48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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24 sections with “incidental contract items”

  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …r affiliates of the contractor under a common control; (B) Subcontracts for supplies and incidental services for which there is not a labor category specified in the contract; (C) Other direct costs (e.g., incidental services for which th…
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    …culating the value of the acquisition, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself. Civil aircraft and relate…
  • FAR 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.
    …lculating the value of the end product includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself. Commercially available of…
  • FAR 52.225-5 Trade Agreements.
    …culating the value of the acquisition, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself. Designated country means …
  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    …lculating the value of the end product includes services (except transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the product itself; and (2) Excludes prod…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    …lculating the value of the end product includes services (except transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the product itself. Commercially availabl…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … and (3) Those other professional services of an architectural or engineering nature, or incidental services, that members of the architectural and engineering professions (and individuals in their employ) may logically or justifiably perf…
  • FAR 39.204 Exceptions.
    …by agencies as part of a national security system, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 11103(a); (2) Incidental contract items. ICT acquired by a contractor incidental to a contract, i.e., for in-house use by the contractor to perform the contract; or…
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    …lculating the value of the end product includes services (except transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the product itself. Steel means an alloy …
  • FAR 22.404-2 General requirements.
    …s, installation of utilities and equipment (both above and below grade level), as well as incidental grading, utilities and paving, unless there is an established area practice to the contrary. (2) Residential construction is generally the…
  • FAR 45.000 Scope of part.
    …al property; (4) Software and intellectual property; or (5) Government property that is incidental to the place of performance, when the contract requires contractor personnel to be located on a Government site or installation, and when t…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …estimated amounts when the exact amounts are not known; (B) Claims (including reasonable incidental expenses) based upon liabilities of the Contractor to third parties arising out of the performance of this contract; provided, that the cla…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …term includes technical data and computer software. The term does not include information incidental to contract administration, such as financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information. Form, fit, and function data me…
  • FAR 52.227-20 Rights in Data—SBIR Program.
    …term includes technical data and computer software. The term does not include information incidental to contract administration, such as financial, administrative, cost or pricing or management information. Form, fit, and function data mea…
  • DFARS 225.003 Definitions.
    …culating the value of the end product, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to its supply, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed the value of the product itself. United States Munitio…
  • FAR 12.403 Termination.
    … to charge the defaulted contractor with any excess reprocurement costs together with any incidental or consequential damages incurred because of the termination. (3) When a termination for cause is appropriate, the contracting officer sha…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …nated by the head of the agency, determines that the advisory and assistance services are incidental and not a significant component of the contract. (3) The contracting officer may extend the contract on a sole-source basis only once for …
  • FAR 27.401 Definitions.
    …term includes technical data and computer software. The term does not include information incidental to contract administration, such as financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information. Form, fit, and function data me…
  • DFARS 225.7002-2 Exceptions.
    …ters. (i) Acquisitions of items specifically for commissary resale. (j) Acquisitions of incidental amounts of cotton, other natural fibers, or wool incorporated in an end product, for which the estimated value of the cotton, other natural…
  • DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities.
    … sufficient quantity cannot be acquired as and when needed at U.S. market prices; (2) To incidental amounts of cotton, other natural fibers, or wool incorporated in an end product, for which the estimated value of the cotton, other natural…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … or financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information, or information incidental to contract administration. Unlimited rights means rights to use, modify, reproduce, perform, display, release, or disclose technical data…
  • DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … or financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information, or information incidental to contract administration. (b) Applicability. This clause governs the technical data pertaining to any portion of a commercial product or…
  • 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.
    … or financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information, or information incidental to contract administration. Unlimited rights means rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose, technical dat…
  • DFARS 252.228-7001 Ground and Flight Risk.
    …s, unless the transportation is limited to the vicinity of the Contractor's premises, and incidental to work performed under the contract as described in the Schedule; (4) Is covered by insurance; (5) Occurs after the Contracting Officer …

FAR (chapter 1)

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