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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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59 sections with “department/agency plan”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    … the Research and Information Division of the Minority Business Development Agency in the Department of Commerce, or small, HUBZone, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small business trade associations). A firm may rely on the information…
  • DFARS 201.304 Agency control and compliance procedures.
    Departments and agencies and their component organizations may issue acquisition regulations as necessary to implement or supplement the FAR or DFARS. (1)(i) Approval of the USD(A&S) is required before including in a department/agency or c…
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    …ividual who is 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 f…
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    …e total value of the contract, including options, exceeds $100 million; and (D) Military department. (iii) Total number of subcontracts active under the Test Program that would have otherwise required a subcontracting plan. (iv) Costs in…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … or organizations 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 …
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …tandards clause (see 22.1006(a)) and, if the contract will exceed $2,500, the appropriate Department of Labor wage determination (see 22.1007). (4) Department of Labor determination. (i) If the Department of Labor determines after award of…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ucted pursuant to specific authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control in the Department of the Treasury, or are expressly exempted under Federal law from the requirement to be conducted under such authorization; (3) Consist of…
  • FAR 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act.
    …ily used for notices to employees about terms and conditions of employment, a link to the Department of Labor's Web site that contains the full text of the poster. The link to the Department's Web site, as referenced in (b)(3) of this secti…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    …vidually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship or training program registered with the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, Office of Apprenticeship, or with a State Apprenticeship Agency recognized by the Office…
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    …i) When supporting a diplomatic or consular mission— (A) That has been designated by the Department of State as a danger pay post (see https://aoprals.state.gov/); or (B) That the Contracting Officer has indicated is subject to this claus…
  • DFARS 207.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …or more for any fiscal year; and (C) Any other acquisition considered appropriate by the department or agency. (ii) Written plans are not required in acquisitions for a final buy out or one-time buy. The terms “final buy out” and “one-tim…
  • DFARS 228.307-1 Group insurance plans.
    The Defense Department Group Term Insurance Plan is available for contractor use under cost-reimbursement type contracts when approved as provided in department or agency regulations. A contractor is eligible if— (a) The number of covered …
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    … obligations to the U.S. Government under surplus sales contracts; (3) Designated by the Department of Defense as ineligible, debarred, or suspended from defense contracts; or (4) Subject to denial, debarment, or other sanctions under exp…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …olicies including Appendix III of OMB Circular A-130, and guidance and standards from the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology. (x) Ensuring that agency planners use project labor agreements when required…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …Disadvantaged Business Utilization (see section 15(k) of the Small Business Act). For the Department of Defense, in accordance with section 904 of Public Law 109-163 (10 U.S.C. 144 note), the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utili…
  • FAR 47.202 Presolicitation planning.
    …ing the Wage Determinations at SAM.gov process or by submitting a request directly to the Department of Labor on this website using the e98 process before the issuance of an invitation for bid, request for proposal, or commencement of negot…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    … part 401), Presidential Memorandum on Government Patent Policy to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies dated February 18, 1983, and Executive Order 12591, Facilitating Access to Science and Technology dated April 10, 1987, it is…
  • DFARS 201.403 Individual deviations.
    … in 201.402(1) and paragraph (2) of this section, must be approved in accordance with the department/agency plan prescribed by 201.304(4). (2) Contracting officers outside the United States may deviate from prescribed nonstatutory FAR and …
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    …for an acquisition of COTS end items valued at $5 million or more per item, the acquiring department or agency shall submit an annual report to the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy, in accordance with…
  • DFARS 237.270 Acquisition of audit services.
    …ovision at 252.237-7025, Preaward Transparency Requirements for Firms Offering to Support Department of Defense Audits—Representation and Disclosure, in solicitations, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition…
  • DFARS 252.203-7001 Prohibition on Persons Convicted of Fraud or Other Defense-Contract-Related Felonies.
    … (ii) Obtaining; or (iii) Performing a contract or first-tier subcontract of any agency, department, or component of the Department of Defense (DoD). (2) Conviction of fraud or any other felony means any conviction for fraud or a felony i…
  • DFARS 252.225-7013 Duty-Free Entry.
    … submitted to Customs shall— (1) Consign the shipments to the appropriate— (i) Military department in care of the Contractor, including the Contractor's delivery address; or (ii) Military installation; and (2) Include the following info…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …f this paragraph (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 Au…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …curred by a mentor firm in providing developmental assistance to a protégé firm under the Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program, may be credited as if they were subcontract awards to a protégé firm for the purpose of determining whet…
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    …nd individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer, and Labor Services (OATELS), or with a State…
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …. Additional information about trafficking in persons may be found at the website for the Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at http://www.state.gov/j/tip/. See 47.405(b) for contract reporting require…
  • FAR 52.222-9 Apprentices and Trainees.
    …nd individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer, and Labor Services (OATELS) or with a State …
  • DFARS 209.572 Conflicts of interest in certain consulting services.
    …ovision of law. (iv) Any entity included on any of the following lists maintained by the Department of Commerce (see the Export Administration Regulations at 15 CFR subchapter C): (A) The Entity List in supplement no. 4 to 15 CFR part 744…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …ovision at 252.237-7025, Preaward Transparency Requirements for Firms Offering to Support Department of Defense Audits—Representation and Disclosure, as prescribed in 237.270(e)(3), to comply with section 1006 of the National Defense Author…
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    …he completion of a cost analysis performed by the Defense Cost and Resource Center of the Department of Defense and such analysis supports the findings (10 U.S.C. 3501(i)(3)(B)). (iii) The system being acquired pursuant to such contract ha…
  • DFARS 234.004 Acquisition strategy.
    …hen the milestone decision authority is the service acquisition executive of the military department that is managing the program, submits to the congressional defense committees— (1) A written certification that the particular cost-reimbu…
  • DFARS 239.7304 Determination and notification.
    …etary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, on the basis of a risk assessment by the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, that there is a significant supply chain …
  • DFARS 252.209-7012 Prohibition Relating to Conflicts of Interest in Consulting Services—Certification.
    …rovision of law. (4) Any entity included on any of the following lists maintained by the Department of Commerce (see the Export Administration Regulations at 15 CFR subchapter C): (i) The Entity List in supplement no. 4 to 15 CFR part 744…
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …ucts or services previously determined to be commercial, the contract number and military department, defense agency, or other DoD component that rendered such determination, and if available, a Government point of contact; (B) For subsyst…
  • FAR 6.301 Policy.
    …nder certain conditions, contracting without providing for full and open competition. The Department of Defense, Coast Guard, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are subject to 10 U.S.C. 3204. Other executive agencies are subj…
  • FAR 8.802 Policy.
    …g envelopes printed in the course of manufacture) in common use by two or more Government departments, establishments, or services within the District of Columbia, and provides for reimbursement of the Public Printer from available appropri…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    … collusive, or were submitted in bad faith (see subpart 3.3 for reports to be made to the Department of Justice); (8) No responsive bid has been received from a responsible bidder. (9) A cost comparison as prescribed in OMB Circular A-76 …
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …fense for Acquisition and Sustainment, acting as the senior procurement executive for the Department of Defense. (D) Posting. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2)(ii)(D)(5) of this section, within 14 days after placing an order excee…
  • FAR 17.502-1 General.
    …rm the servicing agency contracting officer in writing. For acquisitions on behalf of the Department of Defense, also see subpart 17.7. For patent rights, see 27.304-2. In preparing interagency agreements to support assisted acquisitions, a…
  • FAR 19.803 Selecting acquisitions for the 8(a) program.
    …letter to the agency's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, or for the Department of Defense, Office of Small Business Programs, requesting the contracting office offer the acquisition to the 8(a) program. In these instan…

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.