48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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23 sections with “existing contract scope”

  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …ription of the method used to identify potential sources for solicitation purposes (e.g., existing company source lists, SAM, veterans service organizations, the National Minority Purchasing Council Vendor Information Service, the Research …
  • FAR 5.001 Definition.
    …defined in subpart 2.1, including actions for additional supplies or services outside the existing contract scope, but not including actions that are within the scope and under the terms of the existing contract, such as contract modificati…
  • FAR 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer.
    …ter a contract or contract modification containing a subcontracting plan is awarded or an existing subcontracting plan is amended, the contracting officer shall do the following: (a) Notify the SBA of the award by sending a copy of the awa…
  • FAR 32.001 Definitions.
    …defined in subpart 2.1, including actions for additional supplies or services outside the existing contract scope, but not including actions that are within the scope and under the terms of the existing contract, such as contract modificati…
  • FAR 42.1205 Agreement to recognize contractor's change of name.
    …NGE-OF-NAME AGREEMENT The ABC CORPORATION (Contractor), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of ______ [insert State], and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Government), enter into this Agreement as of ________ [insert date…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …ional agreements: _______ * [* Contracting Officer complete with the names of applicable existing treaties or international agreements. The above language is not intended to apply to treaties or agreements that are in effect on the date of…
  • DFARS 270.000 Scope of part.
    …ll under DFARS subchapter D, Socioeconomic Programs, and neither implement nor supplement existing FAR part 19 or parts 22 through 25.
  • FAR 15.404-2 Data to support proposal analysis.
    …ying customarily granted or offered discounts for the item; (D) Verifying the item to an existing catalog or price list; (E) Verifying historical data for a product or service previously not determined commercial that the offeror is now t…
  • FAR 16.702 Basic agreements.
    …rating the basic agreement. (5) Contracting officers of one agency should obtain and use existing basic agreements of another agency to the maximum practical extent. (c) Limitations. A basic agreement shall not— (1) Cite appropriations o…
  • FAR 26.203 Transition of work.
    …. (c) In effecting the transition, agencies are not required to terminate or renegotiate existing contracts. Agencies should transition the work at the earliest practical opportunity after consideration of the following: (1) The potential…
  • FAR 38.201 Coordination requirements.
    … Federal Supply Service (FSS) before— (1) Establishing new schedules; (2) Discontinuing existing schedules; (3) Changing the scope of agency or geographical coverage of existing schedules; or (4) Adding or deleting special item numbers,…
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …. NOVATION AGREEMENT The ABC CORPORATION (Transferor), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of ________ [insert State] with its principal office in ________ [insert city]; the XYZ CORPORATION (Transferee), [if appropri…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ent has previously obtained rights shall be delivered, furnished, or provided with the preexisting rights, unless— (i) The parties have agreed otherwise; or (ii) Any restrictions on the Government's rights to use, modify, reproduce, relea…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …ent has previously obtained rights shall be delivered, furnished, or provided with the preexisting rights, unless— (i) The parties have agreed otherwise; or (ii) Any restrictions on the Government's rights to use, modify, reproduce, relea…
  • 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.
    …ent has previously obtained rights shall be delivered, furnished, or provided with the preexisting rights, unless— (i) The parties have agreed otherwise; or (ii) Any restrictions on the Government's rights to use, modify, release, perform…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …operation. Instead, these reviews evaluate the economy and efficiency of the contractor's existing work force, methods, materials, equipment, real property, operating systems, and management. These reviews are accomplished by a multi-functi…
  • FAR 22.1007 Requirement to obtain wage determinations.
    …) Each contract modification which brings the contract above $2,500 and— (1) Extends the existing contract pursuant to an option clause or otherwise; or (2) Changes the scope of the contract whereby labor requirements are affected signifi…
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …a U.S. Government contract or subcontract, if the payment of such costs is required under existing temporary worker programs or pursuant to a written agreement with the employee for portions of contracts and subcontracts performed inside th…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …a U.S. Government contract or subcontract, if the payment of such costs is required under existing temporary worker programs or pursuant to a written agreement with the employee (for portions of contracts performed inside the United States)…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …grees that no costs shall be allowed for any depreciation, amortization, or use under any existing or future Government contract or subcontract thereunder. The Contractor shall furnish the Contracting Officer a list of all property to which…
  • FAR 52.248-2 Value Engineering—Architect-Engineer.
    …e the following information in each VEP: (1) A description of the difference between the existing the proposed design, the comparative advantage and disadvantages of each, a justification when an item's function is being altered, the effec…
  • DFARS 204.7103-1 Criteria for establishing.
    … used to produce items being acquired by several activities; or (C) A modification to an existing contract line item for a nonseverable deliverable that results in the delivery of a modified item(s) where the item(s) and modification are t…
  • DFARS 215.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    … contractor's cost impact calculation for the affected contract. (C) Potential impact on existing contracts, task or deliver orders, or other proposals the contractor has submitted to the Government. (ii) Voluntary disclosure of defective…

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