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47 sections with “incidental services”: the first 40

  • 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 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …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…
  • 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 16.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
    …r affiliates of the contractor under a common control; (2) Subcontracts for supplies and incidental services for which there is not a labor category specified in the contract; (3) Other direct costs (e.g., incidental services for which th…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …subsequent to the period when the work being remunerated was performed. (l) Compensation incidental to business acquisitions. The following costs are unallowable: (1) Payments to employees under agreements in which they receive special co…
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    (a) Costs for transportation, lodging, meals, and incidental expenses. (1) Costs incurred by contractor personnel on official company business are allowable, subject to the limitations contained in this subsection. Costs for transportation …
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • FAR 5.504 Use of advertising agencies.
    …hat the Government will pay if the agency places the orders. (d) Art work, supplies, and incidentals. The basic ordering agreement also may provide for the furnishing by the advertising agency of art work, supplies, and incidentals, includ…
  • FAR 22.305 Contract clause.
    …in accordance with 41 U.S.C. chapter 65(see subpart 22.6); (f) For supplies that include incidental services that do not require substantial employment of laborers or mechanics; or (g) Exempt under regulations of the Secretary of Labor (2…
  • FAR 36.601-3 Applicable contracting procedures.
    … contracting officer shall follow the procedures in parts 13, 14, or 15. (d) Other than “incidental services” as specified in the definition of architect-engineer services in Section 2.101 and in Section 36.601-4(a)(3), services that do no…
  • FAR 22.402 Applicability.
    …act. (2) The requirements of this subpart do not apply if— (i) The construction work is incidental to the furnishing of supplies, equipment, or services (for example, the requirements do not apply to simple installation or alteration at a…
  • FAR 36.601-4 Implementation.
    …y. (3) Other professional services of an architectural or engineering nature or services incidental thereto (including studies, investigations, surveying and mapping, tests, evaluations, consultations, comprehensive planning, program manag…
  • 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 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …espect to subject inventions, after payment of expenses (including payments to inventors) incidental to the administration of subject inventions for the support of scientific research or education; and (4) Make efforts that are reasonable …
  • FAR 4.2201 Definitions.
    …lated resources; but (3) Does not include any equipment acquired by a Federal contractor incidental to a Federal contract.
  • FAR 4.2301 Definitions.
    …2002); or (4) Hardware, systems, devices, software, or services that include embedded or incidental information technology. FASCSA order means any of the following orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FAS…
  • 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 15.204-2 Part I—The Schedule.
    …ock number/part number if applicable, nouns, nomenclature, and quantities. (This includes incidental deliverables such as manuals and reports.) (c) Section C, Description/specifications/statement of work. Include any description or specifi…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …gnated by the head of the agency determines that the advisory and assistance services are incidental and not a significant component of the contract.
  • 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 17.500 Scope of subpart.
    …oyees (other than acquisition assistance), or interagency activities where contracting is incidental to the purpose of the transaction; or (2) Orders of $750,000 or less issued against Federal Supply Schedules.
  • FAR 17.603 Limitations.
    …ng the direction, supervision, or control of Government personnel, except for supervision incidental to training; (2) Functions involving the exercise of police or regulatory powers in the name of the Government, other than guard or plant …
  • FAR 37.102 Policy.
    …truction (see part 36); (iii) Utility services (see part 41); or (iv) Services that are incidental to supply purchases; and (2) Use the following order of precedence (Public Law 106-398, section 821(a)); (i) A firm-fixed price performan…
  • FAR 37.502 Exclusions.
    …Services obtained under contracts below the simplified acquisition threshold and services incidental to supply contracts also are excluded from the requirements of this subpart. However, good management practices and contract administration…
  • FAR 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application.
    …lated resources; but (3) Does not include any equipment acquired by a Federal contractor incidental to a Federal contract. (b) Prohibition. Section 102 of Division R of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328), the No T…
  • FAR 52.204-28 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts.
    …2002); or (4) Hardware, systems, devices, software, or services that include embedded or incidental information technology. FASCSA order means any of the following orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FAS…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    …2002); or (4) Hardware, systems, devices, software, or services that include embedded or incidental information technology. FASCSA order means any of the following orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FAS…
  • DFARS 204.7401 Definitions.
    …ing computer software documentation). The term does not include computer software or data incidental to contract administration, such as financial and/or management information.
  • 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 228.370-2 General.
    …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; (iv) Is covered by insurance; (v) Occurs after the contracting officer…
  • DFARS 228.371 Additional clauses.
    …vernment, except those solicitations and contracts— (i) That are strictly for activities incidental to the normal operations of the aircraft (e.g., refueling operations, minor non-structural actions not requiring towing such as replacing a…
  • DFARS 239.7301 Definitions.
    …The term “information technology” does not include any equipment acquired by a contractor incidental to a contract. Supply chain risk means the risk that an adversary may sabotage, maliciously introduce unwanted function, or otherwise subv…

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.