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39 sections with “exclusive use of the United States”

  • 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 252.227-7018 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 252.227-7013 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 252.227-7037 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 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 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 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 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 227.7103-13 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 252.229-7008 Relief from Import Duty (United Kingdom)
    …s, or raw materials supplied to the United States Government under this contract shall be exclusive of any United Kingdom import duties. Any imported items supplied for which import duty already has been paid will be supplied at a price exc…
  • FAR 19.000 Scope of part.
    …) in implementing the programs; (3) Setting acquisitions aside, in total or in part, for exclusive competitive participation by small business, 8(a) participants, HUBZone small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small busine…
  • 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 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …) conducting the business can demonstrate— (1) Are conducted under contract directly and exclusively with the regional government of southern Sudan; (2) Are conducted pursuant to specific authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Co…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 252.229-7006 Value Added Tax Exclusion (United Kingdom)
    …011) The supplies or services identified in this contract are to be delivered at a price exclusive of value added tax under arrangements between the appropriate United States authorities and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) (Refere…
  • DFARS 252.233-7001 Choice of law (overseas).
    …iction of local national courts where this contract is performed and agrees to accept the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals and the United States Court of Federal Claims for hearing and det…
  • 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 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 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 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 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 52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements.
    …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…
  • DFARS 228.370-1 Definitions.
    …ese governments, except as provided in paragraph (7) of this definition. (4) An aircraft exclusively leased for at least 90 continuous days by the government of a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United …
  • DFARS 252.228-7007 Public Aircraft and State Aircraft Operations—Liability.
    …ese governments, except as provided in paragraph (7) of this definition. (4) An aircraft exclusively leased for at least 90 continuous days by the government of a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United …
  • FAR 8.605 Exceptions.
    … (e) Acquiring listed items totaling $3,500 or less; (f) Acquiring items that FPI offers exclusively on a competitive (non-mandatory) basis, as identified in the FPI Schedule; or (g) Acquiring services.
  • FAR 22.1301 Definitions.
    … per week, if employed in American Samoa by employers other than the Federal Government), exclusive of board, lodging, or other facilities; (ii) Whose primary duty consists of the management of the enterprise in which the individual is emp…
  • FAR 22.1603 Exceptions.
    …2) Subcontracts of $10,000 or less; and (3) Contracts or subcontracts for work performed exclusively outside the United States. (b) Exemptions granted by the Secretary. (1) If the Secretary finds that the requirements of the Executive Ord…
  • FAR 28.305 Overseas workers' compensation and war-hazard insurance.
    …department or agency, determines that such contracts should be covered) or (ii) contracts exclusively for materials or supplies. (c) When the Defense Base Act applies (see 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) to these employees, the benefits of the Lon…
  • FAR 28.307-2 Liability.
    …ployer's liability coverage of at least $100,000 shall be required, except in States with exclusive or monopolistic funds that do not permit workers' compensation to be written by private carriers. (See 28.305(c) for treatment of contracts …
  • FAR 31.205-1 Public relations and advertising costs.
    …quired by contract, or that arise from requirements of Government contracts, and that are exclusively for— (i) Acquiring scarce items for contract performance; or (ii) Disposing of scrap or surplus materials acquired for contract performa…
  • DFARS 225.872-3 Solicitation procedures.
    …er an offer of a qualifying country end product if the solicitation is identified for the exclusive participation of small business concerns. (b) Send solicitations directly to qualifying country sources. Solicit Canadian sources through t…
  • 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 247.572 Policy.
    (a) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2631(a), DoD contractors shall transport supplies exclusively on U.S.-flag vessels. In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2631(b), DoD (see 247.573(a)) may waive this requirement when a U.S.-flag vessel— (1) Is not …
  • DFARS 252.227-7020 Rights in special works.
    …ced by a “P”. (3) The Contractor grants to the Government a royalty-free, world-wide, nonexclusive, irrevocable license to reproduce, prepare derivative works from, distribute, perform, or display, and to have or authorize others to do so,…
  • DFARS 252.227-7041 Additional postaward requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …ls, or labor; and (3) Is either— (i) A nonprofit institution that is owned and operated exclusively for scientific or educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individua…

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.