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33 sections with “notice of availability”

  • FAR 52.232-14 Notice of Availability of Progress Payments Exclusively for Small Business Concerns.
    …he same invitation and (b) only the small business bidders would need progress payments: Notice of Availability of Progress Payments Exclusively for Small Business Concerns (APR 1984) The Progress Payments clause will be available only to…
  • FAR 52.232-19 Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year.
    …de available to the Contracting Officer for performance and until the Contractor receives notice of availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. (End of clause)
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …other restrictions. (24) Required approvals of award and evidence of legal review. (25) Notice of award. (26) The original of— (i) The signed contract or award; (ii) All contract modifications; and (iii) Documents supporting modificat…
  • FAR 6.305 Availability of the justification.
    …her the justification, or portions of it, are exempt from posting. Although the submitter notice process set out in EO 12600, entitled “Predisclosure Notification Procedures for Confidential Commercial Information,” does not apply, if the j…
  • FAR 15.201 Exchanges with industry before receipt of proposals.
    …f this section regarding restrictions on disclosure of information); (5) Presolicitation notices; (6) Draft RFPs; (7) RFIs; (8) Presolicitation or preproposal conferences; and (9) Site visits. (d) The special notices of procurement ma…
  • FAR 32.703-2 Contracts conditioned upon availability of funds.
    …ned upon the availability of funds until the contracting officer has given the contractor notice, to be confirmed in writing, that funds are available.
  • FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds.
    … available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. (End of clause)
  • DFARS 211.201 Identification and availability of specifications.
    …s, standards, and data item descriptions from the ASSIST database, including DoD adoption notices on voluntary consensus standards.
  • DFARS 252.237-7024 Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services.
    As prescribed in 237.7603(b), use the following provision: Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services (OCT 2010) (a) Definitions. Essential contractor service and mission-essential functions have the meanings given in the cla…
  • DFARS 225.7018-4 Nonavailability determination.
    …the protection of national security and confidential business information— (i) Publish a notice in the GPE (https://www.sam.gov) of the intent to make the nonavailability determination; and (ii) Solicit information relevant to such notice…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ute when submitted is not a claim. The submission may be converted to a claim, by written notice to the contracting officer as provided in 33.206(a), if it is disputed either as to liability or amount or is not acted upon in a reasonable ti…
  • FAR 5.203 Publicizing and response time.
    Whenever agencies are required to publicize notice of proposed contract actions under 5.201, they must proceed as follows: (a) An agency must transmit a notice of proposed contract action to the GPE (see 5.201). All publicizing and respons…
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    (a) Research and development (R&D) advance notices. Contracting officers may transmit to the GPE advance notices of their interest in potential R&D programs whenever market research does not produce a sufficient number of concerns to obtain…
  • FAR 32.704 Limitation of cost or funds.
    …eive no further funds, the contracting officer shall promptly give the contractor written notice of the decision not to provide funds. (b) Under a cost-reimbursement contract, the contracting officer may issue a change order, a direction t…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …ete copy of the protest within 1 day. (2) Immediately after receipt of the GAO's written notice that a protest has been filed, the agency shall give notice of the protest to the contractor if the award has been made, or, if no award has be…
  • FAR 49.402-3 Procedure for default.
    …proposed action. (b) The administrative contracting officer shall not issue a show cause notice or cure notice without the prior approval of the contracting office, which should be obtained by the most expeditious means. (c) Subdivision (…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of offers will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified i…
  • FAR 52.246-18 Warranty of Supplies of a Complex Nature.
    …his clause within ____ [Contracting Officer shall insert specific period of time in which notice shall be given to the Contractor; e.g., 45 days after delivery of the nonconforming supplies.; 45 days of the last delivery under this contract…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    …ation provided— (1) Each responsible bidder in the sealed bid acquisition has been given notice that negotiations will be conducted and has been given an opportunity to participate in negotiations; and (2) The award is made to the respons…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …mall business subcontractors through all reasonable means, such as searching SAM, posting notices or solicitations on SBA's SUBNet, participating in business matchmaking events, and attending preproposal conferences. (iii) Soliciting small…
  • FAR 32.502-3 Solicitation provisions.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.232-13, Notice of Progress Payments, in invitations for bids and requests for proposals that include a Progress Payments clause. (b)(1) Under the authority of the statutes cited …
  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    …shall post in conspicuous places available to employees and applicants for employment the notices to be provided by the Contracting Officer that explain this clause. (4) The Contractor shall, in all solicitations or advertisements for empl…
  • DFARS 237.270 Acquisition of audit services.
    … (e) Solicitation provisions and contract clauses. (1) Use the provision at 252.237-7000, Notice of Special Standards of Responsibility, in solicitations for audit services. (2) Use the clause at 252.237-7001, Compliance with Audit Standar…
  • FAR 4.1703 Reporting requirements.
    … Then, each agency must post the inventory on its Web site and publish a Federal Register Notice of Availability by February 15 annually. (3) Most of the required information is already collected in the Federal Procurement Data System (FPD…
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …ction trade, each such subcontract in excess of $10,000 shall include this clause and the Notice containing the goals for minority and female participation stated in the solicitation for this contract. (c) If the Contractor is participatin…
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    …the protection of national security and confidential business information— (1) Publish a notice in the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) (https://www.sam.gov) of the intent to make the domestic nonavailability determination; and (2) Sol…
  • FAR 10.002 Procedures.
    …tomarily available in the marketplace, part 12 shall not be used. When publication of the notice at 5.201 is required, the contracting officer shall include a notice to prospective offerors that the Government does not intend to use part 12…
  • FAR 25.603 Exceptions.
    …be domestically nonavailable (see list at 25.104), the head of the agency shall provide a notice to the Federal Register within three business days after the determination is made, with a copy to the Administrator for Federal Procurement Po…
  • FAR 27.304-1 General.
    …ordance with 27.302(i)(2), the contracting officer shall furnish the contractor a written notice of intention to revoke or modify the license. The agency shall allow the contractor at least 30 days (or another time as may be authorized for …
  • FAR 35.016 Broad agency announcement.
    ….5, may also be published in noted scientific, technical, or engineering periodicals. The notice must be published no less frequently than annually. (d) Proposals received as a result of the BAA shall be evaluated in accordance with evalua…
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    …ld delay the acquisition of supplies or services to the detriment of the Government and a notice is not required under 5.202 (e.g., perishable items and support of contingency operations or other emergency situations). Use of an oral RFP do…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …cing data pursuant to 15.407-1(d); (iii) Issues a final termination for cause or default notice; (iv) Makes a subsequent withdrawal or a conversion of a termination for default to a termination for convenience; (v) Receives a final deter…
  • FAR 52.217-2 Cancellation Under Multiyear Contracts.
    …ts requirements for all supplies or services in program years subsequent to that in which notice of cancellation is provided. Cancellation shall occur by the date or within the time period specified in the Schedule, unless a later date is a…

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.