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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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77 sections with “establishment”: the first 40

  • FAR 9.204 Responsibilities for establishment of a qualification requirement.
    …than two manufacturers or the products of two manufacturers, the activity responsible for establishment of the qualification requirements must— (1) Periodically furnish through the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) a notice seeking addit…
  • FAR 13.303-2 Establishment of BPAs.
    (a) The following are circumstances under which contracting officers may establish BPAs: (1) There is a wide variety of items in a broad class of supplies or services that are generally purchased, but the exact items, quantities, and deliv…
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …(10 U.S.C. 3303(a)(2) and 41 U.S.C. 3703(a)(2)). (b) Communications with offerors before establishment of the competitive range. Communications are exchanges, between the Government and offerors, after receipt of proposals, leading to esta…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …Executive agency means an executive department, a military department, or any independent establishment within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 101, 102, and 104(1), respectively, and any wholly owned Government corporation within the meaning of 31 …
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    (a) Establishment. (1) Ordering activities may establish BPAs under any schedule contract to fill repetitive needs for supplies or services. Ordering activities shall establish the BPA with the schedule contractor(s) that can provide the su…
  • FAR 9.202 Policy.
    …those requirements which are the least restrictive to meet the purposes necessitating the establishment of the qualification requirements shall be specified. (2) Upon request to the contracting activity, potential offerors shall be provide…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …king fund or redemption arrangements reported to the administering office incident to the establishment of these advance payment provisions; (4) Sell, convey, or lease all or a substantial part of its assets; (5) Acquire for value the sto…
  • FAR 52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price.
    …e price revision clause. However, replacements or corrections by the Contractor after the establishment of the total final price shall be at no increase in the total final price. (h) If the Contractor fails to promptly remove, replace, or …
  • DFARS 252.225-7031 Secondary Arab boycott of Israel.
    …han a United States person); (ii) Any domestic concern (including any permanent domestic establishment of any foreign concern); and (iii) Any foreign subsidiary or affiliate (including any permanent foreign establishment) of any domestic …
  • FAR 3.303 Reporting suspected antitrust violations.
    … certain geographical areas, or on certain products, and bid high on all other jobs; (6) Establishment by competitors of a collusive price estimating system; (7) The filing of a joint bid by two or more competitors when at least one of th…
  • FAR 3.1000 Scope of subpart.
    …Federal Criminal Law or Overpayments; and (b) Prescribes policies and procedures for the establishment of contractor codes of business ethics and conduct, and display of agency Office of Inspector General (OIG) fraud hotline posters.
  • 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 4.802 Contract files.
    …umentation of contract actions; (2) Ready accessibility to principal users; (3) Minimal establishment of duplicate and working files; (4) The safeguarding of classified documents; and (5) Conformance with agency regulations for file loc…
  • FAR 4.1601 Policy.
    (a) Establishment of a Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID). Agencies shall have in place a process that ensures that each PIID used to identify a solicitation or contract action is unique Governmentwide, and will remain so for at least…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    … (e) The procedures under subpart 33.1 are applicable to the issuance of an order or the establishment of a BPA against a schedule contract. (f) If the ordering activity issues an RFQ, the ordering activity shall provide the RFQ to any sc…
  • FAR 8.701 Definitions.
    …branch, any executive agency, military department, Government corporation, or independent establishment, the U.S. Postal Service, or any nonappropriated-fund instrumentality of the Armed Forces. Ordering office means any activity in an ent…
  • FAR 8.801 Definitions.
    …inding, and blankbook work for the use of an executive department, independent agency, or establishment of the Government. Related supplies, means supplies that are used and equipment that is usable in printing and binding operations.
  • FAR 8.802 Policy.
    …rinted in the course of manufacture) in common use by two or more Government departments, establishments, or services within the District of Columbia, and provides for reimbursement of the Public Printer from available appropriations or fun…
  • FAR 9.206-3 Competition.
    …adequate for competition. (See 9.204(a) for duties of the agency activity responsible for establishment of the qualification requirement.) If the number of sources is inadequate, the contracting officer shall request the agency activity whi…
  • FAR 9.403 Definitions.
    …ecutive department, military department or defense agency, or other agency or independent establishment of the executive branch. Civil judgment means the disposition of a civil action by any court of competent jurisdiction, whether by verd…
  • FAR 12.501 Applicability.
    …vices of another contractor without adding value. This limitation is intended to preclude establishment of unusual contractual arrangements solely for the purpose of Government sales. (c) For purposes of this subpart, contractors awarded s…
  • FAR 13.305-1 General.
    …d to acquire and to pay for supplies or services. Policies and regulations concerning the establishment of and accounting for imprest funds and third party drafts, including the responsibilities of designated cashiers and alternates, are co…
  • FAR 15.406-3 Documenting the negotiation.
    …port the determination. (8) The most significant facts or considerations controlling the establishment of the prenegotiation objectives and the negotiated agreement including an explanation of any significant differences between the two po…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns for subcontracting, establishment of new facilities in or near labor surplus areas, delivery or performance schedules, control of technical and schedule interfaces, propr…
  • FAR 17.601 Definition.
    …f a Government-owned or -controlled research, development, special production, or testing establishment wholly or principally devoted to one or more major programs of the contracting Federal agency.
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    …ph (1)(ii) of this definition; (3) Does not include permanent home offices, branch plant establishments, fabrication plants, or tool yards of a contractor or subcontractor whose locations and continuance in operation are determined wholly …
  • FAR 22.602 Statutory requirements.
    ….S.C. chapter 65 (the statute), and entered into by any executive department, independent establishment, or other agency or instrumentality of the United States, or by the District of Columbia, or by any corporation (all the stock of which …
  • FAR 22.804-1 Nonconstruction.
    …,000 or more, is required to develop a written affirmative action program for each of its establishments. Each contractor and subcontractor shall develop its written affirmative action programs within 120 days from the commencement of its f…
  • FAR 22.1019 Additional classes of service employees.
    …ypist, level I and II. Generally, level I is the lowest level. It is the entry level, and establishment of a lower level through conformance is not permissible. Further, trainee classifications may not be conformed. Helpers in skilled maint…
  • FAR 22.1302 Policy.
    …nd (4) Establish a hiring benchmark and apply it to hiring of protected veterans in each establishment, on an annual basis, in the manner prescribed in the regulations of the Secretary of Labor. (b) Except for contracts for commercial pro…
  • FAR 22.1705 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …trafficking in persons (such as general orders or military listings of “off-limits” local establishments) that apply to contractor employees at the contract place of performance. (b) Insert the provision at 52.222-56, Certification Regardi…
  • FAR 24.101 Definitions.
    … military department, Government corporation, Government controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Government (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency. Indi…
  • FAR 25.301-1 Scope.
    …listed in paragraph (a)(1) of this section may include stability operations such as— (1) Establishment or maintenance of a safe and secure environment; or (2) Provision of emergency infrastructure reconstruction, humanitarian relief, or e…
  • FAR 27.405-1 Special works.
    … respective agencies, departments, services, or units thereof; (3) Surveys of Government establishments; (4) Works pertaining to the instruction or guidance of Government officers and employees in the discharge of their official duties; …
  • FAR 31.205-13 Employee morale, health, welfare, food service, and dormitory costs and credits.
    …ging inordinately high prices, or prices or rates higher than those charged by commercial establishments offering the same services in the same geographical areas. The following are examples of unusual circumstances: (A) The contractor mus…
  • FAR 32.304-7 Contract surety bonds and loan guarantees.
    …ving relatively substantial subcontracts covered by surety bonds shall also depend on the establishment of a reasonable allocation agreement between the sureties and the financing institution. The agreement should give the financing institu…
  • FAR 35.017 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.
    (a) Policy. (1) This section sets forth Federal policy regarding the establishment, use, review, and termination of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC's) and related sponsoring agreements. (2) An FFRDC meets some spec…
  • FAR 42.603 Responsibilities.
    … (1) the determination of final indirect cost rates for cost-reimbursement contracts, (2) establishment of advance agreements or recommendations on corporate/home office expense allocations, and (3) administration of Cost Accounting Standar…
  • FAR 42.701 Definition.
    …or interim reimbursement of incurred indirect costs and (2) adjusted as necessary pending establishment of final indirect cost rates.
  • FAR 42.703-2 Certificate of indirect costs.
    …irect Costs, shall be incorporated into all solicitations and contracts which provide for establishment of final indirect cost rates. (2) The Department of Energy may provide an alternate clause in its agency supplement for its Management …

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.