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34 sections with “group basis”

  • FAR 25.504-4 Group award basis.
    …ling an award of $32,000. (b) Example 2. Problem: The solicitation specifies award on a group basis. Assume the Buy American statute applies and the acquisition cannot be set aside for small business concerns. All offerors are large busin…
  • FAR 25.503 Group offers.
    (a) If the solicitation or an offer specifies that award can be made only on a group of line items or on all line items contained in the solicitation or offer, reject the offer— (1) If any part of the award would consist of prohibited end …
  • DFARS 252.237-7008 Group interment.
    As prescribed in 237.7003(a) and (a)(6), use the following clause: Group Interment (DEC 1991) The Government will pay the Contractor for supplies and services provided for remains interred as a group on the basis of the number of caskets …
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …her relevant values for the pension plan. Allocate means to assign an item of cost, or a group of items of cost, to one or more cost objectives. This term includes both direct assignment of cost and the reassignment of a share from an indi…
  • FAR 31.203 Indirect costs.
    …final cost objective. (c) The contractor shall accumulate indirect costs by logical cost groupings with due consideration of the reasons for incurring such costs. The contractor shall determine each grouping so as to permit use of an alloc…
  • FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.
    … indirect rates multiplied by the total estimated base computed for each of the following groups: (A) Fixed-price contracts and subcontracts. (B) Flexibly-priced contracts and subcontracts. (iii) Any other method that provides a reasonab…
  • DFARS 204.804 Closeout of contract files.
    …t for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283), contracting officers may close out contracts or groups of contracts through issuance of one or more modifications to such contracts without completing a reconciliation audit or other corrective acti…
  • FAR 19.701 Definitions.
    …poration (ANC) means any Regional Corporation, Village Corporation, Urban Corporation, or Group Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alaska in accordance with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C.A. …
  • FAR 22.807 Exemptions.
    …Assistant Secretary deems that special circumstances in the national interest so require. Groups or categories of contracts of the same type may also be exempted if the Deputy Assistant Secretary finds it impracticable to act upon each requ…
  • FAR 25.501 General.
    …ne item of an offer unless either the offer or the solicitation specifies evaluation on a group basis (see 25.503); (b) May rely on the offeror's certification of end product origin when evaluating a foreign offer; (c) Must identify and r…
  • FAR 52.102 Incorporating provisions and clauses.
    … one electronic address where the full text may be accessed. (d) An agency may develop a group listing of provisions and clauses that apply to a specific category of contracts. An agency group listing may be incorporated by reference in so…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …poration (ANC) means any Regional Corporation, Village Corporation, Urban Corporation, or Group Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alaska in accordance with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 16…
  • FAR 30.605 Processing noncompliances.
    …have on contract and subcontract incentives, fees, and profits, for each of the following groups: (A) Fixed-price contracts and subcontracts. (B) Flexibly-priced contracts and subcontracts. (ii) The increased or decreased costs to the Go…
  • FAR 46.407 Nonconforming supplies or services.
    …inistration office may establish a joint contractor-contract administrative office review group. Acceptance of supplies and services with critical or major nonconformances is outside the scope of the review group. (e) The contracting offic…
  • DFARS 225.7002-2 Exceptions.
    …of fabric in PSG 83, Textile/leather/furs/apparel/findings/tents/flags, or Federal Supply Group 84, Clothing, Individual Equipment and Insignia; (iii) Upholstered seats (whether for household, office, or other use); and (iv) Parachutes (P…
  • DFARS 252.232-7018 Progress Payments—Multiple Lots.
    …rice deliverable line items or deliverable subline items representing a single, severable group where the sum of the costs for each group is segregated and a single progress payment rate is used. Multiple lots means more than one lot on a …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …, except— (1) PSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials; (2) Product or service group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies; (3) PSG 88, Live Animals; (4) PSG 89, Subsistence; (5) PSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials; (6) PSC 9…
  • FAR 4.901 Definition.
    … as used in this subpart, means that corporate entity that owns or controls an affiliated group of corporations that files its Federal income tax returns on a consolidated basis, and of which the offeror is a member.
  • FAR 9.508 Examples.
    … provide systems engineering and technical direction for the Navy on the powerplant for a group of submarines (i.e., turbines, drive shafts, propellers, etc.). Company A should not be allowed to supply any powerplant components. Company A c…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …nt Cost or Pricing Data but were not submitted. Such offsets need not be in the same cost groupings (e.g., material, direct labor, or indirect costs). (6) An offset shall not be allowed if— (i) The understated data were known by the contr…
  • FAR 19.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.
    …s concerns. (c) The factor of 10 percent shall be applied on a line item basis or to any group of items on which award may be made. Other evaluation factors, such as transportation costs or rent-free use of Government property, shall be ad…
  • FAR 22.1603 Exceptions.
    …ve the national interest, the Secretary may exempt a contracting department or agency, or groups of departments or agencies, from the requirements of any or all of the provisions of this Executive Order with respect to a particular contract…
  • FAR 31.105 Construction and architect-engineer contracts.
    … can be determined for both ownership and operating costs for each piece of equipment, or groups of similar serial or series equipment, from the contractor's accounting records. When such costs cannot be so determined, the contracting agenc…
  • FAR 31.205-16 Gains and losses on disposition or impairment of depreciable property or other capital assets.
    …perty shall be included in the year in which they occur as credits or charges to the cost grouping(s) in which the depreciation or amortization applicable to those assets was included (but see paragraph (f) of this subsection). However, no …
  • FAR 31.205-17 Idle facilities and idle capacity costs.
    …cs, or security practices. Widespread idle capacity throughout an entire plant or among a group of assets having substantially the same function may be idle facilities. (d) Any costs to be paid directly by the Government for idle facilitie…
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …located 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 incurred. However, when IR&D and B&P costs clearly benefit other profit centers or b…
  • FAR 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.
    …s delegated to the CAO. (c) Delegating additional functions. For individual contracts or groups of contracts, the contracting office may delegate to the CAO functions not listed in 42.302: Provided that— (1) Prior coordination with the CA…
  • FAR 47.207-3 Description of shipment, origin, and destination.
    …s to be transported per week, month, or other time period. (ii) If the contract covers a group movement of household goods, give an estimate of the aggregate weights and the basis for determining the aggregate weight. (2) The contracting …
  • FAR 47.207-6 Rates and charges.
    …ecify whether rates are requested for each origin and/or each destination or for specific groups of origins and/or destinations. (5) Multiple shipments from one origin. If multiple shipments will be tendered at one time to the contractor f…
  • FAR 49.110 Settlement negotiation memorandum.
    …ement was negotiated on an overall lump-sum basis, the TCO need not evaluate each item or group of items individually, but shall support the total amount of the recommended settlement in reasonable detail. The memorandum shall include expla…
  • FAR 52.204-3 Taxpayer identification.
    …s used in this provision, means that corporate entity that owns or controls an affiliated group of corporations that files its Federal income tax returns on a consolidated basis, and of which the offeror is a member. Taxpayer Identificatio…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …, except— (1) PSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials; (2) Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies; (3) PSG 88, Live Animals; (4) PSG 89, Subsistence; (5) PSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials; (6) PSC 9…
  • FAR 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns.
    …s concerns. (2) The factor of 10 percent shall be applied on a line item basis or to any group of items on which award may be made. Other evaluation factors described in the solicitation shall be applied before application of the factor. …
  • DFARS 218.170 Additional acquisition flexibilities.
    …or materials is urgent, the contracting officer may send the Joint United States Military Group copies of the Letter of Intent or a similar document indicating the pending award. See PGI 229.7001. (j) Electronic submission and processing o…

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