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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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28 sections with “elements of responsibility”

  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …factor measures how much the indirect costs contribute to contract performance. The labor elements in the allocable indirect costs should be given the profit consideration they would receive if treated as direct labor. The other elements of…
  • FAR 19.602-2 Issuing or denying a Certificate of Competency (COC).
    … contracting agency) after receiving a notice that a small business concern lacks certain elements of responsibility, the SBA Area Office will take the following actions: (a) Inform the small business concern of the contracting officer's d…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …ng, and marking DoD property with unique item identifiers that have machine-readable data elements to distinguish an item from all other like and unlike items. National stock number means a 13-digit stock number used to identify items of s…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …iness Teaming Arrangement) due to— (i) The diversity, size, or specialized nature of the elements of the performance specified; (ii) The aggregate dollar value of the anticipated award; (iii) The geographical dispersion of the contract p…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …04-3). (3) Cost analysis shall be used to evaluate the reasonableness of individual cost elements when certified cost or pricing data are required. Price analysis should be used to verify that the overall price offered is fair and reasonab…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …ss the extent and results of the market research and indicate their impact on the various elements of the plan (see part 10). (2) Competition. (i) Describe how competition will be sought, promoted, and sustained throughout the course of th…
  • FAR 19.601 General.
    …Business Administration (SBA) stating that the holder is responsible (with respect to all elements of responsibility, including, but not limited to, capability, competency, capacity, credit, integrity, perseverance, tenacity, and limitation…
  • FAR 19.602-1 Referral.
    …ermining and documenting that an apparent successful small business offeror lacks certain elements of responsibility (including, but not limited to, capability, competency, capacity, credit, integrity, perseverance, tenacity, and limitation…
  • FAR 9.105-2 Determinations and documentation.
    … (2) If the contracting officer determines that a responsive small business lacks certain elements of responsibility, the contracting officer shall comply with the procedures in subpart 19.6. When a Certificate of Competency is issued for a…
  • FAR 19.602-4 Awarding the contract.
    …et any other requirements of responsibility. SBA COC's are conclusive with respect to all elements of responsibility of prospective small business contractors. Where SBA issues a COC, the contracting officer may decide not to award to that …
  • FAR 9.406-1 General.
    … necessary. (c) Debarment constitutes debarment of all divisions or other organizational elements of the contractor, unless the debarment decision is limited by its terms to specific divisions, organizational elements, or commodities. The …
  • FAR 9.407-1 General.
    …sibility. (c) Suspension constitutes suspension of all divisions or other organizational elements of the contractor, unless the suspension decision is limited by its terms to specific divisions, organizational elements, or commodities. The…
  • FAR 42.602 Assignment and location.
    …rcised by the contractor's corporate office over Government-oriented lower-tier operating elements, and (4) the impact of corporate policies and procedures on those elements. (c) Responsibility for assigning a CACO shall be determined as f…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …t. Master subcontracting plan means a subcontracting plan that contains all the required elements of an individual subcontracting plan, except goals, and may be incorporated into individual subcontracting plans, provided the master subcont…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …if needed for additional item identification tracking and/or disposition), and other data elements as necessary and required in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract. (2) Quantity received (or fabricated), issued, and ba…
  • FAR 4.802 Contract files.
    … or file segments are decentralized (e.g., by type or function) to various organizational elements or to other outside offices, responsibility for their maintenance must be assigned. A central control and, if needed, a locator system should…
  • FAR 16.403-1 Fixed-price incentive (firm target) contracts.
    …price ceiling (but not a profit ceiling or floor), and a profit adjustment formula. These elements are all negotiated at the outset. The price ceiling is the maximum that may be paid to the contractor, except for any adjustment under other …
  • FAR 16.403-2 Fixed-price incentive (successive targets) contracts.
    …iption. (1) A fixed-price incentive (successive targets) contract specifies the following elements, all of which are negotiated at the outset: (i) An initial target cost. (ii) An initial target profit. (iii) An initial profit adjustment …
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …ntity of labor. Material cost at standard means a preestablished measure of the material elements of cost, computed by multiplying material-price standard by material-quantity standard. Material-price standard means a preestablished measu…
  • FAR 35.017-1 Sponsoring agreements.
    …ay also contain, as appropriate, other provisions, such as identification of—(1) Any cost elements which will require advance agreement if cost-type contracts are used; and (2) Considerations which will affect negotiation of fees where pay…
  • FAR 37.104 Personal services contracts.
    …ld have to be taken strongly into account (see (d) below). (d) The following descriptive elements should be used as a guide in assessing whether or not a proposed contract is personal in nature: (1) Performance on site. (2) Principal too…
  • FAR 46.101 Definitions.
    …is authentic. Testing means that element of inspection that determines the properties or elements, including functional operation of supplies or their components, by the application of established scientific principles and procedures.
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …12); this clause does not apply to contracts of DoD, NASA, the Coast Guard, or applicable elements of the intelligence community—see FAR 3.900(a). __(5) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 202…
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    …wing substantiation: (i) An itemization of the amounts requested, related to the various elements of work required by the contract covered by the payment requested. (ii) A listing of the amount included for work performed by each subcontr…
  • FAR 52.236-21 Specifications and Drawings for Construction.
    …ction contract, showing in detail (1) the proposed fabrication and assembly of structural elements and (2) the installation (i.e., form, fit, and attachment details) of materials or equipment. It includes drawings, diagrams, layouts, schema…
  • FAR 52.244-2 Subcontracts.
    …ovisions of this contract. (vii) A negotiation memorandum reflecting— (A) The principal elements of the subcontract price negotiations; (B) The most significant considerations controlling establishment of initial or revised prices; (C) …
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …y under the label or brand 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 act…
  • DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.
    …reated as information created by or for DoD and shall include, at a minimum, the required elements at https://dibnet.dod.mil. (3) Medium assurance certificate requirement. In order to report cyber incidents in accordance with this clause, …

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