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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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309 sections with “development contract”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.232-2 Payments Under Fixed-Price Research and Development Contracts.
    …e with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price research and development contract is contemplated: Payments Under Fixed-Price Research and Development Contracts (APR 1984) The Government shall pay the Contract…
  • FAR 34.005-5 Full-scale development contracts.
    Whenever practicable, the full-scale development contracts should provide for the contractors to submit priced proposals for production that are based on the latest quantity, schedule, and logistics requirements and other considerations tha…
  • FAR 46.307 Fixed-price research and development contracts.
    …) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-7, Inspection of Research and Development—Fixed-Price, in solicitations and contracts for research and development when (1) the primary objective of the contract is the delivery of…
  • FAR 46.308 Cost-reimbursement research and development contracts.
    The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-8, Inspection of Research and Development—Cost-Reimbursement, in solicitations and contracts for research and development when (a) the primary objective of the contract is the delive…
  • FAR 46.309 Research and development contracts (short form).
    The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-9, Inspection of Research and Development (Short Form), in solicitations and contracts for research and development when the clause prescribed in 46.307 or the clause prescribed in 4…
  • DFARS 235.070-1 Indemnification under research and development contracts.
    … U.S.C. 3861, and if authorized by the Secretary concerned, contracts for research and/or development may provide for indemnification of the contractor or subcontractors for— (1) Claims by third persons (including employees) for death, bod…
  • FAR 53.235 Research and Development Contracting (SF 298).
    SF 298 (2/89), Report Documentation Page. SF 298 is prescribed for use in submitting scientific and technical reports to contracting officers and to technical information libraries, as specified in 35.010 and ANSI Standard Z39.18.
  • DFARS 235.006 Contracting methods and contract type.
    …tone decision authority of an intent not to exercise a fixed-price production option on a development contract for a major weapon system reasonably in advance of the expiration of the option exercise period. (ii) For other than major defen…
  • FAR 43.205 Contract clauses.
    … is for services (other than architect-engineer services, transportation, or research and development) and supplies are to be furnished, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate II. (4) If the requirement is for arch…
  • FAR 16.307 Contract clauses.
    …ides no fee and is not a cost-sharing contract. (2) If a cost-reimbursement research and development contract with an educational institution or a nonprofit organization that provides no fee or other payment above cost and is not a cost-sh…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …t, operation, design, or construction of a Government-owned facility to perform research, development, or production work (see paragraph (i)(3) of this section); or (vii) A contract involving cosponsored research and development in which a…
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …tate of the art. Applied research does not include efforts whose principal aim is design, development, or test of specific items or services to be considered for sale; these efforts are within the definition of the term development, defined…
  • FAR 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
    …ices is contemplated; (2) The clause at 52.232-2, Payment under Fixed-Price Research and Development Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price research and development contract is contemplated; (3) The clause at 52.232-…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …its licensees or assignees. The reports shall include information regarding the status of development, date of first commercial sale or use, gross royalties received by the Contractor, and other data and information as the agency may reason…
  • DFARS 216.405-2 Cost-plus-award-fee contracts.
    …targets so a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract can be used; or (B) For either engineering development or operational system development acquisitions that have specifications suitable for simultaneous research and development and production,…
  • DFARS 219.7104 Developmental assistance costs eligible for reimbursement or credit.
    (a) Developmental assistance provided under an approved mentor-protégé agreement is distinct from, and must not duplicate, any effort that is the normal and expected product of the award and administration of the mentor firm's subcontracts.…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ed under contract by nongovernmental sources to support or improve: organizational policy development; decision-making; management and administration; program and/or project management and administration; or R&D activities. It can also mean…
  • FAR 6.302-3 Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services.
    …trial mobilization; (ii) To establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, or development capability to be provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution or a federally funded research and development center; or (iii…
  • FAR 9.505-2 Preparing specifications or work statements.
    (a)(1) If a contractor prepares and furnishes complete specifications covering nondevelopmental items, to be used in a competitive acquisition, that contractor shall not be allowed to furnish these items, either as a prime contractor or as …
  • FAR 16.104 Factors in selecting contract types.
    …eater risk assumption by the Government. This is especially true for complex research and development contracts, when performance uncertainties or the likelihood of changes makes it difficult to estimate performance costs in advance. As a r…
  • FAR 16.306 Cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts.
    …ation or study, and the level of effort required is unknown; or (ii) The contract is for development and test, and using a cost-plus- incentive-fee contract is not practical. (2) A cost-plus-fixed-fee contract normally should not be used …
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    (a)(1) Insert a patent rights clause in all solicitations and contracts for experimental, developmental, or research work as prescribed in this section. (2) This section also applies to solicitations or contracts for construction work or a…
  • FAR 35.009 Subcontracting research and development effort.
    …g the contractor's plans for subcontracting any portion of the experimental, research, or development effort (see also 35.007(c)). Also when negotiating a fixed-price contract, the contracting officer should evaluate this information and ma…
  • FAR 46.710 Contract clauses.
    …ons and contracts for deliverable complex items when a fixed-price supply or research and development contract is contemplated and the use of a warranty clause has been approved under agency procedures. If the contractor's design rather tha…
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    … include a value engineering clause in solicitations and contracts— (1) For research and development other than full-scale development; (2) For engineering services from not-for-profit or nonprofit organizations; (3) For personal service…
  • FAR 49.502 Termination for convenience of the Government.
    …the Government (Services) (Short Form) is appropriate, (ii) in contracts for research and development work with an educational or nonprofit institution on a no-profit basis, (iii) in contracts for architect-engineer services, or (iv) if one…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …endor Information Service, 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 m…
  • DFARS 209.571-1 Definitions.
    …. (i) Lead system integrator with system responsibility means a prime contractor for the development or production of a major system, if the prime contractor is not expected at the time of award to perform a substantial portion of the work…
  • DFARS 227.7107-2 Contracts for construction supplies and research and development work.
    …he acquisition is limited to— (a) Construction supplies or materials; (b) Experimental, developmental, or research work, or test and evaluation studies of structures, equipment, processes, or materials for use in construction; or (c) Bot…
  • DFARS 250.104-3-70 Indemnification under contracts involving both research and development and other work.
    When indemnification is to be provided on contracts requiring both research and development work and other work, the contracting officer shall insert an appropriate clause using the authority of both 10 U.S.C. 3861 and Public Law 85-804. (…
  • FAR 7.204 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    …o the solicitation provision at 52.207-4 to appropriate inventory management/requirements development activities in accordance with agency procedures. The economic purchase quantity data so obtained are intended to assist inventory managers…
  • FAR 22.402 Applicability.
    …racts requiring construction work that is so closely related to research, experiment, and development that it cannot be performed separately, or that is itself the subject of research, experiment, or development (see paragraph (b) of this s…
  • FAR 35.006 Contracting methods and contract type.
    … of cost-reimbursement contracts is usually appropriate (see subpart 16.3). The nature of development work often requires a cost-reimbursement completion arrangement (see 16.306(d)). When the use of cost and performance incentives is desira…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …h contractual terms for schedule, cost, and technical performance in the areas of design, development, and production. (41) Evaluate for adequacy and perform surveillance of contractor engineering efforts and management systems that relate…
  • FAR 49.504 Termination of fixed-price contracts for default.
    …ces, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I. (b) Research and development. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.249-9, Default (Fixed-Price Research and Development), in solicitations and contrac…
  • DFARS 209.571-7 Systems engineering and technical assistance contracts.
    …ion programs or pre-major defense acquisition programs from Federally Funded Research and Development Centers or other sources independent of the major defense acquisition program contractor. (b) Limitation on Future Contracting. (1) Excep…
  • DFARS 216.104-70 Research and development.
    Follow the procedures at PGI 216.104-70 for selecting the appropriate research and development contract type, and see 235.006(b) for additional approval requirements.
  • DFARS 219.7103-2 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    Contracting officers shall— (a) Negotiate an advance agreement on the treatment of developmental assistance costs for either credit or reimbursement if the mentor firm proposes such an agreement, or delegate authority to negotiate to the a…
  • DFARS 235.070-2 Indemnification under contracts involving both research and development and other work.
    These contracts may provide for indemnification under the authority of both 10 U.S.C. 3861 and Public Law 85-804. Public Law 85-804 will apply only to work to which 10 U.S.C. 3861 does not apply. Actions under Public Law 85-804 must also co…
  • DFARS 235.072 Additional contract clauses.
    …lause at 252.235-7002, Animal Welfare, in solicitations and contracts involving research, development, test, and evaluation or training that use live vertebrate animals. (b) Use the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.235-7003, Fre…

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