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23 sections with “interested parties”

  • FAR 22.1010 Notification to interested parties under collective bargaining agreements.
    (a) The contracting officer should determine whether the incumbent prime contractor's or its subcontractors' service employees performing on the current contract are represented by a collective bargaining agent. If there is a collective bar…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …ontracting officer shall obtain a redacted version from the protester to furnish to other interested parties, if one has not already been provided. (3)(i) Upon notice that a protest has been filed with the GAO, the contracting officer shal…
  • FAR 19.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.
    … size or socioeconomic status. (b) The contractor, the contracting officer, or any other interested party can challenge a subcontractor's size status representation by filing a protest, in accordance with 13 CFR 121.1001 through 121.1008. …
  • FAR 22.1021 Requests for hearing.
    (a) A contracting agency or other interested party may request a hearing on an issue presented in 22.1013(a). To obtain a hearing for the contracting agency, the contracting officer shall submit a written request through appropriate channel…
  • FAR 33.103 Protests to the agency.
    …agency protest, all parties shall use their best efforts to resolve concerns raised by an interested party at the contracting officer level through open and frank discussions. (c) The agency should provide for inexpensive, informal, proced…
  • FAR 15.201 Exchanges with industry before receipt of proposals.
    (a) Exchanges of information among all interested parties, from the earliest identification of a requirement through receipt of proposals, are encouraged. Any exchange of information must be consistent with procurement integrity requirement…
  • 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.
    (a) Definition. Interested party, as used in this section, has the meaning given in 13 CFR 127.102. (b)(1) For sole source acquisitions, the contracting officer or SBA may protest the offeror's status as an economically disadvantaged women…
  • FAR 52.207-1 Notice of Standard Competition.
    …t, as those terms are defined in the Circular. (d) As provided in the Circular, directly interested parties may file contests, which are governed by the procedures in Federal Acquisition Regulation 33.103. Until resolution of any contest, …
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …classification. Failure to pay the unlisted employees the compensation agreed upon by the interested parties and/or finally determined by the Wage and Hour Division retroactive to the date such class of employees commenced contract work sha…
  • FAR 1.102-3 Evaluating agency acquisition processes.
    …a) Agencies are encouraged to develop internal procedures seeking voluntary feedback from interested parties in an acquisition to assess process strengths and weaknesses and improve effectiveness and efficiency of the acquisition process. A…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …on on how to obtain the solicitation. (18) If the solicitation will be made available to interested parties through electronic data interchange, provide any information necessary to obtain and respond to the solicitation electronically. (…
  • FAR 15.407-3 Forward pricing rate agreements.
    …O determines that a changed condition invalidates the agreement, the ACO shall notify all interested parties of the extent of its effect and status of efforts to establish a revised FPRA. (c) Contracting officers shall not require certific…
  • FAR 19.103 Appealing the contracting officer's North American Industry Classification System code and size standard determination.
    … appeal (see 5.102(a)(1)). Such notices shall include the procedures and the deadline for interested parties to file and serve arguments concerning the appeal. (4) SBA's OHA will dismiss summarily an untimely NAICS code appeal. (5) NAICS …
  • FAR 22.403-6 Department of Labor regulations involving construction.
    …rings are held; (5) Part 7, relating to rules of practice by which contractors and other interested parties may appeal to the Department of Labor Administrative Review Board, decisions issued by the Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, o…
  • FAR 22.406-2 Wages, fringe benefits, and overtime.
    … the result of $360 by the number of hours worked by the employee during the year. If the interested parties (contractor, contracting officer, and employees or their representative) cannot agree on the cash equivalent, the contracting offic…
  • FAR 22.406-3 Additional classifications.
    …cting officer shall submit a report (including a copy of SF 1444) giving the views of all interested parties and the contracting officer's recommendation to the Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, for determination of appropriate classif…
  • FAR 52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements.
    …propriate), the Contracting Officer shall refer the questions, including the views of all interested parties and the recommendation of the Contracting Officer, to the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division for Determination. The Admini…
  • DFARS 209.402 Policy.
    …me of their suspension or when they are proposed for debarment, and upon request to other interested parties.
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    … nonavailability determination; and (2) Solicit information relevant to such notice from interested parties, including producers of specialty metal mill products. (B) The USD(A&S)— (1) Will take into consideration all information submitt…
  • DFARS 225.7018-4 Nonavailability determination.
    …nonavailability determination; and (ii) Solicit information relevant to such notice from interested parties, including producers of mill products from covered materials. (2) The USD(A&S)— (i) Will take into consideration all information …
  • DFARS 252.227-7037 Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data.
    …ormulate and distribute a schedule for responding to each of the challenge notices to all interested parties. The schedule will afford the Contractor or subcontractor an opportunity to respond to each challenge notice. All parties will be b…
  • FAR 1.201-2 FAR Secretariat.
    …rrent FAR cases and their status; (2) Maintaining official files; (3) Assisting parties interested in reviewing the files on completed cases; and (4) Performing miscellaneous administrative tasks pertaining to the maintenance of the FAR.
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    …(g) Upon completion of the negotiation, the sponsor shall prepare and distribute to other interested agencies and offices, including the audit agency, copies of the executed agreement and a memorandum providing the information specified in …

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.