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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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62 sections with “designation”: the first 40

  • FAR 50.205-2 Pre-qualification designation notice.
    … Act protection, the requiring activity is responsible for requesting a pre-qualification designation notice from DHS. Such a request for a pre-qualification designation notice should be made once the requiring activity has determined that …
  • FAR 50.205-3 Authorization of offers contingent upon SAFETY Act designation or certification before contract award.
    …ntingent offers, only if— (1) DHS has issued— (i) For offers contingent upon SAFETY Act designation, a pre-qualification designation notice or a block designation; or (ii) For offers contingent upon SAFETY Act certification, a block cert…
  • FAR 52.250-3 SAFETY Act Block Designation/Certification.
    As prescribed in 50.206(b)(1), insert the following provision: Safety Act Block Designation/Certification (FEB 2009) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Act of terrorism means any act determined to have met the following requirem…
  • FAR 52.250-4 SAFETY Act Pre-qualification Designation Notice.
    …prescribed in 50.206(c)(1), insert the following provision: Safety Act Pre-Qualification Designation Notice (FEB 2009) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Act of terrorism means any act determined to have met the following requir…
  • FAR 50.205-4 Authorization of awards made presuming SAFETY Act designation or certification after contract award.
    …ions, contracting officers may award contracts presuming that DHS will issue a SAFETY Act designation/certification to the contractor after contract award only if— (1) The criteria of 50.205-3(a) are met; (2) The chief of the contracting …
  • FAR 52.232-35 Designation of Office for Government Receipt of Electronic Funds Transfer Information.
    As prescribed in 32.1110(c), insert the following clause: Designation of Office for Government Receipt of Electronic Funds Transfer Information (JUL 2013) (a) As provided in paragraph (b) of the clause at 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic …
  • FAR 19.103 Appealing the contracting officer's North American Industry Classification System code and size standard determination.
    …is final unless appealed as follows: (1) An appeal of a contracting officer's NAICS code designation and the applicable size standard shall be served and filed within 10 calendar days after the issuance of the initial solicitation or any a…
  • FAR 50.201 Definitions.
    …has determined to be an approved class of approved products for homeland security. Block designation means SAFETY Act designation of a technology class that the DHS has determined to be a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT). Pre-qu…
  • FAR 50.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …ot applicable for the acquisition; or (2) DHS has denied approval of a pre-qualification designation notice. (b)(1) Insert the provision at 52.250-3, SAFETY Act Block Designation/Certification, in a solicitation when DHS has issued a bloc…
  • FAR 52.250-5 SAFETY Act—Equitable Adjustment.
    …has determined to be an approved class of approved products for homeland security. Block designation means SAFETY Act designation of a technology class that the DHS has determined to be a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT). Qualif…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …d further task or delivery orders under the contract. (ii) SBA will remove the concern's designation as a certified HUBZone small business concern in the Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS). The concern is not permitted to submit an offer…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …l value of the subcontract. (C) The ANC or Indian tribe shall give a copy of the written designation to the Contracting Officer, the prime Contractor, and the subcontractors in between the prime Contractor and the ANC or Indian tribe withi…
  • FAR 19.804-3 SBA acceptance.
    … As part of the acceptance process, SBA will review the appropriateness of the NAICS code designation assigned to the requirement by the contracting officer. (1) SBA will not challenge the NAICS code assigned to the requirement by the cont…
  • FAR 50.204 Policy.
    …pplication(s) for SAFETY Act protections in relation to criteria (b)(viii) of 6 CFR 25.4, Designation of Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technologies; (2) Encourage offerors to seek SAFETY Act protections for their offered technologies, even in a…
  • DFARS 227.7004 Requirements for filing an administrative claim for patent infringement.
    …lied; (3) A citation of the patent or patents alleged to be infringed; (4) A sufficient designation of the alleged infringing item or process to permit identification, giving the military or commercial designation, if known, to the claima…
  • FAR 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    …date the FPDS to reflect the final SBA decision; and (iii) SBA will remove the concern's designation in the Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) as an EDWOSB or WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program. The concern shall not submit an …
  • FAR 19.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.
    …l value of the subcontract. (C) The ANC or Indian tribe shall give a copy of the written designation to the contracting officer, the prime contractor, and the subcontractors in between the prime contractor and the ANC or Indian tribe withi…
  • FAR 50.205-1 SAFETY Act Considerations.
    …ies, the requiring activity should ascertain through discussions with DHS whether a block designation or block certification exists for the technology being acquired. (1) If one does exist, the requiring activity should request that the co…
  • DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation.
    …rialization within the part, lot, or batch number within the enterprise identifier. Type designation means a combination of letters and numerals assigned by the Government to a major end item, assembly or subassembly, as appropriate, to pr…
  • DFARS 252.225-7010 Commercial Derivative Military Article—Specialty Metals Compliance Certificate.
    …tion of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals” (DFARS 252.225-7009). The offeror's designation of an item as a “commercial derivative military article” will be subject to Government review and approval. (c) If the offeror has listed…
  • FAR 1.301 Policy.
    … or authorize the issuance of internal agency guidance at any organizational level (e.g., designations and delegations of authority, assignments of responsibilities, work-flow procedures, and internal reporting requirements). (b) Agency he…
  • FAR 1.602-2 Responsibilities.
    …fying the limitations on the COR's authority; (iii) Specifying the period covered by the designation; (iv) Stating the authority is not redelegable; and (v) Stating that the COR may be personally liable for unauthorized acts.
  • FAR 1.604 Contracting Officer's Representative (COR).
    …. The file must include, at a minimum— (a) A copy of the contracting officer's letter of designation and other documents describing the COR's duties and responsibilities; (b) A copy of the contract administration functions delegated to a …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …mall business concern in the Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) (13 CFR 126.103). SBA's designation also appears in SAM. Humanitarian or peacekeeping operation means a military operation in support of the provision of humanitarian or for…
  • FAR 8.705-3 Allocation process.
    …orized, the ordering office shall submit a written request for allocation (requesting the designation of the AbilityOneparticipating nonprofit agency to produce the supplies or perform the service) to the central nonprofit agency designated…
  • FAR 8.712 Specification changes.
    …rticularly when it involves— (1) Changes that require new national stock numbers or item designations; (2) Deleting items from the supply system; (3) Standardization; or (4) Developing new items to replace items on the Procurement List.…
  • FAR 13.305-2 Agency responsibilities.
    …tions. These regulations shall include (but are not limited to) procedures covering— (1) Designation of personnel authorized to make purchases using imprest funds or third party drafts; and (2) Documentation of purchases using imprest fun…
  • FAR 14.407-2 Apparent clerical mistakes.
    …rsal of the price f.o.b. destination and price f.o.b. origin; and (4) Obvious mistake in designation of unit. (b) Correction of the bid shall be effected by attaching the verification to the original bid and a copy of the verification to …
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …detail to permit the contracting officer to evaluate the categorization or proposal. (v) Designation of the plant or division proposed to make each item or perform each work effort, and a statement as to whether the existing or proposed ne…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …er aspects of the contracting environment; (B) Not use any method (such as allocation or designation of any preferred awardee) that would not result in fair consideration being given to all awardees prior to placing each order; (C) Tailor…
  • FAR 18.101 General.
    …tions are met. These acquisition flexibilities do not require an emergency declaration or designation of contingency operation.
  • FAR 19.102 Small business size standards and North American Industry Classification System codes.
    …y that best represents the principal purpose of the order. (4) The contracting officer's designation is final unless appealed in accordance with the procedures in 19.103. (c) Application of small business size standards to solicitations. …
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …all update FPDS to reflect the final OHA decision; and (iii) The concern must remove its designation in the System for Award Management (SAM) as an SDVOSB concern within 2 days of the OHA decision. SBA will update the concern's SDVOSB stat…
  • FAR 19.802 Determining eligibility for the 8(a) program.
    …ic Small Business Search (DSBS) at https://web.sba.gov/pro-net/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm. SBA's designation also appears in the System for Award Management (SAM).
  • FAR 19.810 SBA appeals.
    …nd conditions of a proposed 8(a) contract, including the contracting officer's NAICS code designation and estimate of the fair market price. (4) A contracting officer's decision that an acquisition previously procured under the 8(a) progra…
  • FAR 19.1303 Status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …ic Small Business Search (DSBS) at https://web.sba.gov/pro-net/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm. SBA's designation also appears in SAM. Only firms designated in DSBS and SAM as HUBZone small business concerns are eligible for HUBZone preferences. HUBZon…
  • FAR 23.107-1 Products containing recovered materials.
    …cies have a period of 1 year to revise their affirmative procurement program(s) after the designation of any new item by EPA. (e) Procedures. The following procedures apply when the thresholds set forth in paragraph (c)(1) of this section …
  • FAR 25.302-3 Applicability.
    …nd only upon agreement of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State. (b) These designations can be found at http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pacc/cc/designated_areas_of_other_significant_military_operations.html and http://www.acq.osd…
  • FAR 25.400 Scope of subpart.
    …lementation Act (Pub. L. 112-43) (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)); (3) The least developed country designation made by the U.S. Trade Representative, pursuant to the Trade Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 2511(b)(4)), in acquisitions covered by the WTO GPA…
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    …he following information is documented: (i) Date and place (city, town, or other similar designation) of the expenses; (ii) Purpose of the trip; and (iii) Name of person on trip and that person's title or relationship to the contractor. …

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.