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38 sections with “major acquisitions”

  • FAR 7.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    (a) In planning for the solicitation of a major system (see part 34) development contract, planners shall consider requiring offerors to include, in their offers, proposals to incorporate in the design of a major system— (1) Items which ar…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … (see 9.505-1(b)) to ensure the effective operation and maintenance of a weapon system or major system as defined in OMB Circular No. A-109 or to provide direct support of a weapon system that is essential to research, development, producti…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …nformation required from a contractor in a make-or-buy program shall be confined to those major items or work efforts that normally would require company management review of the make-or-buy decision because they are complex, costly, needed…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …w examining the contractor's entire operation (including plant-wide overhead and selected major subcontractors) to a small-scale tailored review examining specific portions of a contractor's operation. (b) Program should-cost review. (1) A…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …the clause at 52.227-21, Technical Data Declaration, Revision, and Withholding of Payment—Major Systems, in contracts for major systems acquisitions or for support of major systems acquisitions. This requirement includes contracts for detai…
  • FAR 5.405 Exchange of acquisition information.
    …ese agencies or contracting activities is necessary to promote uniformity of treatment of major issues and the resolution of particularly difficult or controversial issues. The exchange and coordination of information is particularly benefi…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …urce(s), and discuss why full and open competition cannot be obtained. (ii) Identify the major components or subsystems. Discuss component breakout plans relative to these major components or subsystems. Describe how competition will be so…
  • FAR 34.000 Scope of part.
    This part describes acquisition policies and procedures for use in acquiring major systems consistent with OMB Circular No. A-109; and the use of an Earned Value Management System in acquisitions designated as major acquisitions consistent …
  • FAR 34.003 Responsibilities.
    …implementation. (b) The agency procedures shall identify the key decision points of each major system acquisition and the agency official(s) for making those decisions. (c) Systems acquisitions normally designated as major are those progr…
  • FAR 34.201 Policy.
    (a) An Earned Value Management System (EVMS) is required for major acquisitions for development, in accordance with OMB Circular A-11. The Government may also require an EVMS for other acquisitions, in accordance with agency procedures. (b…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …ice of the Secretary of Defense. (For emergency acquisition flexibilities, see 218.270.) Major defense acquisition program is defined in 10 U.S.C. 4201. Material weakness means a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in the internal c…
  • DFARS 203.170 Business practices.
    … 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 shall be filled on an “acting” basis from below until a permanent …
  • DFARS 212.102 Applicability.
    …r “commercial service” definition in FAR 2.101. See 234.7002(b) and (c) for subsystems of major weapon systems and components and spare parts of major weapon systems and of subsystems of major weapon systems; (B) Include the written determ…
  • DFARS 215.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …ducts or commercial services, except see 234.7002(e) for pricing commercial subsystems of major weapon systems and components and spare parts of major weapon systems and of subsystems of major weapon systems. (B) When applying the commerci…
  • DFARS 227.7103-1 Policy.
    …g to those items may be restricted. (e) As provided in 10 U.S.C. 3208, solicitations for major systems development contracts shall not require offerors to submit proposals that would permit the Government to acquire competitively items ide…
  • FAR 13.201 General.
    … assistance pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2292 et seq.; or to support response to an emergency or major disaster (42 U.S.C. 5122), the micro-purchase threshold is— (i) $25,000 in the case of any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to…
  • DFARS 208.7003-2 Assignments under coordinated acquisition.
    …e only from the original source for follow-on contract); (j) Items directly related to a major system and which are design controlled by and acquired from either the system manufacturer or a manufacturer of a major subsystem; (k) Items su…
  • DFARS 209.571-3 Policy.
    It is DoD policy that— (a) Agencies shall obtain advice on major defense acquisition programs and pre-major defense acquisition programs from sources that are objective and unbiased; and (b) Contracting officers generally should seek to r…
  • DFARS 215.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …(including machine tools) manufactured in the United States, in source selections for all major defense acquisition programs as defined in 10 U.S.C. 4201. (iii) See 247.573-2(c) for additional evaluation factors required in solicitations f…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    … should consider using values less than the norm. For innovative efforts that will have a major positive impact on the product or program, the contracting officer may use values above the norm. (e) Evaluation criteria for management/cost c…
  • DFARS 216.405-2 Cost-plus-award-fee contracts.
    …elopment or operational system development acquisitions ancillary to the development of a major weapon system or equipment, where— (1) It is more advantageous; and (2) The purpose of the acquisition is clearly to determine or solve specif…
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    …g-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 acquired with funds appropriated for a subsequent fiscal year (including an economic orde…
  • DFARS 227.7203-1 Policy.
    …orm, display, or disclose the software may be restricted. (e) For acquisitions involving major weapon systems or subsystems of major weapon systems, the acquisition plan shall address acquisition strategies that provide for computer softwa…
  • FAR 4.2104 Waivers.
    … for emergency acquisitions. (i) In the case of an emergency, including a declaration of major disaster, in which prior notice and consultation with the ODNI and prior notice to the FASC is impracticable and would severely jeopardize perfo…
  • FAR 13.500 General.
    …provision of international disaster assistance; or to support response to an emergency or major disaster, or (2) The acquisition will be treated as an acquisition of commercial products or commercial services in accordance with 12.102(f)(1…
  • FAR 16.103 Negotiating contract type.
    … acquisition procedures; (ii) Contracts on a firm-fixed-price basis other than those for major systems or research and development; and (iii) Awards on the set-aside portion of sealed bid partial set-asides for small business.
  • FAR 16.405-1 Cost-plus-incentive-fee contracts.
    …ical performance incentives when it is highly probable that the required development of a major system is feasible and the Government has established its performance objectives, at least in general terms. This approach may also apply to oth…
  • FAR 27.406-1 General.
    …ed on the contractor in the handling of the data. Further, and to the extent feasible, in major system acquisitions, the contracting officer shall set out data requirements as separate line items. In establishing the contract data requireme…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …e payment. (4) No presumption of allowability will exist where the contractor introduces major revisions of existing compensation plans or new plans and the contractor has not provided the cognizant ACO, either before implementation or wit…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    …ht by employees or ex-employees of the contractor or subcontractor under section 2 of the Major Fraud Act of 1988 where the contractor or subcontractor was found liable or settled. (5) Costs of legal, accounting, and consultant services an…
  • FAR 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.
    …graph (f) of this section or elsewhere in this regulation. (f) Special surveillance. For major system acquisitions (see part 34), the contracting officer may designate certain high risk or critical subsystems or components for special surv…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …ractor's operation at any one plant or separate location; or (3) A separate and complete major industrial operation. Demilitarization means rendering a product unusable for, and not restorable to, the purpose for which it was designed or …
  • DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.
    …GI 201.170-2(a)) for all procurements with an estimated value of $1 billion or more under major defense acquisition programs for which the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S)) is the milestone decision autho…
  • DFARS 207.171-3 Policy.
    DoD policy is to break out components of weapons systems or other major end items under certain circumstances. (a) When it is anticipated that a prime contract will be awarded without adequate price competition, and the prime contractor is…
  • DFARS 215.371-4 Exceptions.
    …provision of international disaster assistance; or to support response to an emergency or major disaster; (3) Small business set-asides under FAR subpart 19.5, set asides offered and accepted into the 8(a) Program under FAR subpart 19.8, o…
  • DFARS 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ld-Cost Review, in all solicitations and contracts for the development or production of a major weapon system, as defined in 234.7001.
  • DFARS 216.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
    …vision of international disaster assistance; or (iv) Support response to an emergency or major disaster. (B) Content of determination and findings. The determination and findings shall contain sufficient facts and rationale to justify tha…
  • DFARS 218.202 Defense or recovery from certain events.
    …provision of international disaster assistance; or to support response to an emergency or major disaster, the following requirements do not apply: (1) Policy for unique item identification at 211.274-2(a). Contractors are not required to p…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.