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74 sections with “initial determination”: the first 40

  • DFARS 234.201 Policy.
    …tail to allow the contracting officer to understand the weaknesses or deficiencies. (ii) Initial determination. (A) The contracting officer shall review all findings and recommendations and, if there are no material weaknesses, shall promp…
  • DFARS 252.234-7002 Earned Value Management System.
    … 30 calendar days). (i) Material weaknesses. (1) The Contracting Officer will provide an initial determination to the Contractor, in writing, of any material weaknesses. The initial determination will describe the underlying deficiency in …
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …ross all contract and customer types, and from accounting period to accounting period for initial charging and transfer charging. (iii) The system should transfer parts and associated costs within the same billing period. In the few instan…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …or(s). (d) Material weaknesses. (1) The Contracting Officer will provide notification of initial determination to the Contractor, in writing, of any material weaknesses. The initial determination will describe the underlying deficiency in …
  • DFARS 215.407-5-70 Disclosure, maintenance, and review requirements.
    …etail to allow the contracting officer to understand the weaknesses or deficiencies. (2) Initial determination. (i) The contracting officer shall review all findings and recommendations and, if there are no material weaknesses, shall promp…
  • DFARS 242.7203 Review procedures.
    …etail to allow the contracting officer to understand the weaknesses or deficiencies. (2) Initial determination. (i) The contracting officer shall review findings and recommendations and, if there are no material weaknesses, shall promptly …
  • DFARS 242.7502 Policy.
    …r deficiencies. Follow the procedures at PGI 242.7502 for reporting of deficiencies. (2) Initial determination. (i) The contracting officer shall review findings and recommendations and, if there are no material weaknesses, shall promptly …
  • DFARS 244.305-70 Policy.
    …etail to allow the contracting officer to understand the weaknesses or deficiencies. (2) Initial determination. (i) The contracting officer shall review all findings and recommendations and, if there are no material weaknesses, shall promp…
  • DFARS 245.105 Contractors' property management system compliance.
    …etail to allow the contracting officer to understand the weaknesses or deficiencies. (2) Initial determination. (i) The contracting officer shall review findings and recommendations and, if there are no material weaknesses, shall promptly …
  • DFARS 252.215-7002 Cost Estimating System Requirements.
    …ulation Supplement. (e) Material weaknesses. (1) The Contracting Officer will provide an initial determination to the Contractor, in writing, of any material weaknesses. The initial determination will describe the underlying deficiency in …
  • DFARS 252.242-7006 Accounting System Administration.
    …ounting Principles. (d) Material weaknesses. (1) The Contracting Officer will provide an initial determination to the Contractor, in writing, of any material weaknesses. The initial determination will describe the underlying deficiency in …
  • DFARS 252.245-7003 Contractor Property Management System Administration.
    …egulation 52.245-1. (d) Material weaknesses. (1) The Contracting Officer will provide an initial determination to the Contractor, in writing, of any material weaknesses. The initial determination will describe the underlying deficiency in …
  • FAR 19.103 Appealing the contracting officer's North American Industry Classification System code and size standard determination.
    …size standard shall be served and filed within 10 calendar days after the issuance of the initial solicitation or any amendment affecting the NAICS code or size standard. However, SBA may file a NAICS code appeal at any time before offers a…
  • FAR 52.216-17 Incentive Price Revision—Successive Targets.
    …ling price of ___ dollars ($___). The prices of these items shown in the Schedule are the initial target prices, which include an initial target profit of ___ [Contracting Officer insert percent] percent of the initial target cost. Any supp…
  • FAR 52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price.
    … contract or otherwise, remove, replace, or correct the supplies and equitably reduce the initial contract prices or, if established, the redetermined contract prices or (2) terminate the contract for default. Unless the Contractor corrects…
  • DFARS 252.242-7005 Contractor business systems.
    …) Material weaknesses. (1) The Contractor shall respond, in writing, within 30 days to an initial determination that there are one or more material weaknesses in one or more of the Contractor's business systems. (2) The Contracting Officer…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …(e.g., requirements are complex or need continued development), where all contractors are initially considered on price considerations (e.g., rough estimates), and other considerations as appropriate (e.g., proposed conceptual approach, pas…
  • FAR 19.301-1 Representation by the offeror.
    …nt its size and socioeconomic status in writing to the contracting officer at the time of initial offer, (whether or not the offer includes price or the price is evaluated), including offers for— (1) Basic ordering agreements (see 16.703);…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …tracting officer received the protest; (11) The date the protested concern submitted its initial offer or quote to the contracting officer; and (12) Whether a contract has been awarded, and if so, the date of award and contract number. (…
  • FAR 28.101-4 Noncompliance with bid guarantee requirements.
    …oncompliance with a solicitation requirement for a bid guarantee requires rejection of an initial proposal as unacceptable, if a determination is made to award the contract based on initial proposals without discussion, except in the situat…
  • FAR 32.603 Debt determination.
    …to— (1) Loss of timely availability of the funds to the program for which the funds were initially provided; (2) Increased difficulty in collecting the debt; or (3) Actual monetary loss to the Government. (b) The amount of indebtedness …
  • FAR 47.306-1 Transportation cost determinations.
    …being acquired including packaging instructions. (b) Planned date of award. (c) Date of initial shipment. (d) Total quantity to be shipped (including weight and cubic content, when appropriate). (e) Delivery schedule. (f) Contract peri…
  • FAR 52.216-5 Price Redetermination—Prospective.
    …een established; (iii) The portion of the total interim profit (used in establishing the initial contract price or agreed to for the purpose of this paragraph (h)) that is in direct proportion to the supplies delivered (or services perform…
  • FAR 52.216-6 Price Redetermination—Retroactive.
    …een established; (iii) The portion of the total interim profit (used in establishing the initial contract price or agreed to for the purpose of this paragraph (g)) that is in direct proportion to the supplies delivered (or services perform…
  • FAR 5.102 Availability of solicitations.
    …tion determined necessary by the contracting officer (upon request, potential sources not initially solicited should be mailed or provided copies of solicitations, if available); (ii) Provide copies on a “first-come-first-served” basis, fo…
  • FAR 44.302 Requirements.
    …on review level if it is considered to be in the Government's best interest. (b) Once an initial determination has been made under paragraph (a) of this section, at least every three years the ACO shall determine whether a purchasing syste…
  • FAR 52.203-10 Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity.
    …educe the contract target price and contract target profit both by an amount equal to the initial target profit specified in the contract at the time of contract award; or (ii) If an immediate adjustment to the contract target price and co…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …lar contracts, together with supporting data. First article means a preproduction model, initial production sample, test sample, first lot, pilot lot, or pilot models. First article testing means testing and evaluating the first article f…
  • FAR 14.503-1 Step one.
    …second step, only bids based upon technical proposals determined to be acceptable, either initially or as a result of discussions, will be considered for awards and (ii) each bid in the second step must be based on the bidder's own technica…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …ent's claim for overstated pricing data arising out of the same pricing action (e.g., the initial pricing of the same contract or the pricing of the same change order). (5) An offset shall be allowed only in an amount supported by the fact…
  • FAR 16.205-2 Application.
    …vices for which it is possible to negotiate a fair and reasonable firm fixed price for an initial period, but not for subsequent periods of contract performance. (a) The initial period should be the longest period for which it is possible …
  • FAR 19.805-2 Procedures.
    …procurement, an 8(a) participant must be eligible for award under the 8(a) program on the initial date for receipt of phase one offers specified in the solicitation (see 13 CFR 124.507(d)(3)). (1) In either negotiated or sealed bid competi…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …ility. Original complement of low cost equipment means a group of items acquired for the initial outfitting of a tangible capital asset or an operational unit, or a new addition to either. The items in the group individually cost less than…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …tion on an amended protest that adds a new ground of protest within the time limit of the initial protest. If an amended protest cannot be resolved within the initial time limit, the GAO may resolve the amended protest through an express op…
  • FAR 52.247-51 Evaluation of Export Offers.
    …specified for receipt of offers) and which will be effective for the date of the expected initial shipment will be used in the evaluation of offers. (b) F.o.b. origin, transportation under Government bill of lading. (1) Offers shall be eva…
  • DFARS 234.004 Acquisition strategy.
    …. 117-263)— (A) The contracting officer shall not procure more than one lot for low-rate initial production, as defined at 10 U.S.C. 4231, associated with a major defense acquisition program if— (1) The milestone decision authority author…
  • FAR 11.002 Policy.
    …roaches. Requiring agencies should apply specifications, standards, and related documents initially for guidance only, making final decisions on the application and tailoring of these documents as a product of the design and development pro…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    …olely to increased requirements for the items being acquired. Award should be made on the initial invitation for bids and the additional quantity should be treated as a new acquisition. (b) When it is determined before award but after open…
  • FAR 15.406-1 Prenegotiation objectives.
    (a) The prenegotiation objectives establish the Government's initial negotiation position. They assist in the contracting officer's determination of fair and reasonable price. They should be based on the results of the contracting officer's…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …al plant rearrangement, training program, and any identifiable nonrecurring costs such as initial rework, spoilage, pilot runs, etc. In the event the amounts are not segregated in or otherwise available from your records, enter in this colu…

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.