48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
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307 sections with “defense contracts”: the first 40
- DFARS 212.503 Applicability of certain laws to Executive agency contracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.…3321(b), Prohibition on Contingent Fees. (ii) 10 U.S.C. 3741-3750, Allowable Costs Under Defense Contracts. (iii) 10 U.S.C. 3845, Contractor Inventory Accounting System Standards (see 252.242-7004). (iv) 10 U.S.C. 4651, note prec. (secti…
- DFARS 212.504 Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.…3321(b), Prohibition on Contingent Fees. (iv) 10 U.S.C. 3741-3750, Allowable Costs Under Defense Contracts. (v) 10 U.S.C. 3841(d), Examination of Records of a Contractor. (vi) 10 U.S.C. 3845, Contractor Inventory Accounting System Standa…
- FAR 47.301-3 Using the Defense Transportation System (DTS).…trolled transport or through military transshipment facilities shall follow Department of Defense (DoD) Regulation DoD 4500.9-R, Defense Transportation Regulation Part II. This establishes uniform procedures and documents for the generation…
- FAR 52.204-28 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts.…eferred to as a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) FASCSA order. (2) The Secretary of Defense may issue FASCSA orders applicable to the Department of Defense (DoD) and national security systems other than sensitive compartmented informa…
- FAR 52.228-3 Workers' Compensation Insurance (Defense Base Act).…s prescribed in 28.309(a), insert the following clause: Workers' Compensation Insurance (Defense Base Act) (JUL 2014) (a) The Contractor shall— (1) Before commencing performance under this contract, establish provisions to provide for th…
- DFARS 209.571-7 Systems engineering and technical assistance contracts.…tain advice on systems architecture and systems engineering matters with respect to major defense acquisition programs or pre-major defense acquisition programs from Federally Funded Research and Development Centers or other sources indepen…
- DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.…ead of the agency shall not enter into a multiyear contract unless— (1) The Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress a budget request for full funding of units to be procured through the contract; (2) In the case of a contract for p…
- DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.As prescribed in 204.7304(c), use the following clause: Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting (MAY 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Adequate security means protective measures that are commen…
- DFARS 252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services.…ibed in 204.2105(c), use the following clause: Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services (JAN 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Covered defense telecommunications equipment or…
- DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).… registered in the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) at the Department of Defense level and is responsible for acknowledging receipt or rejecting SSRs submitted under an individual subcontracting plan in eSRS for the Departm…
- DFARS 252.225-7039 Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.As prescribed in 225.302-6, insert the following clause: Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (JAN 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Full cooperation—(1) Means disclosure to the…
- FAR 32.304-2 Certificate of eligibility.… would be in the Government's interest. (c) If the contractor has several major national defense contracts, it is normally not necessary to evaluate the eligibility of relatively minor contracts. The determination of eligibility should be …
- DFARS 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.…tion, even though such costs might not be recognized in the same amounts in pricing other defense contracts. Examples of such costs include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Selling expenses (not otherwise limited by FAR Part 31)…
- DFARS 228.102-70 Defense Environmental Restoration Program construction contracts.For Defense Environmental Restoration Program construction contracts entered into pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2701— (a) Any rights of action under the performance bond shall only accrue to, and be for the exclusive use of, the obligee named in t…
- DFARS 237.102-71 Limitation on service contracts for military flight simulators.…into a service contract to acquire a military flight simulator. However, the Secretary of Defense may waive this prohibition with respect to a contract, if the Secretary— (1) Determines that a waiver is in the national interest; and (2) P…
- DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.…identifier assigned to entities located in the United States or its outlying areas by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch to identify a commercial or government entity by unique location; or (2…
- FAR 32.304-1 Application for guarantee.…tractor, or supplier that needs operating funds to perform a contract related to national defense may apply to a financing institution for a loan. If the financing institution is willing to extend credit, but considers a Government guarante…
- FAR 32.304-5 Assignment of claims under contracts.… a contractor that is provided a guaranteed loan to execute an assignment of claims under defense production contracts (including any contracts entered into during the term of the guaranteed loan that are eligible for financing under the lo…
- FAR 32.305 Loan guarantees for terminated contracts.…d loans; i.e., to provide for financing based on the borrower's recoverable investment in defense production contracts, may also apply to contracts that have been terminated (partially or totally) for the convenience of the Government. Guar…
- DFARS 218.202 Defense or recovery from certain events.…quisitions that, as determined by the head of the contracting activity, are to facilitate defense against or recovery from cyber, nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack; to facilitate provision of international disaster assis…
- DFARS 252.203-7001 Prohibition on Persons Convicted of Fraud or Other Defense-Contract-Related Felonies.… 203.570-3, use the following clause: Prohibition on Persons Convicted of Fraud or Other Defense-Contract-Related Felonies (JAN 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— (1) Arising out of a contract with the DoD means any act in co…
- FAR 2.101 Definitions.…ons by the General Services Administration for civilian agencies and by the Department of Defense for defense agencies. Adequate evidence means information sufficient to support the reasonable belief that a particular act or omission has o…
- FAR 28.305 Overseas workers' compensation and war-hazard insurance.…ojects or operations under service contracts and projects in connection with the national defense or with war activities, dredging, harbor improvements, dams, roadways, and housing, as well as preparatory and ancillary work in connection th…
- FAR 50.103-2 Types of contract adjustment.(a) Amendments without consideration. (1) When an actual or threatened loss under a defense contract, however caused, will impair the productive ability of a contractor whose continued performance on any defense contract or whose continued …
- FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.…urveillance equipment or services produced or provided by an entity that the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence or the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, reasonably believes to be …
- FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.…eferred to as a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) FASCSA order. (2) The Secretary of Defense may issue FASCSA orders applicable to the Department of Defense (DoD) and national security systems other than sensitive compartmented informa…
- FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.…)(3) of this clause, Contractor personnel are only authorized to use deadly force in self-defense. (ii) Contractor personnel performing security functions are also authorized to use deadly force when use of such force reasonably appears ne…
- FAR 52.225-26 Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.…a of combat operations means an area of operations designated as such by the Secretary of Defense when enhanced coordination of contractors performing private security functions working for Government agencies is required. Full cooperation…
- DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.(a) Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy peer reviews. (1) The Office of the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP), using the procedures at PGI 201.170, will organize teams of revie…
- DFARS 206.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.(a) Authority. (2)(i) Section 8059 of Pub. L. 101-511 and similar sections in subsequent defense appropriations acts prohibit departments and agencies from entering into contracts for studies, analyses, or consulting services (see FAR subpa…
- DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.…apon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-23), acquisition plans for major defense acquisition programs as defined in 10 U.S.C. 4201, shall include measures that— (i) Ensure competition, or the option of competition, at both…
- DFARS 209.104-1 General standards.…er may seek advice from the Security Directorate, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Human Intelligence, Counterintelligence, and Security. (C) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 4874(b)(1)(A), the Secretary of Defense may waive th…
- DFARS 209.571-8 Solicitation provision and contract clause.…252.209-7008, Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program, if the solicitation includes the clause at 252.209-7009, Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Pr…
- DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.… DoD Officials, as prescribed in 203.171-4(a), to comply with section 847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Pub. L. 110-181). (C) Use the clause at 252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblowe…
- DFARS 212.371 Inapplicability of certain provisions and clauses to contracts for the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.…d Contractor Information Systems. (b) 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls. (c) 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting. (d) 252.204-7019, Notice of N…
- DFARS 225.7002-2 Exceptions.…ation, to make such a domestic nonavailability determination: (i) The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment). (ii) The Secretary of the Army. (iii) The Secretary of the Navy. (iv) The Secretary of the Air Force. (v) T…
- DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.…7003-2 do not apply to the following: (1) Electronic components, unless the Secretary of Defense, upon the recommendation of the Strategic and Critical Materials Board of Directors pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 98h-1, determines that the domestic …
- DFARS 225.7004-6 Waiver of restrictions.… the service acquisition executive, without power of redelegation (section 1603, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283)). (c) Waiver of restrictions of 10 U.S.C. 4864(a). The restrictions on certain forei…
- DFARS 234.004 Acquisition strategy.…stem integrators. (2) Contract type. (i) In accordance with section 818 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Pub. L. 109-364), for major defense acquisition programs at Milestone B— (A) The milestone decision a…
- DFARS 237.104 Personal services contracts.… or intermittent nature; (2) Acquisition of the services is advantageous to the national defense; (3) DoD personnel with necessary skills are not available; (4) Excepted appointment cannot be obtained; (5) A nonpersonal services contrac…
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.