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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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26 sections with “electronic commerce”

  • FAR 14.202-8 Electronic bids.
    In accordance with subpart 4.5, contracting officers may authorize use of electronic commerce for submission of bids. If electronic bids are authorized, the solicitation shall specify the electronic commerce method(s) that bidders may use.
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ities and operating characteristics of an earned value management system are described in Electronic Industries Alliance Standard 748 (EIA-748), Earned Value Management Systems. (See OMB Circular A-11, Part 7.) Economically disadvantaged w…
  • FAR 4.502 Policy.
    (a) The Federal Government shall use electronic commerce whenever practicable or cost-effective. The use of terms commonly associated with paper transactions (e.g., “copy,” “document,” “page,” “printed,” “sealed envelope,” and “stamped”) sh…
  • FAR 5.102 Availability of solicitations.
    …licitation. (3) The contracting officer must ensure that solicitations transmitted using electronic commerce are forwarded to the GPE to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section. (4) When an agency determines that a so…
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …or numbered expression that can be read, reproduced, and later communicated, and includes electronically transmitted and stored information. Proposal modification is a change made to a proposal before the solicitation's closing date and ti…
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    …nformation regarding cost comparisons between Government and contractor performance. (c) Electronic commerce may be used to issue RFPs and to receive proposals, modifications, and revisions. In this case, the RFP shall specify the electron…
  • FAR 13.003 Policy.
    …e those services. (e) Agencies shall use the Governmentwide commercial purchase card and electronic purchasing techniques to the maximum extent practicable in conducting simplified acquisitions (but see 32.1108(b)(2)). (f) Agencies shall …
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    …on threshold; (ii) Oral solicitation is more efficient than soliciting through available electronic commerce alternatives; and (iii) Notice is not required under 5.101. (2) However, an oral solicitation may not be practicable for contrac…
  • FAR 13.106-3 Award and documentation.
    …ntation to a minimum. Purchasing offices shall retain data supporting purchases (paper or electronic) to the minimum extent and duration necessary for management review purposes (see subpart 4.8). The following illustrate the extent to whic…
  • FAR 14.304 Submission, modification, and withdrawal of bids.
    … the IFB. They may use any transmission method authorized by the IFB (i.e., regular mail, electronic commerce, or facsimile). If no time is specified in the IFB, the time for receipt is 4:30 p.m., local time, for the designated Government o…
  • FAR 15.208 Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals.
    …erors may use any transmission method authorized by the solicitation (i.e., regular mail, electronic commerce, or facsimile). If no time is specified in the solicitation, the time for receipt is 4:30 p.m., local time, for the designated Gov…
  • FAR 49.601-2 Letter notice.
    …g subcontracts. This notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or electronically, provided evidence of receipt is received by the contracting officer. If no prior electronic notice was issued, or if no confirmation o…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically); (9) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments; (10) Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include…
  • FAR 52.214-5 Submission of Bids.
    …bid modifications shall be submitted in sealed envelopes or packages (unless submitted by electronic means) (1) addressed to the office specified in the solicitation, and (2) showing the time and date specified for receipt, the solicitation…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …vice means a service that satisfies the definition of “commercial service” in FAR 2.101. Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) means the Governmentwide, electronic, web-based system for small business subcontracting program rep…
  • DFARS 213.270 Use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    … by the FAR unless— (a) The Deputy Secretary of Defense has approved an exception for an electronic commerce/electronic data interchange system or operational requirement that results in a more cost-effective payment process; (b)(1) A gen…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …rt the shipment of GFP to the Government or to a contractor. The GFP module generates the electronic equivalent of the DD Form 1149, DD Form 1348-1, or other required shipping documents; (iv) Report when serially-managed items of GFP are i…
  • FAR 14.301 Responsiveness of bids.
    … that do not vary from the terms and conditions of the invitation. (d) Bids submitted by electronic commerce shall be considered only if the electronic commerce method was specifically stipulated or permitted by the solicitation.
  • FAR 15.206 Amending the solicitation.
    …l document the contract file and formalize the notice with an amendment (see subpart 4.5, Electronic Commerce in Contracting). (g) At a minimum, the following information should be included in each amendment: (1) Name and address of issui…
  • FAR 4.500 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart provides policy and procedures for the establishment and use of electronic commerce in Federal acquisition as required by 41 U.S.C. 2301.
  • FAR 5.201 General.
    …n in any amount when advantageous to the Government. (2) When transmitting notices using electronic commerce, contracting officers must ensure the notice is forwarded to the GPE. (c) The primary purposes of the notice are to improve small…
  • FAR 5.503 Procedures.
    …1449 shall be used to make awards or place orders unless the award/order is made by using electronic commerce or by using the Governmentwide commercial purchase card for micropurchases. (b) Rates. Advertisements may be paid for at rates no…
  • FAR 52.214-7 Late submissions, modifications, and withdrawals of bids.
    …te bid would not unduly delay the acquisition; and— (i) If it was transmitted through an electronic commerce method authorized by the IFB, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p…
  • FAR 52.214-23 Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of technical proposals under two-step sealed bidding.
    …oposal would not unduly delay the acquisition; and— (i) If it was transmitted through an electronic commerce method authorized by the request for technical proposals, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastr…
  • FAR 52.242-13 Bankruptcy.
    … whether voluntary or involuntary, the Contractor agrees to furnish, by certified mail or electronic commerce method authorized by the contract, written notification of the bankruptcy to the Contracting Officer responsible for administering…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    … (ii) Scientific equipment and medical apparatus or equipment if the application of micro-electronic circuitry or other technology of at least similar sophistication is an essential element (for example, Product or Service Code (PSC) 6515, …

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