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237 sections with “excess”: the first 40

  • FAR 49.105-2 Release of excess funds.
    … and within 30 days after the receipt of the termination notice, recommend the release of excess funds to the contracting officer. The initial deobligation of excess funds should be accomplished in a timely manner by the contracting officer…
  • FAR 52.211-17 Delivery of Excess Quantities.
    As prescribed in 11.703(b), insert the following clause: Delivery of Excess Quantities (SEP 1989) The Contractor is responsible for the delivery of each item quantity within allowable variations, if any. If the Contractor delivers and the…
  • FAR 52.226-6 Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations.
    As prescribed in 26.404, insert the following clause: Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations (JUN 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Apparently wholesome food means food that meets all quality and labeling …
  • FAR 49.604 Release of excess funds under terminated contracts.
    The following format shall be used to recommend the release of excess funds under terminated contracts, except if the contracting office retains responsibility for settlement of the termination: FROM: Termination Contracting Officer ______…
  • FAR 8.103 Information on available excess personal property.
    Information regarding the availability of excess personal property can be obtained through— (a) Reviewing and requesting available excess personal property in GSAXcess® (see https://gsaxcess.gov); and (b) Personal contact with GSA or the …
  • DFARS 249.105-2 Release of excess funds.
    See PGI 249.105-2 for guidance on recommending the release of excess funds.
  • FAR 3.104-3 Statutory and related prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements.
    …ticipating personally and substantially in a Federal agency procurement for a contract in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, contacts or is contacted by a person who is an offeror in that Federal agency procurement regarding po…
  • FAR 8.406-4 Termination for cause.
    …tion for cause shall comply with FAR 12.403, and may include charging the contractor with excess costs resulting from repurchase. (2) The schedule contracting office shall be notified of all instances where an ordering activity contracting…
  • FAR 11.701 Supply contracts.
    …act, within allowable variations, if any. If a contractor delivers a quantity of items in excess of the contract requirements plus any allowable variation in quantity, particularly small dollar value overshipments, it results in unnecessary…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …ved at the time the requirement for a brand-name is determined. (iii)(A) For an order in excess of $40,000, the contracting officer shall— (1) Post the justification and supporting documentation on the agency Web site used (if any) to sol…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …an allowable contract cost). (iii) For owners of closely held companies, compensation in excess of the costs that are deductible as compensation under the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.) and regulations under it is unallowable. (b) Reas…
  • FAR 52.215-23 Limitations on Pass-Through Charges.
    …contract requirements, coordinating deliveries, performing quality assurance functions). Excessive pass-through charge, with respect to a Contractor or subcontractor that adds no or negligible value to a contract or subcontract, means a ch…
  • FAR 52.216-5 Price Redetermination—Prospective.
    …etermined that the Government has overpaid the Contractor, the Contractor shall repay the excess to the Government immediately. Unless repaid within 30 days after the end of the data submittal period, the amount of the excess shall bear int…
  • FAR 52.216-6 Price Redetermination—Retroactive.
    …furnished. If it is later determined that the Government has overpaid the Contractor, the excess shall be repaid to the Government immediately. Unless repaid within 30 days after the end of the data submittal period, the amount of the exces…
  • FAR 52.216-16 Incentive Price Revision—Firm Target.
    …etermined that the Government has overpaid the Contractor, the Contractor shall repay the excess to the Government immediately. Unless repaid within 30 days after the end of the data submittal period, the amount of the excess shall bear int…
  • FAR 52.216-17 Incentive Price Revision—Successive Targets.
    …etermined that the Government has overpaid the Contractor, the Contractor shall repay the excess to the Government immediately. Unless repaid within 30 days after the end of the data submittal period, the amount of the excess shall bear int…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …terest charges payable. If previous payments to the Contractor exceed the amount due, the excess amount shall be paid to the Government on demand. For purposes of this paragraph, the contract price shall be considered to be the stated contr…
  • FAR 52.232-20 Limitation of Cost.
    …e— (1) The Government is not obligated to reimburse the Contractor for costs incurred in excess of (i) the estimated cost specified in the Schedule or, (ii) if this is a cost-sharing contract, the estimated cost to the Government specified…
  • FAR 52.249-2 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price).
    …l payments exceed the amount finally determined to be due, the Contractor shall repay the excess to the Government upon demand, together with interest computed at the rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury under 50 U.S.C. App. 12…
  • FAR 52.249-3 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements).
    …l payments exceed the amount finally determined to be due, the Contractor shall repay the excess to the Government upon demand, together with interest computed at the rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury under 50 U.S.C. App 121…
  • FAR 52.249-6 Termination (Cost-Reimbursement).
    …l payments exceed the amount finally determined to be due, the Contractor shall repay the excess to the Government upon demand, together with interest computed at the rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury under 50 U.S.C. App. 12…
  • DFARS 217.170 General.
    …rocurements, including those expected to— (i) Employ an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20 million (see 10 U.S.C. 3501(l)(1), 10 U.S.C. 3531(d)(1), and section 8008(a) of Pub. L. 105-56 and similar sections in subsequent DoD ap…
  • FAR 26.403 Procedures.
    …e contractors, to the maximum extent practicable and safe, to donate apparently wholesome excess food to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure people in the United States. (2) Costs. (i) In any case in which a co…
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    … 20402, Stock No. 744-088-00000-0. (3) In special or unusual situations, actual costs in excess of the above-referenced maximum per diem rates are allowable provided that such amounts do not exceed the higher amounts authorized for Federal…
  • FAR 32.503-6 Suspension or reduction of payments.
    …ll other payments until the unliquidated balance of progress payments is eliminated. (d) Excessive inventory. If the inventory allocated to the contract exceeds reasonable requirements (including a reasonable accumulation of inventory for …
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …ifications requiring the contractor to provide packing, crating, and handling services on excess Government property. When the ACO determines it to be in the Government's interests, the services may be secured from a contractor other than t…
  • FAR 45.602-3 Screening.
    …nd nonprofit organizations if a Federal agency has not expressed a need for the property. Excess personal property, meeting the conditions of 45.603, may be abandoned, destroyed, or donated to public bodies. No later than the 21st day, the …
  • FAR 49.402-6 Repurchase against contractor's account.
    …e quality and delivery requirements. The contracting officer may repurchase a quantity in excess of the undelivered quantity terminated for default when the excess quantity is needed, but excess cost may not be charged against the defaultin…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ck Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2022) (E.O. 13706). __ (9) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations (JUN 2020) (42 U.S.C. 1792). __ (10) 52.247-69, Reporting Requirement for U.S.-Flag Air Carriers Rega…
  • FAR 52.232-22 Limitation of Funds.
    …e— (1) The Government is not obligated to reimburse the Contractor for costs incurred in excess of the total amount allotted by the Government to this contract; and (2) The Contractor is not obligated to continue performance under this co…
  • DFARS 252.217-7009 Default.
    …r. (b) Except for defaults of subcontractors, the Contractor shall not be liable for any excess costs if failure to perform the job order arises from causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor. Examples…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … of the product or service. (Section 314 of Pub. L. 107-314, 10 U.S.C. chapter 223 note) Excess personal property means any personal property under the control of a Federal agency that the agency head determines is not required for its nee…
  • FAR 4.804-5 Procedures for closing out contract files.
    …ion office must review the contract funds status and notify the contracting office of any excess funds the contract administration office might deobligate. When complete, the administrative closeout procedures must ensure that— (1) Disposi…
  • FAR 10.001 Policy.
    …y that agency; (ii) Before soliciting offers for acquisitions with an estimated value in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold; (iii) Before soliciting offers for acquisitions with an estimated value less than the simplified acqu…
  • FAR 22.407 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    (a) Insert the following clauses in solicitations and contracts in excess of $2,000 for construction within the United States: (1) 52.222-6, Construction Wage Rate Requirements. (2) 52.222-7, Withholding of Funds. (3) 52.222-8, Payrolls …
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …ular actuarial valuation. As of such date, the actuarial accrued liability represents the excess of the present value of future benefits and administrative expenses over the present value of future normal costs for all plan participants and…
  • FAR 31.205-19 Insurance and indemnification.
    …surance is available, any self-insurance charge plus insurance administration expenses in excess of the cost of comparable purchased insurance plus associated insurance administration expenses is unallowable. (4) Self-insurance charges for…
  • FAR 32.503-12 Maximum unliquidated amount.
    (a) The contracting officer shall ensure that any excess of the unliquidated progress payments over the contractual limitation in paragraph (a) of the Progress Payments clause in the contract is promptly corrected through one or more of the…
  • FAR 47.403-1 Availability and unavailability of U.S.-flag air carrier service.
    … the agency or traveler; or (3) Service by a foreign-flag air carrier can be paid for in excess foreign currency (unless U.S.-flag air carriers decline to accept excess or near excess foreign currencies for transportation payable only out …
  • FAR 49.112-1 Partial payments.
    … amount finally determined due on the settlement proposal, the contractor shall repay the excess to the Government on demand, together with interest. The interest shall be computed at the rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury un…

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