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101 sections with “office designated in agency procedures”: the first 40

  • FAR 19.602-3 Resolving differences between the agency and the Small Business Administration.
    …0,000. (1) When disagreements arise about a concern's ability to perform, the contracting officer and the SBA shall make every effort to reach a resolution before the SBA takes final action on a COC. This shall be done through the complete …
  • FAR 52.204-28 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts.
    …. Intelligence community, as defined by 50 U.S.C. 3003(4), means the following— (1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) The Central Intelligence Agency; (3) The National Security Agency; (4) The Defense Intelligenc…
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    …MAY 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Chief of mission means the principal officer in charge of a diplomatic mission of the United States or of a United States office abroad which is designated by the Secretary of State as di…
  • FAR 32.502-2 Contract finance office clearance.
    The contracting officer shall obtain the approval of the contract finance office or other offices designated under agency procedures before taking any of the following actions: (a) Providing a progress payment rate higher than the customar…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … of a combination of alpha and/or numeric characters assigned to identify specific agency offices, units, activities, or organizations by the General Services Administration for civilian agencies and by the Department of Defense for defense…
  • FAR 3.907-3 Procedures for filing complaints.
    …riminatory act; and (5) The specific nature and date of the reprisal. (c) A contracting officer who receives a complaint of reprisal of the type described in 3.907-2 shall forward it to the Office of Inspector General and to other designa…
  • FAR 4.1603 Procedures.
    …). (1) Positions 1 through 6. The first six positions identify the department/agency and office issuing the instrument. Use the AAC assigned to the issuing office for positions 1 through 6. Civilian agency points of contact for obtaining a…
  • FAR 4.2301 Definitions.
    …. Intelligence community, as defined by 50 U.S.C. 3003(4), means the following— (1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) The Central Intelligence Agency; (3) The National Security Agency; (4) The Defense Intelligenc…
  • FAR 9.506 Procedures.
    …ntial organizational conflicts of interest or to develop recommended actions, contracting officers should first seek the information from within the Government or from other readily available sources. Government sources include the files an…
  • FAR 13.303-6 Review procedures.
    (a) The contracting officer placing orders under a BPA, or the designated representative of the contracting officer, shall review a sufficient random sample of the BPA files at least annually to ensure that authorized procedures are being f…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …must furnish any additional quantities, not to exceed the stated maximum. The contracting officer should establish a reasonable maximum quantity based on market research, trends on recent contracts for similar supplies or services, survey o…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    (a) General. (1) In general, the contracting officer does not synopsize orders under indefinite-delivery contracts; except see 16.505(a)(4) and (11), and 16.505(b)(2)(ii)(D). (2) Individual orders shall clearly describe all services to be …
  • FAR 19.102 Small business size standards and North American Industry Classification System codes.
    …//www.sba.gov/document/support--table-size-standards. (2) NAICS codes are updated by the Office of Management and Budget through its Economic Classification Policy Committee every five years. New NAICS codes are not available for use in Fe…
  • FAR 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    …he meaning given in 13 CFR 127.102. (b)(1) For sole source acquisitions, the contracting officer or SBA may protest the offeror's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern or as a WOSB concern elig…
  • FAR 19.1405 Set-aside procedures.
    (a) The contracting officer— (1) Shall comply with 19.203 before deciding to set aside an acquisition under the SDVOSB Program; (2) May set-aside acquisitions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold for competition restricted to SDVOSB con…
  • FAR 19.1505 Set-aside procedures.
    (a) The contracting officer— (1) Shall comply with 19.203 before deciding to set aside an acquisition under the WOSB Program; and (2)(i) May set aside acquisitions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold for competition restricted to EDWOS…
  • FAR 27.305-2 Administration by the Government.
    …ed in 27.304-2 should be coordinated with the appropriate agency. (b)(1) The contracting officer administering the contract (or other representative specifically designated in the contract for this purpose) is responsible for receiving inv…
  • FAR 32.007 Contract financing payments.
    …is section, the due date for making contract financing payments by the designated payment office is the 30th day after the designated billing office receives a proper contract financing request. (2) If an audit or other review of a specifi…
  • FAR 32.607 Installment payments and deferment of collection.
    (a) The contracting officer shall not approve or deny a contractor's request for installment payments or deferment of collections. The office designated in agency procedures is responsible for approving or denying requests for installment p…
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    (a) General. Agency procedures must ensure that, when specifying due dates, contracting officers give full consideration to the time reasonably required by Government officials to fulfill their administrative responsibilities under the cont…
  • FAR 32.1004 Procedures.
    …e and/or cumulative performance events or criteria performed in parallel. The contracting officer shall include the following in the contract: (i) The contract shall not permit payment for a cumulative event or criterion until the dependen…
  • FAR 33.103 Protests to the agency.
    …e their best efforts to resolve concerns raised by an interested party at the contracting officer level through open and frank discussions. (c) The agency should provide for inexpensive, informal, procedurally simple, and expeditious resol…
  • FAR 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.
    (a) Delegating functions. As provided in agency procedures, contracting officers may delegate contract administration or specialized support services, either through interagency agreements or by direct request to the cognizant CAO listed in…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    (a) The contracting officer normally delegates the following contract administration functions to a CAO. The contracting officer may retain any of these functions, except those in paragraphs (a)(5), (a)(9), (a)(11), and (a)(12) of this sect…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    …. Intelligence community, as defined by 50 U.S.C. 3003(4), means the following— (1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) The Central Intelligence Agency; (3) The National Security Agency; (4) The Defense Intelligenc…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ardless of dollar value. (b) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead s…
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …ions that occur after establishment of the competitive range that may, at the Contracting Officer's discretion, result in the offeror being allowed to revise its proposal. In writing, writing, or written means any worded or numbered expres…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …nment has paid the prime contractor. (c)(1) The Offeror, upon request by the Contracting Officer, shall submit and negotiate a subcontracting plan, where applicable, that separately addresses subcontracting with small business, veteran-own…
  • FAR 52.232-26 Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    …or, the later of the following two events: (A) The 30th day after the designated billing office receives a proper invoice from the Contractor (except as provided in paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this clause). (B) The 30th day after Government …
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …ngs resulting from the application of a VECP to contracts awarded by the same contracting office or its successor for essentially the same unit. Acquisition savings include— (1) Instant contract savings, which are the net cost reductions o…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …s. (2) For use in subpart 217.1, see the definition at 217.103. Contract administration office also means a contract management office of the Defense Contract Management Agency. Contract manufacturer means a company that produces goods u…
  • DFARS 209.572 Conflicts of interest in certain consulting services.
    …n proceeding. Contract oversight entity means any of the following: (i) The contracting officer. (ii) The contracting officer's representative. (iii) The Defense Contract Management Agency. (iv) The Defense Contract Audit Agency. (v) …
  • DFARS 252.209-7012 Prohibition Relating to Conflicts of Interest in Consulting Services—Certification.
    …n proceeding. Contract oversight entity means any of the following: (1) The Contracting Officer. (2) The Contracting Officer's Representative. (3) The Defense Contract Management Agency. (4) The Defense Contract Audit Agency. (5) The …
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    …nd Operational Tracker (SPOT)-generated letter of authorization signed by the Contracting Officer in order to process through a deployment center or to travel to, from, or within the designated operational area. The letter of authorization …
  • DFARS 252.232-7011 Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations.
    …tor's invoice. The Contractor shall prepare and submit invoices to the designated billing office specified in the contract. A proper invoice should include the items listed in paragraphs (c)(2)(i) through (c)(2)(x) of this clause. (i) Name…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …craft under FSCs 1510 and 1520. (2) If the schedules are acceptable, the plant clearance officer will confirm acceptance in the GFP module plant clearance capability, which will transmit a notification to the Contractor. The electronic acc…
  • FAR 7.104 General procedures.
    …nts. (c) The planner shall coordinate with and secure the concurrence of the contracting officer in all acquisition planning. If the plan proposes using other than full and open competition when awarding a contract, the plan shall also be …
  • FAR 32.607-1 Installment payments.
    If a contractor requests an installment payment agreement, the contracting officer shall notify the contractor to send a written request for installment payments to the office designated in agency procedures.
  • FAR 32.607-2 Deferment of collection.
    … All requests for deferment of collection must be submitted in writing to the contracting officer. (1) If the contractor has appealed the debt under the procedures of the Disputes clause of the contract, the information with the request fo…
  • FAR 50.205-4 Authorization of awards made presuming SAFETY Act designation or certification after contract award.
    …en necessary to award a contract prior to DHS issuing SAFETY Act protections, contracting officers may award contracts presuming that DHS will issue a SAFETY Act designation/certification to the contractor after contract award only if— (1)…

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.