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76 sections with “obligated”: the first 40

  • FAR 32.501-3 Contract price.
    … or maximum price. (4) Under a letter contract, the contract price is the maximum amount obligated by the contract as modified. (5) Under an unpriced order issued against a basic ordering agreement, the contract price is the maximum amoun…
  • FAR 52.216-19 Order Limitations.
    …t in an amount of less than ___ [insert dollar figure or quantity], the Government is not obligated to purchase, nor is the Contractor obligated to furnish, those supplies or services under the contract. (b) Maximum order. The Contractor i…
  • FAR 52.232-20 Limitation of Cost.
    …cifically citing and stated to be an exception to this clause— (1) The Government is not obligated to reimburse the Contractor for costs incurred in excess of (i) the estimated cost specified in the Schedule or, (ii) if this is a cost-shar…
  • FAR 52.232-22 Limitation of Funds.
    …cifically citing and stated to be an exception to this clause— (1) The Government is not obligated to reimburse the Contractor for costs incurred in excess of the total amount allotted by the Government to this contract; and (2) The Contr…
  • DFARS 204.804 Closeout of contract files.
    …ract line items within the same contract, regardless of the year or type of appropriation obligated to fund each contract line item and regardless of whether the appropriation obligated to fund such contract line item has closed; and (B) M…
  • FAR 17.104 General.
    …ears unless otherwise authorized by statute, even though the total funds ultimately to be obligated may not be available at the time of contract award. This method may be used in sealed bidding or contracting by negotiation. (b) Multiyear …
  • FAR 27.202-2 Notice of Government as a licensee.
    (a) When the Government is obligated to pay a royalty on a patent because of an existing license agreement and the contracting officer believes that the licensed patent will be applicable to a prospective contract, the Government should fur…
  • FAR 32.503-16 Risk of loss.
    …rs in connection with property for which the contractor bears the risk, the contractor is obligated to repay to the Government the amount of unliquidated progress payments based on costs allocable to the property. (c) The contractor is not…
  • FAR 32.703-1 General.
    (a) If the contract is fully funded, funds are obligated to cover the price or target price of a fixed-price contract or the estimated cost and any fee of a cost-reimbursement contract. (b) If the contract is incrementally funded, funds ar…
  • FAR 32.1010 Risk of loss.
    … contractor bears the risk, and the property is needed for performance, the contractor is obligated to repay the Government the performance-based payments related to the property. (c) The contractor is not obligated to pay for the loss of …
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …id or reimbursed. (7) The Transferor and the Transferee agree that the Government is not obligated to pay or reimburse either of them for, or otherwise give effect to, any costs, taxes, or other expenses, or any related increases, directly…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … effort to be required under the contract. (3) Ceiling price. The Government will not be obligated to pay the Contractor any amount in excess of the ceiling price in the Schedule, and the Contractor shall not be obligated to continue perfo…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    … effort to be required under the contract. (e) Ceiling price. The Government will not be obligated to pay the Contractor any amount in excess of the ceiling price in the Schedule, and the Contractor shall not be obligated to continue perfo…
  • FAR 52.246-18 Warranty of Supplies of a Complex Nature.
    … date of delivery of the corrected or replaced supplies. (3) The Contractor shall not be obligated to correct or replace supplies if the facilities, tooling, drawings, or other equipment or supplies necessary to accomplish the correction o…
  • DFARS 232.501-3 Contract price.
    …ntracting officer may approve progress payments when the contract price exceeds the funds obligated under the contract, provided the contract limits the Government's liability to the lesser of— (i) The applicable rate (i.e., the lower of t…
  • DFARS 242.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …ragraph (7)(ii) below, the Transferor and the Transferee agree that the Government is not obligated to pay or reimburse either of them for, or otherwise give effect to, any costs, taxes, or other expenses, or any related increases, directly…
  • DFARS 252.228-7003 Capture and Detention.
    …mended. (b) If pursuant to an agreement entered into prior to capture, the Contractor is obligated to pay and has paid detention benefits to a captured person, or the person's dependents, the Government will reimburse the Contractor up to …
  • FAR 4.804-5 Procedures for closing out contract files.
    …voice has been submitted; and (15) Contract funds review is completed and excess funds deobligated. (b) When the actions in paragraph (a) of this section have been verified, the contracting officer administering the contract must ensure t…
  • FAR 4.903 Reporting contract information to the IRS.
    …Name and TIN of the common parent (if any); (3) Date of the contract action; (4) Amount obligated on the contract action; and (5) Estimated contract completion date. (d) Transmit the information to the IRS through the Federal Procuremen…
  • FAR 13.303-3 Preparation of BPAs.
    …d aggregate amount, if any. (2) Extent of obligation. A statement that the Government is obligated only to the extent of authorized purchases actually made under the BPA. (3) Purchase limitation. A statement that specifies the dollar limi…
  • FAR 16.306 Cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts.
    …ected to complete the work. (4) The term form shall not be used unless the contractor is obligated by the contract to provide a specific level of effort within a definite time period.
  • FAR 22.103-4 Approvals.
    …time premiums at Government expense should not be approved when the contractor is already obligated, without the right to additional compensation, to meet the required delivery date. (h) When the use of overtime is authorized under a contr…
  • FAR 27.202-5 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …es by a common carrier, use the provision with its Alternate I. (b) If the Government is obligated to pay a royalty on a patent involved in the prospective contract, insert in the solicitation a provision substantially the same as the prov…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    …part and includes the right to grant sublicenses to the extent the contractor was legally obligated to do so at the time of contract award. The contracting officer shall approve or disapprove, in writing, any contractor request to transfer …
  • FAR 28.001 Definitions.
    …percentage of the bid price in a bid bond) as the maximum payment for which the surety is obligated or the amount of security required to be pledged to the Government in lieu of a corporate or individual surety for the bond. Reinsurance me…
  • FAR 28.104 Annual performance bonds.
    …nal sum applicable to the total amount of all covered contracts. (b) When the penal sums obligated by contracts are approximately equal to or exceed the penal sum of the annual performance bond, an additional bond will be required to cover…
  • FAR 31.205-19 Insurance and indemnification.
    … to cover losses that have occurred and are known are unallowable. (5) The Government is obligated to indemnify the contractor only to the extent authorized by law, as expressly provided for in the contract, except as provided in paragraph…
  • FAR 32.301 Definitions.
    …uant to Regulation V of the Federal Reserve Board, under which the guaranteeing agency is obligated, on demand of the lender, to purchase a stated percentage of the loan and to share any losses in the amount of the guaranteed percentage. G…
  • FAR 32.303 General.
    …onal loans made by private financial institutions, except that the guaranteeing agency is obligated, on demand of the lender, to purchase a stated percentage of the loan and to share any losses in the amount of the guaranteed percentage. It…
  • FAR 32.503-10 Establishing alternate liquidation rates.
    …ust not exceed the Government's estimate of the price of all authorized work or the funds obligated for the contract. (3) The following are examples of the computation. Assuming an estimated price of $2,200,000 and total estimated costs el…
  • FAR 32.604 Demand for payment.
    … is or will be the subject of a bilateral modification; (ii) The contractor is otherwise obligated to pay the money under the existing contract terms; or (iii) The contractor has agreed to repay the debt. (3) Issue the demand for payment…
  • FAR 32.703-3 Contracts crossing fiscal years.
    …e year (10 U.S.C. 3133 and 41 U.S.C. 3902). Funds made available for a fiscal year may be obligated for the total amount of an action entered into under this authority.
  • FAR 32.704 Limitation of cost or funds.
    …tion notice without immediately increasing the funds available. Since a contractor is not obligated to incur costs in excess of the estimated cost in the contract, the contracting officer shall ensure availability of funds for directed acti…
  • FAR 35.007 Solicitations.
    …ancy to discuss it; however, the concern should be warned that the Government will not be obligated by the discussion. Under such circumstances, it may be appropriate to negotiate directly with the concern without competition. Also see subp…
  • FAR 36.609-1 Design within funding limitations.
    …ue delay by the Government in issuing a construction solicitation), the firm shall not be obligated to redesign at no cost to the Government. If a firm's design fails to meet the contractual limitation on construction cost and the Governmen…
  • FAR 37.106 Funding and term of service contracts.
    …e year (10 U.S.C. 3133 and 41 U.S.C. 3902). Funds made available for a fiscal year may be obligated for the total amount of an action entered into under this authority. (c) Agencies with statutory multiyear authority shall consider the use…
  • FAR 42.707 Cost-sharing rates and limitations on indirect cost rates.
    …visions are utilized, the contract shall also provide that (1) the Government will not be obligated to pay any additional amount should the final indirect cost rates exceed the negotiated ceiling rates and, (2) in the event the final indire…
  • FAR 43.201 General.
    …except that in cost-reimbursement or incrementally funded contracts the contractor is not obligated to continue performance or incur costs beyond the limits established in the Limitation of Cost or Limitation of Funds clause (see 32.706-2).…
  • FAR 45.101 Definitions.
    …lete full performance under the entire contract; (2) Any property that the Government is obligated or has the option to take over under any type of contract, e.g., as a result either of any changes in the specifications or plans thereunder…
  • FAR 49.108-8 Assignment of rights under subcontracts.
    …nd pay settlement proposals of subcontractors. As a general rule, the prime contractor is obligated to settle and pay these proposals. However, when the TCO determines that it is in the Government's interest, the TCO shall, after notifying …

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