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139 sections with “owner”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.204-17 Ownership or Control of Offeror.
    As prescribed in 4.1804(b), use the following provision: Ownership or Control of Offeror (AUG 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code means— (1) An identifier assigned to entities l…
  • FAR 52.215-19 Notification of Ownership Changes.
    As prescribed in 15.408(k), insert the following clause: Notification of Ownership Changes (OCT 1997) (a) The Contractor shall make the following notifications in writing: (1) When the Contractor becomes aware that a change in its owners…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    As prescribed in 27.303(b)(1), insert the following clause: Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (MAY 2014) (a) As used in this clause— Invention means any invention or discovery that is or may be patentable or otherwise protectable…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    As prescribed in 227.303(2), use the following clause: Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business) (JUN 2012) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause—Invention means— (1) Any invention or discovery that is or may be patent…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    As prescribed at 27.303(e), insert the following clause: Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government (DEC 2007) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Invention means any invention or discovery that is or may be patentable or otherwise p…
  • DFARS 252.225-7050 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
    As prescribed in 225.771-5, use the following provision: Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism (DEC 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Government of a countr…
  • DFARS 252.209-7002 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by a Foreign Government.
    As prescribed in 209.104-70, use the following provision: Disclosure of Ownership or Control by a Foreign Government (DEC 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— (1) Effectively owned or controlled means that a foreign governme…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …uter databases or computer software documentation. Computer software documentation means owner's manuals, user's manuals, installation instructions, operating instructions, and other similar items, regardless of storage medium, that explai…
  • FAR 4.1801 Definitions.
    As used in this part— Highest-level owner means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity owns or exercises c…
  • FAR 19.812 Contract administration.
    …st be terminated for convenience if the 8(a) contractor to which it was awarded transfers ownership or control of the firm or if the contract is transferred or novated for any reason to another firm, unless the Administrator of the SBA waiv…
  • FAR 31.105 Construction and architect-engineer contracts.
    …ommercial rental source, and furnished for use under Government contracts. (i) Allowable ownership and operating costs shall be determined as follows: (A) Actual cost data shall be used when such data can be determined for both ownership …
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …dividuals give rise to the need for special consideration. Such individuals include: (A) Owners of closely held corporations, members of limited liability companies, partners, sole proprietors, or members of their immediate families; and …
  • FAR 31.205-35 Relocation costs.
    …l not exceed 14 percent of the sales price of the property sold. (4) Continuing costs of ownership of the vacant former actual residence being sold, such as maintenance of building and grounds (exclusive of fixing up expenses), utilities, …
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties. Highest-level owner means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediat…
  • DFARS 252.219-7009 Section 8(a) direct award.
    …tification to the SBA (as required by SBA's 8(a) regulations at 13 CFR 124.515), when the owner or owners upon whom 8(a) eligibility is based plan to relinquish ownership or control of the concern. Consistent with section 407 of Public Law …
  • DFARS 252.270-7002 Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracting with Employee-Owned Businesses.
    …61(a)(1) for which 100 percent of the outstanding stock is held through an employee stock ownership plan as defined in 26 U.S.C. 4975(e)(7). (b) Limitations on subcontracting. In performance of the contract, the Contractor shall not expend…
  • FAR 52.223-22 Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation.
    …e blocks in paragraphs (b)(1) and (2).] (1) The Offeror (itself or through its immediate owner or highest-level owner) [ ] does, [ ] does not publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions, i.e., make available on a publicly accessible Web sit…
  • FAR 52.227-7 Patents—Notice of Government Licensee.
    …proposed acquisition because of a license agreement between the Government and the patent owner. The patent number is ____ [Contracting Officer fill in], and the royalty rate is ____ [Contracting Officer fill in]. If the offeror is the owne…
  • DFARS 252.247-7016 Contractor liability for loss or damage.
    …r Schedule II, Inbound Services— (1) If notified within one year after delivery that the owner has discovered loss or damage to the owner's property, the Contractor agrees to indemnify the Government for loss or damage to the property whic…
  • FAR 9.104-6 Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.
    …with 41 U.S.C. 2313(d)(3), FAPIIS also identifies— (i) An affiliate that is an immediate owner or subsidiary of the offeror, if any (see 52.204-17, Ownership or Control of Offeror); and (ii) All predecessors of the offeror that held a Fed…
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …nds for the protest. (1) OHA will consider protests challenging the SDVOSB status or the ownership and control of a concern if— (i) For status protests, the protester presents evidence supporting the contention that the owner(s) cannot pr…
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    …paragraph (c), (d), or (e) of this section, insert the clause at 52.227-11, Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor. (2) To the extent the information is not required elsewhere in the contract, and unless otherwise specified by agency su…
  • FAR 52.219-11 Special 8(a) Contract Conditions.
    …g agency] Contracting Officer immediately upon notification by the subcontractor that the owner or owners upon whom 8(a) eligibility was based plan to relinquish ownership or control of the concern. (End of clause)
  • FAR 52.219-17 Section 8(a) Award.
    …g agency] Contracting Officer immediately upon notification by the subcontractor that the owner or owners upon whom 8(a) eligibility was based plan to relinquish ownership or control of the concern. (5) That the subcontractor awarded a sub…
  • FAR 52.247-23 Contractor Liability for Loss of and/or Damage to Household Goods.
    … without the fault or negligence of the Contractor, the Contractor shall be liable to the owner for the loss of and/or damage to any article while being— (1) Packed, picked up, loaded, transported, delivered, unloaded, or unpacked; (2) St…
  • DFARS 209.104-1 General standards.
    …nd (iv) Contract allocations and charges are consistent with invoice procedures. (g)(i) Ownership or control by the government of a country that is a state sponsor of terrorism. See 225.771. (ii) Ownership or control by a foreign governm…
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    …saction whereby assets or operations of two or more companies not previously under common ownership or control are combined, whether by merger, acquisition, or sale/purchase of assets. (2) External restructuring activities means restructur…
  • DFARS 252.217-7012 Liability and insurance.
    …). (c) Indemnification. The Contractor indemnifies the Government and the vessel and its owners against all claims, demands, or causes of action to which the Government, the vessel or its owner(s) might be subject as a result of damage or …
  • DFARS 252.225-7049 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commercial Satellite Services—Representations.
    …e foreign entity is an entity in which the government of a covered foreign country has an ownership interest that enables the government to affect satellite operations; (B) The foreign entity plans to, or is expected to, provide satellite …
  • DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.
    … at the time of transportation by sea, or are otherwise transported by DoD, regardless of ownership or use by DoD. An item is clearly identifiable for eventual use by DoD if, for example, the contract documentation contains a reference to a…
  • FAR 3.1101 Definitions.
    … funding or other forms of research support; (v) Investment in the form of stock or bond ownership or partnership interest (excluding diversified mutual fund investments); (vi) Real estate investments; (vii) Patents, copyrights, and othe…
  • FAR 9.403 Definitions.
    …both. (2) Indicia of control include, but are not limited to, interlocking management or ownership, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and equipment, common use of employees, or a business entity organized follow…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …reaward or postaward cost determinations will be subject to part 31. (k) Notification of Ownership Changes. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.215-19, Notification of Ownership Changes, in solicitations and contracts for…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …e therefrom. (2) Any contract entered into by the U.S. Postal Service with an individual owner-operator for mail service if it is not contemplated at the time the contract is made that the owner-operator will hire any service employee to p…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    …ational security, the contract shall still provide the contractor with the right to elect ownership to any subject invention that— (i) Is not classified by the agency; or (ii) Is not limited from dissemination by the DOE within 6 months f…
  • FAR 27.304-1 General.
    …hts determinations. Whenever the contract contains the clause at 52.227-13, Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government, or a patent rights clause modified pursuant to 27.303(e)(2), the contractor (or an employee-inventor of the contractor af…
  • FAR 31.205-27 Organization costs.
    …n of the corporate structure of a business or a change in the controlling interest in the ownership of a business, and (3) raising capital (net worth plus long-term liabilities), are unallowable. Such expenditures include but are not limite…
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    … of a partnership. (b) A novation agreement is unnecessary when there is a change in the ownership of a contractor as a result of a stock purchase, with no legal change in the contracting party, and when that contracting party remains in c…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    …otections afforded by the attorney work product doctrine; or (ii) Any officer, director, owner, or employee of the Contractor, including a sole proprietor, to waive his or her attorney client privilege or Fifth Amendment rights; and (3) D…
  • FAR 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest.
    … funding or other forms of research support; (v) Investment in the form of stock or bond ownership or partnership interest (excluding diversified mutual fund investments); (vi) Real estate investments; (vii) Patents, copyrights, and othe…

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