48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
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615 sections with “determination”: the first 40
- FAR 9.105-2 Determinations and documentation.(a) Determinations. (1) The contracting officer's signing of a contract constitutes a determination that the prospective contractor is responsible with respect to that contract. When an offer on which an award would otherwise be made is rej…
- FAR 22.404-1 Types of wage determinations.(a) General wage determinations. (1) A general wage determination contains prevailing wage rates for the types of construction designated in the determination, and is used in contracts performed within a specified geographical area. General…
- FAR 22.404-3 Procedures for requesting wage determinations.(a) General wage determinations. If there is a general wage determination on the Wage Determinations at SAM.gov website applicable to the project, the agency may use it without notifying the Department of Labor. When necessary, a request fo…
- FAR 22.404-5 Expiration of project wage determinations.… every effort to ensure that contract award is made before expiration of the project wage determination included in the solicitation. (b) The following procedure applies when contracting by sealed bidding: (1) If a project wage determinat…
- FAR 22.404-6 Modifications of wage determinations.(a) General. (1) The Department of Labor may modify a wage determination to make it current by specifying only the items being changed or by reissuing the entire determination with changes incorporated. (2) All project wage determination m…
- FAR 22.404-8 Notification of improper wage determination before award.…ed by the contracting officer prior to award: (1) A solicitation includes the wrong wage determination or the wrong rate schedule; or (2) A wage determination is withdrawn by the Administrative Review Board. (b) In sealed bidding, the co…
- FAR 22.404-9 Award of contract without required wage determination.(a) If a contract is awarded without the required wage determination (i.e., incorporating no determination, containing a clearly inapplicable general wage determination, or containing a project determination which is inapplicable because of…
- FAR 22.1008-1 Obtaining wage determinations.(a) Contracting officers may obtain most prevailing wage determinations using the Wage Determinations at SAM.gov website. Contracting officers may also use the Department of Labor's e98 electronic process, located on the Wage Determinations…
- FAR 22.1012-1 Prevailing wage determinations.(a)(1) The Wage and Hour Administrator may issue revisions to prevailing wage determinations periodically. The need for inclusion of a revised prevailing wage determination in a solicitation, contract or contract modification (see 22.1007) …
- FAR 22.1012-2 Wage determinations based on collective bargaining agreements.… If the contracting officer has submitted an e98 to Department of Labor requesting a wage determination based on a collective bargaining agreement and has not received a response from the Department of Labor within 10 days, the contracting …
- FAR 25.205 Postaward determinations.(a) If a contractor requests a determination regarding the inapplicability of the Buy American statute after contract award, the contractor must explain why it could not request the determination before contract award or why the need for su…
- FAR 25.606 Postaward determinations.(a) If a contractor requests a determination regarding the inapplicability of section 1605 of the Recovery Act or the Buy American statute after contract award, the contractor must explain why it could not request the determination before c…
- FAR 32.410 Findings, determination, and authorization.(a) Each determination concerning advance payments shall be supported by written findings (see 32.402(c)(1)(iii)). (b) The following is an example of the format and text of findings, determination, and authorization with alternative words,…
- FAR 49.109-7 Settlement by determination.…not submitted within the period required by the termination clause, the TCO shall issue a determination of the amount due consistent with the termination clause, including any cost principles incorporated by reference. The TCO shall comply …
- FAR 52.216-5 Price Redetermination—Prospective.As prescribed in 16.205-4, insert the following clause: Price Redetermination—Prospective (JAN 2022) (a) General. The unit prices and the total price stated in this contract shall be periodically redetermined in accordance with this claus…
- FAR 52.216-6 Price Redetermination—Retroactive.As prescribed in 16.206-4, insert the following clause: Price Redetermination—Retroactive (JAN 2022) (a) General. The unit price and the total price stated in this contract shall be redetermined in accordance with this clause, but in no e…
- DFARS 225.7018-4 Nonavailability determination.(a) Individual nonavailability determinations. (1) The head of the contracting activity is authorized to make a nonavailability determination described in 225.7018-3(d) on an individual basis (i.e., applies to only one contract). (2) The s…
- DFARS 225.7703-2 Determination requirements.Before use of a procedure specified in 225.7703-1(a), a written determination must be prepared and executed as follows: (a) For products or services to be used only by the military forces, police, or other security personnel of Afghanistan…
- FAR 19.814 Requesting a formal size determination (8(a) sole source requirements).…ward of an 8(a) sole source contract is called into question, a request for a formal size determination may be submitted to SBA pursuant to 13 CFR 121.1001(b)(2)(ii) by— (1) The 8(a) participant nominated for award of the particular sole s…
- FAR 22.404 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute wage determinations.The Department of Labor is responsible for issuing wage determinations reflecting prevailing wages, including fringe benefits. The wage determinations apply only to those laborers and mechanics employed by a contractor upon the site of the …
- FAR 22.404-4 Solicitations issued without wage determinations for the primary site of the work.(a) If a solicitation is issued before the wage determination for the primary site of the work is obtained, a notice shall be included in the solicitation that the schedule of minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract will be issued …
- FAR 30.202-7 Determinations.(a) Adequacy determination. (1) As prescribed by 48 CFR 9903.202-6, the auditor shall— (i) Conduct a review of the Disclosure Statement to ascertain whether it is current, accurate, and complete; and (ii) Report the results to the CFAO. …
- FAR 42.705-1 Contracting officer determination procedure.(a) Applicability and responsibility. Contracting officer determination shall be used for the following, with the indicated cognizant contracting officer (or cognizant Federal agency official) responsible for establishing the final indirect…
- DFARS 209.105-2-70 Inclusion of determination of contractor fault in Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS).…. courts and the DoD appointing official that requested a DoD investigation makes a final determination that a contractor's or subcontractor's gross negligence or reckless disregard for the safety of civilian or military personnel of the Go…
- DFARS 239.7304 Determination and notification.…ligence, that there is a significant supply chain risk to a covered system; (b) Making a determination in writing, in unclassified or classified form, with the concurrence of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, …
- FAR 22.1013 Review of wage determination.… (b) Based on other than incumbent collective bargaining agreement. Upon receiving a wage determination not predicated upon a collective bargaining agreement, the contracting officer shall ascertain— (1) If the wage determination does not …
- FAR 42.705-2 Auditor determination procedure.…irect cost rates for business units not covered in 42.705-1(a). (2) In addition, auditor determination may be used for business units that are covered in 42.705-1(a) when the contracting officer (or cognizant Federal agency official) and a…
- FAR 25.604 Preaward determination concerning the inapplicability of section 1605 of the Recovery Act or the Buy American statute.(a) For any acquisition, an offeror may request from the contracting officer a determination concerning the inapplicability of section 1605 of the Recovery Act or the Buy American statute for specifically identified construction materials. …
- FAR 19.103 Appealing the contracting officer's North American Industry Classification System code and size standard determination.(a) The contracting officer's 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 i…
- FAR 22.404-7 Correction of wage determinations containing clerical errors.…f the contracting agency, the Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, may correct any wage determination found to contain clerical errors. Such corrections will be effective immediately, and will apply to any solicitation or active contract.…
- FAR 22.404-10 Posting wage determinations and notice.The contractor must keep a copy of the applicable wage determination (and any approved additional classifications) posted at the site of the work in a prominent place where the workers can easily see it. The contracting officer shall furnis…
- FAR 22.404-11 Wage determination appeals.…de by the Department of Labor concerning Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute wage determinations. A contracting agency or other interested party may file a petition for review under the procedures in 29 CFR Part 7 if reconsideration…
- FAR 22.1002-2 Wage determinations based on prevailing rates.… found by the Department of Labor to prevail in the locality or, in the absence of a wage determination, the minimum wage set forth in the Fair Labor Standards Act.
- FAR 22.1002-3 Wage determinations based on collective bargaining agreements.…tract. This requirement is self-executing and is not contingent upon incorporating a wage determination or the wage and fringe benefit terms of the predecessor contractor's collective bargaining agreement in the successor contract. This req…
- FAR 22.1007 Requirement to obtain wage determinations.The contracting officer shall obtain wage determinations for the following service contracts: (a) Each new solicitation and contract in excess of $2,500. (b) Each contract modification which brings the contract above $2,500 and— (1) Exte…
- FAR 25.203 Preaward determinations.(a) For any acquisition, an offeror may request from the contracting officer a determination concerning the inapplicability of the Buy American statute for specifically identified construction materials. The time for submitting the request …
- FAR 52.203-2 Certificate of Independent Price Determination.…on and Quoter may be substituted for Offer and Offeror. Certificate of Independent Price Determination (APR 1985) (a) The offeror certifies that— (1) The prices in this offer have been arrived at independently, without, for the purpose o…
- DFARS 209.105-2 Determinations and documentation.(a) The contracting officer shall submit a copy of a determination of nonresponsibility to the appropriate debarring and suspending official listed in 209.403.
- DFARS 212.209 Determination of price reasonableness.…e with 10 U.S.C. 3453(d), agencies shall conduct or obtain market research to support the determination of the reasonableness of price for commercial products and commercial services contained in any bid or offer submitted in response to an…
- DFARS 222.404 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute wage determinations.…iscal year. The Department of Labor uses this information to determine where general wage determination surveys will be conducted. (1) Indicate by individual project of $500,000 or more— (i) The anticipated type of construction; (ii) The…
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.