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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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36 sections with “lead time”

  • DFARS 252.209-7007 Prohibited Financial Interests for Lead System Integrators.
    …prescribed in 209.570-4(b), use the following clause: Prohibited Financial Interests for Lead System Integrators (DEC 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— (1) Lead system integrator includes lead system integrator with system r…
  • DFARS 209.571-1 Definitions.
    As used in this section— “Lead system integrator” includes lead system integrator with system responsibility and lead system integrator without system responsibility. (i) Lead system integrator with system responsibility means a prime con…
  • 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 15.402 Pricing policy.
    …nd reasonable price, but not more data than is necessary. Requesting unnecessary data can lead to increased proposal preparation costs, generally extend acquisition lead time, and consume additional contractor and Government resources. Use …
  • DFARS 209.570-3 Procedures.
    …officer shall— (1) Determine whether the prospective contractor meets the definition of “lead system integrator”; (2) Consider all information regarding the prospective contractor's direct financial interests in view of the prohibition at…
  • DFARS 217.103 Definitions.
    …procurement means an exception to the full funding policy that allows acquisition of long lead time items (advance long lead acquisition) or economic order quantities (EOQ) of items (advance EOQ acquisition) in a fiscal year in advance of t…
  • 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 16.501-2 General.
    …in the contract. (4) Requirements contracts may permit faster deliveries when production lead time is involved, because contractors are usually willing to maintain limited stocks when the Government will obtain all of its actual purchase r…
  • FAR 16.502 Definite-quantity contracts.
    …d (2) the supplies or services are regularly available or will be available after a short lead time.
  • FAR 17.106-1 General.
    …ll establish cancellation dates for each program year's requirements regarding production lead time and the date by which funding for these requirements can reasonably be established. The contracting officer shall include these dates in the…
  • 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 35.015 Contracts for research with educational institutions and nonprofit organizations.
    …ility for the research; (ii) Give (A) the name of the principal investigator (or project leader), if the decision to contract is based on that particular individual's research effort and management capabilities, and (B) the contractor's es…
  • FAR 47.304-1 General.
    …) Evaluation of f.o.b. origin offers is anticipated to result in increased administrative lead time or administrative cost that would outweigh the potential advantages of an f.o.b. origin determination.
  • FAR 52.215-23 Limitations on Pass-Through Charges.
    …t (e.g., processing orders of parts or services, maintaining inventory, reducing delivery lead times, managing multiple sources for contract requirements, coordinating deliveries, performing quality assurance functions). Excessive pass-thr…
  • DFARS 225.7004-3 Exceptions.
    …e to satisfy requirements that cannot be postponed. Such use may not, however, exceed the lead time required for acquisition and delivery of buses manufactured in the national technology and industrial base. (2) The requirement for buses i…
  • 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 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 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    …f 24 hours (if acquisition involves a commodity to be shipped in bulk); (iv) The minimum leadtime required to make supplies available for loading to vessel; and (v) The port and pier or other designation and, when applicable, the maximum …
  • FAR 9.505-2 Preparing specifications or work statements.
    …statement to be used in competitively acquiring a system or services—or provides material leading directly, predictably, and without delay to such a work statement—that contractor may not supply the system, major components of the system, o…
  • 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 14.408-1 General.
    …Offer, and Award, or SF 1447, Solicitation/Contract (see 53.214). If an offer on an SF 33 leads to further changes, the resulting contract shall be prepared as a bilateral document on SF 26, Award/Contract. (2) Use of the Award portion of …
  • 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 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 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 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 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 42.501 General.
    …bmitted, nor is it to be used to alter the final agreement arrived at in any negotiations leading to contract award. (b) Postaward orientation is encouraged to assist (see part 19)— (1) Small business concerns; (2) Small disadvantaged bu…
  • 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 52.222-50 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 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…

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.