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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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25 sections with “examination requirements”

  • DFARS 252.204-7020 NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements.
    …f a contractor's Basic Assessment; (ii) A thorough document review; (iii) Verification, examination, and demonstration of a Contractor's system security plan to validate that NIST SP 800-171 security requirements have been implemented as …
  • FAR 25.902 Procedures.
    … supplies purchased under Government contracts are subject to the usual Customs entry and examination requirements. Unless the agency obtains an exemption (see 25.903), those shipments are also subject to duty.
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ng to Prevent Human Trafficking (JAN 2025) (49 U.S.C. 40118(g)). (d) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid,…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …ing any associated fees; (vii) Accessing the job opportunity, including required medical examinations and immunizations; background, reference, and security clearance checks and examinations; and additional certifications; (viii) An emplo…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …ue the prosecution of any application for, to pay the maintenance fees on, or defend in reexamination or opposition proceeding on, a patent on a subject invention. (2) License. If the Contractor retains ownership of any subject invention, …
  • FAR 52.246-12 Inspection of Construction.
    … of the Contractor or its subcontractors, the Contractor shall defray the expenses of the examination and of satisfactory reconstruction. However, if the work is found to meet contract requirements, the Contracting Officer shall make an equ…
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …ntrolled using standard case management techniques; and (ii) Routine voucher and invoice examination. (18) The control of the treasury accounts. (19) The administration of public trusts. (20) The drafting of Congressional testimony, res…
  • FAR 12.504 Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …3321(b), Contingent Fees (see subpart 3.4). (7) 41 U.S.C. 4706(d) and 10 U.S.C. 3841(d), Examination of Records of Contractor, when a subcontractor is not required to provide certified cost or pricing data (see 15.209(b)), unless using fun…
  • FAR 15.209 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …all use the clause with its Alternate II. (4) When the head of the agency has waived the examination of records by the Comptroller General in accordance with 25.1001, use the clause with its Alternate III. (c) When issuing a solicitation …
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ntative the right to examine records that formed the basis for the pricing proposal. That examination can take place at any time before award. It may include those books, records, documents, and other types of factual data (regardless of fo…
  • FAR 17.207 Exercise of options.
    …ould not use this method of testing the market. (2) An informal analysis of prices or an examination of the market indicates that the option price is better than prices available in the market or that the option is the more advantageous of…
  • FAR 19.1403 Status.
    …y.sba.gov. (c) If there is a decision issued by SBA as a result of a current 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 …
  • FAR 19.1503 Status.
    …_dsbs.cfm. (c) If there is a decision issued by SBA as a result of a current eligibility examination finding that the concern did not qualify as an EDWOSB concern or WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program, the contracting officer may…
  • FAR 22.406-6 Payrolls and statements.
    …interest of the Government and the employees of the contractor or any subcontractor. (c) Examination. (1) The contracting officer shall examine the payrolls and payroll statements to ensure compliance with the contract and any statutory or…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    … a patent or plant variety protection application, pay maintenance fees, or defend in a reexamination or opposition proceeding on the patent; or (D) No longer desires to retain title. (2) For the purposes of this paragraph, filing in a Eu…
  • FAR 28.308 Self-insurance.
    …able risks, including the deductible portion of purchased insurance, may be approved when examination of a program indicates that its application is in the Government's interest. Agencies shall not approve a program of self-insurance for wo…
  • FAR 35.017-4 Reviewing FFRDC's.
    …agraph (c) of this subsection. (c) An FFRDC review should include the following: (1) An examination of the sponsor's special technical needs and mission requirements that are performed by the FFRDC to determine if and at what level they c…
  • FAR 46.105 Contractor responsibilities.
    …uring methods and operations meet the contract's technical requirements; (3) Testing and examination, to ensure that practices and equipment provide the means for optimum evaluation of the characteristics subject to inspection; (4) Reliab…
  • FAR 49.108-3 Settlement procedure.
    …ble requirements of 49.107 and 49.111 relating to accounting and other reviews. After the examination, the TCO shall notify the contractor in writing of (1) approval or ratification, or (2) the reasons for disapproval.
  • FAR 49.606 Granting subcontract settlement authorization.
    …ethods used in negotiating settlements with your subcontractors and will make a selective examination of the settlements made by you. If the review indicates that you are not adequately protecting the Government's interest, this delegation …
  • FAR 52.214-20 Bid Samples.
    …t or evaluate bid samples to determine compliance with all the characteristics listed for examination in this solicitation. The Government will reject the bid when the sample fails to conform to the required characteristics. Products delive…
  • DFARS 212.504 Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …iv) 10 U.S.C. 3741-3750, Allowable Costs Under Defense Contracts. (v) 10 U.S.C. 3841(d), Examination of Records of a Contractor. (vi) 10 U.S.C. 3845, Contractor Inventory Accounting System Standards. (vii) 10 U.S.C. 4651, note prec. (sec…
  • DFARS 237.102-71 Limitation on service contracts for military flight simulators.
    …nclude, at a minimum— (i) A clear explanation of the need for the contract; and (ii) An examination of at least two alternatives for fulfilling the requirements that the contract is meant to fulfill, including the following with respect t…
  • DFARS 237.104 Personal services contracts.
    …tions outside of medical treatment facilities (such as the provision of medical screening examinations at military entrance processing stations); and (3) Services of clinical counselors, family advocacy program staff, and victim's services…
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    …, limb, or eyesight is jeopardized. Examples of emergency medical and dental care include examination and initial treatment of victims of sexual assault; refills of prescriptions for life-dependent drugs; repair of broken bones, lacerations…

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.