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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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62 sections with “favor”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    … this contract, together with interest charges, shall be secured, when made, by a lien in favor of the Government, paramount to all other liens, on the supplies or other things covered by this contract and on all material and other property…
  • DFARS 252.227-7002 Readjustment of payments.
    …n or shall hereafter be granted within the United States, on royalty terms which are more favorable to the licensee than those contained herein, the Government shall be entitled to the benefit of such more favorable terms with respect to al…
  • FAR 9.505-2 Preparing specifications or work statements.
    … be done in order to avoid a situation in which the contractor could draft specifications favoring its own products or capabilities. In this way the Government can be assured of getting unbiased advice as to the content of the specification…
  • FAR 31.205-1 Public relations and advertising costs.
    … a concern or its products; or (2) Maintaining or promoting reciprocal understanding and favorable relations with the public at large, or any segment of the public. The term public relations includes activities associated with areas such a…
  • FAR 7.402 Acquisition methods.
    … costs. (2) Agencies should not rule out the purchase method of equipment acquisition in favor of renting or leasing merely because of the possibility that future technological advances might make the selected equipment less desirable. (b…
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …r whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. (v) The evaluation should include the past performance of offerors in complying with subcontracting pla…
  • FAR 15.607 Criteria for acceptance and negotiation of an unsolicited proposal.
    (a) A favorable comprehensive evaluation of an unsolicited proposal does not, in itself, justify awarding a contract without providing for full and open competition. The agency point of contact shall return an unsolicited proposal to the of…
  • FAR 52.207-1 Notice of Standard Competition.
    …n will be publicly announced in accordance with the Circular. If the performance decision favors a private sector offeror, a contract will be awarded. If the performance decision favors an agency or a public reimbursable tender, the Contrac…
  • FAR 52.207-2 Notice of Streamlined Competition.
    …n will be publicly announced in accordance with the Circular. If the performance decision favors private sector performance, the Contracting Officer shall either award a contract or issue a competitive solicitation for private sector offers…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …Alternate I for any subcontractor that is a small business concern; (ii) Are at least as favorable to the Government as the terms of this clause; (iii) Are not more favorable to the subcontractor or division than the terms of this clause …
  • DFARS 204.7603 Procedures.
    …d decision. Offerors or quoters without a risk assessment in SPRS shall not be considered favorably or unfavorably. Contracting officers shall use their discretion in considering the information available in SPRS on item risk, price risk, a…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …usiness concerns through full and open competition after a price evaluation preference in favor of HUBZone small business concerns. (4) Awards based on a reserve for HUBZone small business concerns in a solicitation for a multiple-award co…
  • FAR 3.101-2 Solicitation and acceptance of gratuities by Government personnel.
    …no Government employee may solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any gratuity, gift, favor, entertainment, loan, or anything of monetary value from anyone who (a) has or is seeking to obtain Government business with the employee's agen…
  • FAR 3.204 Treatment of violations.
    … or employee of the Government; and (2) Intended by the gratuity to obtain a contract or favorable treatment under a contract (intent generally must be inferred). (b) Agency procedures shall afford the contractor an opportunity to appear …
  • FAR 3.502-1 Definitions.
    …ontractor, or subcontractor employee for the purpose of improperly obtaining or rewarding favorable treatment in connection with a prime contract or in connection with a subcontract relating to a prime contract. Person, means a corporation…
  • FAR 3.502-2 Subcontractor kickbacks.
    … contractors from accepting payments for the purpose of improperly obtaining or rewarding favorable treatment in connection with a prime contract or a subcontract relating to a prime contract. The Kickbacks statute— (a) Prohibits any perso…
  • FAR 3.601 Policy.
    …ween the employees' interests and their Government duties, and to avoid the appearance of favoritism or preferential treatment by the Government toward its employees. (b) For purposes of this subpart, special Government employees (as defin…
  • FAR 7.108 Additional requirements for telecommuting.
    …cify the prohibition in the solicitation; or (b) When telecommuting is not prohibited, unfavorably evaluate an offer because it includes telecommuting, unless the contracting officer first determines that the requirements of the agency, in…
  • FAR 9.106-1 Conditions for preaward surveys.
    … administration office becomes aware of a prospective award to a contractor about which unfavorable information exists and no preaward survey has been requested, it shall promptly obtain and transmit details to the contracting officer. (c)…
  • FAR 9.505-1 Providing systems engineering and technical direction.
    …ther contractors. Therefore this contractor should not be in a position to make decisions favoring its own products or capabilities.
  • FAR 13.106-2 Evaluation of quotations or offers.
    … part 14 or 15 may be used. (2) If telecommuting is not prohibited, agencies shall not unfavorably evaluate an offer because it includes telecommuting unless the contracting officer executes a written determination in accordance with FAR 7…
  • FAR 14.304 Submission, modification, and withdrawal of bids.
    …2) However, a late modification of an otherwise successful bid, that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted. (c) Acceptable evidence to establish the time of rece…
  • FAR 14.407-4 Mistakes after award.
    … the mistake may be corrected by contract modification if correcting the mistake would be favorable to the Government without changing the essential requirements of the specifications. (b) In addition to the cases contemplated in paragraph…
  • FAR 15.208 Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals.
    …wever, a late modification of an otherwise successful proposal, that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted. (c) Acceptable evidence to establish the time of rece…
  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(G)(i)). (5) If telecommuting is not prohibited, agencies shall not unfavorably evaluate an offer that includes telecommuting unless the contracting officer executes a written determination in accordance with FAR 7.108(b…
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …. Government personnel involved in the acquisition shall not engage in conduct that— (1) Favors one offeror over another; (2) Reveals an offeror's technical solution, including— (i) Unique technology; (ii) Innovative and unique uses of …
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …highly specialized; (2) Based on the contracting officer's knowledge of the market, more favorable terms and conditions, including pricing, will be provided if a single award is made; (3) The expected cost of administration of multiple co…
  • FAR 28.106-1 Bonds and bond related forms.
    …or a Bonds Statute Payment Bond (see 28.202(a)(4)). (j) SF 275, Reinsurance Agreement in Favor of the United States (see 28.202(a)(4)). (k) SF 1414, Consent of Surety (see 28.106-5). (l) SF 1415, Consent of Surety and Increase of Penalty…
  • FAR 28.202 Acceptability of corporate sureties.
    …urnished with the required performance or payment bonds. SF 275, Reinsurance Agreement in Favor of the United States, is used when reinsurance is furnished with bonds for other purposes. (b) For contracts performed in a foreign country, su…
  • FAR 31.205-33 Professional and consultant service costs.
    …ernment work to the contractor's total business is such as to influence the contractor in favor of incurring the cost, particularly when the services rendered are not of a continuing nature and have little relationship to work under Governm…
  • FAR 32.304-7 Contract surety bonds and loan guarantees.
    …agreement with the financing institution to subordinate the surety's rights and claims in favor of the guaranteed loan. (c) The agency approval of a guarantee for a loan involving relatively substantial subcontracts covered by surety bonds…
  • FAR 32.409-3 Security, supervision, and covenants.
    …he terms of the agreement, the contracting officer should provide for a paramount lien in favor of the Government. This lien may supplement or replace other security requirements. The lien should cover— (1) Supplies being acquired; (2) An…
  • FAR 32.410 Findings, determination, and authorization.
    …operation of a Government-owned plant. (8) The following unusual facts and circumstances favor making advance payments to the Contractor without interest: [List the pertinent facts and circumstances.] Determination (b) Based on the find…
  • FAR 32.412 Contract clause.
    … requirement because of the contractor's financial strength, good performance record, and favorable experience concerning cost disallowances, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I. (c) If a cost-reimbursement co…
  • FAR 41.205 Separate contracts.
    …rcumstances exist: (1) The Government will obtain lower rates, larger discounts, or more favorable terms and conditions of service; (2) A proposed connection charge, termination liability, or any other facilities charge to be paid by the …
  • FAR 42.1501 General.
    …h the requirements of the small business subcontracting plan (see 19.705-7(b)), including favorable consideration of a mentor with an SBA-approved mentor-protégé agreement (see 13 CFR 125.9) that subcontracts to its protégé, and that protég…
  • FAR 47.303-5 F.o.b. origin, with differentials.
    …ikely that offerors may include in f.o.b. origin offers a contingency to compensate for unfavorable routing conditions by the Government at the time of shipment.
  • FAR 47.305-3 F.o.b. origin solicitations.
    …ikely to include in f.o.b. origin offers a contingency to compensate for what may be an unfavorable routing condition by the Government at the time of shipment, the contracting officer may permit prospective contractors to state in offers a…
  • FAR 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    …— (1) Offerors may nominate additional ports (including ports in Alaska and Hawaii) more favorably located to their shipping points; and (2) These ports will be considered in the evaluation of offers if they possess all requisite capabili…
  • FAR 49.112-1 Partial payments.
    …itle to the completed end items or termination inventory, or by the creation of a lien in favor of the Government, paramount to all other liens, on the completed end items or termination inventory, or by other appropriate means. (e) Deduct…

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