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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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40 sections with “mechanic”

  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    …entice. Construction, alteration, or repair means all types of work done by laborers and mechanics employed by the construction contractor or construction subcontractor on a particular building or work at the site thereof, including withou…
  • FAR 52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements.
    …ated exclusively or nearly so, to the performance of a contract. (b)(1) All laborers and mechanics employed or working upon the site of the work will be paid unconditionally and not less often than once a week, and without subsequent deduc…
  • FAR 52.222-8 Payrolls and Basic Records.
    … course of the work and preserved for a period of 3 years thereafter for all laborers and mechanics working at the site of the work. Such records shall contain the name, address, and social security number of each such worker, his or her co…
  • FAR 22.406-3 Additional classifications.
    (a) If any laborer or mechanic is to be employed in a classification that is not listed in the wage determination applicable to the contract, the contracting officer, pursuant to the clause at 52.222-6, Construction Wage Rate Requirements, …
  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    …(including cases, bracelets, and straps) of whatever type, including, but not limited to, mechanical, quartz digital, or quartz analog, if such watches or watch parts contain any material that is the product of any country to which the HTSU…
  • FAR 22.406-2 Wages, fringe benefits, and overtime.
    (a) In computing wages paid to a laborer or mechanic, the contractor may include only the following items: (1) Amounts paid in cash to the laborer or mechanic, or deducted from payments under the conditions set forth in 29 CFR 3.5. (2) Co…
  • FAR 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation.
    …AY 2018) (a) Overtime requirements. No Contractor or subcontractor employing laborers or mechanics (see Federal Acquisition Regulation 22.300) shall require or permit them to work over 40 hours in any workweek unless they are paid at least…
  • DFARS 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium.
    …efinitions. As used in this clause— Homogeneous material means a material that cannot be mechanically disjointed into different materials and is of uniform composition throughout. (1) Examples of homogeneous materials include individual t…
  • FAR 22.300 Scope of subpart.
    …s and Safety Standards (the statute) to contracts that may require or involve laborers or mechanics. In this subpart, the term “laborers or mechanics” includes apprentices, trainees, helpers, watchmen, guards, firefighters, fireguards, and …
  • FAR 22.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay.
    …al agencies for labor standards violations do not cover the unpaid wages due laborers and mechanics and the liquidated damages due the Government, make payments in the following order— (1) Pay laborers and mechanics the wages they are owed…
  • FAR 22.305 Contract clause.
    …dering agreements) when the contract may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics. However, do not include the clause in solicitations and contracts— (a) Valued at or below $200,000; (b) For commercial products and comme…
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    … (including cases, bracelets, and straps) of whatever type including, but not limited to, mechanical, quartz digital, or quartz analog, if such watches or watch parts contain any material that is the product of any country to which the Harm…
  • FAR 52.222-7 Withholding of Funds.
    …ch of the accrued payments or advances as may be considered necessary to pay laborers and mechanics, including apprentices, trainees, and helpers, employed by the Contractor or any subcontractor the full amount of wages required by the cont…
  • FAR 52.222-16 Approval of Wage Rates.
    …Y 2014) All straight time wage rates, and overtime rates based thereon, for laborers and mechanics engaged in work under this contract must be submitted for approval in writing by the head of the contracting activity or a representative ex…
  • FAR 52.236-5 Material and Workmanship.
    … (b) The Contractor shall obtain the Contracting Officer's approval of the machinery and mechanical and other equipment to be incorporated into the work. When requesting approval, the Contractor shall furnish to the Contracting Officer the…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …use operations, motor vehicle fleet management operations, or other routine electrical or mechanical services. Inspection means examining and testing supplies or services (including, when appropriate, raw materials, components, and interme…
  • FAR 22.301 Statutory requirement.
    …he statute requires that certain contracts contain a clause specifying that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract shall be required or permitted to work more than 40 hours in any workweek unless paid…
  • FAR 22.402 Applicability.
    …ermined for the locality, and only to construction work that is performed by laborers and mechanics at the site of the work; (ii) To dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements if a part of the construction contract, or if construc…
  • FAR 22.403-1 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute.
    … works within the United States, shall contain a clause (see 52.222-6) that no laborer or mechanic employed directly upon the site of the work shall receive less than the prevailing wage rates as determined by the Secretary of Labor.
  • FAR 22.403-3 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards.
    …tain contracts (see 22.305) contain a clause (see 52.222-4) specifying that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract shall be required or permitted to work more than 40 hours in any workweek unless paid…
  • FAR 22.404 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute wage determinations.
    …ages, including fringe benefits. The wage determinations apply only to those laborers and mechanics employed by a contractor upon the site of the work including drivers who transport to or from the site materials and equipment used in the c…
  • FAR 22.404-3 Procedures for requesting wage determinations.
    …ed. (4) The estimated cost of each project. (5) All the classifications of laborers and mechanics likely to be employed. (c) Time for submission of requests. (1) The time required by the Department of Labor for processing requests for pr…
  • FAR 22.1019 Additional classes of service employees.
    …pers in skilled maintenance trades (for example, electricians, machinists, and automobile mechanics) whose duties constitute, in fact, separate and distinct jobs may also be used if listed on the wage determination, but may not be conformed…
  • FAR 23.109 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …propellant, or as a solvent; or (ii) That involve maintenance or repair of electronic or mechanical devices. (4) 52.223-21, Foams, in solicitations and contracts for— (i) Products that may contain high global warming potential hydrofluor…
  • FAR 28.101-3 Authority of an attorney-in-fact for a bid bond.
    … is sufficient evidence of such authority. (c) For purposes of this section, electronic, mechanically-applied and printed signatures, seals and dates on the power of attorney shall be considered original signatures, seals and dates, withou…
  • FAR 36.102 Definitions.
    …chnical systems to be used, such as architectural, environmental, structural, electrical, mechanical, and fire protection), producing the technical specifications and drawings, and preparing the construction cost estimate. Design-bid-build…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    … as a propellant or as a solvent; or contracts for maintenance or repair of electronic or mechanical devices). (xvi) 52.223-21, Foams (MAY 2024) (42 U.S.C. 7671, et seq.) (Applies to contracts for products that may contain high global warm…
  • FAR 52.222-11 Subcontracts (Labor Standards).
    …lteration or repair, as used in this clause, means all types of work done by laborers and mechanics employed by the construction Contractor or construction subcontractor on a particular building or work at the site thereof, including withou…
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …if any), employee identification number, social security number, race, sex, status (e.g., mechanic, apprentice, trainee, helper, or laborer), dates of changes in status, hours worked per week in the indicated trade, rate of pay, and locatio…
  • FAR 52.225-1 Buy American—Supplies.
    … to be acquired under the contract for public use. Fastener means a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Examples of fasteners are nuts, bolts, pins, rivets, nails, clips, and screws. Foreign en…
  • FAR 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.
    … to be acquired under the contract for public use. Fastener means a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Examples of fasteners are nuts, bolts, pins, rivets, nails, clips, and screws. Foreign en…
  • FAR 52.225-5 Trade Agreements.
    … (including cases, bracelets, and straps) of whatever type including, but not limited to, mechanical, quartz digital, or quartz analog, if such watches or watch parts contain any material that is the product of any country to which the Harm…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    …dance with the definition of “cost of components”. Fastener means a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Examples of fasteners are nuts, bolts, pins, rivets, nails, clips, and screws. Foreign co…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …dance with the definition of “cost of components”. Fastener means a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Examples of fasteners are nuts, bolts, pins, rivets, nails, clips, and screws. Foreign co…
  • FAR 52.236-25 Requirements for Registration of Designers.
    …nited States shall prepare or review and approve the design of architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, or other engineering features of the work. (End of clause)
  • DFARS 204.802 Contract files.
    …ontracts, modifications, and orders is optional. (f) A photocopy, facsimile, electronic, mechanically-applied and printed signature, seal, and date are considered to be an original signature, seal, and date.
  • DFARS 222.406-1 Policy.
    …dards requirements in the contract which relate to— (1) Employment of foremen, laborers, mechanics, and others; (2) Wages and fringe benefits payments, payrolls, and statements; (3) Differentiation between subcontractors and suppliers; …
  • DFARS 225.7003-1 Definitions.
    …s, switches, transistors, or integrated circuits. The term does not include structural or mechanical parts of an assembly containing an electronic component and does not include any high performance magnets that may be used in the electroni…
  • DFARS 225.7013-1 Definitions.
    … to exterior and interior surfaces due to normal environmental conditions; and (3) Clean mechanical spaces, mission zones, and topside spaces.
  • DFARS 252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals.
    …s, switches, transistors, or integrated circuits. The term does not include structural or mechanical parts of an assembly containing an electronic component, and does not include any high performance magnets that may be used in the electron…

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.