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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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41 sections with “individual offers”: the first 40

  • FAR 9.703 Contracting with individual pool members.
    (a) Pool members may submit individual offers, independent of the pool. However, the contracting officer shall not consider an independent offer by a pool member if that pool member participates in a competing offer submitted by the pool. …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …operation or maintenance of the system. Affiliates means associated business concerns or individuals if, directly or indirectly either one controls or can control the other; or third party controls or can control both, except as follows: …
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … defined at 13 CFR 124.103) and economically disadvantaged (as defined at 13 CFR 124.104) individuals who are citizens of the United States; and (ii) Each individual claiming economic disadvantage has a net worth not exceeding the threshol…
  • DFARS 225.870-3 Submission of offers.
    …adian Commercial Corporation is the prime contractor. To indicate acceptance of offers by individual Canadian companies, the Canadian Commercial Corporation issues a letter supporting the Canadian offer and containing the following informat…
  • FAR 9.403 Definitions.
    …suspension or debarment proceeding. Affiliates. (1) Business concerns, organizations, or individuals are affiliates of each other if, directly or indirectly— (i) Either one controls or has the power to control the other; or (ii) A third …
  • FAR 19.804-6 Indefinite-delivery contracts.
    (a) Separate offers and acceptances are not required for individual orders under multiple-award contracts (including the Federal Supply Schedules managed by GSA, multi-agency contracts or Governmentwide acquisition contracts, or indefinite-…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …formance outcomes and cost estimates. (g) Writing plans either on a systems basis, on an individual contract basis, or on an individual order basis, depending upon the acquisition. (h) Ensuring that the principles of this subpart are used…
  • FAR 9.404 Exclusions in the System for Award Management.
    … of the agency point of contact for the action. (c) Each agency shall— (1) Identify the individual(s) responsible for entering and updating exclusions data in SAM and assign the appropriate roles; (2) Remove the exclusion roles in SAM wh…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …section and 15.404-3). (3) Cost analysis shall be used to evaluate the reasonableness of individual cost elements when certified cost or pricing data are required. Price analysis should be used to verify that the overall price offered is f…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …ents be excluded from the coverage of the protective order, or that particular parties or individuals be included in or excluded from the protective order. Copies of the request shall be furnished simultaneously to all parties. (iii) Addit…
  • DFARS 213.301 Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    …ubject to the jurisdiction of the United States (but not including leased bases). (2) An individual appointed in accordance with 201.603-3(a) also may use the Governmentwide commercial purchase card to make a purchase that exceeds the micr…
  • DFARS 237.7301 Definitions.
    ….C. which is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of title 26. (c) Student means an individual enrolled (or accepted for enrollment) at an institution of higher learning before the term of the student technical support contract. The i…
  • FAR 3.103-2 Evaluating the certification.
    …ction (see subpart 17.8). (2) For the purpose of paragraph (b)(2) of the certificate, an individual may use a blanket authorization to act as an agent for the person(s) responsible for determining the offered prices if— (i) The proposed c…
  • FAR 3.303 Reporting suspected antitrust violations.
    … and the reason for the suspicion; and (2) The name, address, and telephone number of an individual in the agency who can be contacted for further information. (g) Questions concerning this reporting requirement may be communicated by tel…
  • FAR 3.502-1 Definitions.
    …orporation, partnership, business association of any kind, trust, joint-stock company, or individual. Prime contract, means a contract or contractual action entered into by the United States for the purpose of obtaining supplies, materials…
  • FAR 5.203 Publicizing and response time.
    …be greater than $25,000. The contracting officer should consider the circumstances of the individual acquisition, such as the complexity, commerciality, availability, and urgency, when establishing the solicitation response time. (c) Excep…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …as open market items) to a Federal Supply Schedule blanket purchase agreement (BPA) or an individual task or delivery order only if— (1) All applicable acquisition regulations pertaining to the purchase of the items not on the Federal Supp…
  • FAR 9.405 Effect of listing.
    …, suspended, proposed for debarment, or voluntarily excluded, are excluded from acting as individual sureties (see part 28). (e)(1) After the opening of bids or receipt of proposals or quotes, the contracting officer shall review the exclu…
  • FAR 11.403 Supplies or services.
    …e Government); or (4) Specific time for delivery after receipt by the contractor of each individual order issued under the contract, as in indefinite delivery type contracts and GSA schedules. (b) The time specified for contract performan…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …mercial services or as may be approved by the agency senior procurement executive, or the individual responsible for representing the agency on the FAR Council, without power of delegation.
  • FAR 12.603 Streamlined solicitation for commercial products or commercial services.
    …(xv) The date, time and place offers are due. (xvi) The name and telephone number of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation. (3) Allow response time for receipt of offers as follows: (i) Because the synopsis…
  • FAR 13.003 Policy.
    …can be provided off-line in hard copy or through other appropriate means. (g) Authorized individuals shall make purchases in the simplified manner that is most suitable, efficient, and economical based on the circumstances of each acquisit…
  • FAR 13.101 General.
    …um of funds reserved for the purpose for a specified period of time rather than obtaining individual obligational authority on each purchase document. Bulk funding is particularly appropriate if numerous purchases using the same type of fun…
  • FAR 14.403 Recording of bids.
    …id items are too numerous to warrant complete recording of all bids, abstract entries for individual bids may be limited to item numbers and bid prices. In preparing these forms, the extra columns and SF 1410, Abstract of Offers—Continuatio…
  • FAR 15.303 Responsibilities.
    … is designated as the source selection authority, unless the agency head appoints another individual for a particular acquisition or group of acquisitions. (b) The source selection authority shall— (1) Establish an evaluation team, tailor…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …d limits, of supplies or services during a fixed period. The Government places orders for individual requirements. Quantity limits may be stated as number of units or as dollar values. (1) The contract must require the Government to order …
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …inite-delivery contracts; except see 16.505(a)(4) and (11), and 16.505(b)(2)(ii)(D). (2) Individual orders shall clearly describe all services to be performed or supplies to be delivered so the full cost or price for the performance of the…
  • FAR 22.404-2 General requirements.
    …atch-all nature. Such heavy projects may sometimes be distinguished on the basis of their individual characteristics, and separate schedules issued (e.g., dredging, water and sewer line, dams, flood control, etc.). (5) When the nature of a…
  • FAR 25.103 Exceptions.
    …ccordance with agency procedures, for possible removal of the article from the list. (2) Individual determinations. (i) The head of the contracting activity may make a determination that an article, material, or supply is not mined, produc…
  • FAR 25.502 Application.
    …e ties between domestic and foreign offers by a witnessed drawing of lots by an impartial individual. (3) Resolve ties between foreign offers from small business concerns (under the Buy American statute, a small business offering a manufac…
  • FAR 32.1004 Procedures.
    …s. Financing payments to be made on a deliverable item basis are applicable to a specific individual deliverable item. (A deliverable item for these purposes is a separate item with a distinct unit price. Thus, a line item for 10 airplanes,…
  • FAR 45.201 Solicitation.
    …quisition cost; (4) Unique-item identifier or equivalent (if available and necessary for individual item tracking and management); and (5) A statement as to whether the property is to be furnished in an “as-is” condition and instructions …
  • FAR 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    …red data shall include— (i) A delivery schedule in number of units, type of package, and individual weight and dimensions of each package; (ii) Minimum leadtime required to make supplies available for loading into aircraft; (iii) Name of…
  • FAR 47.305-13 Transit arrangements.
    …l show the transportation and transit charges as separate amounts on the invoice for each individual shipment. The amount to be reimbursed by the Government shall not exceed the amount quoted in the offer. (4) The contracting officer shall…
  • FAR 52.203-7 Anti-Kickback Procedures.
    …orporation, partnership, business association of any kind, trust, joint-stock company, or individual. Prime contract, as used in this clause, means a contract or contractual action entered into by the United States for the purpose of obtai…
  • FAR 52.232-8 Discounts for Prompt Payment.
    …on with the offer, offerors awarded contracts may include discounts for prompt payment on individual invoices. (b) In connection with any discount offered for prompt payment, time shall be computed from the date of the invoice. If the Cont…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …ting activities are listed at PGI 202.101. Contracting officer's representative means an individual designated and authorized in writing by the contracting officer to perform specific technical or administrative functions. Contractor-appr…
  • DFARS 232.072-2 Appropriate information.
    …not a corporation, the contracting officer shall obtain the required information for each individual/joint venturer/partner: (1) Balance sheet and income statement— (i) For the current fiscal year (interim); (ii) For the most recent fisc…
  • DFARS 252.227-7017 Identification and Assertion of Use, Release, or Disclosure Restrictions.
    …olicitation or under a prior contract, or specially negotiated licenses). 4 Corporation, individual, or other person, as appropriate. 5 Enter “none” when all data or software will be submitted without restrictions. (End of identification…
  • DFARS 252.237-7012 Instruction to offerors (count-of-articles).
    …l be made to a single offeror for all lots. However, the Contracting Officer may award by individual lot when it is more advantageous to the Government. (d) Prospective offerors may inspect the types of articles to be serviced. Contact the…

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