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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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64 sections with “high unit cost”: the first 40

  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    …erenced maximum per diem rates are allowable provided that such amounts do not exceed the higher amounts authorized for Federal civilian employees as permitted in the regulations referenced in paragraph (a)(2)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this sec…
  • FAR 31.205-42 Termination costs.
    …all be segregated for settlement purposes from cost reports and schedules reflecting that high unit cost incurred during the early stages of the contract. (5) If the settlement proposal is on the inventory basis, initial costs should norma…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ion, buildings, structures, and improvements of all types, such as bridges, dams, plants, highways, parkways, streets, subways, tunnels, sewers, mains, power lines, pumping stations, heavy generators, railways, airports, terminals, docks, p…
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    … the contracting officer shall establish a competitive range comprised of all of the most highly rated proposals, unless the range is further reduced for purposes of efficiency pursuant to paragraph (c)(2) of this section. (2) After evalua…
  • FAR 46.802 Definition.
    High-value item, as used in this subpart, means a contract end item that (a) has a high unit cost (normally exceeding $100,000 per unit), such as an aircraft, an aircraft engine, a communication system, a computer system, a missile, or a sh…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …uant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties. Highest-level owner means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that contr…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …ny other price increases that do not, in the aggregate, exceed $___ [Insert an amount not higher than 10 percent of the stated contract amount inserted in this paragraph]. Any payments withheld under this paragraph shall be applied to reduc…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ciently to demonstrate to reasonable people skilled in the applicable art that there is a high probability that it will operate as intended. Whether, how much, and what type of analysis or testing is required to establish workability depend…
  • 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.
    …ciently to demonstrate to reasonable people skilled in the applicable art that there is a high probability that it will operate as intended. Whether, how much, and what type of analysis or testing is required to establish workability depend…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment, payments to subcontractors that are higher than they would be had there been no defective subcontractor certified cost or pricing data shall be the basis for disallowance or nonrecogniti…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …roposed conceptual approach, past performance). The contractors most likely to submit the highest value solutions are then selected for one-on-one sessions with the Government to increase their understanding of the requirements, provide sug…
  • FAR 25.106 Determining reasonableness of cost.
    … this section unless the head of the agency makes a written determination that the use of higher factors is more appropriate. If the determination applies to all agency acquisitions, the agency evaluation factors must be published in agency…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …ividual acting in a similar capacity at the contractor's headquarters; (2) The four most highly compensated employees in management positions at the contractor's headquarters, other than the CEO; and (3) If the contractor has intermediate…
  • FAR 42.703-2 Certificate of indirect costs.
    …and appendices V and VII; (iii) An educational institution (defined as an institution of higher education in the OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR part 200, subpart A, and 20 U.S.C. 1001) subject to the OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR part 200, …
  • FAR 52.230-5 Cost Accounting Standards—Educational Institution.
    …cts only). If a business unit of an educational institution (defined as an institution of higher education in the OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR part 200, subpart A and 20 U.S.C. 1001) is required to submit a Disclosure Statement, disclose i…
  • DFARS 207.7002 Authority to acquire additional quantities of end items.
    …069 authorizes DoD to use funds available for the acquisition of an end item to acquire a higher quantity of the end item than the quantity specified in a law providing for the funding of that acquisition, if the head of an agency determine…
  • DFARS 237.104 Personal services contracts.
    …f applicants, the contracting officer shall either— (1) Enter into negotiations with the highest ranked applicant. If a mutually satisfactory contract cannot be negotiated, the contracting officer shall terminate negotiations with the high…
  • DFARS 252.223-7002 Safety Precautions for Ammunition and Explosives.
    …bcontractor, substituting its name for references to “the Government”. The Contractor and higher tier subcontractors shall also include provisions to allow direction to cease performance of the subcontract if a serious uncorrected or recurr…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    … required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized; or (C) In the interest of economy and efficiency, the new work is a logical follow-on to an original Federal Supply Schedule orde…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …tion of rough yardsticks (such as dollars per pound or per horsepower, or other units) to highlight significant inconsistencies that warrant additional pricing inquiry. (iv) Comparison with competitive published price lists, published mark…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …vices performed on Federal facilities). (xiii) 52.223-11, Ozone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons (MAY 2024) (42 U.S.C. 7671, et seq.) (Applies to contracts for products as prescribed at FAR 23.109(d…
  • FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
    … of a follow-on contract for the continued development or production of a major system or highly specialized equipment, including major components thereof, when it is likely that award to any other source would result in— (A) Substantial d…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …e acquisition becomes more complex and costly, including for cost-reimbursement and other high-risk contracts (e.g., other than firm-fixed-price contracts) requiring a written acquisition plan. A written plan shall be prepared for cost reim…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …rformance at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized; (2) Based on the contracting officer's knowledge of the market, more favorable terms and conditions, including pricing, will be p…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …graph (h)(2) of this section— (i) For consultant and expert witness fees that exceed the highest rate of compensation for expert witnesses paid by the Government pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 5 CFR 304.105; or (ii) For attorney's fees tha…
  • FAR 48.104-2 Sharing acquisition savings.
    …s in percent] 1 The contracting officer may increase the contractor's sharing rate to as high as 75 percent for each VECP. (See 48.102(g) (1) through (7).) 2 Same sharing arrangement as the contract's profit or fee adjustment formula. 3 …
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    …ve months (set at the discretion of the Contracting Officer for each VECP) that spans the highest planned production, based on planning and programming or production documentation at the time the VECP is accepted;” for “the number of future…
  • FAR 50.102-3 Limitations on exercise of authority.
    …n discharged. No amendment or modification shall increase the contract price to an amount higher than the lowest rejected bid of any responsible bidder, if the contract was negotiated under 14.404-1(f). (d) No informal commitment shall be …
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …ive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals. (5) The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit…
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    …licable law or municipal ordinance or any applicable contract establishing a minimum wage higher than the E.O. 14026 minimum wage. However, wage increases under such other laws or municipal ordinances are not subject to price adjustment und…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …s in Percent] 1 The Contracting Officer may increase the Contractor's sharing rate to as high as 75 percent for each VECP. 2 Same sharing arrangement as the contract's profit or fee adjustment formula. 3 The Contracting Officer may incre…
  • DFARS 217.171 Multiyear contracts for services.
    …d installations; (2) Maintenance or modification of aircraft, ships, vehicles, and other highly complex military equipment; (3) Specialized training requiring high-quality instructor skills (e.g., training for pilots and aircrew members o…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …ther clause shall be used to enlarge or diminish the Government's, the Contractor's, or a higher tier subcontractor's or supplier's rights in a subcontractor's or supplier's computer software or computer software documentation. (2) The Con…
  • FAR 1.102-2 Performance standards.
    …promote competition in the acquisition process. (7) The System must perform in a timely, high quality, and cost-effective manner. (8) All members of the Team are required to employ planning as an integral part of the overall process of ac…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …the contract period. (11) Sustainable acquisition requirements, such as a description of high-performance sustainable building practices required, if for design, construction, renovation, repair, or deconstruction (see part 23 and 36.104).…
  • FAR 12.503 Applicability of certain laws to Executive agency contracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …sition of commercial products or commercial services: (1) 10 U.S.C. 983, Institutions of Higher Education that Prevent ROTC Access or Military Recruiting on Campus: Denial of Grants and Contracts from Department of Defense, Department of E…
  • FAR 15.101-2 Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
    …desirability of one offeror's proposal versus a competing proposal; (4) The agency has a high degree of confidence that reviewing the technical proposals of all offerors would not result in the identification of characteristics that could …
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …luation. Solicitations must be structured to give offers from small business concerns the highest rating for the evaluation factors in 15.304(c)(3)(ii) and (c)(4). (b) The source selection authority may reject all proposals received in res…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …ct performance. Greater profit opportunity should be provided under contracts requiring a high degree of professional and managerial skill and to prospective contractors whose skills, facilities, and technical assets can be expected to lead…
  • FAR 17.105-2 Objectives.
    …herwise willing or able to compete for lesser quantities, particularly in cases involving high startup costs. (h) Providing incentives to contractors to improve productivity through investment in capital facilities, equipment, and advanced…

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.