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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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391 sections with “end items”: the first 40

  • FAR 49.205 Completed end items.
    …after the effective date of termination, the TCO shall (1) have all undelivered completed end items inspected and accepted if they comply with the contract requirements, and (2) determine which accepted end items are to be delivered under t…
  • DFARS 207.7002 Authority to acquire additional quantities of end items.
    10 U.S.C. 3069 authorizes DoD to use funds available for the acquisition of an end item to acquire a higher quantity of the end item than the quantity specified in a law providing for the funding of that acquisition, if the head of an agenc…
  • FAR 52.246-26 Reporting Nonconforming Items.
    …ely to result in hazardous or unsafe conditions for individuals using, maintaining, or depending upon the item; or is likely to prevent performance of a vital agency mission. Critical nonconformance means a nonconformance that is likely to…
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …roduction materials, systems, processes, methods, equipment, tools, and techniques not intended for sale. Independent research and development (IR&D) means a contractor's IR&D cost that consists of projects falling within the four followin…
  • FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded.
    … Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded (JAN 2025) (a) Definition. Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item, as used in this c…
  • FAR 52.246-24 Limitation of Liability—High-Value Items.
    …means the Contractor's directors, officers, and any of the Contractor's managers, superintendents, or equivalent representatives who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of the Contractor's business; (2) All or s…
  • DFARS 252.216-7001 Economic Price Adjustment-Nonstandard Steel Items.
    … the Contractor's __________ plant (see note 4) for any particular month. Month means calendar month. However, if the Contractor's accounting period does not coincide with the calendar month, then that accounting period shall be used in li…
  • DFARS 252.246-7006 Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items.
    …ght for the correction of defects. Enterprise means the entity (e.g., a manufacturer or vendor) responsible for granting the warranty and/or assigning unique item identifiers to serialized warranty items. Enterprise identifier means a cod…
  • FAR 25.103 Exceptions.
    …en one of the following exceptions applies, the contracting officer may acquire a foreign end product without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute: (a) Public interest. The head of the agency may make a determination that…
  • FAR 49.601-2 Letter notice.
    …ons be given to its immediate subcontractors. (4) Notify the Contracting Officer of all pending legal proceedings that are based on subcontracts or purchase orders under the contract, or in which a lien has been or may be placed against te…
  • FAR 52.246-8 Inspection of Research and Development—Cost-Reimbursement.
    … contracts for research and development when (a) the primary objective is the delivery of end items other than designs, drawings, or reports, and (b) a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated; unless use of the clause is impractical and…
  • FAR 52.246-18 Warranty of Supplies of a Complex Nature.
    …of another, ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of the contract. Supplies means the end items furnished by the Contractor and related services required u…
  • FAR 52.246-19 Warranty of Systems and Equipment under Performance Specifications or Design Criteria.
    …of another, ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of the contract. Defect means any condition or characteristic in any supplies or services furnished by th…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …ess Government costs. Sharing base, as used in this clause, means the number of affected end items on contracts of the contracting office accepting the VECP. Sharing period, as used in this clause, means the period beginning with acceptan…
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    …equent DoD appropriations acts). (f)(1) The head of the agency must not enter into or extend a multiyear contract that exceeds $900 million (when entered into or extended) until the Secretary of Defense identifies the contract and any exte…
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    …low-on production contracts. (b) One or more of the following exceptions may apply to an end item or component that includes any of the following, under a prime contract or subcontract at any tier. The restrictions in 225.7003-2 do not app…
  • DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation.
    …haracters) that immediately precedes a data field that defines the general category or intended use of the data that follows. DoD recognized unique identification equivalent means a unique identification method that is in commercial use an…
  • DFARS 252.211-7008 Use of Government-assigned Serial Numbers.
    …s in a fixed human-readable information format (text) conveying information about a major end item, which is provided to a contractor by the requiring activity with accompanying technical data instructions for marking the Government-assigne…
  • DFARS 252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals.
    …nd petroleum products. Component means 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…
  • DFARS 252.225-7013 Duty-Free Entry.
    …used in this clause— “Component” means any item supplied to the Government as part of an end product or of another component. Customs territory of the United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Eligible…
  • DFARS 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items.
    …ly with all applicable laws and regulations regarding export-controlled items exists independent of, and is not established or limited by, the information provided by this clause. (d) Nothing in the terms of this contract adds, changes, su…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …overed by 252.204-7014) under a contract, the primary purpose of which is to furnish independent and impartial advice or technical assistance directly to the Government in support of the Government's management and oversight of a program or…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …overed by 252.204-7014) under a contract, the primary purpose of which is to furnish independent and impartial advice or technical assistance directly to the Government in support of the Government's management and oversight of a program or…
  • DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …overed by 252.204-7014) under a contract, the primary purpose of which is to furnish independent and impartial advice or technical assistance directly to the Government in support of the Government's management and oversight of a program or…
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …overed by 252.204-7014) under a contract, the primary purpose of which is to furnish independent and impartial advice or technical assistance directly to the Government in support of the Government's management and oversight of a program or…
  • FAR 46.317 Reporting nonconforming items.
    …acquisition threshold and is by, or for, the Department of Defense of electronic parts or end items, components, parts, or materials containing electronic parts, whether or not covered in paragraph (a)(1) of this section; or (3) For the ac…
  • FAR 49.108-4 Authorization for subcontract settlements without approval or ratification.
    …of the immediate and lower tier subcontractors (the TCO shall obtain the advice and recommendations of (A) the appropriate audit agency relating to the adequacy of the contractor's audit administration, including personnel, and (B) the cogn…
  • FAR 49.112-1 Partial payments.
    …its application through the prime contractor which shall attach its own invoice and recommendations to the subcontractor's application. Partial payments to a subcontractor shall be made only through the prime contractor and only after the p…
  • FAR 52.223-9 Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items.
    …lause— Postconsumer material means a material or finished product that has served its intended use and has been discarded for disposal or recovery, having completed its life as a consumer item. Postconsumer material is a part of the broade…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    …racts that provide for progress payments. Though it uses a formula approach, it is not intended to be an exact calculation of the cost of working capital. Its purpose is to give general recognition to the contractor's cost of working capita…
  • DFARS 225.7002-1 Restrictions.
    (a) The following restrictions implement 10 U.S.C. 4862 (the “Berry Amendment”). Except as provided in 225.7002-2, do not acquire— (1) Any of the following items, either as end products or components, unless the items have been grown, repr…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … or R&D activities. It can also mean the furnishing of professional advice or assistance rendered to improve the effectiveness of Federal management processes or procedures (including those of an engineering and technical nature). In render…
  • FAR 12.403 Termination.
    …d for a show cause notice prior to terminating a contract. The contracting officer shall send a cure notice prior to terminating a contract for a reason other than late delivery. (2) The Government's rights after a termination for cause sh…
  • FAR 12.404 Warranties.
    …ar purpose when— (i) The seller knows the particular purpose for which the Government intends to use the item; and (ii) The Government relied upon the contractor's skill and judgment that the item would be appropriate for that particular …
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …sistance of other experts to ensure that an appropriate analysis is performed. (6) Recommendations or conclusions regarding the Government's review or analysis of an offeror's or contractor's proposal shall not be disclosed to the offeror …
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …of performance of Government contracts. In addition, by providing rationale for any recommendations and quantifying their impact on cost, the Government will be better able to develop realistic objectives for negotiation. (2) There are two…
  • FAR 19.402 Small Business Administration procurement center representatives.
    …clude but are not limited to the following: (1) Reviewing proposed acquisitions to recommend— (i) The set-aside or sole-source award to a small business of selected acquisitions; (ii) New qualified small business sources, including veter…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    …limitations on subcontracting— (i) For a contract that has been set aside, either by the end of the base term and then by the end of each subsequent option period, or by the end of the performance period for each order issued under the con…
  • FAR 22.404-6 Modifications of wage determinations.
    … contracting agency, or is published on the Wage Determinations at SAM.gov, 10 or more calendar days before the date of bid opening; or (ii) It is received by the contracting agency, or is published on the Wage Determinations at SAM.gov, l…
  • FAR 25.001 General.
    … chapter 83, Buy American— (1) Restricts the purchase of supplies, that are not domestic end products, for use within the United States. A foreign end product may be purchased if the contracting officer determines that the price of the low…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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