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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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29 sections with “mandatory program”

  • FAR 52.208-9 Contractor Use of Mandatory Sources of Supply or Services.
    As prescribed in 8.005, insert the following clause: Contractor Use of Mandatory Sources of Supply or Services (MAY 2014) (a) Certain supplies or services to be provided under this contract for use by the Government are required by law to…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …gulation.) (End of clause) Alternate I (APR 1984). If the contracting officer selects a mandatory value engineering program requirement, substitute the following paragraph (a) for paragraph (a) of the basic clause: (a) General. The Contr…
  • FAR 8.002 Priorities for use of mandatory Government sources.
    …by law, agencies shall satisfy requirements for supplies and services from or through the mandatory Government sources and publications listed below in descending order of priority: (1) Supplies. (i) Inventories of the requiring agency. (…
  • FAR 9.107 Surveys of nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne Program.
    …of furnishing the supplies or services before the nonprofit agency can be designated as a mandatory source under the AbilityOne Program. The Committee may request a contracting office to assist in assessing the capabilities of a nonprofit a…
  • FAR 19.815 Release and notification requirements for non-8(a) procurement.
    …accordance with 13 CFR 124.504(d) (see paragraph (b) of this section); or (2) There is a mandatory source (see 8.002 or 8.003; also see paragraph (f) of this section). (b) To obtain release of a requirement for a follow-on, non-8(a) procu…
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    …(but see subparagraph (e)(1) below). (c) Value engineering program requirement. (1) If a mandatory value engineering effort is appropriate (i.e., if the contracting officer considers that substantial savings to the Government may result fr…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …idance, and Information (PGI) means a companion resource to the DFARS that— (1) Contains mandatory internal DoD procedures. The DFARS will direct compliance with mandatory procedures using imperative language such as “Follow the procedures…
  • FAR 48.101 General.
    …oach should not in itself increase costs to the Government. (2) The second approach is a mandatory program in which the Government requires and pays for a specific value engineering program effort. The contractor must perform value enginee…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … in the System for Award Management (SAM) means that— (1) The Contractor has entered all mandatory information, including the unique entity identifier and the Electronic Funds Transfer indicator (if applicable), the Commercial and Governme…
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    …ided by the Contracting Officer. (m) Evacuation. (1) If the Combatant Commander orders a mandatory evacuation of some or all personnel, the Government will provide assistance, to the extent available, to United States and third country nat…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …f those specifications and standards, originally provided for guidance only, shall become mandatory. (b) Plan of action—(1) Sources. (i) Indicate the prospective sources of supplies or services that can meet the need. (ii) Consider requir…
  • FAR 8.405-5 Small business.
    (a) Although the preference programs of part 19 are not mandatory in this subpart, in accordance with section 1331 of Public Law 111-240 (15 U.S.C. 644(r))— (1) Ordering activity contracting officers may, at their discretion— (i) Set asid…
  • FAR 9.403 Definitions.
    …is issued at the discretion of the suspending and debarring official. The letter is not a mandatory step in the suspension or debarment process. Unfair trade practices means the commission of any of the following acts by a contractor: (1)…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …equire cost analysis; and (ii) May prescribe specific exemptions for situations in which mandatory use of a structured approach would be clearly inappropriate. (2) Agencies may use another agency's structured approach. (c) Contracting of…
  • FAR 19.504 Orders under multiple-award contracts.
    …the solicitation and resulting contract whether order set-asides will be discretionary or mandatory when the conditions in 19.502-2 are met at the time of order set-aside, and the specific program eligibility requirements, as applicable, ar…
  • FAR 19.1504 Exclusions.
    …uirements from the 8(a) program; (b) Requirements that can be satisfied through award to mandatory Government sources (see section 8.002); (c) Orders under indefinite-delivery contracts (see subpart 16.5). (But see 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F) for …
  • FAR 28.301 Policy.
    …provide insurance for certain types of perils (e.g., workers' compensation). Insurance is mandatory also when commingling of property, type of operation, circumstances of ownership, or condition of the contract make it necessary for the pro…
  • FAR 38.101 General.
    …ts as primary sources of supply. (c) Federal agencies not identified in the schedules as mandatory users may issue orders under the schedules. Contractors are encouraged to accept the orders. (d) Although GSA awards most Federal Supply Sc…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …tries (FPI) performance may be used to support a waiver request (see 8.604) when FPI is a mandatory source in accordance with subpart 8.6. The completed evaluation shall not be released to other than Government personnel and the contractor …
  • FAR 46.317 Reporting nonconforming items.
    …(GIDEP), so that the agency instead of the contractor submits reports to GIDEP within the mandatory 60 days.
  • FAR 48.102 Policies.
    …) Number of units affected. (h) Contracts for architect-engineer services must require a mandatory value engineering program to reduce total ownership cost in accordance with 48.101(b)(2). However, there must be no sharing of value enginee…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    … Payment Instructions, as prescribed in 232.7004(b). (C) Use the clause at 252.232-7009, Mandatory Payment by Governmentwide Commercial Purchase Card, as prescribed in 232.1110. (D) Use the clause at 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payme…
  • DFARS 212.504 Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    … 8116 of the Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub. L. 111-118) (prohibits mandatory arbitration) and similar sections in subsequent DoD appropriations acts. (xiv) Domestic Content Restrictions in the National Defense Approp…
  • DFARS 213.270 Use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    …ect to an independent determination that changes the price paid based on application of a mandatory CHAMPUS Maximum Allowable Charge determination that reduces the Government liability below billed charges; (iv) The Government already has …
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    …d at FAR 32.1004(b)(2); and (C) The risk of the payment schedule to the contractor. (2) Mandatory. (i) The contracting officer shall assess the extent to which costs have been incurred prior to definitization of the contract action (also …
  • DFARS 226.7200 Scope of subpart.
    …10 U.S.C. 3901 note prec.). Nothing in this subpart supersedes the requirement to use the mandatory sources in FAR part 8 or the small business programs in FAR part 19.
  • DFARS 234.7100 Policy.
    (a) The cost and software data reporting (CSDR) requirement is mandatory for major defense acquisition programs (as defined in 10 U.S.C. 4201) as specified in DoDI 5000.02, Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework and the DoD 5000.04…
  • DFARS 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.
    …i) Penalty fees for late registration or change of course caused by the Government; (ii) Mandatory health fees and health insurance charges; and (iii) Any flat rate charge applicable to all students registered for research that appears in…
  • DFARS 252.226-7003 Drug-Free Work Force.
    …d to those substances for which testing is prescribed by section 2.1 of subpart B of the “Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs” (53 FR 11980 (April 11 1988)), issued by the Department of Health and Human Services…

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