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  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …nd must not represent a retroactive adjustment of prior years' salaries or wages (but see paragraphs (g), (h), (j), (k), (m), and (o) of this subsection). (2) The total compensation for individual employees or job classes of employees must…
  • FAR 32.504 Subcontracts under prime contracts providing progress payments.
    …ct, the contracting officer must issue a contract modification to specify the new rate in paragraph (j)(6) of the clause at 52.232-16, Progress Payments, in the prime contract. This will allow the contractor to include the progress payments…
  • FAR 52.209-4 First Article Approval—Government Testing.
    …rnment. The Government shall act on this first article within the time limit specified in paragraph (b) above. The Government reserves the right to require an equitable adjustment of the contract price for any extension of the delivery sche…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …hts of the Government in limited rights data as set forth in the Limited Rights Notice of paragraph (g)(3) if included in this clause. Limited rights data means data, other than computer software, that embody trade secrets or are commercia…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …his contract whether or not actually paid, plus financing payments to subcontractors (see paragraph (j) of this clause), less the sum of all previous progress payments made by the Government under this contract. The Contracting Officer will…
  • FAR 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other than System for Award Management.
    …nder this contract shall be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT) except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this clause. As used in this clause, the term “EFT” refers to the funds transfer and may also include the payment information tran…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …ability, stewardship, possession or control, including its vendors or subcontractors (see paragraph (f)(1)(v) of this cluase). (3) The Contractor shall include the requirements of this clause in all subcontracts under which Government prop…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    … savings realized from accepted VECP's, in accordance with the incentive sharing rates in paragraph (f) below. (b) Definitions. Acquisition savings, as used in this clause, means savings resulting from the application of a VECP to contract…
  • DFARS 228.370-2 General.
    …ined by the military services. The FAA airworthiness certificate in the exception in this paragraph (d) underlies the military service certificate. (e) Insurance. The clause at 252.228-7001, Ground and Flight Risk, is intended to reduce ac…
  • DFARS 252.225-7013 Duty-Free Entry.
    … Payments Program clause of this contract, basic or alternate. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (i) of this clause, or unless supplies were imported into the customs territory of the United States before the date of this contract or the…
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    …required contract performance in such operations. (3) When authorized in accordance with paragraph (j) of this clause to carry arms for personal protection, Contractor personnel are only authorized to use force for individual self-defense.…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …itle, unless the Contractor fails to disclose the invention within the times specified in paragraph (c) of this clause. The Contractor's license- (A) Extends to any domestic subsidiaries and affiliates within the corporate structure of whi…
  • DFARS 252.232-7007 Limitation of Government's obligation.
    …vailable for payment and allotted to this contract. An allotment schedule is set forth in paragraph (j) of this clause. (b) For item(s) identified in paragraph (a) of this clause, the Contractor agrees to perform up to the point at which t…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …nt, assembly, or end item; (v) Report the loss of Government property in accordance with paragraph (f)(1)(vii) of the FAR 52.245-1 clause of this contract; (vi) Complete the plant clearance inventory schedule in accordance with paragraph …
  • DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.
    …t the time of contract award and, therefore, did not provide the notification required by paragraph (b) of this clause, but prior to shipment of supplies, the Contractor learns that supplies will be transported by sea, the Contractor shall—…
  • FAR 49.115 Settlement of terminated incentive contracts.
    …TCO shall settle terminated fixed-price incentive (FPI) contracts under the provisions of paragraph (j) of the clause at 52.216-16, Incentive Price Revision—Firm Target, and 52.249-2, Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Pri…
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    …certification, or payment shall not be made: (However, if the Contractor elects to delete paragraph (c)(4) from the certification, the certification is still acceptable.) I hereby certify, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that— (1)…
  • FAR 1.105-2 Arrangement of regulations.
    … (b) Numbering. (1) The numbering system permits the discrete identification of every FAR paragraph. The digits to the left of the decimal point represent the part number. The numbers to the right of the decimal point and to the left of the…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …plies or services, previously provided or performed under separate smaller contracts (see paragraph (2) of this definition), into a solicitation for a single contract, a multiple-award contract, or a task or delivery order that is likely to…
  • FAR 3.103-2 Evaluating the certification.
    …nes. (1) None of the following, in and of itself, constitutes disclosure as it is used in paragraph (a)(2) of the Certificate of Independent Price Determination (hereafter, the certificate): (i) The fact that a firm has published price lis…
  • FAR 3.104-3 Statutory and related prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements.
    …ibition on disclosing procurement information (41 U.S.C. 2102). (1) A person described in paragraph (a)(2) of this subsection must not, other than as provided by law, knowingly disclose contractor bid or proposal information or source selec…
  • FAR 3.502-2 Subcontractor kickbacks.
    … on any person who knowingly and willfully engages in the prohibited conduct addressed in paragraph (a) of this section. (c) Provides for the recovery of civil penalties by the United States from any person who knowingly engages in such pr…
  • FAR 3.803 Exceptions.
    (a) The prohibition of paragraph 3.802(a) does not apply under the following conditions: (1) Agency and legislative liaison by own employees. (i) Payment of reasonable compensation made to an officer or employee of a person requesting or r…
  • FAR 4.1102 Policy.
    …f practical, the contracting officer shall modify the contract or agreement awarded under paragraph (a)(3) of this section to require SAM registration. (c) Contracting officers shall use the legal business name or “doing business as” name …
  • FAR 4.2102 Prohibition.
    …nt of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system, unless an exception at paragraph (b) of this section applies or the covered telecommunications equipment or services are covered by a waiver described in 4.2104. (2) On or …
  • FAR 4.2103 Procedures.
    (a) Representations. (1)(i) If the offeror selects “does not” in paragraphs (c)(1) and/or (c)(2) of the provision at 52.204-26 or in paragraphs (v)(2)(i) and/or (v)(2)(ii) of the provision at 52.212-3, the contracting officer may rely on t…
  • FAR 4.2304 Procedures.
    … contracts awarded by the Department of Defense will be subject to DoD FASCSA orders. See paragraph (b) of 52.204-30, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders-Prohibition. (2) For acquisitions where the program office or the re…
  • FAR 5.102 Availability of solicitations.
    (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(5) of this section, the contracting officer must make available through the GPE solicitations synopsized through the GPE, including specifications, technical data, and other pertinent information d…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …ple-award BPAs or a single-award BPA (see (a)(3)(iv)); (vii) Evidence of compliance with paragraph (b) of this section, for competitively awarded BPAs, if applicable; and (viii) Basis for the award decision. This should include the evalua…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …dering activity must justify its action when restricting consideration in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b) of this section— (a) Orders or BPAs exceeding the micro-purchase threshold based on a limited sources justification—(1) Circumst…
  • FAR 9.104-5 Representation and certifications regarding responsibility matters.
    (a) When an offeror provides an affirmative response in paragraph (a)(1) of the provision at 52.209-5, Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters, or paragraph (h) of provision 52.212-3, the contracting officer shall— (1) Promptly, upo…
  • FAR 9.202 Policy.
    …ll be furnished to the head of the agency or other official responsible for actions under paragraph (a)(1) of this section). The waiver authority provided in this paragraph does not apply with respect to qualification requirements contained…
  • FAR 9.406-3 Procedures.
    …iate technology; if so, the suspending and debarring official should change the notice in paragraph (c)(3)(iv) of this section to include those flexible procedures. (2) In actions not based upon a conviction or civil judgment, if it is fou…
  • FAR 12.207 Contract type.
    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, agencies shall use firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services. (b)(1) A time…
  • FAR 12.402 Acceptance.
    (a) The acceptance paragraph in 52.212-4 is based upon the assumption that the Government will rely on the contractor's assurances that the commercial product or commercial service tendered for acceptance conforms to the contract requiremen…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    …y be cancelled and all bids rejected before award but after opening when, consistent with paragraph (a)(1) above, the agency head determines in writing that— (1) Inadequate or ambiguous specifications were cited in the invitation; (2) Spe…
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    …may make a determination to correct the bid and not permit its withdrawal. (c) If, under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection, (1) The evidence of a mistake is clear and convincing only as to the mistake but not as to the intended bid,…
  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …) (also see part 36 for architect-engineer contracts), subject to the exception listed in paragraph (c)(1)(ii)(A) of this section for use by DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard. (ii) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3206(c), for DoD, NASA, and the …
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    … be established, these communications— (1) Shall be limited to the offerors described in paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (b)(1)(ii) of this section and— (i) Shall be held with offerors whose past performance information is the determining factor…
  • FAR 15.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …ermines that prices agreed upon are based on adequate price competition (see standards in paragraph (c)(1) of this subsection); (2) When the contracting officer determines that prices agreed upon are based on prices set by law or regulatio…

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