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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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112 sections with “eligible offer”: the first 40

  • FAR 19.301-1 Representation by the offeror.
    (a)(1) To be eligible for award as a small business concern identified in 19.000(a)(3), an offeror is required to represent in good faith— (i)(A) That it meets the small business size standard corresponding to the North American Industry C…
  • 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.
    …onomically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern or as a WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program. For all other acquisitions, an interested party (see 13 CFR 127.102) may protest the apparent successful offeror's ED…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ccordance with 13 CFR 127.300. It automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business eligible under the WOSB Program. Forced or indentured child labor means all work or service— (1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under t…
  • FAR 52.219-27 Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the SDVOSB Program.
    … or Sole-Source Award to, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the SDVOSB Program (FEB 2024) (a) Definition. Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concern means a small business co…
  • FAR 52.219-30 Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    …e: Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program (OCT 2022) (a) Definition—Women-owned small business (WOSB) concern eligible under the WOSB Pro…
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    …ov/tata/hts/index.htm. In particular, see the following: (1) General Note 3(c), Products Eligible for Special Tariff treatment. (2) General Note 17, Products of Countries Designated as Beneficiary Countries under the United States-Caribbe…
  • FAR 25.502 Application.
    …of such end products were received; (2) If the agency gives the same consideration given eligible offers to offers of U.S.-made end products that are not domestic end products, award on the low offer. Otherwise, evaluate in accordance with…
  • FAR 25.503 Group offers.
    …reign offers. (2) For foreign offers, if the proposed price of domestic end products and eligible products exceeds 50 percent of the total proposed price of the group, evaluate the entire group as an eligible offer. (3) Apply the evaluati…
  • FAR 25.504-4 Group award basis.
    …ative award pattern): Item 1: Low offer A is domestic; select A. Item 2: Low offer B is eligible; do not apply factor; select B. Item 3: Low offer A is noneligible and Offer B is a domestic offer. Apply a 20 percent factor to Offer A. Th…
  • FAR 25.504-3 FTA/Israeli Trade Act.
    (a) Example 1. Analysis: Since the low offer is an eligible offer, award on the low offer (see 25.502(c)(1)). (b) Example 2. Analysis: Since the acquisition is not covered by the WTO GPA , the contracting officer can consider the nonelig…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …or another appropriate base for the same period (see also “final indirect cost rate”). Ineligible means excluded from Government contracting (and subcontracting, if appropriate) pursuant to statutory, Executive order, or regulatory authori…
  • FAR 3.909-2 Representation by the offeror.
    (a) In order to be eligible for contract award, an offeror must represent that it will not require its employees or subcontractors to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees…
  • FAR 9.108-3 Representation by the offeror.
    (a) In order to be eligible for contract award, an offeror must represent that it is neither an inverted domestic corporation, nor a subsidiary of an inverted domestic corporation. Any offeror that cannot so represent is ineligible for awar…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …ficer has withheld contract award and SBA has determined that the protested concern is an eligible HUBZone or dismissed all protests against the protested concern, the contracting officer may award the contract to the protested concern. If …
  • FAR 19.805-2 Procedures.
    …1(g) and 19.816(c)). For a two-step design-build procurement, an 8(a) participant must be eligible for award under the 8(a) program on the initial date for receipt of phase one offers specified in the solicitation (see 13 CFR 124.507(d)(3))…
  • FAR 19.1405 Set-aside procedures.
    …see subpart 19.5). (b) A contracting officer may restrict competition to SDVOSB concerns eligible under the SDVOSB Program if there is a reasonable expectation based on market research that— (1) Two or more SDVOSB concerns eligible under …
  • FAR 19.1505 Set-aside procedures.
    …itions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold for competition restricted to WOSB concerns eligible under the WOSB Program when the acquisition is assigned a NAICS code in which SBA has determined that WOSB concerns are substantially underre…
  • FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
    …e with 13 CFR 127.300. It automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business concern eligible under the WOSB Program. Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concern means a small business concern— (1)(i) Not less than…
  • DFARS 226.7202 Policy and procedures.
    …tracting officers may use this Demonstration Project to award one or more contracts to an eligible contractor for the purpose of providing defense contracting opportunities for entities that employ severely disabled individuals. To determin…
  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    …ountry end product” within paragraph (a) of this clause: (1) General Note 3(c), Products Eligible for Special Tariff Treatment. (2) General Note 17, Products of Countries Designated as Beneficiary Countries Under the United States-Caribbe…
  • FAR 9.109-4 Certification by the offeror.
    (a) In order to be eligible for contract award, an offeror is required to— (1)(i) Certify that it does not engage and has not engaged in any activity that contributed to or was a significant factor in the President's or Secretary of State'…
  • FAR 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
    …y disadvantaged women-owned small business concern, or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program). (iii) The notice is not required when the contracting officer determines in writing that the …
  • FAR 19.000 Scope of part.
    … Executive Order 12138, May 18, 1979. It covers— (1) The determination that a concern is eligible for participation in the programs identified in this part; (2) The respective roles of executive agencies and the Small Business Administrat…
  • FAR 19.1503 Status.
    (a) Status as an EDWOSB concern or WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program is determined by the Small Business Administration in accordance with 13 CFR part 127. (b) For a WOSB that seeks a WOSB or EDWOSB set-aside or sole-source cont…
  • FAR 25.504-2 WTO GPA/Caribbean Basin Trade Initiative/FTAs.
    …ause the acquisition is covered by the WTO GPA and there is an offer of a U.S.-made or an eligible product (see 25.502(b)(1)). If the agency gives the same consideration given eligible offers to offers of U.S.-made end products that are not…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …ettlement Act (43 U.S.C.A. 1601 et seq.), that is recognized by the Federal Government as eligible for services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 1452(c). This definition also includes Indian-owned economic ente…
  • FAR 52.219-18 Notification of Competition Limited to Eligible 8(a) Participants.
    …ibed in 19.811-3(d), insert the following clause: Notification of Competition Limited to Eligible 8(a) Participants (OCT 2022) (a) Offers are solicited only from— (1) Small business concerns expressly certified by the Small Business Admi…
  • FAR 52.247-51 Evaluation of Export Offers.
    …30 annually). All ports named, including those nominated by offerors and determined to be eligible as provided in this provision, shall be considered in evaluating all offers received in order to establish the lowest laid down cost to the G…
  • DFARS 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    … from Afghanistan, is included in the solicitation and contract. (vi) The acquisition of eligible and noneligible products under the same contract may result in the application of trade agreements to only some of the items acquired. In suc…
  • DFARS 252.215-7008 Only One Offer.
    …cting Officer has deemed necessary to determine price reasonableness or cost realism is ineligible for award unless the head of the contracting activity determines that it is in the best interest of the Government to make the award to that …
  • DFARS 252.219-7010 Notification of Competition Limited to Eligible 8(a) Participants—Partnership Agreement
    …cribed in 219.811-3(2), use the following clause: Notification of Competition Limited to Eligible 8(A) Participants—Partnership Agreement (OCT 2019) (a) Offers are solicited only from small business concerns expressly certified by the Sma…
  • DFARS 252.225-7046 Exports by Approved Community Members in Response to the Solicitation.
    …mplementing Arrangement”, “qualifying defense articles”, “transfer”, and “U.S. DoD Treaty-eligible requirements” in DFARS clause 252.225-7047 apply to this provision. (b) All contract line items in the contemplated contract, except any ide…
  • DFARS 252.226-7002 Representation for Demonstration Project for Contractors Employing Persons with Disabilities.
    …loying Persons With Disabilities (DEC 2019) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Eligible contractor means a business entity operated on a for-profit or nonprofit basis that— (1) Employs severely disabled individuals at a rate tha…
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …ficer has withheld contract award and OHA has determined that the protested concern is an eligible SDVOSB or dismissed all protests against the protested concern, then the contracting officer may award the contract to the protested concern.…
  • FAR 19.805-1 General.
    …to the SBA under the 8(a) program shall be awarded on the basis of competition limited to eligible 8(a) participants when— (1) There is a reasonable expectation that at least two eligible and responsible 8(a) participants will submit offer…
  • FAR 19.1403 Status.
    …ent eligibility examination finding that the concern did not qualify as an SDVOSB concern eligible under the SDVOSB Program or SBA denies a concern's application for SDVOSB certification, the concern must update its SDVOSB status in SAM wit…
  • FAR 19.1506 Women-Owned Small Business Program sole-source awards.
    …ing officer shall consider a contract award to a WOSB concern (including EDWOSB concerns) eligible under the WOSB Program on a sole-source basis (see 6.302-5(b)(7)) before considering small business set-asides (see 19.203 and subpart 19.5) …
  • FAR 25.101 General.
    …mented through the use of an evaluation factor applied to low foreign offers that are not eligible offers. The evaluation factor is not used to provide a preference for one foreign offer over another. Evaluation procedures and examples are …
  • FAR 25.402 General.
    …r the President to waive the Buy American statute and other discriminatory provisions for eligible products from countries that have signed an international trade agreement with the United States, or that meet certain other criteria, such a…
  • FAR 28.203-1 Acceptability of individual sureties.
    …asury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Per 31 U.S.C. 9310, individual sureties must pledge eligible obligations, which Treasury refers to as acceptable collateral or eligible collateral. A list of acceptable assets, entitled “Acceptable Coll…

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