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31 sections with “negotiated solicitations”

  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …e included in and made a part of the resultant contract. The subcontracting plan shall be negotiated within the time specified by the Contracting Officer. Failure to submit and negotiate the subcontracting plan shall make the Offeror inelig…
  • FAR 53.215-1 Solicitation and receipt of proposals.
    …ev. 3/2013), Award/Contract. SF 26, prescribed in 53.214(a), may be used in entering into negotiated contracts in which the signature of both parties on a single document is appropriate, as specified in 15.509. Block 18 may not be used for …
  • DFARS 227.7103-5 Government rights.
    …ights in data in return for other consideration. In those cases, a special license may be negotiated. However, the licensor is not obligated to provide the Government greater rights and the contracting officer is not required to accept less…
  • DFARS 227.7203-5 Government rights.
    …lesser rights in return for other consideration. In those cases, a special license may be negotiated. However, the licensor is not obligated to provide the Government greater rights and the contracting officer is not required to accept less…
  • FAR 15.205 Issuing solicitations.
    …4, and part 6. (b) A master solicitation, as described in 14.203-3, may also be used for negotiated acquisitions.
  • FAR 22.404-4 Solicitations issued without wage determinations for the primary site of the work.
    …determination for the primary site of the work has been furnished to all bidders. (c) In negotiated acquisitions, the contracting officer may open proposals and conduct negotiations before obtaining the wage determination for the primary s…
  • FAR 32.1005 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …solicitation provision at 52.232-28, Invitation to Propose Performance-Based Payments, in negotiated solicitations that invite offerors to propose performance-based payments. (2) Use the provision with its Alternate I in competitive negoti…
  • FAR 32.1004 Procedures.
    …tion is by predesignated liquidation amounts or liquidation percentages. (e) Competitive negotiated solicitations. (1) If a solicitation requests offerors to propose performance-based payments, the solicitation shall specify— (i) What, if…
  • FAR 36.701 Standard and optional forms for use in contracting for construction or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements.
    …solicitation (see 14.403) and may also use them to record offers submitted in response to negotiated solicitations.
  • FAR 52.216-10 Incentive Fee.
    …et cost, as used in this contract, means the estimated cost of this contract as initially negotiated, adjusted in accordance with paragraph (d) below. (2) Target fee, as used in this contract, means the fee initially negotiated on the assu…
  • DFARS 215.570 Solicitation provision.
    …provision at 252.215-7016, Notification to Offerors—Postaward Debriefings, in competitive negotiated solicitations for contract awards valued at $15 million or more, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition o…
  • DFARS 216.506-70 Additional solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …t 252.216-7010, Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders, in competitive negotiated solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products …
  • DFARS 227.7203-2 Acquisition of other than commercial computer software and computer software documentation and associated rights.
    …or; or (D) Other contracting or licensing mechanisms including priced options, specially negotiated licenses, direct licensing between contractors for qualifying second sources, data escrow agreements, deferred delivery solutions, and subs…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …r types of F.o.b., see 47.303). Forward pricing rate agreement means a written agreement negotiated between a contractor and the Government to make certain rates available during a specified period for use in pricing contracts or modificat…
  • FAR 15.210 Forms.
    …rd Form 33, Solicitation, Offer, and Award, and Optional Form 308, Solicitation and Offer—Negotiated Acquisition, may be used to issue RFPs and RFIs. (b) Standard Form 30, Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract, and Optional Fo…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …arametric models or cost-estimating relationships; and (D) The application of audited or negotiated indirect cost rates, labor rates, and cost of money or other factors. (ii) Evaluating the effect of the offeror's current practices on fut…
  • FAR 16.203-4 Contract clauses.
    …fficer may use an agency-prescribed clause instead of the clause at 52.216-2. (3) If the negotiated unit price reflects a net price after applying a trade discount from a catalog or list price, the contracting officer shall document in the…
  • FAR 19.705-2 Determining the need for a subcontracting plan.
    …above the contracting officer, and placed in the contract file. (d) In solicitations for negotiated acquisitions, the contracting officer may require the submission of subcontracting plans with initial offers, or at any other time prior to…
  • FAR 27.202-5 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …rovision at 52.227-6, Royalty Information, in— (i) Any solicitation that may result in a negotiated contract for which royalty information is desired and for which certified cost or pricing data are obtained under 15.403; or (ii) Sealed b…
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    (a) Requests for proposals (RFPs) are used in negotiated acquisitions to communicate Government requirements to prospective contractors and to solicit proposals. RFPs for competitive acquisitions shall, at a minimum, describe the— (1) Gove…
  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …in paragraph (c)(3)(iii) of this section, shall be evaluated in all source selections for negotiated competitive acquisitions expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. (ii) For solicitations that are not set aside for small …
  • FAR 22.505 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …ith its Alternate II in IDIQ contracts when the agency will have project labor agreements negotiated on an order-by-order basis and anticipates one or more orders may not use a project labor agreement.
  • FAR 22.1103 Policy, procedures, and solicitation provision.
    …at 52.222-46, Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees, in solicitations for negotiated contracts when the contract amount is expected to exceed $900,000 and services are to be provided which will require meaningful numbers of …
  • FAR 28.101-2 Solicitation provision or contract clause.
    …id bonds are acceptable in accordance with 28.101-1(b); (3) For use in solicitations for negotiated contracts; or (4) For use in service contracts containing options for extended performance. (b) The contracting officer shall determine t…
  • FAR 43.107 Contract clause.
    … of Changes, in solicitations and contracts. The clause is available for use primarily in negotiated research and development or supply contracts for the acquisition of major weapon systems or principal subsystems. If the contract amount is…
  • FAR 46.314 Transportation contracts.
    …ational ocean carriers, or to freight services provided under bills of lading or to those negotiated for reduced rates under 49 U.S.C. 10721 or 13712. (See part 47, Transportation.)
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    …ram requirement may be specified by the Government in the solicitation or, in the case of negotiated contracting, proposed by the contractor as part of its offer and included as a subject for negotiation. The program requirement shall be sh…
  • FAR 49.502 Termination for convenience of the Government.
    …ld be placed on a no-profit or no-fee basis, and the subcontract should incorporate or be negotiated on the basis of the cost principles in part 31 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
  • FAR 52.246-14 Inspection of Transportation.
    …ational ocean carriers, or to freight services provided under bills of lading or to those negotiated for reduced rates under 49 U.S.C. 10721 or 13712. (See part 47, Transportation.) Inspection of Transportation (APR 1984) The Government h…
  • FAR 53.243 Contract modifications (SF 30).
    …02-5, and elsewhere in this chapter. The form may also be used to amend solicitations for negotiated contracts, as specified in 15.210(b). Pending the publication of a new edition of the form, Instruction (b), Item 3 (effective date), is re…
  • DFARS 245.107 Contract clauses.
    …t property regardless of the unit acquisition cost of the items to be repaired. (ii) For negotiated fixed-price contracts awarded on a basis other than submission of certified cost or pricing data for which Government property is provided,…

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.