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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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20 sections with “defense production or research and development contracts”

  • FAR 6.302-3 Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services.
    …, but are not limited to: (A) Assisting the Government in the analysis, presentation, or defense of any claim or request for adjustment to contract terms and conditions, whether asserted by a contractor or the Government, which is in litig…
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …ce Act of 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2473(c) (5) and (6)); (iii) 10 U.S.C. 4021 for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; or (iv) Other equivalent authority. (2) IR&D costs incurred by a contractor pursuant to these types of co…
  • 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.
    …ernment is a party, including cooperative agreements with international or multi-national defense organizations or sales or transfers by the United States Government to foreign governments or international organizations. Government purposes…
  • 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 252.225-7047 Exports by Approved Community Members in Performance of the Contract.
    …the Australia Community list accessible at http://pmddtc.state.gov/treaties/index.html. “Defense articles” means articles, services, and related technical data, including software, in tangible or intangible form, listed on the United State…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …ct, or the copying of information to unauthorized media may have occurred. Congressional defense committees means— (1) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(16), except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2) of this definition or as otherw…
  • DFARS 235.006 Contracting methods and contract type.
    (b)(i) For major defense acquisition programs as defined in 10 U.S.C. 4201— (A) Follow the procedures at 234.004; and (B) Notify the milestone decision authority of an intent not to exercise a fixed-price production option on a developmen…
  • DFARS 245.302 Contracts with foreign governments or international organizations.
    …ding these costs in its calculation of the nonrecurring cost recoupment charge when major defense equipment is sold by foreign military sales or direct commercial sales to foreign governments or international organizations. “Major defense e…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ernment is a party, including cooperative agreements with international or multi-national defense organizations, or sales or transfers by the United States Government to foreign governments or international organizations. Government purpose…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …ernment is a party, including cooperative agreements with international or multi-national defense organizations or sales or transfers by the United States Government to foreign governments or international organizations. Government purposes…
  • FAR 9.701 Definition.
    …iated together in order to obtain and perform, jointly or in conjunction with each other, defense production or research and development contracts; (2) Entered into an agreement governing their organization, relationship, and procedures; a…
  • DFARS 225.871-2 Definitions.
    …opment, testing, evaluation, or joint production (including follow-on support) of certain defense articles; (ii) Concurrent production in the United States and in another member country of a defense article jointly developed; or (iii) Acq…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …ph (h) are applicable to all agencies. The requirements apply by law to the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development, per section 802 of the National Defense Authorization Ac…
  • FAR 48.102 Policies.
    …eering clauses in appropriate subcontracts. (d)(1) Agencies other than the Department of Defense shall use the value engineering program requirement clause (52.248-1, Alternates I or II) in initial production contracts for major systems pr…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …osed all contingent liabilities, except for liability resulting from the renegotiation of defense production contracts, in the financial statements furnished to the administering office. (4) None of the terms in this clause conflict with t…
  • DFARS 225.870-1 General.
    …, obligations, or covenants. (b) For production planning purposes, Canada is part of the defense industrial base (see 225.870-2(b)). (c) The Canadian Commercial Corporation will award and administer contracts with contractors located in C…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …icable: (i) Standardization concepts; (ii) The industrial readiness program; (iii) The Defense Production Act; (iv) The Occupational Safety and Health Act; (v) Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (SAF…
  • FAR 9.000 Scope of part.
    …ty; qualified products; first article testing and approval; contractor team arrangements; defense production pools and research and development pools; and organizational conflicts of interest.
  • DFARS 204.470-3 Contract clause.
    …Additional Protocol, in solicitations and contracts for research and development or major defense acquisition programs involving— (a) Any fissionable materials (e.g., uranium, plutonium, neptunium, thorium, americium); (b) Other radiologi…

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.