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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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41 sections with “final evaluation”: the first 40

  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …individuals responsible for preparing and reviewing interim evaluations, if prepared, and final evaluations (e.g., contracting officers, contracting officer representatives, project managers, and program managers). Those individuals identif…
  • DFARS 216.405-2 Cost-plus-award-fee contracts.
    …iate fee distribution to ensure at least 40 percent of the award fee is available for the final evaluation so that the award fee is appropriately distributed over all evaluation periods to incentivize the contractor throughout performance o…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …e Federal agency that, on behalf of all Federal agencies, is responsible for establishing final indirect cost rates and forward pricing rates, if applicable, and administering cost accounting standards for all contracts in a business unit. …
  • FAR 36.602-4 Selection authority.
    (a) The final selection decision shall be made by the agency head or a designated selection authority. (b) The selection authority shall review the recommendations of the evaluation board and shall, with the advice of appropriate technical…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …at the procedures required by paragraph (e)(1) of this clause have been followed. (ii) A final report, within 3 months after completion of the contracted work, listing all subject inventions or stating that there were none, and listing all…
  • FAR 52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price.
    …ement, or correction shall be considered a cost incurred, or to be incurred, in the total final negotiated cost fixed under the incentive price revision clause. However, replacements or corrections by the Contractor after the establishment …
  • DFARS 227.7203-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.
    …er a contract. The Government's right to challenge an assertion expires three years after final payment under the contract or three years after delivery of the software, whichever is later. Those limitations on the Government's challenge ri…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …l subject inventions have been disclosed or that there are no subject inventions. (ii) A final report, within 3 months after completion of the contracted work, listing all subject inventions or stating that there were no subject inventions…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …Contractor's response and notify the Contractor, in writing, of the Contracting Officer's final determination concerning— (i) Remaining material weaknesses; (ii) The adequacy of any proposed or completed corrective action; and (iii) Syst…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …ested concern of the SBA determination. The determination is effective immediately and is final unless overturned on appeal by SBA's Associate Administrator, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development(AA/GC&BD). (1) If the c…
  • FAR 19.602-3 Resolving differences between the agency and the Small Business Administration.
    …ng officer and the SBA shall make every effort to reach a resolution before the SBA takes final action on a COC. This shall be done through the complete exchange of information and in accordance with agency procedures. If agreement cannot b…
  • FAR 36.606 Negotiations.
    (a) Unless otherwise specified by the selection authority, the final selection authorizes the contracting officer to begin negotiations. Negotiations shall be conducted in accordance with part 15 of this chapter, beginning with the most pre…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …urplus property), or other disposition, or via a completed investigation, evaluation, and final determination for lost property. This requirement applies to all Government property under the Contractor's accountability, stewardship, possess…
  • DFARS 244.305-70 Policy.
    …al determination in consultation with the auditor or purchasing system analyst and make a final determination. (3) Final determination. (i) The contracting officer shall make a final determination and notify the contractor, in writing, tha…
  • FAR 14.503-1 Step one.
    … acceptable without additional explanation or information, (ii) the Government may make a final determination regarding a proposal's acceptability solely on the basis of the proposal as submitted, and (iii) the Government may proceed with t…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … the agreement, include a copy, and describe its nature. H. As soon as practicable after final agreement on price or an earlier date agreed to by the parties, but before the award resulting from the proposal, you must, under the conditions…
  • FAR 28.204-3 Irrevocable letter of credit.
    … subject to the Bonds statute, the later of— (A) One year following the expected date of final payment; (B) For performance bonds only, until completion of any warranty period; or (C) For payment bonds only, until resolution of all claim…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …osts when there is reason to believe they should be suspended or disapproved, and approve final vouchers. (8) Issue Notices of Intent to Disallow or not Recognize Costs (see subpart 42.8). (9) Establish final indirect cost rates and billi…
  • FAR 52.203-10 Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity.
    …sions, the Contracting Officer may defer such adjustment until establishment of the total final price of the contract. The total final price established in accordance with the incentive price revision provisions of the contract shall be red…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …aterials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this c…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    (a) General. The objective of proposal analysis is to ensure that the final agreed-to price is fair and reasonable. (1) The contracting officer is responsible for evaluating the reasonableness of the offered prices. The analytical techniqu…
  • FAR 30.604 Processing changes to disclosed or established cost accounting practices.
    …r closed) or the fiscal year(s) in which the costs are incurred (i.e., whether or not the final indirect rates have been established); (2) Combine the cost impact for all affected CAS-covered contracts and subcontracts for all segments if …
  • FAR 30.605 Processing noncompliances.
    …osts paid by the Government, in the aggregate; and (4) The net effect of any interim and final voucher billing adjustments made to correct a cost accumulation noncompliance will not result in the recovery of more than the increased cost pa…
  • FAR 47.305-13 Transit arrangements.
    …pping of a carload or truckload shipment at a specific intermediate point en route to the final destination for storage, processing, or other purposes, as specified in carrier tariffs or rate tenders. A single through rate is charged from o…
  • FAR 52.248-2 Value Engineering—Architect-Engineer.
    …r shall be responsible for prestudy work assembly and shall edit, reproduce, and sign the final report and each VEP. All VEP's, even if submitted earlier as an individual submission, shall be contained in the final report. (d) VEP preparat…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    …rtion of the work; (ii) Is not necessarily the period of time between contract award and final delivery (or final payment), as periods of minimal effort should be excluded; (iii) Should not include periods of performance contained in opti…
  • DFARS 252.228-7000 Reimbursement for War-Hazard Losses.
    …ent or denial of each claim; (2) Subject to Contracting Officer approval, makes lump sum final settlement of any open claims and obtains necessary release documents within one year of the expiration or termination of this contract, unless …
  • FAR 8.602 Policy.
    …ral Services, and the President, or their representatives. The decisions of the board are final and binding on all parties.
  • FAR 19.1405 Set-aside procedures.
    …ys of receiving the appeal. The decision of the head of the contracting activity shall be final.
  • FAR 25.1002 Use of foreign currency.
    …if award is based on initial offers; otherwise (ii) On the date specified for receipt of final proposal revisions. (c) If a contract is priced in foreign currency, the agency must ensure that adequate funds are available to cover currency…
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    …uplicate shall not be requested under the patent rights clause); (ii) Submit interim and final invention reports listing subject inventions and notifying the contracting officer of all subcontracts awarded for experimental, developmental, …
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …2) are not applicable, the following apply: (i) IR&D and B&P costs shall be allocated to final cost objectives on the same basis of allocation used for the G&A expense grouping of the profit center (see 31.001) in which the costs are incur…
  • FAR 32.1004 Procedures.
    …n the contract. The method of liquidation shall ensure complete liquidation no later than final payment. (1) If the contracting officer establishes the performance-based payments on a delivery item basis, the liquidation amount for each li…
  • FAR 34.005-2 Mission-oriented solicitation.
    …licitation should be revised, if appropriate. (b) The contracting officer shall send the final solicitation to all prospective offerors. It shall— (1) Describe the nature of the need in terms of mission capabilities required, without refe…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    … disclosure requirement for an individual contract continues until at least 3 years after final payment on the contract. (4) The Government will safeguard such disclosures in accordance with paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of this clause. (G) Full c…
  • FAR 52.214-21 Descriptive Literature.
    …equirement shall provide the following information: Line item number of product Date of final delivery product supplied (g) Bidders shall submit bids on the basis of required descriptive literature or on the basis of a previously supplie…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …equired for performance of the contract or subcontract. Total contract dollars means the final anticipated dollar value, including the dollar value of all options. Untimely payment means a payment to a subcontractor that is more than 90 d…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …or shall maintain records adequate to identify the first delivered unit for 3 years after final payment under this contract. (2) The Contracting Officer shall calculate the Contractor's share of concurrent contract savings by (i) subtracti…
  • DFARS 216.405-2-70 Award fee reduction or denial for jeopardizing the health or safety of Government personnel.
    …r or a subcontractor at any tier is not subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts, a final determination of contractor or subcontractor fault resulting from a DoD investigation (in accordance with section 834 of the National Defense Au…
  • DFARS 235.072 Additional contract clauses.
    …itations and contracts for research and development. (d) Use the clause at 252.235-7011, Final Scientific or Technical Report, in solicitations and contracts for research and development. (e) Use the clause at 252.235-7004, Protection of …

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.