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  • FAR 52.223-22 Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation.
    …ert the following provision: Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation (DEC 2016) (a) This representation shall be completed if the Offeror received $7.5 million or more in Federal contract awards in…
  • FAR 27.305-1 Goals.
    (a) Contracts having a patent rights clause should be so administered that— (1) Inventions are identified, disclosed, and reported as required by the contract, and elections are made; (2) The rights of the Government in subject inventions…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    … 19.301-2(e) and 19.702(a)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii) shall include— (1) Separate percentage goals for using small business (including ANCs and Indian tribes), veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZon…
  • FAR 19.705-1 General.
    …tractual incentive provision based upon rewarding the contractor monetarily for exceeding goals in the subcontracting plan, the contracting officer must ensure that (a) the goals are realistic and (b) any rewards for exceeding the goals are…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …hall review the subcontracting plan for adequacy, ensuring that the required information, goals, and assurances are included (see 19.704). (a) No detailed standards apply to every subcontracting plan. Instead, the contracting officer shall…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …irements of 43 U.S.C. 1626(e)(2). Commercial plan means a subcontracting plan (including goals) that covers the offeror's fiscal year and that applies to the entire production of commercial products and commercial services sold by either t…
  • FAR 52.222-23 Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action To Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity for Construction.
    …ive Action Compliance Requirements for Construction clause of this solicitation. (b) The goals for minority and female participation, expressed in percentage terms for the Contractor's aggregate workforce in each trade on all construction …
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    … subcontract in excess of $10,000 shall include this clause and the Notice containing the goals for minority and female participation stated in the solicitation for this contract. (c) If the Contractor is participating in a Hometown Plan (…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …nces provided in its plan. The fact that the contractor failed to meet its subcontracting goals does not, in and of itself, constitute a failure to make a good faith effort (see 19.701). For example, notwithstanding a contractor's diligent …
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …ule, and capability or performance constraints. (3) Cost. Set forth the established cost goals for the acquisition and the rationale supporting them, and discuss related cost concepts to be employed, including, as appropriate, the followin…
  • FAR 19.701 Definitions.
    …irements of 43 U.S.C. 1626(e)(2). Commercial plan means a subcontracting plan (including goals) that covers the offeror's fiscal year and that applies to the entire production of commercial products and performance of commercial services s…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …rotégé firm for the purpose of determining whether the mentor firm attains the applicable goals under any subcontracting plan entered into with any executive agency. However, the mentor-protégé agreement must have been approved by the Direc…
  • FAR 19.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.
    …ubcontracts awarded to an ANC or Indian tribe shall be counted towards the subcontracting goals for small business and small disadvantaged business (SDB) concerns, regardless of the size or Small Business Administration certification status…
  • FAR 19.705-2 Determining the need for a subcontracting plan.
    …subcontracting plan. However, a contracting officer may establish separate subcontracting goals for each order under an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (19.705-1(b)(2)). When a contract modification exceeds the subcontract…
  • DFARS 223.501-70 Disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions.
    …tions, paragraph (c)(1)(xix), Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation. (iii) FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, paragraph (t), Publ…
  • FAR 1.102-2 Performance standards.
    …Fulfill public policy objectives. The System must support the attainment of public policy goals adopted by the Congress and the President. In attaining these goals, and in its overall operations, the process shall ensure the efficient use o…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …labor efficiency; (6) Make-or-buy decisions; (7) Estimated resources to attain business goals; and (8) Information on management decisions that could have a significant bearing on costs. Cost realism means that the costs in an offeror's…
  • FAR 16.402-4 Structuring multiple-incentive contracts.
    …the interdependency of the Government's cost, the technical performance, and the delivery goals, a contract that emphasizes only one of the goals may jeopardize control over the others. Because outstanding results may not be attainable for …
  • FAR 19.706 Responsibilities of the cognizant administrative contracting officer.
    …s contracts; (b) Information on the extent to which the contractor is meeting the plan's goals for subcontracting with eligible small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small busi…
  • FAR 19.804-6 Indefinite-delivery contracts.
    …take credit toward their prime contracting small disadvantaged business or small business goals for orders awarded to 8(a) contractors, even after the contractor's 8(a) program term expires, the contractor otherwise exits the 8(a) program, …
  • FAR 22.804-2 Construction.
    …vered geographical areas that are subject to affirmative action requirements that specify goals for minorities and women in covered construction trades. Information concerning, and additions to, this listing will be provided to the principa…
  • FAR 35.006 Contracting methods and contract type.
    …ements in contracting, this preference applies in R&D contracting only to the extent that goals, objectives, specifications, and cost estimates are sufficient to permit such a preference. The precision with which the goals, performance obje…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …” name). (s) [Reserved] (t) Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals. Applies in all solicitations that require offerors to register in SAM (12.301(d)(1)). (1) This representation shall be completed if the Offero…
  • FAR 52.219-16 Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan.
    …tion to frustrate the plan. (b) Performance shall be measured by applying the percentage goals to the total actual subcontracting dollars or, if a commercial plan is involved, to the pro rata share of actual subcontracting dollars attribut…
  • DFARS 219.7104 Developmental assistance costs eligible for reimbursement or credit.
    … are eligible for crediting under the Program, may be credited toward subcontracting plan goals as set forth in appendix I. For mentor-protégé agreements entered into on or after December 23, 2022, developmental assistance costs that are el…
  • FAR 4.603 Policy.
    …the requesting agency will receive socioeconomic credit for meeting agency small business goals, where applicable. Requesting agencies shall provide the appropriate agency/bureau component code as part of the written interagency agreement b…
  • FAR 4.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …rtification. (25) 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation. (26) 52.225-2, Buy American Certificate. (27) 52.225-4, Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act Certificate (Basi…
  • FAR 5.206 Notices of subcontracting opportunities.
    …sabled veteran-owned small business concerns, and to meet established subcontracting plan goals: (1) A contractor awarded a contract exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold that is likely to result in the award of any subcontracts. …
  • FAR 6.502 Duties and responsibilities.
    … contracts are properly planned, issued, and comply with 8.405 and 16.505. (3) Recommend goals and plans for increasing competition on a fiscal year basis to the agency senior procurement executive and the chief acquisition officer; and (…
  • FAR 7.402 Acquisition methods.
    …when the circumstances— (i) Require immediate use of equipment to meet program or system goals; but (ii) Do not currently support acquisition by purchase. (2) If a rent or lease method is justified, a rental or lease agreement with optio…
  • FAR 8.405-5 Small business.
    …ed under schedule contracts may be credited toward the ordering activity's small business goals. For purposes of reporting an order placed with a small business schedule contractor, an ordering agency may only take credit if the awardee mee…
  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    … evaluate past performance indicating the extent to which the offeror attained applicable goals for small business participation under contracts that required subcontracting plans (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(G)(ii)). (iii) Past performance need n…
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …ion should include the past performance of offerors in complying with subcontracting plan goals for small disadvantaged business (SDB) concerns (see subpart 19.7). (vi) For offerors that are joint ventures, the evaluation shall take into a…
  • FAR 16.101 General.
    …fit incentive offered to the contractor for achieving or exceeding specified standards or goals. (b) The contract types are grouped into two broad categories: fixed-price contracts (see subpart 16.2) and cost-reimbursement contracts (see s…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …ementing the small business programs within their activities, including achieving program goals. They are to ensure that contracting and technical personnel maintain knowledge of small business program requirements and take all reasonable a…
  • FAR 19.203 Relationship among small business programs.
    …fying the agency's requirement; and (2) Agency progress in fulfilling its small business goals. (e) Small business set-asides have priority over acquisitions using full and open competition. See requirements for establishing a small busin…
  • FAR 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer.
    …ed, for instance, if there are errors, omissions, or incomplete data. Failure to meet the goals of the subcontracting plan is not a valid reason for rejecting the report.
  • FAR 19.1500 General.
    …acting and to assist agencies in achieving their women-owned small business participation goals (see 13 part CFR 127). (c) An economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern and a WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB…
  • FAR 19.1503 Status.
    … delivery orders. Agencies shall not count or include the award toward the small business goals for an EDWOSB concern or WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program and must update FPDS from the date of award to reflect the final SBA decis…
  • FAR 23.108-3 Products and services that are subject to EPA Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels.
    …preferable products and services to meet zero emissions and other sustainable procurement goals by providing Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels. The EPP recommendations give preference to multi-attribute or life-cyc…

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