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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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49 sections with “ineligible”: the first 40

  • FAR 9.400 Scope of subpart.
    … for the listing of contractors debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, and declared ineligible (see the definition of ineligible in 2.101); and (3) Sets forth the consequences of this listing. (b) Although this subpart does cover th…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …hheld award and the HUBZone Program Director has determined that the protested concern is ineligible, and a timely AA/GC&BD appeal has not been filed, then the contracting officer shall not award the contract to the protested concern. (3) …
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …g Officer. Failure to submit and negotiate the subcontracting plan shall make the Offeror ineligible for award of a contract. (2)(i) Unless the Contractor has reason to question the representations, it may accept a subcontractor's written …
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …ation Supplement (DFARS) 252.225-7048, Export-Controlled Items, clause of this contract. Ineligible transferee means an individual, an entity, or a country— (1) Excluded from Federal programs by the General Services Administration as iden…
  • FAR 9.106-1 Conditions for preaward surveys.
    …ng activity shall ascertain whether the prospective contractor is debarred, suspended, or ineligible (see subpart 9.4). If the prospective contractor is debarred, suspended, or ineligible, the surveying activity shall advise the contracting…
  • FAR 9.405 Effect of listing.
    …ther entities that have an active exclusion record in SAM because they have been declared ineligible on the basis of statutory or other regulatory procedures are excluded from receiving contracts, and if applicable, subcontracts, under the …
  • FAR 9.405-1 Continuation of current contracts.
    …, exercise options, or otherwise extend the duration of current contracts or orders. (b) Ineligible contractors. A covered agency, as defined in 9.110-1, shall terminate existing contracts and shall not place new orders or award new contra…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    … officer within the time limit prescribed by the contracting officer, the offeror will be ineligible for award. For a multiple-award contract with more than one North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code, see paragraph (a)(2…
  • FAR 19.805-2 Procedures.
    …eligibility determination. (i) If SBA determines that the apparent successful offeror is ineligible, the contracting office will then send to SBA the identity of the next highest evaluated offeror for an eligibility determination. The proc…
  • FAR 52.209-14 Reserve Officer Training Corps and Military Recruiting on Campus.
    …Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause, an institution of higher education is ineligible for contract award if the Secretary of Defense determines that the institution has a policy or practice (regardless of when implemented) th…
  • FAR 52.222-15 Certification of Eligibility.
    …t nor any person or firm who has an interest in the Contractor's firm is a person or firm ineligible to be awarded Government contracts by virtue of 40 U.S.C. 3144(b)(2) or 29 CFR 5.12(a)(1). (b) No part of this contract shall be subcontra…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …erson or firm who has a substantial interest in the Contractor's firm is a person or firm ineligible to be awarded Government contracts by virtue of the sanctions imposed under 41 U.S.C. 6706. (2) No part of this contract shall be subcontr…
  • DFARS 252.209-7004 Subcontracting with Firms that are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
    …he Exclusions section of the System for Award Management System (SAM Exclusions) as being ineligible for the award of Defense contracts or subcontracts because it is owned or controlled by the government of a country that is a state sponsor…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …, or another appropriate base for the same period (see also “final indirect cost rate”). Ineligible means excluded from Government contracting (and subcontracting, if appropriate) pursuant to statutory, Executive order, or regulatory autho…
  • FAR 3.909-2 Representation by the offeror.
    …(e.g., agency Office of the Inspector General). Any offeror that does not so represent is ineligible for award of a contract. (b) The contracting officer may rely on an offeror's representation unless the contracting officer has reason to …
  • FAR 9.104-4 Subcontractor responsibility.
    …bility of their prospective subcontractors (but see 9.405 and 9.405-2 regarding debarred, ineligible, or suspended firms). Determinations of prospective subcontractor responsibility may affect the Government's determination of the prospecti…
  • FAR 9.108-3 Representation by the offeror.
    …a subsidiary of an inverted domestic corporation. Any offeror that cannot so represent is ineligible for award of a contract, unless waived in accordance with the procedures at 9.108-4. (b) The contracting officer may rely on an offeror's …
  • FAR 9.110-4 Procedures.
    …pursuant to the procedures at 32 CFR part 216, that an institution of higher education is ineligible to receive funds from a covered agency because of a policy or practice described in 9.110-3— (a) The Secretary of Defense will create an a…
  • FAR 9.404 Exclusions in the System for Award Management.
    … the entities debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, voluntarily excluded, declared ineligible, or excluded or disqualified under the nonprocurement common rule, with cross-references when more than one name is involved in a single ac…
  • FAR 14.404-2 Rejection of individual bids.
    …om any person or concern that is suspended, debarred, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible as of the bid opening date shall be rejected unless a compelling reason determination is made (see subpart 9.4). (i) Low bids received fro…
  • FAR 15.403-3 Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data.
    …a for a contract or subcontract in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) of this subsection is ineligible for award unless the HCA determines that it is in the best interest of the Government to make the award to that offeror, based on considera…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …arded, the SBA rulings is received after award, and OHA finds the protested concern to be ineligible for award, the contracting officer shall terminate the contract unless termination is not in the best interests of the Government, in keepi…
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …fication Program database at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov. (4) A concern found to be ineligible may not submit future offers as an SDVOSB concern until the concern is designated as an SDVOSB by SBA in the SBA Veteran Small Business Cer…
  • FAR 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    … SBA Director for Government Contracting's determination finding the protested concern is ineligible, then— (i) The contracting officer shall terminate the contract, unless the contracting officer has made a written determination that term…
  • FAR 19.602-1 Referral.
    … is not necessary if the small business concern— (i) Is determined to be unqualified and ineligible because it does not meet the standard in 9.104-1(g); provided, that the determination is approved by the chief of the contracting office; o…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …lan that incorporates the required elements within the time allotted, the bidder shall be ineligible for award. If the plan, although responsive, evidences the bidder's intention not to comply with its obligations under the clause at 52.219…
  • FAR 22.802 General.
    … subcontract shall be approved by a contracting officer, with a person who has been found ineligible by the Deputy Assistant Secretary for reasons of noncompliance with the requirements of E.O. 11246. (c) No contracting officer or contract…
  • FAR 22.1025 Ineligibility of violators.
    …est, without the approval of the Secretary of Labor. This prohibition against award to an ineligible contractor applies to both prime and subcontracts.
  • FAR 52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters.
    …A) Are ( ) are not ( ) presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible for the award of contracts by any Federal agency; (B) Have ( ) have not ( ), within a three-year period preceding this offer, been convict…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … (1) □ Are, □ are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible for the award of contracts by any Federal agency; (2) □ Have, □ have not, within a three-year period preceding this offer, been convicted …
  • FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
    …2) Be subject to administrative remedies, including suspension and debarment; and (3) Be ineligible for participation in programs conducted under the authority of the Act. (End of provision) Alternate I (FEB 2024). As prescribed in 19.30…
  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    …canceled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part and the Contractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts, under the procedures authorized in Executive Order 11246, as amended. In addition, sanctions may be impos…
  • FAR 52.223-3 Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data.
    …award may result in the apparently successful offeror being considered nonresponsible and ineligible for award. (e) If, after award, there is a change in the composition of the item(s) or a revision to Federal Standard No. 313, which rende…
  • FAR 52.226-1 Utilization of Indian Organizations and Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises.
    …contract award or while a challenge is pending. If a subcontractor is determined to be an ineligible participant, no incentive payment will be made under the Indian Incentive Program. (2) The Contractor may request an adjustment under the …
  • DFARS 209.403 Definitions.
    …ountry concerned declares the contractor to be formally debarred, suspended, or otherwise ineligible to contract with that foreign government or its instrumentalities. (3) The Defense Logistics Agency Special Assistant for Contracting Inte…
  • DFARS 209.405 Effect of listing.
    … the agency head may grant an exemption permitting award to a contractor using a Code “H” ineligible facility if the agency head determines that such an exemption is in the paramount interest of the United States. (A) The agency head may d…
  • DFARS 209.471 Congressional Medal of Honor.
    …re or sale of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Any entity so convicted will be listed as ineligible on the List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs published by the General Services Administration.
  • DFARS 225.772-3 Procedures.
    …in, or otherwise known to be involved in, the otherwise successful offer is not listed as ineligible in the SAM database (see FAR 9.405). (b) If an offeror discloses information in accordance with paragraph (c) of the provision 252.225-704…
  • DFARS 225.870-4 Contracting procedures.
    …racting officer has deemed necessary to determine price reasonableness or cost realism is ineligible for award, unless the head of the contracting activity determines that it is in the best interest of the Government to make the award to th…
  • DFARS 227.7103-10 Contractor identification and marking of technical data to be furnished with restrictive markings.
    … informality within the time prescribed by the contracting officer shall render the offer ineligible for award. (2) The procedures for correcting minor informalities shall not be used to obtain information regarding asserted restrictions o…

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.