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64 sections with “general liability”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.228-10 Vehicular and General Public Liability Insurance.
    …tion-related services when the contracting officer determines that vehicular liability or general public liability insurance required by law is not sufficient: Vehicular and General Public Liability Insurance (APR 1984) (a) The Contractor…
  • FAR 27.102 General guidance.
    … the maximum practical commercial use of inventions made under Government contracts. (b) Generally, the Government will not refuse to award a contract on the grounds that the prospective contractor may infringe a patent. The Government may…
  • FAR 28.307-2 Liability.
    …arriers. (See 28.305(c) for treatment of contracts subject to the Defense Base Act.) (b) General liability. (1) The contracting officer shall require bodily injury liability insurance coverage written on the comprehensive form of policy of…
  • FAR 52.228-7 Insurance—Liability to Third Persons.
    …tor shall provide and maintain workers' compensation, employer's liability, comprehensive general liability (bodily injury), comprehensive automobile liability (bodily injury and property damage) insurance, and such other insurance as the C…
  • DFARS 252.247-7007 Liability and insurance.
    …te questions of fact within the meaning of the Disputes clause of this contract. (c) The general liability and responsibility of the Contractor under this clause are subject only to the following specific limitations. The Contractor is not…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … assigned to identify specific agency offices, units, activities, or organizations by the General Services Administration for civilian agencies and by the Department of Defense for defense agencies. Adequate evidence means information suff…
  • FAR 47.207-7 Liability and insurance.
    …o Insurance. (g) When the contracting officer determines that vehicular liability and/or general public liability insurance required by law are not sufficient for a contract, see 28.313(b) and the clause at 52.228-10, Vehicular and General…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …ether costs are properly allocable, allowable, and reasonable shall be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, subject to any applicable subparts of part 31 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (d) Repayment to the G…
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    …ble operations and have been afforded CAAF status through a letter of authorization. CAAF generally include all U.S. citizen and third-country national employees not normally residing within the operational area whose area of performance is…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    (a) General. Compensation for personal services is allowable subject to the following general criteria and additional requirements contained in other parts of this cost principle: (1) Compensation for personal services must be for work per…
  • FAR 45.104 Responsibility and liability for Government property.
    (a) Generally, contractors are not held liable for loss of Government property under the following types of contracts: (1) Cost-reimbursement contracts. (2) Time-and-material contracts. (3) Labor-hour contracts. (4) Fixed-price contract…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    … claimed indirect expense rates, including pool, base, and calculated indirect rate. (B) General and Administrative expenses (final indirect cost pool). Schedule of claimed expenses by element of cost as identified in accounting records (C…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …7.409(b)(1), insert the following clause with any appropriate alternates: Rights in Data—General (MAY 2014) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Computer database or database means a collection of recorded information in a form capab…
  • DFARS 252.246-7001 Warranty of data.
    …uctions, SIE descriptive documentation, and SIE calibration procedures under MIL-T-31000, General Specification for Technical Data Packages, Amendment 1, or MIL-T-47500, General Specification for Technical Data Packages, Supp 1, or drawings…
  • FAR 9.406-1 General.
    (a) It is the suspending and debarring official's responsibility to determine whether debarment is in the Government's interest. The suspending and debarring official may, in the public interest, debar a contractor for any of the causes in …
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    (a) General. This subsection prescribes policies for establishing the profit or fee portion of the Government prenegotiation objective in price negotiations based on cost analysis. (1) Profit or fee prenegotiation objectives do not necessa…
  • FAR 17.106-1 General.
    (a) Method of contracting. The nature of the requirement should govern the selection of the method of contracting, since the multiyear procedure is compatible with sealed bidding, including two-step sealed bidding, and negotiation. (b) Typ…
  • FAR 17.401 General.
    Leader company contracting is an extraordinary acquisition technique that is limited to special circumstances and utilized only when its use is in accordance with agency procedures. A developer or sole producer of a product or system is des…
  • FAR 27.201-1 General.
    (a) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1498, the exclusive remedy for patent or copyright infringement by or on behalf of the Government is a suit for monetary damages against the Government in the Court of Federal Claims. There is no injunctive relief …
  • FAR 50.203 General.
    (a) As part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-296, Congress enacted the SAFETY Act to— (1) Encourage the development and use of anti-terrorism technologies that will enhance the protection of the nation; and (2) Provide ri…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … (or subcontractor in the case of an exempt subcontract) in substantial quantities to the general public in the course of normal business operations; (ii) The services will be furnished at prices which are, or are based on, established cat…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    As prescribed in 48.201, insert the following clause: Value Engineering (JUN 2020) (a) General. The Contractor is encouraged to develop, prepare, and submit value engineering change proposals (VECP's) voluntarily. The Contractor shall sha…
  • DFARS 217.170 General.
    (a) Before awarding a multiyear contract, the head of the agency must compare the cost of that contract to the cost of an annual procurement approach, using a present value analysis. Do not award the multiyear contract unless the analysis s…
  • DFARS 228.370-2 General.
    (a) Assignment of a Government flight representative. See PGI 228.370-2(a) for procedures on assigning a Government flight representative (GFR) when using the clauses at 252.228-7001 and 252.228-7007. (b) Preaward survey. Before awarding a…
  • DFARS 239.7408-1 General.
    (a) Special construction normally involves a common carrier giving a special service or facility related to the performance of the basic telecommunications service requirements. This may include— (1) Moving or relocating equipment; (2) P…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …the item or component must have been constructed or the process practiced. Workability is generally established when the item, component, or process has been analyzed or tested sufficiently to demonstrate to reasonable people skilled in the…
  • 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.
    …the item or component must have been constructed or the process practiced. Workability is generally established when the item, component, or process has been analyzed or tested sufficiently to demonstrate to reasonable people skilled in the…
  • FAR 28.313 Contract clauses for insurance of transportation or transportation-related services.
    … officer shall insert a clause substantially the same as that at 52.228-10, Vehicular and General Public Liability Insurance, in solicitations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services when the contracting offi…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    … for services rendered by employees to the contractor. Cost input means the cost, except general and administrative (G&A) expenses, which for contract costing purposes is allocable to the production of goods and services during a cost acco…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    …entage determined to be appropriate considering the complexity of procurement litigation, generally accepted principles governing the award of legal fees in civil actions involving the United States as a party, and such other factors as may…
  • FAR 41.301 Requirements.
    … submission of other information required by this part, shall be sent or submitted to the General Services Administration (GSA) region in which service is required. The names and locations of GSA regional offices are available from the Gene…
  • FAR 46.706 Warranty terms and conditions.
    …s when preparing warranty terms and conditions: (1) Extent of contractor obligations (i) Generally, the contractor's obligations under warranties extend to all defects discovered during the warranty period, but do not include damage caused…
  • FAR 46.803 Policy.
    (a) General. The Government will generally act as a self-insurer by relieving contractors, as specified in this subpart, of liability for loss of or damage to property of the Government that (1) occurs after acceptance of supplies delivered…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    … Costs that are not reasonable, allocable to this contract, and consistent with sound and generally accepted accounting principles and practices. (ii) Costs incurred by subcontractors or suppliers. (iii) Costs ordinarily capitalized and s…
  • DFARS 213.270 Use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    … operational requirement that results in a more cost-effective payment process; (b)(1) A general or flag officer or a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) makes a written determination that— (i) The source or sources available for…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …hts to use, release, or disclose the following computer software should be restricted: 1 Generally, development at private expense, either exclusively or partially, is the only basis for asserting restrictions on the Government's rights to…
  • DFARS 252.247-7002 Revision of prices.
    …mployment which— (1) Substantially affects the cost of performing this contract; (2) Is generally applicable to the port where work under this contract is performed; and (3) Applies to operations by the Contractor on non-Government work …
  • FAR 4.703 Policy.
    …n, administration, and audit requirements of the contracting agencies and the Comptroller General for— (1) 3 years after final payment; or (2) For certain records, the period specified in 4.705 through 4.705-3, whichever of these periods …
  • FAR 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    …ontractor, based on a determination by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General of the United States, that the contractor is not in compliance with Immigration and Nationality Act employment provisions (see Executive Order…
  • FAR 41.101 Definitions.
    As used in this part, Areawide contract means a contract entered into between the General Services Administration (GSA) and a utility service supplier to cover utility service needs of Federal agencies within the franchise territory of the…

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