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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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206 sections with “development contractor”: the first 40

  • 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 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…
  • 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 …
  • 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 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    … licensees or assignees; (ii) Include in the reports information regarding the status of development, date of first commercial sale or use, gross royalties received by the Contractor, and other information as the agency may reasonably spec…
  • 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 11.002 Policy.
    …extent that commercial products suitable to meet the agency's needs are not available, nondevelopmental items, in response to the agency solicitations; (iii) Provide offerors of commercial products, commercial services, and nondevelopmenta…
  • FAR 27.408 Cosponsored research and development activities.
    (a) In contracts involving cosponsored research and development that require the contractor to make substantial contributions of funds or resources (e.g., by cost-sharing or by repayment of nonrecurring costs), and the contractor's and the …
  • 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 35.017 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.
    …egarding the establishment, use, review, and termination of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC's) and related sponsoring agreements. (2) An FFRDC meets some special long-term research or development need which cannot …
  • 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 52.224-2 Privacy Act.
    …d in 24.104, insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts, when the design, development, or operation of a system of records on individuals is required to accomplish an agency function: Privacy Act (APR 1984) (a) The Contrac…
  • 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 52.246-8 Inspection of Research and Development—Cost-Reimbursement.
    …ed in 46.308, insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for research and development when (a) the primary objective is the delivery of end items other than designs, drawings, or reports, and (b) a cost-reimbursement contrac…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …he number of instant contract units affected by the VECP, less the Contractor's allowable development and implementation costs; (2) Concurrent contract savings, which are net reductions in the prices of other contracts that are definitized…
  • FAR 52.248-3 Value Engineering—Construction.
    …cusive of acquisition savings, whether or not the acquisition cost changes. Contractor's development and implementation costs, as used in this clause, means those costs the Contractor incurs on a VECP specifically in developing, testing, p…
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …) The contracting officer is prohibited by 10 U.S.C. 3208(d)(1) from requiring offers for development or production of major systems that would enable the Government to use technical data to competitively reprocure identical items or compon…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …contracting officers may use the technology incentive range for acquisitions that include development, production, or application of innovative new technologies. The technology incentive range does not apply to efforts restricted to studies…
  • 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 227.7103-5 Government rights.
    …lusively with Government funds in the performance of a contract that does not require the development, manufacture, construction, or production of items, components, or processes; (4) Form, fit, and function data; (5) Necessary for instal…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ng of Title 35 of the United States Code. Developed exclusively at private expense means development was accomplished entirely with costs charged to indirect cost pools, costs not allocated to a Government contract, or any combination ther…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …ly with requirements under that contract. Developed exclusively at private expense means development was accomplished entirely with costs charged to indirect cost pools, costs not allocated to a government contract, or any combination ther…
  • DFARS 252.227-7017 Identification and Assertion of Use, Release, or Disclosure Restrictions.
    … or computer software documentation identify the software or documentation. 2 Generally, development at private expense, either exclusively or partially, is the only basis for asserting restrictions. For technical data, other than computer…
  • 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.
    …ly with requirements under that contract. Developed exclusively at private expense means development was accomplished entirely with costs charged to indirect cost pools, costs not allocated to a government contract, or any combination ther…
  • DFARS 252.235-7003 Frequency Authorization.
    …on for radio frequencies required in support of this contract. (b) For any experimental, developmental, or operational equipment for which the appropriate frequency allocation has not been made, the Contractor shall provide the technical o…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …ubpart 11.4). Explain and provide reasons for any urgency if it results in concurrency of development and production or constitutes justification for not providing for full and open competition. (6) Trade-offs. Discuss the expected consequ…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …ory limitations, imposed by 10 U.S.C. 3322(b) and 41 U.S.C. 3905): (A) For experimental, developmental, or research work performed under a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the fee shall not exceed 15 percent of the contract's estimated cost, …
  • 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 19.815 Release and notification requirements for non-8(a) procurement.
    …en request to, and receive concurrence from, the SBA Associate Administrator for Business Development. (c)(1) The written request to the SBA Associate Administrator for Business Development shall indicate— (i) Whether the agency has achie…
  • 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 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 27.405-1 Special works.
    …n of reports, books, studies, surveys, or similar documents that do not involve research, development, or experimental work; (6) The collection of data containing personally identifiable information such that the disclosure thereof would v…
  • 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 35.001 Definitions.
    …ciple applications, this term does not include efforts whose principal aim is the design, development, or testing of specific items or services to be considered for sale; these efforts are within the definition of development, given below. …
  • 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 45.303 Use of Government property on independent research and development programs.
    …ing officer may authorize a contractor to use the property on an independent research and development (IR&D) program, if— (a) Such use will not conflict with the primary use of the property or enable the contractor to retain property that …
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    …he number of instant contract units affected by the VECP, less the contractor's allowable development and implementation costs; (2) Concurrent contract savings, that are net reductions in the prices of other contracts that are definitized …
  • 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 (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.