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37 sections with “new consideration”

  • FAR 32.005 Consideration for contract financing.
    …e Government than they would have been in the absence of the contract financing. Adequate new consideration is required for changes to, or the addition of, contract financing after award. (b) Amount of new consideration. The contractor may…
  • FAR 29.401-4 New Mexico gross receipts and compensating tax.
    … subsection, is as defined in the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act of the State of New Mexico, Sec. 7-9-3(k) NM SA 1978, and means all activities engaged in for other persons for a consideration, which activities involve predominatel…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …d) that is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural materials and forestry materials, or that is an intermediate ingredient or feedstock. The term includes, with respect to…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …m another country, has been substantially transformed in a Caribbean Basin country into a new and different construction material distinct from the materials from which it was transformed. Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item—(…
  • FAR 52.225-23 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, or…
  • FAR 17.605 Award, renewal, and extension.
    …ngful improvement in performance or cost might reasonably be achieved. Any extension or renewal of an operating and management contract must be authorized at a level within the agency no lower than the level at which the original contract w…
  • FAR 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions.
    …Federal loan. (4) Entering into any cooperative agreement. (5) Extending, continuing, renewing, amending, or modifying any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement. Indian tribe and tribal organization have the meaning pro…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    …ade on the initial invitation for bids and the additional quantity should be treated as a new acquisition. (b) When it is determined before award but after opening that the requirements of 11.201 (relating to the availability and identific…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    … (B) Authorizes a longer period in response to an agency's request for an extension. Any new date is documented in the agency's file. (ii) When a protest is filed with the GAO, and an actual or prospective offeror so requests, the procuri…
  • FAR 39.101 Policy.
    …r after August 13, 2019, contracting officers shall not procure or obtain, or extend or renew a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or …
  • FAR 52.241-9 Connection Charge.
    …) Charge. In consideration of the Contractor furnishing and installing at its expense the new connection facilities described herein, the Government shall pay the Contractor a connection charge. The payment shall be in the form of progress …
  • FAR 52.241-10 Termination Liability.
    … clause, in consideration of the Contractor furnishing and installing at its expense, the new facility described herein, the Government shall pay termination charges, calculated as set forth in this clause. (b) Facility cost recovery perio…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …rvice-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns for subcontracting, establishment of new facilities in or near labor surplus areas, delivery or performance schedules, control of technical and schedule interfaces, proprietary processes,…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … of contract administration office (if available); (5) Type of contract action (that is, new contract, change order, price revision/redetermination, letter contract, unpriced order, or other); (6) Proposed cost; profit or fee; and total; …
  • FAR 19.102 Small business size standards and North American Industry Classification System codes.
    …agement and Budget through its Economic Classification Policy Committee every five years. New NAICS codes are not available for use in Federal contracting until SBA publishes corresponding size standards. NAICS codes are available from the …
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …l exist where the contractor introduces major revisions of existing compensation plans or new plans and the contractor has not provided the cognizant ACO, either before implementation or within a reasonable period after it, an opportunity t…
  • FAR 31.205-16 Gains and losses on disposition or impairment of depreciable property or other capital assets.
    … asset is replaced, the contractor shall either— (i) Adjust the depreciable basis of the new asset by the amount of the total realized gain or loss; or (ii) Recognize the gain or loss in the period of disposition, in which case the Govern…
  • FAR 35.017-1 Sponsoring agreements.
    …the purpose and mission of the FFRDC. (2) Provisions for the orderly termination or nonrenewal of the agreement, disposal of assets, and settlement of liabilities. The responsibility for capitalization of an FFRDC must be defined in such a…
  • FAR 49.402-6 Repurchase against contractor's account.
    …tity terminated for default, the contracting officer shall treat the entire quantity as a new acquisition. If the repurchase is for a quantity over the undelivered quantity terminated for default, the contracting officer shall treat the ent…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …edecessor by acquiring the assets and carrying out the affairs of the predecessor under a new name (often through acquisition or merger). The term “successor” does not include new offices/divisions of the same company or a company that only…
  • DFARS 252.246-7008 Sources of Electronic Parts.
    …uses to accept flowdown of this clause; or (B) Cannot confirm that an electronic part is new or previously unused and that it has not been comingled in supplier new production or stock with used, refurbished, reclaimed, or returned parts. …
  • FAR 3.801 Definitions.
    …Federal loan. (4) Entering into any cooperative agreement. (5) Extending, continuing, renewing, amending, or modifying any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement. Indian tribe and tribal organization have the meaning pro…
  • FAR 7.102 Policy.
    …uding interagency and intra-agency contracts, to fulfill the requirement, before awarding new contracts. (See 8.002 through 8.004 and subpart 17.5). (b) This planning shall integrate the efforts of all personnel responsible for significant…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    … are unique or highly specialized; or (C) In the interest of economy and efficiency, the new work is a logical follow-on to an original Federal Supply Schedule order provided that the original order was placed in accordance with the applic…
  • FAR 8.406-3 Remedies for nonconformance.
    …he ordering activity may terminate the order for cause or modify the order to establish a new delivery date (after obtaining consideration, as appropriate). Ordering activities shall follow the procedures at 8.406-4 when terminating an orde…
  • FAR 11.103 Market acceptance.
    …support record in a specified environment. Use of market acceptance is inappropriate when new or evolving items may meet the agency's needs. (c) In developing criteria for demonstrating that an item has achieved commercial market acceptanc…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …subcontracts to be awarded and administered, whether established sources are available or new or second sources must be developed, and whether material will be obtained through routine purchase orders or through complex subcontracts requiri…
  • FAR 17.207 Exercise of options.
    … other factors, shall make the determination on the basis of one of the following: (1) A new solicitation fails to produce a better price or a more advantageous offer than that offered by the option. If it is anticipated that the best pric…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …f received by SBA at any time prior to the expiration of the contract period, including renewals. (6) A protest filed before bid opening, or notification to offerors of the selection of the apparent successful offeror, will be dismissed as…
  • FAR 19.705-2 Determining the need for a subcontracting plan.
    …s exercised, the goals of an existing subcontracting plan shall be amended to reflect any new subcontracting opportunities not envisioned at the time of contract award. These goal changes do not apply retroactively. (f) If a subcontracting…
  • FAR 19.804-2 Agency offering.
    …used it to be reserved for the 8(a) program; or (ii) The acquisition is a follow-on or renewal contract and the nominated 8(a) participant is the incumbent. (11) Bonding requirements, if applicable. (12) Identification of all 8(a) partic…
  • FAR 32.009-1 General.
    …on from or fees charged to the subcontractor. (b) This acceleration does not provide any new rights under the Prompt Payment Act and does not affect the application of the Prompt Payment Act late payment interest provisions. (c) Agencies …
  • FAR 32.503-9 Liquidation rates—alternate method.
    …te is changed, the contracting officer shall issue a contract modification to specify the new rate in the Progress Payments clause. Adequate consideration for these contract modifications is provided by the consideration included in the ini…
  • FAR 47.304-1 General.
    …at they— (1) Permit use of transit privileges (see 47.305-13); (2) Permit diversions to new destinations without price adjustment for transportation (see 47.305-11); (3) Facilitate use of special routings or types of equipment (e.g., cir…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    … exercised, the goals of the existing subcontracting plan shall be amended to reflect any new subcontracting opportunities. When the goals in a subcontracting plan are amended, these goal changes do not apply retroactively. (j) Subcontract…
  • FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors.
    …e subcontractor. (b) The acceleration of payments under this clause does not provide any new rights under the Prompt Payment Act. (c) Include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts with small busin…
  • DFARS 215.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    … rapidly evolving technologies), product maturity (e.g., stable), economic factors (e.g., new sellers in the marketplace), and various other considerations. (2) A pending sale may be relevant if, in the judgement of the contracting officer…

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.