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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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81 sections with “direct acquisitions”: the first 40

  • FAR 17.502-1 General.
    …gency any unique terms, conditions, and applicable agency-specific statutes, regulations, directives, and other applicable requirements for incorporation into the order or contract. In the event there are no agency unique requirements beyon…
  • DFARS 225.7303-5 Acquisitions wholly paid for from nonrepayable funds.
    …nts as is applicable to acquisitions of like items purchased by DoD for its own use. (b) Direct costs associated with meeting a foreign customer's additional or unique requirements are allowable under such contracts. Indirect burden rates …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ntract performance, contract administration, and those technical and management functions directly related to the process of fulfilling agency needs by contract. Acquisition planning means the process by which the efforts of all personnel …
  • FAR 4.2104 Waivers.
    …quisition supply chain risk information; (iii) Notify and consult with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on the waiver request using ODNI guidance, briefings, best practices, or direct inquiry, as appropriate; and …
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …gorized as equipment, as defined in FAR 45.101, and where such equipment is to be charged directly to the contract. Before applying profit or fee factors, the contracting officer shall exclude any facilities capital cost of money included i…
  • FAR 16.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
    (a) Definitions for the purposes of Time-and-Materials Contracts. Direct materials means those materials that enter directly into the end product, or that are used or consumed directly in connection with the furnishing of the end product o…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …employee of the agency who, in carrying out the purposes of the Act— (1) Is known as the Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, or for the Department of Defense, the Director of the Office of Small Business…
  • FAR 19.202 Specific policies.
    …specific policies listed in this section and shall consider recommendations of the agency Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, or for the Department of Defense, the Director of the Office of Small Business…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …the apparent successful offeror's certified HUBZone status (see 13 CFR 126.800). (2) The Director of SBA's Office of the HUBZone Program will determine whether the concern has certified HUBZone status. If SBA upholds the protest, SBA will …
  • 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.
    …ting officer shall forward all protests to SBA. The protests are to be submitted to SBA's Director for Government Contracting by email at [email protected]. (2) The protest shall include a referral letter written by the contracting offic…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …ost, or a group of items of cost, to one or more cost objectives. This term includes both direct assignment of cost and the reassignment of a share from an indirect cost pool. Compensated personal absence means any absence from work for re…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    …tained by the contractor or subcontractor to assist it; costs of employees, officers, and directors; and any similar costs incurred before, during, and after commencement of a judicial or administrative proceeding which bears a direct relat…
  • FAR 42.708 Quick-closeout procedure.
    …e contracting officer responsible for contract closeout shall negotiate the settlement of direct and indirect costs for a specific contract, task order, or delivery order to be closed, in advance of the determination of final direct costs a…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …ance under the entire contract. Contractor's managerial personnel means the Contractor's directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or equivalent representatives who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of t…
  • DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.
    …ricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy peer reviews. (1) The Office of the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP), using the procedures at PGI 201.170, will organize teams of reviewers and faci…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …name of that company. Contracting activity for DoD also means elements designated by the director of a defense agency which has been delegated contracting authority through its agency charter. DoD contracting activities are listed at PGI 2…
  • DFARS 237.104 Personal services contracts.
    …h care are authorized by 10 U.S.C. 1091. (A) This authority may be used to acquire— (1) Direct health care services provided in medical treatment facilities; (2) Health care services at locations outside of medical treatment facilities (…
  • DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.
    …ts and petroleum products. Component means any article, material, or supply incorporated directly into construction material. Construction material means an article, material, or supply brought to the construction site by the Contractor o…
  • DFARS 252.242-7006 Accounting System Administration.
    …ations, and management decisions, and may include subsystems for specific areas such as indirect and other direct costs, compensation, billing, labor, and general information technology. Material weakness means a deficiency or combination …
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …cost review. (1) A program should-cost review is used to evaluate significant elements of direct costs, such as material and labor, and associated indirect costs, usually associated with the production of major systems. When a program shoul…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ecific identification, along with the results of any analysis performed on that data. B. Direct Labor. Provide a time-phased (e.g., monthly, quarterly, etc.) breakdown of labor hours, rates, and cost by appropriate category, and furnish ba…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …the CEO; and (3) If the contractor has intermediate home offices or segments that report directly to the contractor's headquarters, the five most highly compensated employees in management positions at each such intermediate home office or…
  • FAR 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.
    …ministration or specialized support services, either through interagency agreements or by direct request to the cognizant CAO listed in the Federal Directory of Contract Administration Services Components. The delegation should include— (1…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …the Contracting Officer has filled in the following information with regard to applicable directives or notices: Document title(s), source for obtaining document(s), and contract performance location outside the United States to which the d…
  • DFARS 219.201 General policy.
    (c) For the defense agencies, the director of the Office of Small Business Programs must be appointed by, be responsible to, and report directly to the director or deputy director of the defense agency. (8) The responsibility for assigning…
  • DFARS 228.370-2 General.
    …yed after it has become a covered aircraft, the contracting officer shall provide written direction to the contractor to take action in accordance with the contracting officer's written direction that the aircraft shall be— (i) Replaced; …
  • FAR 4.603 Policy.
    … report data, regardless of dollar value. (c) Agencies awarding assisted acquisitions or direct acquisitions must report these actions and identify the Program/Funding Agency and Office Codes from the applicable agency codes maintained by …
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …rement instruments intended for use by multiple agencies available at https://www.contractdirectory.gov/contractdirectory/. (iii) Include consideration of small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small b…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …ems. They are to be used for instruction and professional guidance. However, they are not directive and should be considered informational only. They are available via the internet at http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/cp/contract_pricing_ref…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …f a contractor, shall promptly forward the protest to the SBA Government Contracting Area Director at the Government Contracting Area Office serving the area in which the headquarters of the offeror is located. (2) The protest, or confirma…
  • FAR 19.402 Small Business Administration procurement center representatives.
    …cies and programs. Assigned SBA PCRs are required to comply with the contracting agency's directives governing the conduct of contracting personnel and the release of contract information. The SBA must obtain for its PCRs security clearance…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    …to small business set-asides above the simplified acquisition threshold and orders issued directly to a small business in accordance with 19.504(c)(1)(ii) above the simplified acquisition threshold. (2) This section applies, regardless of …
  • FAR 10.002 Procedures.
    …rement instruments intended for use by multiple agencies available at https://www.contractdirectory.gov/contractdirectory/ and other Government and commercial databases that provide information relevant to agency acquisitions. (v) Particip…
  • FAR 13.201 General.
    …ade, outside the United States. (2) Purchases using this authority must have a clear and direct relationship to the support of a contingency operation; or the defense against or recovery from cyber, nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiol…
  • FAR 17.504 Reporting requirements.
    (a) The senior procurement executive for each executive agency shall submit to the Director of OMB an annual report on interagency acquisitions, as directed by OMB. (b) The contracting officer for the servicing agency shall ensure that ser…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …ubcontracting plan is in material breach of its contract. Further, 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(F) directs that a contractor's failure to make a good faith effort to comply with the requirements of the subcontracting plan shall result in the imposit…
  • FAR 19.1508 Contract clauses.
    …WOSB concerns as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F) or when orders may be issued directly to one EDWOSB contractor in accordance with 19.504(c)(1)(ii). (b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-30, Notice of Se…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ed Small Business Program (OCT 2022) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)). __(29) 52.219-32, Orders Issued Directly Under Small Business Reserves (MAR 2020) (15 U.S.C. 644(r)). __(30) 52.219-33, Nonmanufacturer Rule (SEP 2021) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17)). __(3…
  • DFARS 215.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …act, or modification of a contract or subcontract to the extent such data relates to an indirect offset. (c) Standards for exceptions from certified cost or pricing data requirements—(1) Adequate price competition. (A) For acquisitions un…
  • DFARS 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …, Exception from Certified Cost or Pricing Data Requirements for Foreign Military Sales Indirect Offsets, in solicitations and contracts that contain the provision at 252.215-7010, Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Ot…

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