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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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98 sections with “manufacturing”: the first 40

  • FAR 22.1003-6 Repair distinguished from remanufacturing of equipment.
    (a) Contracts principally for remanufacturing of equipment which is so extensive as to be equivalent to manufacturing are subject to 41 U.S.C. chapter 65 rather than to the Service Contract Labor Standards statute. Remanufacturing shall be …
  • FAR 31.205-25 Manufacturing and production engineering costs.
    (a) The costs of manufacturing and production engineering effort as described in (1) through (4) below are all allowable: (1) Developing and deploying new or improved materials, systems, processes, methods, equipment, tools and techniques …
  • DFARS 235.006-70 Manufacturing Technology Program.
    In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 4841(d) and 4872, for acquisitions under the Manufacturing Technology Program— (a) Award all contracts using competitive procedures; and (b) Include in all solicitations an evaluation factor that addresses the…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ds (see 6.102(d)(2)). Building or work means construction activity as distinguished from manufacturing, furnishing of materials, or servicing and maintenance work. The terms include, without limitation, buildings, structures, and improveme…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    … in the end product (produced in the United States or a qualifying country means that all manufacturing processes of the iron or steel must take place in the United States or a qualifying country, except metallurgical processes involving re…
  • DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.
    …mponents used in such construction material (produced in the United States means that all manufacturing processes of the iron or steel must take place in the United States, except metallurgical processes involving refinement of steel additi…
  • FAR 49.402-2 Effect of termination for default.
    …ire the contractor to transfer title and deliver to the Government completed supplies and manufacturing materials, as directed by the contracting officer. (b) The contracting officer shall not use the Default clause as authority to acquire…
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    … in the end product (produced in the United States or a qualifying country means that all manufacturing processes of the iron or steel must take place in the United States or a qualifying country, except metallurgical processes involving re…
  • DFARS 252.225-7044 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material.
    …mponents used in such construction material (produced in the United States means that all manufacturing processes of the iron or steel must take place in the United States, except metallurgical processes involving refinement of steel additi…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …Disclosure of Government-Furnished Information Marked with Restrictive Legends. Detailed manufacturing or process data means technical data that describe the steps, sequences, and conditions of manufacturing, processing or assembly used by…
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …Disclosure of Government-Furnished Information Marked with Restrictive Legends. Detailed manufacturing or process data means technical data that describe the steps, sequences, and conditions of manufacturing, processing or assembly used by…
  • DFARS 215.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    … section 812 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, consider the manufacturing readiness and manufacturing-readiness processes of potential contractors and subcontractors as a part of the source selection process fo…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    … Conversion direct labor. This subfactor measures the contribution of direct engineering, manufacturing, and other labor to converting the raw materials, data, and subcontracted items into the contract items. Considerations include the dive…
  • FAR 46.105 Contractor responsibilities.
    … (c) The control of quality by the contractor may relate to, but is not limited to— (1) Manufacturing processes, to ensure that the product is produced to, and meets, the contract's technical requirements; (2) Drawings, specifications, a…
  • FAR 52.211-5 Material Requirements.
    …raw material, or materials and by-products generated from, and reused within, an original manufacturing process; provided that the supplies meet contract requirements, including but not limited to, performance, reliability, and life expecta…
  • FAR 52.223-23 Sustainable Products and Services.
    …e those materials and by-products generated from, and commonly reused within, an original manufacturing process. (42 U.S.C. 6903). Sustainable products and services means products and services that are subject to and meet the following app…
  • FAR 52.225-23 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    … or steel was produced in the United States (produced in the United States means that all manufacturing processes of the iron or steel must take place in the United States, except metallurgical processes involving refinement of steel additi…
  • FAR 52.226-5 Restrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area.
    ….6(e): cost of the contract, cost of contract performance incurred for personnel, cost of manufacturing, cost of materials, personnel, and subcontracting. (b) The Contractor agrees that in performance of the contract in the case of a contr…
  • FAR 52.249-8 Default (Fixed-Price Supply and Service).
    … fixtures, plans, drawings, information, and contract rights (collectively referred to as manufacturing materials in this clause) that the Contractor has specifically produced or acquired for the terminated portion of this contract. Upon di…
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …ir activities). (5) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 4328, acquisition plans for engineering manufacturing and development and production of major systems as defined in 10 U.S.C. 3041(a) and 4202 and for major defense acquisition programs as d…
  • DFARS 227.7103-5 Government rights.
    …ssary for installation, operation, maintenance, or training purposes (other than detailed manufacturing or process data); (6) Corrections or changes to technical data furnished to the contractor by the Government; (7) Publicly available o…
  • DFARS 252.217-7009 Default.
    …es, jigs, fixtures, plans, drawings, information and contract rights (hereinafter called “manufacturing materials”) as the Contractor has specifically produced or specifically acquired for the performance of the terminated part of the job o…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …t section. (2) Indirect costs and direct labor rates. (3) Proprietary information about manufacturing processes, operations, or techniques marked by the contractor in accordance with applicable law or regulation. (4) Information marked b…
  • FAR 4.201 Procedures.
    …e organizations required to perform contract administration support functions (e.g., when manufacturing is performed at multiple sites, the contract administration office cognizant of each location).
  • FAR 4.2301 Definitions.
    …duce unwanted functionality, extract data, or otherwise manipulate the design, integrity, manufacturing, production, distribution, installation, operation, maintenance, disposition, or retirement of covered articles so as to surveil, deny, …
  • FAR 6.302-3 Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services.
    … States, its outlying areas, or Canada. (v) Continue in production, contractors that are manufacturing critical items, where there would otherwise be a break in production; or (vi) Divide current production requirements among two or more …
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …equipment as standard so that future purchases of the equipment can be made from the same manufacturing source. (15) Government-furnished property. Indicate any Government property to be furnished to contractors, and discuss any associated…
  • FAR 9.207 Changes in status regarding qualification requirements.
    …o 9.204(h)(5); (7) A revised specification imposes a new qualification requirement; (8) Manufacturing or design changes have been incorporated in the qualification requirement; (9) The source is listed in the System for Award Management …
  • FAR 9.303 Use.
    …ce specification; or (d) It is essential to have an approved first article to serve as a manufacturing standard.
  • FAR 9.306 Solicitation requirements.
    …agraph (c) of this section; (h) State whether the approved first article will serve as a manufacturing standard; (i) Include, when the Government is responsible for first article testing, the Government's estimated testing costs as a fact…
  • FAR 11.701 Supply contracts.
    …e variation is caused by conditions of loading, shipping, or packing, or by allowances in manufacturing processes. Any permissible variation shall be stated as a percentage and it may be an increase, a decrease, or a combination of both; ho…
  • FAR 14.501 General.
    …s a broad connotation and includes, among other things, the engineering approach, special manufacturing processes, and special testing techniques. It is the proper step for clarification of questions relating to technical requirements. Conf…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …nsic value of an item or service and shall be in proportion to an item's base cost (e.g., manufacturing or acquisition costs). Any method of distributing costs to line items that distorts the unit prices shall not be used. For example, dist…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …icular elements to be analyzed are a function of the contract work task, elements such as manufacturing, pricing and accounting, management and organization, and subcontract and vendor management are normally reviewed in a should-cost revie…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …nting records (e.g., included in production costs as direct engineering labor, charged to manufacturing overhead). Also show how the costs would be allocated to the units at their various stages of contract completion. (9) Enter in Column …
  • FAR 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
    …on. In no event shall an offeror's cost breakdown, profit, overhead rates, trade secrets, manufacturing processes and techniques, or other confidential business information be disclosed to any other offeror. (2) Upon request, the contracti…
  • FAR 15.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
    …rmation Act (5 U.S.C. 552) including— (1) Trade secrets; (2) Privileged or confidential manufacturing processes and techniques; (3) Commercial and financial information that is privileged or confidential, including cost breakdowns, profi…
  • FAR 16.603-1 Description.
    …en preliminary contractual instrument that authorizes the contractor to begin immediately manufacturing supplies or performing services.
  • FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii)), when— (i) the item being acquired has been assigned a manufacturing or supply NAICS code, and— (ii)(A) Any portion of the requirement is to be— (1) Set aside for small business and is expected to exceed…
  • FAR 19.804-6 Indefinite-delivery contracts.
    …order has an estimated value less than or equal to $8.5 million for acquisitions assigned manufacturing NAICS codes and $5.5 million for all other acquisitions; and (3) The offering and acceptance procedures at 19.804-2 and 19.804-3 are fo…

FAR (chapter 1)

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