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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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40 sections with “lead agency”

  • FAR 17.402 Limitations.
    (a) Leader company contracting is to be used only when— (1) The leader company has the necessary production know-how and is able to furnish required assistance to the follower(s); (2) No other source can meet the Government's requirements…
  • FAR 3.301 General.
    (a) Practices that eliminate competition or restrain trade usually lead to excessive prices and may warrant criminal, civil, or administrative action against the participants. Examples of anticompetitive practices are collusive bidding, fol…
  • FAR 9.402 Policy.
    …ation Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Pub. L. 110-417) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note), shall resolve the lead agency issue and coordinate such resolution among all interested agencies prior to the initiation of any suspension, debarment, or related admini…
  • FAR 32.006-4 Procedures.
    …ontracts affected by the fraud, the agencies shall consider designating one agency as the lead agency for making the determination and decision. (g) The agency shall retain in its files the written justification for each— (1) Decision of …
  • FAR 35.017 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.
    …d by the FFRDC and is not a party to the sponsoring agreement. Primary sponsor means the lead agency responsible for managing, administering, or monitoring overall use of the FFRDC under a multiple sponsorship agreement. Sponsor means the…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …nderance of the evidence means proof by information that, compared with that opposing it, leads to the conclusion that the fact at issue is more probably true than not. Pricing means the process of establishing a reasonable amount or amoun…
  • FAR 3.104-6 Ethics advisory opinions regarding prohibitions on a former official's acceptance of compensation from a contractor.
    …cy sources, unless he or she has reason to believe that the information is fraudulent, misleading, or otherwise incorrect. (3) If the requester is advised in a written opinion by the agency ethics official that the requester may accept com…
  • FAR 8.705-2 Direct-order process.
    … Committee. The central nonprofit agency shall specify the normal delivery or performance lead time required by the nonprofit agency. The ordering office shall reflect this lead time in its orders.
  • FAR 17.401 General.
    Leader company contracting is an extraordinary acquisition technique that is limited to special circumstances and utilized only when its use is in accordance with agency procedures. A developer or sole producer of a product or system is des…
  • FAR 52.248-2 Value Engineering—Architect-Engineer.
    …e engineering disciplines required to complete the study effort, and evidence of the team leader's qualifications and engineering discipline. Subsequent changes or substitutions to the approved VE team shall be submitted in writing to the C…
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    … fiscal year for advance procurement are obligated only for the procurement of those long-lead items that are necessary in order to meet a planned delivery schedule for complete major end items that are programmed under the contract to be a…
  • FAR 3.303 Reporting suspected antitrust violations.
    …competitive bidding to identical bidding; (3) Simultaneous price increases or follow-the-leader pricing; (4) Rotation of bids or proposals, so that each competitor takes a turn in sequence as low bidder, or so that certain competitors bid…
  • FAR 4.1603 Procedures.
    …haracters must be used agency-wide. If a number less than the maximum is used, do not use leading or trailing zeroes to make it equal the maximum in any system or data transmission. A separate series of numbers may be used for any type of i…
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …ds of alternative dispute resolution. (3) The command of military forces, especially the leadership of military personnel who are members of the combat, combat support, or combat service support role. (4) The conduct of foreign relations …
  • FAR 8.705-4 Compliance with orders.
    (a) The central nonprofit agency shall inform the ordering office of changes in lead time experienced by its AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies to minimize requests for extensions once the ordering office places an order. (b) The …
  • FAR 9.702 Contracting with pools.
    …actor. (b) The contracting officer shall not award a contract to a pool unless the offer leading to the contract is submitted by the pool in its own name or by an individual pool member expressly stating that the offer is on behalf of the …
  • FAR 10.001 Policy.
    …ircumstances justify its cost; (iv) Before soliciting offers for acquisitions that could lead to consolidation or bundling (15 U.S.C. 644(e)(2)(A) and 15 U.S.C. 657q); (v) Before awarding a task or delivery order under an indefinite-deliv…
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    …rchases of a similar item; or (iv) Of any other information, proper for disclosure, that leads the contracting officer to believe that there is a mistake in bid. (2) If the bid is verified, the contracting officer shall consider the bid a…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …prospective contractors whose skills, facilities, and technical assets can be expected to lead to efficient and economical contract performance. The subfactors in paragraphs (d)(1)(i) (A) through (D) of this subsection shall be considered i…
  • FAR 15.606-2 Evaluation.
    …qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the proposed principal investigator, team leader, or key personnel critical to achieving the proposal objectives; and (6) The realism of the proposed cost. (b) The evaluators shall notify th…
  • FAR 16.703 Basic ordering agreements.
    …an result in economies in ordering parts for equipment support by reducing administrative lead-time, inventory investment, and inventory obsolescence due to design changes. (c) Limitations. A basic ordering agreement shall not state or imp…
  • FAR 17.106-3 Special procedures applicable to DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.
    …nual and multiyear proposals. Obtaining both annual and multiyear offers provides reduced lead time for making an annual award in the event that the multiyear award is not in the Government's interest. Obtaining both also provides a basis f…
  • FAR 17.204 Contracts.
    …n may be exercised. (c) The period shall be set so as to provide the contractor adequate lead time to ensure continuous production. (d) The period may extend beyond the contract completion date for service contracts. This is necessary for…
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …such as passports or drivers' licenses, regardless of issuing authority; (5)(i) Using misleading or fraudulent practices during the recruitment of employees or offering of employment, such as failing to disclose, in a format and language u…
  • FAR 28.203-5 Exclusion of individual sureties.
    …ntation of the value of available assets or outstanding liabilities. (4) Any false or misleading statement, signature or representation on a bond or affidavit of individual suretyship. (5) Any other cause affecting responsibility as a sur…
  • FAR 31.603 Requirements.
    … certification) brought by the United States where the contractor is found liable or has pleaded nolo contendere to a charge of fraud or similar proceeding (including filing of a false certification). (4) Payments of fines and penalties re…
  • FAR 32.104 Providing contract financing.
    …and the probable impact on working capital of the predelivery expenditures and production lead-times associated with the contract, or groups of contracts or orders (e.g., issued under indefinite-delivery contracts, basic ordering agreements…
  • FAR 42.1502 Policy.
    …ents. (D) There is an administrative mistake. (E) Late performance by the subcontractor leads to later payment by the prime contractor. (h) Agencies shall not evaluate performance for contracts awarded under Subpart 8.7. (i) Agencies sh…
  • FAR 47.202 Presolicitation planning.
    … that plan to acquire transportation or transportation-related services of the applicable lead-time requirements, that is— (a) The Service Contract Labor Standards statute requirement to obtain a wage determination by accessing the Wage De…
  • FAR 52.211-5 Material Requirements.
    …means— (1) Previously unused raw material, including previously unused copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, iron, other metal or metal ore; or (2) Any undeveloped resource that is, or with new technology will become, a source of raw materials. …
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …, such as passports or drivers' licenses, regardless of issuing authority; (5)(i) Use misleading or fraudulent practices during the recruitment of employees or offering of employment, such as failing to disclose, in a format and language u…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    … constitute a dispute to which the Government is a party. The Government may not be interpleaded in any judicial or administrative proceeding involving such a dispute. (j) Preservation of prime-subcontractor rights. Except as provided in p…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …tor may employ customary commercial practices, voluntary consensus standards, or industry-leading practices and standards that provide effective and efficient Government property management that are necessary and appropriate for the perform…
  • DFARS 203.170 Business practices.
    …epartments and agencies shall adhere to the following best practice policies: (a) Senior leaders shall not perform multiple roles in source selection for a major weapon system or major service acquisition. (b) Vacant acquisition positions…
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …-71) See 209.570 for policy applicable to acquisition strategies that consider the use of lead system integrators. (S-72)(1) In accordance with section 202 of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-23), acquisition …
  • DFARS 217.170 General.
    …in subsequent DoD appropriations acts); (iii) Involve a contract for advance procurement leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20 million in any one year (see 10 U.S.C. 3501(l)(1) an…
  • DFARS 217.7402 Exceptions.
    …d acquisition threshold. (2) Special access programs. (3) Congressionally mandated long-lead procurement contracts. (b) If the contracting officer determines that it is impracticable to adhere to the procedures of this subpart for a part…
  • DFARS 234.004 Acquisition strategy.
    (1) See 209.570 for policy applicable to acquisition strategies that consider the use of lead system integrators. (2) Contract type. (i) In accordance with section 818 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Pub. L…
  • DFARS 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.
    …, Fine and Applied Arts, and Physics. A curriculum normally covers more than one term and leads to a degree or diploma upon successful completion. (k) “Catalog” means any medium by which the Contractor publicly announces terms and conditio…
  • DFARS 242.302 Contract administration functions.
    …)(56). (67) Also support program offices and buying activities in precontractual efforts leading to a solicitation or award. (S-70) Serve as the single point of contact for all Single Process Initiative (SPI) Management Council activities…

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.