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63 sections with “initial period”: the first 40

  • FAR 31.205-42 Termination costs.
    … or willful failure of the contractor to discontinue the costs shall be unallowable. (c) Initial costs. Initial costs, including starting load and preparatory costs, are allowable as follows: (1) Starting load costs not fully absorbed bec…
  • 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 252.242-7004 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…
  • FAR 9.406-4 Period of debarment.
    …ent may not be extended solely on the basis of the facts and circumstances upon which the initial debarment action was based. Debarments under 9.406-2(b)(2) may be extended for additional periods of one year if the Secretary of Homeland Sec…
  • 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 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 48.102 Policies.
    …ll use the value engineering program requirement clause (52.248-1, Alternates I or II) in initial production contracts for major systems programs (see definition of major system in 34.001) and for contracts for major systems research and de…
  • FAR 48.104-1 Determining sharing period.
    …is accepted. (c) For engineering-development contracts and contracts containing low-rate-initial-production or early production units, the end of the sharing period is based not on a calendar date, but on acceptance of a specified quantity…
  • DFARS 236.601 Policy.
    …nd (B)(1) If provided by electronic medium, must be provided at least 14 days before the initial obligation of funds; or (2) If provided by other than electronic medium, must be received by the congressional defense committees at least 21…
  • FAR 16.205-1 Description.
    …ontract with prospective price redetermination provides for (a) a firm fixed price for an initial period of contract deliveries or performance and (b) prospective redetermination, at a stated time or times during performance, of the price f…
  • FAR 32.406 Letters of credit.
    … advance; i.e., for limiting advances to (1) only the estimated disbursements for a given initial period and (2) subsequently, for only actual cash disbursements (31 CFR 205.3(k) and 205.7).
  • 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 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …ough an electronic commerce method authorized by the solicitation, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of proposals;…
  • 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 17.106-1 General.
    … or rearrangement, special tooling and special test equipment, preproduction engineering, initial rework, initial spoilage, pilot runs, allocable portions of the costs of facilities to be acquired or established for the conduct of the work,…
  • FAR 27.406-2 Additional data requirements.
    … officer believes the contract effort will in the future exceed $500,000, even though the initial award does not, the contracting officer may include the clause in the initial award. (b) Data may be ordered under the clause at 52.227-16 at…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    … officer believes the contract effort will in the future exceed $500,000, even though the initial award does not, the contracting officer may include the clause in the initial award. (e) In accordance with 27.405-1, insert the clause at 52…
  • FAR 28.204-3 Irrevocable letter of credit.
    …urity for a performance or payment bond, the offeror/contractor may submit an ILC with an initial expiration date estimated to cover the entire period for which financial security is required or an ILC with an initial expiration date that i…
  • 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 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ough an electronic commerce method authorized by the solicitation, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of offers; or…
  • FAR 52.228-14 Irrevocable Letter of Credit.
    …urity for a performance or payment bond, the offeror/Contractor may submit an ILC with an initial expiration date estimated to cover the entire period for which financial security is required or may submit an ILC with an initial expiration …
  • 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…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …iderations. Describe— (i) The assumptions determining contractor or agency support, both initially and over the life of the acquisition, including consideration of contractor or agency maintenance and servicing (see subpart 7.3), support f…
  • FAR 9.505-2 Preparing specifications or work statements.
    …a subcontractor, for a reasonable period of time including, at least, the duration of the initial production contract. The restriction in this paragraph (a)(1) shall not apply to— (i) Contractors that furnish at Government request specific…
  • FAR 9.508 Examples.
    … hardware, a potential conflict of interest exists. Company A should be excluded from the initial follow-on information technology hardware acquisition. (f) Company A receives a contract to define the detailed performance characteristics a…
  • FAR 13.302-5 Clauses.
    …lternate domestic content test for the contract in accordance with 25.101(d), so that the initial domestic content threshold will apply to the entire period of performance, the contracting officer shall fill in the 52.213-4(b)(1)(xviii)(B) …
  • 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 15.407-3 Forward pricing rate agreements.
    … certifies to be accurate, complete, and current at the time of agreement on price for an initial contract or for a contract modification. (See the Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data at 15.406-2.) (b) Contracting officers will use…
  • 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 17.202 Use of options.
    …earning or testing quantity and (ii) competition for the option is impracticable once the initial contract is awarded. (d) In recognition of (1) the Government's need in certain service contracts for continuity of operations and (2) the po…
  • FAR 17.207 Exercise of options.
    …6 regarding full and open competition, the option must have been evaluated as part of the initial competition and be exercisable at an amount specified in or reasonably determinable from the terms of the basic contract, e.g.— (1) A specifi…
  • FAR 19.301-2 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented its status as a small business concern.
    …in effect at the time of its rerepresentation that corresponds to the NAICS code that was initially assigned to the contract. For multiple-award contracts where there is more than one NAICS code assigned, the contractor is required to rerep…
  • FAR 22.1021 Requests for hearing.
    …ontract; or (2) For negotiated contracts and for contracts with provisions exceeding the initial term by option, before the commencement date of the contract or the follow-up option period.
  • FAR 25.403 World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements.
    …l number of months that ordering would be possible under the proposed contract, i.e., the initial ordering period plus any optional ordering periods. (iv) If there is any doubt as to the contemplated term of the contract, use the estimated…
  • FAR 31.201-6 Accounting for unallowable costs.
    …ore entering into any such agreements. (5) In the absence of an advance agreement, if an initial review of the facts results in a challenge of the statistical sampling methods by the contracting officer or the contracting officer's represe…
  • FAR 31.205-35 Relocation costs.
    …um basis and the employee leaves or is transferred again in less than 3 years, the amount initially recognized shall be proportionately adjusted to reflect payments only for the actual time of the relocation. (8) Rental differential paymen…
  • FAR 32.503-9 Liquidation rates—alternate method.
    …eration for these contract modifications is provided by the consideration included in the initial contract. The parties shall promptly make the payment or liquidation required in the circumstances.

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.