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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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34 sections with “first program year”

  • 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…
  • FAR 17.106-1 General.
    …nd financing arrangements. (c) Cancellation procedures. (1) All program years except the first are subject to cancellation. For each program year subject to cancellation, the contracting officer shall establish a cancellation ceiling. Ceil…
  • FAR 17.106-2 Solicitations.
    …cluding the following: (a) The requirements, by item of supply or service, for the— (1) First program year; and (2) Multiyear contract including the requirements for each program year. (b) Criteria for comparing the lowest evaluated sub…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    …rcial and Government Entity (CAGE) code and unique entity identifier. (ii) The amount of first-tier subcontract dollars awarded during the 6-month period covered by the report to covered small business concerns, with the information set fo…
  • 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 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …Offeror's official responsible for acknowledging receipt of or rejecting the ISRs, to all first-tier subcontractors with subcontracting plans so they can enter this information into the eSRS when submitting their ISRs; and (vii) Require th…
  • 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 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …an certified cost or pricing data (as defined at 2.101) provided by the offeror. (3) The first two techniques at 15.404-1(b)(2) are the preferred techniques. However, if the contracting officer determines that information on competitive pr…
  • 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 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …Sharing period, as used in this clause, means the period beginning with acceptance of the first unit incorporating the VECP and ending at a calendar date or event determined by the contracting officer for each VECP. Unit, as used in this c…
  • DFARS 252.203-7001 Prohibition on Persons Convicted of Fraud or Other Defense-Contract-Related Felonies.
    …tion with— (i) Attempting to obtain; (ii) Obtaining; or (iii) Performing a contract or first-tier subcontract of any agency, department, or component of the Department of Defense (DoD). (2) Conviction of fraud or any other felony means …
  • 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…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    … offeror's official responsible for acknowledging receipt of or rejecting the ISRs to all first-tier subcontractors with subcontracting plans so they can enter this information into the eSRS when submitting their ISRs; and (vii) Require th…
  • FAR 4.1601 Policy.
    …ency unique identifier scheme). The 2013 PIID format consisted of alpha characters in the first positions to indicate the agency, followed by alpha-numeric characters; the 2017 format instead has the AAC in the beginning 6 positions. (c) C…
  • FAR 14.502 Conditions for use.
    …oncerns eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program (see subpart 19.15). (7) A first or subsequent production quantity is being acquired under a performance specification.
  • 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 27.406-2 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 48.001 Definitions.
    …ice accepting the VECP. Sharing period means the period beginning with acceptance of the first unit incorporating the VECP and ending at a calendar date or event determined by the contracting officer for each VECP. Unit means the item or …
  • 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 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …igence community—see FAR 3.900(a). __(5) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). __(6) [Reserved] __(7) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requi…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …) of this clause shall be paid to all employees performing in the classification from the first day on which contract work is performed by them in the classification. Failure to pay the unlisted employees the compensation agreed upon by the…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    …e I (OCT 2022). As prescribed in 25.1102(a)(3), substitute the following sentence for the first sentence in paragraph (1)(ii)(A) of the definition of “domestic construction material” in paragraph (a): (A) The cost of its components mined, …
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …ing offers that is specified in the solicitation; and (3) If no award can be made at the first tier, evaluates offers at the next lower tier, until award can be made. Uncertified cost data means the subset of “data other than certified co…
  • DFARS 209.405 Effect of listing.
    …stration (GSA), GSA Suspension and Debarment Official, Office of Acquisition Policy, 1275 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20417. Examples of compelling reasons are— (i) Only a debarred or suspended contractor can provide the supplies or …
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    …ayments, or that the contract provides them only on a limited basis, such as financing of first articles. Do not compute a working capital adjustment. (2) When the contract contains provisions for progress payments, compute a working capit…
  • DFARS 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.
    …ures, to subsequent invoices submitted under this agreement. Credits should appear on the first invoice submitted after the action resulting in the credits. If no subsequent invoice is submitted, the Contractor shall deliver to the Contract…
  • DFARS 249.7003 Notification of anticipated contract terminations or reductions.
    … for— (1) Providing notice of the termination or substantial reduction in funding to all first-tier subcontractors with a subcontract valued equal to or greater than $700,000; and (2) Requiring that each subcontractor— (i) Provide such n…
  • DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials.
    …n to a covered DoD official within 2 years after the official leaves DoD service, without first determining that the official has sought and received, or has not received after 30 days of seeking, a written opinion from the appropriate DoD …
  • DFARS 252.249-7002 Notification of Anticipated Contract Termination or Reduction.
    …Contractor shall— (1) Provide notice of the anticipated termination or reduction to each first-tier subcontractor with a subcontract that equals or exceeds the threshold specified in Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS…

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.