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35 sections with “direct labor hours”

  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …d by multiplying the appropriate hourly rates prescribed in the Schedule by the number of direct labor hours performed. (3) The hourly rates shall be paid for all labor performed on the contract that meets the labor qualifications specifie…
  • 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 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … officers, employees and agents against liability, including costs, for actual or alleged direct or contributory infringement of, or inducement to infringe, any United States or foreign patent, trademark or copyright, arising out of the per…
  • FAR 52.249-6 Termination (Cost-Reimbursement).
    …nvenience of the Government. (c) After receipt of a Notice of Termination, and except as directed by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall immediately proceed with the following obligations, regardless of any delay in determining o…
  • DFARS 252.204-7023 Reporting Requirements for Contracted Services.
    …) Definition. As used in this clause— First-tier subcontract means a subcontract awarded directly by the contractor for the purpose of acquiring services for performance of a prime contract. It does not include the contractor's supplier ag…
  • FAR 52.204-14 Service Contract Reporting Requirements.
    …uirements (OCT 2016) (a) Definition. First-tier subcontract means a subcontract awarded directly by the Contractor for the purpose of acquiring supplies or services (including construction) for performance of a prime contract. It does not…
  • FAR 52.204-15 Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts.
    …Contracts (OCT 2016) (a) Definition. First-tier subcontract means a subcontract awarded directly by the Contractor for the purpose of acquiring supplies or services (including construction) for performance of a prime contract. It does not…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …tract, and in the case of failure to produce these records, the Contracting Officer, upon direction of the Department of Labor and notification to the Contractor, shall take action to cause suspension of any further payment or advance of fu…
  • FAR 12.403 Termination.
    …ixed-price or fixed-price with economic price adjustment contracts; or (B) An amount for direct labor hours (as defined in the Schedule of the contract) determined by multiplying the number of direct labor hours expended before the effecti…
  • FAR 31.205-42 Termination costs.
    …starting load costs. (3) When initial costs are included in the settlement proposal as a direct charge, such costs shall not also be included in overhead. Initial costs attributable to only one contract shall not be allocated to other cont…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …mall business (EDWOSB) concern means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    … has paid by cash, check, or other form of actual payment for items or services purchased directly for the contract; (ii) When the Contractor is not delinquent in paying costs of contract performance in the ordinary course of business, cos…
  • FAR 52.246-6 Inspection—Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour.
    … As used in this clause— Contractor's managerial personnel means any of the Contractor's directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or equivalent representatives who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of t…
  • 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 22.406-10 Disposition of disputes concerning construction contract labor standards enforcement.
    …tor, Wage and Hour Division. (e) The Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, will respond directly to the contractor or subcontractor, with a copy to the contracting agency. The contractor or subcontractor may appeal the Administrator's fin…
  • FAR 52.222-8 Payrolls and Basic Records.
    …ing the payroll period has been paid the full weekly wages earned, without rebate, either directly or indirectly, and that no deductions have been made either directly or indirectly from the full wages earned, other than permissible deducti…
  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    …on discrimination in paragraph (c)(5)(i) of this clause, using language prescribed by the Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), to employees and applicants by— (A) Incorporation into existing employee manu…
  • FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.
    …entative sample of affected CAS-covered contracts and subcontracts. (ii) The change in indirect rates multiplied by the total estimated base computed for each of the following groups: (A) Fixed-price contracts and subcontracts. (B) Flexi…
  • 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 37.101 Definitions.
    …cial services, health and mental health care, child (day) care, education (whether or not directly involved in teaching), foster care, residential care, recreational or rehabilitative programs, and detention, correctional, or treatment serv…
  • FAR 37.115-2 General policy.
    …offerors to identify uncompensated overtime hours and the uncompensated overtime rate for direct charge Fair Labor Standards Act—exempt personnel included in their proposals and subcontractor proposals. This includes uncompensated overtime …
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    …ed by the Office of Apprenticeship. (2)(i) A worker performs on a contract if the worker directly performs the specific services called for by the contract; and (ii) A worker performs in connection with a contract if the worker's work act…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    …he Office of Apprenticeship. (2)(i) An employee performs “on” a contract if the employee directly performs the specific services called for by the contract; and (ii) An employee performs “in connection with” a contract if the employee's w…
  • FAR 52.237-10 Identification of Uncompensated Overtime.
    …rs worked without additional compensation in excess of an average of 40 hours per week by direct charge employees who are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act. Compensated personal absences such as holidays, vacations, and sick leave sh…
  • DFARS 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.
    …t. (d) The Contractor shall charge the Government only the tuition and fees which relate directly to enrollment as a student. Tuition and fees may include— (i) Penalty fees for late registration or change of course caused by the Governmen…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-5 Cost efficiency factor.
    …the contractor such as fully loaded labor hours (i.e., cost per labor hour, including all direct and indirect costs) or other productivity measures may provide the basis for assessing the effectiveness of the contractor's cost reduction ini…
  • FAR 12.504 Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …l services: (1) 41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 4655, Prohibition on Limiting Subcontractor Direct Sales to the United States (see subpart 3.5). (2) 41 U.S.C. chapter 35 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 271, Truthful Cost or Pricing Data (see subpart 1…
  • FAR 16.501-2 General.
    … All three types permit (i) Government stocks to be maintained at minimum levels and (ii) direct shipment to users. (2) Indefinite-quantity contracts and requirements contracts also permit (i) flexibility in both quantities and delivery sc…
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    …n, prosecution, completion, or repair of which, as defined in this section, is carried on directly by authority of, or with funds of, a Federal agency to serve the interest of the general public regardless of whether title thereof is in a F…
  • FAR 22.1903 Applicability.
    …ividuals who perform duties necessary to the performance of the contract, but who are not directly engaged in performing the specific work called for by the contract, and who spend less than 20 percent of their hours worked in a particular …
  • FAR 22.2101 Definitions.
    … the Office of Apprenticeship. (2)(i) An employee performs on a contract if the employee directly performs the specific services called for by the contract; and (ii) An employee performs in connection with a contract if the employee's wor…
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    …ent, that cannot later be revised. Government costs means those agency costs that result directly from developing and implementing the VECP, such as any net increases in the cost of testing, operations, maintenance, and logistics support. …
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …ors and subcontractors with which the Contractor does or anticipates doing business. (9) Direct recruitment efforts, both oral and written, to minority, female, and community organizations, to schools with minority and female students, and…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    … revised. Government costs, as used in this clause, means those agency costs that result directly from developing and implementing the VECP, such as any net increases in the cost of testing, operations, maintenance, and logistics support. …
  • DFARS 252.217-7028 Over and above work.
    …e upon the procedures, the Administrative Contracting Officer has the unilateral right to direct the over and above work procedures to be followed. These procedures shall, as a minimum, cover— (1) The format, content, and submission of wor…

FAR (chapter 1)

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.