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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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46 sections with “major system acquisition program”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.209-7008 Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.
    …llowing provision: Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program (DEC 2010) (a) Definitions. “Major subcontractor” is defined in the clause at 252.209-7009, Organizational Conflict…
  • DFARS 252.209-7009 Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.
    …rescribed in 209.571-8(b), use the following clause: Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program (MAY 2019) (a) Definition. As used in this clause— Major subcontractor means a subcontractor that is awarded a sub…
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …prohibited by 10 U.S.C. 3208(d)(1) from requiring offers for development or production of major systems that would enable the Government to use technical data to competitively reprocure identical items or components of the system if the ite…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 209.571-7 Systems engineering and technical assistance contracts.
    …all obtain advice on systems architecture and systems engineering matters with respect to major defense acquisition programs or pre-major defense acquisition programs from Federally Funded Research and Development Centers or other sources i…
  • 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 34.002 Policy.
    The policies of this part are designed to ensure that agencies acquire major systems in the most effective, economical, and timely manner. Agencies acquiring major systems shall— (a) Promote innovation and full and open competition as requ…
  • FAR 34.004 Acquisition strategy.
    …ed in agency procedures, shall develop an acquisition strategy tailored to the particular major system acquisition program. This strategy is the program manager's overall plan for satisfying the mission need in the most effective, economica…
  • FAR 48.102 Policies.
    …ram requirement clause (52.248-1, Alternates I or II) in initial production contracts for major systems programs (see definition of major system in 34.001) and for contracts for major systems research and development except where the contra…
  • DFARS 234.004 Acquisition strategy.
    …818 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Pub. L. 109-364), for major defense acquisition programs at Milestone B— (A) The milestone decision authority shall select, with the advice of the contracting officer, the…
  • 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 15.407-4 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…
  • DFARS 209.571-1 Definitions.
    …ith system responsibility means a prime contractor for the development or production of a major system, if the prime contractor is not expected at the time of award to perform a substantial portion of the work on the system and the major su…
  • DFARS 209.571-6 Identification of organizational conflicts of interest.
    When evaluating organizational conflicts of interest for major defense acquisition programs or pre-major defense acquisition programs, contracting officers shall consider— (a) The ownership of business units performing systems engineering …
  • DFARS 209.571-8 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …on at 252.209-7008, Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program, if the solicitation includes the clause at 252.209-7009, Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisit…
  • DFARS 235.006 Contracting methods and contract type.
    (b)(i) For major defense acquisition programs as defined in 10 U.S.C. 4201— (A) Follow the procedures at 234.004; and (B) Notify the milestone decision authority of an intent not to exercise a fixed-price production option on a developmen…
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    …th separately by— (A) North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code; (B) Major defense acquisition program, as defined in 10 U.S.C. 4201; (C) Contract number, if the contract is for maintenance, overhaul, repair, servicing…
  • 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 52.246-26 Reporting Nonconforming Items.
    …al organization, or an organization to which design responsibility has been transferred. Major nonconformance means a nonconformance, other than critical, that is likely to result in failure of the supplies or services, or to materially re…
  • 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 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…
  • DFARS 234.7101 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …e at 252.234-7004, Cost and Software Data Reporting System, in solicitations that include major defense acquisition programs as follows: (1) Use the basic clause in solicitations and contracts for major defense acquisition programs that ex…
  • DFARS 252.249-7002 Notification of Anticipated Contract Termination or Reduction.
    …ed Contract Termination or Reduction (DEC 2022) (a) Definition. As used in this clause— Major defense program means a program that is carried out to produce or acquire a major system (as defined in 10 U.S.C. 3041(a)). (b) Scope. This cla…
  • FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
    …urce in the case of a follow-on contract for the continued development or production of a major system or highly specialized equipment, including major components thereof, when it is likely that award to any other source would result in— (…
  • 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…
  • FAR 39.103 Modular contracting.
    …e, agencies should, to the maximum extent practicable, use modular contracting to acquire major systems (see 2.101) of information technology. Agencies may also use modular contracting to acquire non-major systems of information technology.…
  • 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 215.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …her to perform a program or overhead should-cost review. (b) Program should-cost review. Major weapon system should-cost program reviews shall be conducted in a manner that is transparent, objective, and provides for the efficiency of the …
  • 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 234.001-70 Definitions.
    …es with the earned value management system guidelines in the ANSI/EIA-748. Production of major defense acquisition program means the production and deployment of a major system that is intended to achieve an operational capability that sat…
  • DFARS 234.7001 Definition.
    As used in this subpart— Major weapon system means a weapon system acquired pursuant to a major defense acquisition program.
  • DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation.
    …e designation means a combination of letters and numerals assigned by the Government to a major end item, assembly or subassembly, as appropriate, to provide a convenient means of differentiating between items having the same basic name and…
  • 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 34.005-1 Competition.
    …, promote full and open competition and sustain effective competition between alternative major system concepts and sources, as long as it is economically beneficial and practicable to do so. Notice of the proposed acquisition shall be give…
  • FAR 48.104-1 Determining sharing period.
    …subsection) for items requiring a prolonged production schedule (e.g., ship construction, major system acquisition), the end of the sharing period is determined according to paragraph (b) of this subsection. Agencies may prescribe sharing o…
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    …contracts for items requiring an extended period for production (e.g., ship construction, major system acquisition), if agency procedures prescribe sharing of future contract savings on all units to be delivered under contracts awarded duri…

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.