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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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68 sections with “electronic means”: the first 40

  • FAR 49.601-1 Electronic notice.
    The contracting officer may provide expedited notice of termination by electronic means that includes a requirement for the contractor to confirm receipt. If the contractor does not confirm receipt promptly, the contracting officer shall re…
  • DFARS 231.205-71 Costs related to counterfeit electronic parts and suspect counterfeit electronic parts.
    …se Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Pub. L. 114-92). (b) The costs of counterfeit electronic parts and suspect counterfeit electronic parts and the costs of rework or corrective action that may be required to remedy the use or inclu…
  • DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.
    As prescribed in 232.7004(a), use the following clause: Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (DEC 2018) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Contract financing payment means an authorized Government disburs…
  • DFARS 252.246-7007 Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System.
    As prescribed in 246.870-3(a), use the following clause: Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System (JAN 2023) The following paragraphs (a) through (e) of this clause do not apply unless the Contractor is subjec…
  • DFARS 252.246-7008 Sources of Electronic Parts.
    As prescribed in 246.870-3(b), use the following clause: Sources of Electronic Parts (JAN 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Authorized aftermarket manufacturer means an organization that fabricates a part under a contract wi…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 232.7002 Policy.
    (a) Payment requests and receiving reports are required to be submitted in electronic form, except for— (1) Classified contracts or purchases when electronic submission and processing of payment requests and receiving reports could comprom…
  • DFARS 232.7003 Procedures.
    (a) DoD officials receiving payment requests in electronic form shall process the payment requests in electronic form. The WAWF system provides the method to electronically process payment requests and receiving reports. (1) Documents nece…
  • FAR 5.101 Methods of disseminating information.
    …ut not expected to exceed $25,000, by displaying in a public place, or by any appropriate electronic means, an unclassified notice of the solicitation or a copy of the solicitation satisfying the requirements of 5.207(c). The notice must in…
  • 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 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management (SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representati…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …e. (g) Invoice. (1) The Contractor shall submit an original invoice and three copies (or electronic invoice, if authorized) to the address designated in the contract to receive invoices. An invoice must include— (i) Name and address of th…
  • 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 52.215-1 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 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…
  • FAR 52.246-26 Reporting Nonconforming Items.
    … notification under this clause that the end item, component, part, or material contained electronic parts (i.e., an integrated circuit, a discrete electronic component (including, but not limited to, a transistor, capacitor, resistor, or d…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    Authorized aftermarket manufacturer means an organization that fabricates an electronic part under a contract with, or with the express written authority of, the original component manufacturer based on the original component manufacturer's…
  • DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions.
    … system. Payment request and receiving report are defined in the clause at 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. (b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system provides the method to electronically proc…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …of the prime contract, including the requirements of 252.246-7007, Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System, if applicable; (20) Provide for an organizational and administrative structure that ensures effective…
  • 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 15.404-2 Data to support proposal analysis.
    …the contracting officer and field pricing experts are encouraged to use telephonic and/or electronic means to request and transmit pricing information. (ii) When it is necessary to have written technical and audit reports, the contracting …
  • FAR 47.305-10 Packing, marking, and consignment instructions.
    …quired delivery schedules, the contracting officer may issue instructions by telephone or electronic means. The contracting officer shall confirm telephonic instructions in writing, and confirm electronic instructions if the contracting off…
  • DFARS 252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals.
    …eans any item supplied to the Government as part of an end item or of another component. Electronic component means an item that operates by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles in circuits, using inter…
  • 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 26.603 Definitions.
    …tationary. Text messaging means reading from or entering data into any handheld or other electronic device, including for the purpose of short message service texting, e-mailing, instant messaging, obtaining navigational information, or en…
  • FAR 32.902 Definitions.
    … due dates. Payment date means the date on which a check for payment is dated or, for an electronic funds transfer (EFT), the settlement date. Settlement date, as it applies to electronic funds transfer, means the date on which an electro…
  • FAR 43.201 General.
    … of Funds clause (see 32.706-2). (c) The contracting officer may issue a change order by electronic means without a SF 30 under unusual or urgent circumstances, provided that the message contains substantially the information required by t…
  • FAR 52.213-1 Fast Payment Procedure.
    …ently on the invoice “FAST PAY.” Invoices not prominently marked “FAST PAY” via manual or electronic means may be accepted by the payment office for fast payment. If the payment office declines to make fast payment, the Contractor shall be …
  • FAR 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act.
    …ncluding all places where notices to employees are customarily posted both physically and electronically, in the languages employees speak, in accordance with 29 CFR 471.2(d) and (f). (1) Physical posting of the employee notice shall be in…
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    …nd accessible place at the worksite. Contractors that customarily post notices to workers electronically may post the notice electronically provided the electronic posting is displayed prominently on any Web site that is maintained by the c…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    … may be readily seen by employees. Contractors that customarily post notices to employees electronically may post the notice electronically, provided such electronic posting is displayed prominently on any Web site that is maintained by the…
  • FAR 52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies To Ban Text Messaging While Driving.
    …tationary. Text messaging means reading from or entering data into any handheld or other electronic device, including for the purpose of short message service texting, e-mailing, instant messaging, obtaining navigational information, or en…
  • DFARS 225.7003-1 Definitions.
    …ral public or by nongovernmental entities for purposes other than governmental purposes. Electronic component means an item that operates by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles in circuits, using inter…
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    …ummary Subcontract Report (SSR) Coordinator means the individual who is registered in the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) at the Department of Defense level and is responsible for acknowledging receipt or rejecting SSRs su…
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    …ncern, or small disadvantaged business concern, as these terms are defined in FAR 2.101. Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) means the Governmentwide, electronic, web-based system for small business subcontracting program rep…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …-certification. (iii) Identification of the applicable size standard. (iv) A copy or an electronic link to the solicitation and any amendments. (v) The name, address, telephone number, email address, and fax number of the contracting off…
  • FAR 19.701 Definitions.
    …either the entire company or a portion thereof (e.g., division, plant, or product line). Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) means the Governmentwide, electronic, web-based system for small business subcontracting program rep…
  • FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance.
    …em for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator means a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of t…
  • DFARS 232.7001 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Electronic form means any automated system that transmits information electronically from the initiating system to affected systems. Payment request means any request for contract financing payment or invoice paym…

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DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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