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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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43 sections with “first produced”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.209-3 First Article Approval—Contractor Testing.
    As prescribed in 9.308-1 (a) and (b), insert the following clause: First Article Approval—Contractor Testing (SEP 1989) [Contracting Officer shall insert details] (a) The Contractor shall test __ unit(s) of Lot/Item __ as specified in th…
  • FAR 52.209-4 First Article Approval—Government Testing.
    As prescribed in 9.308-2 (a) and (b), insert the following clause: First Article Approval—Government Testing (SEP 1989) [Contracting Officer shall insert details] (a) The Contractor shall deliver __ units(s) of Lot/Item __ within __ cale…
  • FAR 27.404-3 Copyrighted works.
    (a) Data first produced in the performance of a contract. (1) Generally, the contractor must obtain permission of the contracting officer prior to asserting rights in any copyrighted work containing data first produced in the performance of…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …in paragraph (c) of this clause, the Government shall have unlimited rights in— (i) Data first produced in the performance of this contract; (ii) Form, fit, and function data delivered under this contract; (iii) Data delivered under this…
  • FAR 52.227-17 Rights in Data—Special Works.
    …ll have— (i) Unlimited rights in all data delivered under this contract, and in all data first produced in the performance of this contract, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause. (ii) The right to limit assertion of copyrigh…
  • FAR 52.227-20 Rights in Data—SBIR Program.
    …r software, including minor modifications of the computer software. SBIR data means data first produced by a Contractor that is a small business concern in performance of a small business innovation research contract issued under the autho…
  • DFARS 252.227-7020 Rights in special works.
    …use: Rights in Special Works (JUN 1995) (a) Applicability. This clause applies to works first created, generated, or produced and required to be delivered under this contract. (b) Definitions. As used in this clause: (1) “Computer data …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …d on the basis of cost experience with similar contracts, together with supporting data. First article means a preproduction model, initial production sample, test sample, first lot, pilot lot, or pilot models. First article testing means…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …hen used in relation to any invention other than a plant variety, means the conception or first actual reduction to practice of the invention; or (2) When used in relation to a plant variety, means that the Contractor has at least tentativ…
  • DFARS 227.7106 Contracts for special works.
    …d contracts where the Government has a specific need to control the distribution of works first produced, created, or generated in the performance of a contract and required to be delivered under that contract, including controlling distrib…
  • DFARS 227.7205 Contracts for special works.
    … need to control the distribution of computer software or computer software documentation first produced, created, or generated in the performance of a contract and required to be delivered under that contract, including controlling distrib…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …hen used in relation to any invention other than a plant variety, means the conception or first actual reduction to practice of the invention; or (2) When used in relation to a plant variety, means that the Contractor has at least tentativ…
  • FAR 45.602-3 Screening.
    …creening actions. (a) Standard screening. The standard screening period is 46 days. (1) First through twentieth day—Screening by the contracting agency. The contracting agency has 20 days to screen property reported on the inventory dispo…
  • FAR 4.2002 Prohibition.
    …b covered article on or after October 1, 2018, in the development of data or deliverables first produced in the performance of the contract.
  • FAR 27.404-1 Unlimited rights data.
    …hts in the following data except for copyrighted works as provided in 27.404-3: (a) Data first produced in the performance of a contract (except to the extent the data constitute minor modifications to data that are limited rights data or …
  • FAR 27.404-4 Contractor's release, publication, and use of data.
    …nts, place limitations or restrictions on the contractor's exercise of its rights in data first produced in the performance of the contract, including a requirement to assign copyright to the Government or another party. Any of these restri…
  • FAR 27.405-1 Special works.
    …of the clause, which enables the Government to obtain assignment of copyright in any data first produced in the performance of the contract, may be deleted if the contracting officer determines that such assignment is not needed to further …
  • FAR 27.406-1 General.
    …g, identifying source, assuring delivery, and handling any data required to be delivered, first produced, or specifically used in the performance of the contract. (c) Data delivery requirements should normally not require that a contractor…
  • FAR 27.406-2 Additional data requirements.
    …y be used to enable the subsequent ordering by the contracting officer of additional data first produced or specifically used in the performance of these contracts as the actual requirements become known. The clause shall normally be used i…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …o grant permission for the contractor to assert claim to copyright subsisting in all data first produced without further request being made by the contractor. When Alternate IV is used, the contract may exclude items or categories of data f…
  • FAR 52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities.
    …b covered article on or after October 1, 2018, in the development of data or deliverables first produced in the performance of the contract. (c) Reporting requirement. (1) In the event the Contractor identifies a Kaspersky Lab covered arti…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    … (1) When used in relation to any invention other than a plant variety, the conception or first actual reduction to practice of the invention; or (2) When used in relation to a plant variety, that the Contractor has at least tentatively de…
  • FAR 52.227-16 Additional Data Requirements.
    …3 years after acceptance of all items to be delivered under this contract, order any data first produced or specifically used in the performance of this contract. (b) The Rights in Data—General clause or other equivalent included in this c…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …fort, provided that the contractor— (1) Is not affiliated with the prime contractor or a first-tier subcontractor on the program or effort, or with any direct competitor of such prime contractor or any such first-tier subcontractor in furn…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …ort), provided that the contractor— (1) Is not affiliated with the prime contractor or a first-tier subcontractor on the program or effort, or with any direct competitor of such prime contractor or any such first-tier subcontractor in furn…
  • 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.
    …ort), provided that the contractor— (1) Is not affiliated with the prime contractor or a first-tier subcontractor on the program or effort, or with any direct competitor of such prime contractor or any such first-tier subcontractor in furn…
  • DFARS 252.246-7006 Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items.
    …identifier means a code that is uniquely assigned to an enterprise by an issuing agency. First use means the initial or first-time use of a product by the Government. Fixed expiration means the date the warranty expires and the Contractor…
  • FAR 4.703 Policy.
    …ecords, the period specified in 4.705 through 4.705-3, whichever of these periods expires first. (b) Contractors shall make available the foregoing records and supporting evidence for a longer period of time than is required in 4.703(a) if…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …ligence community—see FAR 3.900(a). (ii) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) (Applies to contracts valued at or above the threshold specified in F…
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …r with the information in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) and (c)(1)(ii) of this provision. (2) The first page of the proposal must show— (i) The solicitation number; (ii) The name, address, and telephone and facsimile numbers of the offeror (and e…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …cted to involve a minimum of approximately 6 months between the beginning of work and the first delivery; or, if the subcontractor is a small business concern, 4 months. (3) If the financing payments are in the form of progress payments, t…
  • DFARS 227.7105-1 General.
    …sculptural works; and works of a similar nature. Usually, these or similar works were not first created, developed, generated, originated, prepared, or produced under a Government contract. Therefore, the Government must obtain a license in…
  • DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ort), provided that the contractor— (1) Is not affiliated with the prime contractor or a first-tier subcontractor on the program or effort, or with any direct competitor of such prime contractor or any such first-tier subcontractor in furn…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …sed price. I. General Instructions A. You must provide the following information on the first page of your pricing proposal: (1) Solicitation, contract, and/or modification number; (2) Name and address of offeror; (3) Name and telephon…
  • FAR 17.103 Definitions.
    …ce) without establishing and having to exercise an option for each program year after the first. Nonrecurring costs means those costs which are generally incurred on a one-time basis and include such costs as plant or equipment relocation,…
  • FAR 27.301 Definitions.
    …hen used in relation to any invention other than a plant variety, means the conception or first actual reduction to practice of the invention; or (2) When used in relation to a plant variety, means that the contractor has at least tentativ…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …strictions apply: (i) Valuation placed on the securities is the fair market value on the first date the number of shares awarded is known, determined upon the most objective basis available. (ii) Accruals for the cost of securities before…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …as in which costs to be incurred on account of manufacturing or production (by offeror or first-tier subcontractors) amount to more than 50 percent of the contract price: (11) HUBZone small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror r…
  • FAR 52.225-1 Buy American—Supplies.
    … (OCT 2022). As prescribed in 25.1101(a)(1)(ii) substitute the following sentence for the first sentence of paragraph (1)(ii)(A) of the definition of “domestic end product” in paragraph (a): (A) The cost of its components mined, produced, …
  • FAR 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.
    … (OCT 2022). As prescribed in 25.1101(b)(1)(iv) substitute the following sentence for the first sentence of paragraph (1)(ii)(A) of the definition of domestic end product in paragraph (a): (A) The cost of its components mined, produced, or…

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.