to establish conformity of markings.
    …1) Authorized markings are identified in the clauses at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and 252.227-7018, Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Sm…
  • DFARS 227.7203-9 Copyright.
    …puter Software Documentation, and 252.227-7018, Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, require a contractor to grant, o…
  • DFARS 227.7203-15 Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation.
    …ons—Computer Software, and 252.227-7037, Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data, obtain a contractor's agreement that the Government's transaction of validation or challenge matters directly with subcontractors at any tier do…

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