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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ct completion. (9) Enter in Column (9) the production costs from your books and records (exclusive of preproduction costs reported in Column (8)) of the units completed as of the cutoff date. (10) Enter in Column (10) the costs of work in…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    … individual task orders. (c) Government license. The Government shall have at least a nonexclusive, nontransferable, irrevocable, paid-up license to practice, or have practiced for or on behalf of the United States, any subject invention t…
  • DFARS 227.7103-5 Government rights.
    …(1) Data pertaining to an item, component, or process which has been or will be developed exclusively with Government funds; (2) Studies, analyses, test data, or similar data produced in the performance of a contract when the study, analys…
  • DFARS 227.7103-6 Contract clauses.
    …ertaining to any portion of a commercial product or commercial service that was developed exclusively at private expense). Do not use the clause when the only deliverable items are computer software or computer software documentation (see 2…
  • DFARS 227.7103-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.
    …rtion. (2) Commercial products and commercial services—presumption regarding development exclusively at private expense. 10 U.S.C. 3772(a)(1) and 3784 establish a presumption and procedures regarding validation of asserted restrictions for…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … reduced to practice within the meaning of Title 35 of the United States Code. Developed exclusively at private expense means development was accomplished entirely with costs charged to indirect cost pools, costs not allocated to a Governm…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    … medium, in sufficient detail to comply with requirements under that contract. Developed exclusively at private expense means development was accomplished entirely with costs charged to indirect cost pools, costs not allocated to a governm…
  • DFARS 252.227-7017 Identification and Assertion of Use, Release, or Disclosure Restrictions.
    …ntify the software or documentation. 2 Generally, development at private expense, either exclusively or partially, is the only basis for asserting restrictions. For technical data, other than computer software documentation, development re…
  • 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.
    … medium, in sufficient detail to comply with requirements under that contract. Developed exclusively at private expense means development was accomplished entirely with costs charged to indirect cost pools, costs not allocated to a governm…
  • DFARS 252.227-7037 Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data.
    …ntract. (b) Commercial products or commercial services—presumption regarding development exclusively at private expense.. The Contracting Officer will presume that the Contractor's or a subcontractor's asserted use or release restrictions …
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …ce with the provisions of this clause. (2) License. (i) The Contractor shall retain a nonexclusive royalty-free license throughout the world in each subject invention to which the Government obtains title, unless the Contractor fails to di…
  • FAR 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a) Insert a provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.217-3, Evaluation Exclusive of Options, in solicitations when the solicitation includes an option clause and does not include one of the provisions prescribed in paragraph…
  • FAR 22.1605 Contract clause.
    …tract is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) For work performed exclusively outside the United States; or (3) Covered (in their entirety) by an exemption granted by the Secretary. (b) A contracting agency may mod…
  • FAR 27.201-2 Contract clauses.
    …ll not be used in construction and architect-engineer contracts unless the contract calls exclusively for R&D work. (3) Use the clause with its Alternate II in solicitations and contracts for communication services with a common carrier an…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …rt the clause at 52.227-18, Rights in Data—Existing Works, in solicitations and contracts exclusively for the acquisition, without modification, of existing audiovisual and similar works of the type set forth in 27.405-2. The contract may s…
  • FAR 29.202 General exemptions.
    …ting situations as, for example, when the supplies are for any of the following: (a) The exclusive use of any State or political subdivision, including the District of Columbia (26 U.S.C. 4041 and 4221). (b) Shipment for export to a forei…
  • FAR 43.301 Use of forms.
    (a)(1) The Standard Form 30 (SF 30), Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract, exclusive of actions processed under part 15, shall (except for the options stated in 43.301(a)(2) or actions processed under part 15) be used for— (i…
  • FAR 47.507 Contract clauses.
    …ncy procedures, that the supplies to be furnished under the contracts must be transported exclusively in privately owned U.S.-flag commercial vessels (see 47.502(a)(1) and 47.503(b)), use the clause with its Alternate I. (3) Except for con…
  • FAR 52.217-3 Evaluation Exclusive of Options.
    …e and does not include one of the provisions prescribed in 17.208 (b) or (c): Evaluation Exclusive of Options (APR 1984) The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by including only the price for the basic requirement; i.e., o…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …e-inventor after consultation with the Contractor, may request greater rights than the nonexclusive license provided in paragraph (d) of this clause. The request for a greater rights must be submitted to the Contracting Officer at the time …
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …, the Contractor grants to the Government, and others acting on its behalf, a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license in such copyrighted data to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perfor…
  • FAR 52.232-14 Notice of Availability of Progress Payments Exclusively for Small Business Concerns.
    …siness bidders would need progress payments: Notice of Availability of Progress Payments Exclusively for Small Business Concerns (APR 1984) The Progress Payments clause will be available only to small business concerns. Any bid conditione…
  • DFARS 227.7102-4 Contract clauses.
    …vern the technical data pertaining to any portion of a commercial item that was developed exclusively at private expense. (c) Use the clause at 252.227-7037, Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data, in solicitations and contr…
  • DFARS 227.7103-4 License rights.
    …isplay or disclose technical data pertaining to items, components, or processes developed exclusively at private expense (limited rights). They may not restrict the Government's rights in items, components, or processes developed exclusivel…
  • DFARS 227.7107-1 Architectural designs and data clauses for architect-engineer or construction contracts.
    …other special reasons the Government does not want duplicated, the Government may acquire exclusive control of the data pertaining to the design by including the clause at 252.227-7023, Drawings and Other Data to Become Property of Governme…
  • DFARS 252.229-7001 Tax Relief.
    …following clause: Tax Relief—Basic (APR 2020) (a) Prices set forth in this contract are exclusive of all taxes and duties from which the United States Government is exempt by virtue of tax agreements between the United States Government a…
  • FAR 29.203 Other Federal tax exemptions.
    …ications excise tax imposed in 26 U.S.C. 4251, when the supplies and services are for the exclusive use of the United States. (Secretarial Authorization, June 20, 1947, Internal Revenue Cumulative Bulletin, 1947-1, 205.) (b) Pursuant to 26…
  • FAR 29.305 State and local tax exemptions.
    …SF 1094). (4) A State or local form indicating that the supplies or services are for the exclusive use of the United States. (5) Any other State or locally required document for establishing general or specific exemption. (6) Shipping do…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …ce with the provisions of this clause. (2) License. (i) The Contractor shall retain a nonexclusive royalty-free license throughout the world in each subject invention to which the Government obtains title, unless the Contractor fails to di…
  • FAR 52.247-52 Clearance and Documentation Requirements—Shipments to DOD Air or Water Terminal Transshipment Points.
    … cargo either— (i) Is classified TOP SECRET, SECRET, OR CONFIDENTIAL; (ii) Will require exclusive use of a motor vehicle; (iii) Will occupy full visible capacity of a railway car or motor vehicle; (iv) Is less than a carload or truckloa…
  • DFARS 225.7017-1 Definitions.
    …he United States on DoD property or in a facility owned by DoD; and (2) Reserved for the exclusive use of DoD in the United States for the full economic life of the device. Designated country photovoltaic device means a World Trade Organi…
  • DFARS 227.7203-5 Government rights.
    …. The Government obtains an unlimited rights license in— (1) Computer software developed exclusively with Government funds; (2) Computer software documentation required to be delivered under a Government contract; (3) Corrections or chan…
  • DFARS 228.102-70 Defense Environmental Restoration Program construction contracts.
    … (a) Any rights of action under the performance bond shall only accrue to, and be for the exclusive use of, the obligee named in the bond; (b) In the event of default, the surety's liability on the performance bond is limited to the cost o…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …(6) A nondevelopmental item, if the procuring agency determines the product was developed exclusively at private expense and sold in substantial quantities, on a competitive basis, to multiple State and local governments or to multiple fore…
  • FAR 19.501 General.
    (a)(1) The purpose of small business set-asides is to award certain acquisitions exclusively to small business concerns. A “set-aside for small business” is the limiting of an acquisition exclusively for participation by small business conc…
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    …lants, borrow pits, job headquarters, tool yards, etc., provided— (i) They are dedicated exclusively, or nearly so, to performance of the contract or project; and (ii) They are adjacent or virtually adjacent to the “primary site of the wo…
  • FAR 27.201-1 General.
    (a) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1498, the exclusive remedy for patent or copyright infringement by or on behalf of the Government is a suit for monetary damages against the Government in the Court of Federal Claims. There is no injunctive relief …
  • FAR 27.406-3 Major system acquisition.
    …a relating to the major system or supplies for the major system, that are to be developed exclusively with Federal funds if the delivery of the technical data is needed to ensure the competitive acquisition of supplies or services that will…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    … of the 60-day period. The report shall explain the reasons why the GAO's recommendation, exclusive of costs, has not been followed by the agency. (h) Award of costs. (1) If the GAO determines that a solicitation for a contract, a proposed…
  • FAR 52.216-3 Economic Price Adjustment—Semistandard Supplies.
    …ach decrease in any applicable established price. Each corresponding contract unit price (exclusive of any part of the unit price that reflects modifications resulting from compliance with specifications or with requirements for preservatio…

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.