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21 sections with “lots”

  • DFARS 252.232-7018 Progress Payments—Multiple Lots.
    As prescribed in 232.502-4-70(c), use the following clause: Progress Payments—Multiple Lots (MAY 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Lot means one or more fixed-price deliverable line items or deliverable subline items represe…
  • FAR 19.202-1 Encouraging small business participation in acquisitions.
    …roposed acquisitions of supplies and services (except construction) into reasonably small lots (not less than economic production runs) to permit offers on quantities less than the total requirement. (b) Plan acquisitions such that, if pra…
  • FAR 47.501 Definitions.
    …his subpart— Dry bulk carrier means a vessel used primarily for the carriage of shipload lots of homogeneous unmarked nonliquid cargoes such as grain, coal, cement, and lumber. Dry cargo liner means a vessel used for the carriage of heter…
  • DFARS 232.502-4-70 Additional clauses.
    …a small business concern. (c) Use the clause at 252.232-7018, Progress Payments—Multiple Lots, to authorize separate progress payment requests for multiple lots.
  • FAR 19.502-6 Setting aside a class of acquisitions for small business.
    … the requirement is not severable into two or more economic production runs or reasonable lots, in the case of a partial class set-aside. (d) The contracting officer shall review each individual acquisition arising under a class small busi…
  • FAR 25.502 Application.
    …ican statute), resolve ties between domestic and foreign offers by a witnessed drawing of lots by an impartial individual. (3) Resolve ties between foreign offers from small business concerns (under the Buy American statute, a small busine…
  • FAR 47.305-3 F.o.b. origin solicitations.
    …isions, and clauses concerning the following items: (a) Delivery in carload or truckload lots f.o.b. carrier's equipment, wharf, or freight station. (b) The requirement that the offeror furnish the following information with the offer: (…
  • FAR 47.305-8 Consolidation of small shipments and the use of stopoff privileges.
    (a) Consolidation of small shipments. Consolidation of small shipments into larger lots frequently results in lower transportation costs. Therefore, the contracting officer, after consultation with the transportation office and the activity…
  • FAR 47.305-15 Loading responsibilities of contractors.
    …, Blocking, and Bracing of Freight Car Shipments, when supplies may be shipped in carload lots by rail. (b) If the nature of the supplies or safety, environmental, or transportability factors require special methods for securing the suppli…
  • FAR 47.306-3 Adequacy of loading and unloading facilities.
    …hipping facilities, including the ability to consolidate and ship in carload or truckload lots. (b) The contracting officer shall consider the type and adequacy of the consignee's receiving facilities to avoid shipping schedules that canno…
  • FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of segregated facilities.
    …ther eating areas, time clocks, locker rooms and other storage or dressing areas, parking lots, drinking fountains, recreation or entertainment areas, transportation, and housing facilities provided for employees, that are segregated by exp…
  • FAR 52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price.
    …t is not limited to raw materials, components, intermediate assemblies, end products, and lots of supplies. (b) The Contractor shall provide and maintain an inspection system acceptable to the Government covering supplies under this contra…
  • FAR 52.246-3 Inspection of Supplies—Cost-Reimbursement.
    …s but is not limited to raw materials, components, intermediate assemblies, end products, lots of supplies, and, when the contract does not include the Warranty of Data clause, data. (b) The Contractor shall provide and maintain an inspect…
  • FAR 52.246-17 Warranty of Supplies of a Noncomplex Nature.
    …t use the same lot size as on original inspection or reconstitute the original inspection lots. (ii) Within a reasonable time after notice of any breach of the warranties specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this clause, the Contracting Office…
  • FAR 52.247-58 Loading, Blocking, and Bracing of Freight Car Shipments.
    …e following clause in solicitations and contracts when supplies may be shipped in carload lots by rail: Loading, Blocking, and Bracing of Freight Car Shipments (APR 1984) (a) Upon receipt of shipping instructions, as provided in this cont…
  • FAR 52.247-59 F.o.b. Origin—Carload and Truckload Shipments.
    …(APR 1984) (a) The Contractor agrees that shipment shall be made in carload or truckload lots when the quantity to be delivered to any one destination in any delivery period pursuant to the contract schedule of deliveries is sufficient to …
  • FAR 52.247-61 F.o.b. Origin—Minimum Size of Shipments.
    …nts (APR 1984) The Contractor agrees that shipment will be made in carload and truckload lots when the quantity to be delivered to any one destination in any delivery period pursuant to the contract schedule of deliveries is sufficient to …
  • FAR 52.247-65 F.o.b. Origin, Prepaid Freight—Small Package Shipments.
    … bill of lading promptly to each consignee. Quantities shall not be divided into mailable lots for the purpose of avoiding movement by other modes of transportation. (d) Transportation charges will be billed as a separate item on the invoi…
  • DFARS 217.171 Multiyear contracts for services.
    … (3) Specialized training requiring high-quality instructor skills (e.g., training for pilots and aircrew members or foreign language training); (4) Base services (e.g., ground maintenance, in-plane refueling, bus transportation, and refu…
  • DFARS 252.237-7012 Instruction to offerors (count-of-articles).
    …tities in the solicitation. (c) Award generally will be made to a single offeror for all lots. However, the Contracting Officer may award by individual lot when it is more advantageous to the Government. (d) Prospective offerors may inspe…
  • DFARS 252.237-7013 Instruction to offerors (bulk weight).
    …stated in the solicitation. (c) Award generally will be made to a single offeror for all lots. However, the Contracting Officer may award by individual lot when it is more advantageous to the Government. (d) Prospective offerors may inspe…

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