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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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54 sections with “permits”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.237-7009 Permits.
    As prescribed in 237.7003(a) and (a)(7), use the following clause: Permits (DEC 1991) The Contractor shall meet all State and local licensing requirements and obtain and furnish all necessary health department and shipping permits at no a…
  • FAR 52.236-7 Permits and Responsibilities.
    As prescribed in 36.507, insert the following clause: Permits and Responsibilities (NOV 1991) The Contractor shall, without additional expense to the Government, be responsible for obtaining any necessary licenses and permits, and for com…
  • FAR 52.247-2 Permits, Authorities, or Franchises.
    As prescribed in 47.207-1(a), insert the following clause: Permits, Authorities, or Franchises (JAN 1997) (a) The offeror does □, does not □, hold authorization from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) or other cognizant regulatory …
  • FAR 36.507 Permits and responsibilities.
    The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-7, Permits and Responsibilities, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price or cost-reimbursement construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of…
  • DFARS 208.7003-2 Assignments under coordinated acquisition.
    … requiring department to ensure that the item meets the requirements: (1) This exception permits the requiring department to contract for items of highly unstable design. For use of this exception, it must be clearly impractical, both tech…
  • DFARS 235.006 Contracting methods and contract type.
    …ice type contract for a development program effort unless— (1) The level of program risk permits realistic pricing; (2) The use of a fixed-price type contract permits an equitable and sensible allocation of program risk between the Govern…
  • FAR 1.105-2 Arrangement of regulations.
    …quisition), subparts, sections, and subsections. (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 …
  • FAR 3.904-2 Procedures for investigating complaints.
    …s to the head of the agency and the Office of Inspector General in a time and manner that permits the agency head to take action not later than 30 days after receiving the report, as required by 3.905-1(a).
  • FAR 5.101 Methods of disseminating information.
    …s to a notice of proposed contract action and solicitation through the GPE and the notice permits the public to respond to the solicitation electronically. (iii) Contracting officers may use electronic posting of requirements in a place ac…
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    …hat provides access to the notice of proposed contract action through the GPE; and (iii) Permits the public to respond to the solicitation electronically; or (14) The proposed contract action is made under conditions described in 6.302-3 …
  • FAR 6.401 Sealed bidding and competitive proposals.
    …See part 14 for procedures.) Contracting officers shall solicit sealed bids if— (1) Time permits the solicitation, submission, and evaluation of sealed bids; (2) The award will be made on the basis of price and other price-related factors…
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …s to Freedom of Information Act requests. (11) Contractors working in any situation that permits or might permit them to gain access to confidential business information and/or any other sensitive information (other than situations covered…
  • FAR 12.403 Termination.
    (a) General. The clause at 52.212-4 permits the Government to terminate a contract for commercial products or commercial services either for the convenience of the Government or for cause. However, the paragraphs in 52.212-4 entitled “Termi…
  • FAR 13.106-2 Evaluation of quotations or offers.
    …; or (D) Any other reasonable basis. (4) For acquisitions conducted using a method that permits electronic response to the solicitation, the contracting officer may— (i) After preliminary consideration of all quotations or offers, identi…
  • FAR 14.201-6 Solicitation provisions.
    …for technical proposals in step one of two-step sealed bidding if the contracting officer permits the submission of multiple technical proposals. (t) Insert the provision at 52.214-25, Step Two of Two-Step Sealed Bidding, in invitations fo…
  • FAR 14.203-1 Transmittal to prospective bidders.
    …tates shall be sent by electronic data interchange or air mail if security classification permits.
  • FAR 14.408-6 Equal low bids.
    …raph (a) above, award shall be made by a drawing by lot limited to those bidders. If time permits, the bidders involved shall be given an opportunity to attend the drawing. The drawing shall be witnessed by at least three persons, and the c…
  • FAR 15.101-1 Tradeoff process.
    …oximately equal to, or significantly less important than cost or price. (c) This process permits tradeoffs among cost or price and non-cost factors and allows the Government to accept other than the lowest priced proposal. The perceived be…
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    …n may authorize offerors to propose alternative terms and conditions. If the solicitation permits offerors to submit one or more additional proposals with alternative line items (see 52.204-22 or 52.212-1(e)), the evaluation approach should…
  • FAR 15.405 Price negotiation.
    …he purpose of performing cost or price analysis is to develop a negotiation position that permits the contracting officer and the offeror an opportunity to reach agreement on a fair and reasonable price. A fair and reasonable price does not…
  • FAR 16.202-2 Application.
    …orted by valid certified cost or pricing data; (c) Available cost or pricing information permits realistic estimates of the probable costs of performance; or (d) Performance uncertainties can be identified and reasonable estimates of thei…
  • FAR 16.306 Cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts.
    …as a result of changes in the work to be performed under the contract. This contract type permits contracting for efforts that might otherwise present too great a risk to contractors, but it provides the contractor only a minimum incentive …
  • FAR 22.404-12 Labor standards for contracts containing construction requirements and option provisions that extend the term of the contract.
    …ontracting officer may include in the contract a separately specified pricing method that permits an adjustment to the contract price or contract labor unit price at the exercise of each option to extend the term of the contract. At the tim…
  • FAR 23.303 Notice of radioactive materials.
    … notify receiving activities so that appropriate safeguards can be taken. (c) The clause permits the contracting officer to waive the notification if the contractor states that the notification on prior deliveries is still current. The con…
  • FAR 25.1002 Use of foreign currency.
    …should require all offers to be priced in the same currency. However, if the solicitation permits submission of offers in other than a specified currency, the contracting officer must convert the offered prices to U.S. currency for evaluati…
  • FAR 31.201-6 Accounting for unallowable costs.
    …unallowable costs and excluded from the sampling process. (iii) The statistical sampling permits audit verification. (3) For any indirect cost in the selected sample that is subject to the penalty provisions at 42.709, the amount projecte…
  • FAR 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
    …to withhold payment to protect the Government's interests, paragraph (a)(7) of the clause permits the contracting officer to unilaterally issue a modification requiring the contractor to withhold 5 percent of amounts due, up to a maximum of…
  • FAR 32.906 Making payments.
    …due. (c) Partial deliveries. (1) Contracting officers must, where the nature of the work permits, write contract statements of work and pricing arrangements that allow contractors to deliver and receive invoice payments for discrete portio…
  • FAR 36.205 Statutory cost limitations.
    …ent's interest, the contracting officer may include a provision in the solicitation which permits the award of separate contracts for individual items whose prices are within or not subject to applicable statutory limitations. (d) The Gove…
  • FAR 41.501 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    …escribes provisions and clauses on a “substantially the same as” basis (see 52.101) which permits the contracting officer to prepare and utilize variations of the prescribed provision and clauses in accordance with agency procedures. (b) T…
  • FAR 43.201 General.
    (a) Generally, Government contracts contain a changes clause that permits the contracting officer to make unilateral changes, in designated areas, within the general scope of the contract. These are accomplished by issuing written change or…
  • FAR 47.207-1 Qualifications of offerors.
    (a) Operating authorities. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.247-2, Permits, Authorities, or Franchises, when regulated transportation is involved. The clause need not be used when a Federal office move is intrastate and…
  • FAR 47.302 Place of delivery—f.o.b. point.
    …o both the Government and the contractor. Acceptance of title at origin by the Government permits payment of the contractor, provided the invoice is supported either by a copy of the signed commercial bill of lading (indicating the carrier'…
  • FAR 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    … their destination, type of carrier required, and specified overseas delivery dates. This permits offerors that are geographically remote from the port that normally serves the overseas destination to be competitive as far as transportation…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …EE and its email address at [email protected]. (iii) A recruitment and wage plan that only permits the use of recruitment companies with trained employees, prohibits charging recruitment fees to the employee or potential employee, and ensure…
  • FAR 52.223-3 Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data.
    …d local laws, codes, ordinances, and regulations (including the obtaining of licenses and permits) in connection with hazardous material. (h) The Government's rights in data furnished under this contract with respect to hazardous material …
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    …ll required vaccinations. (iii) All personnel have all necessary passports, visas, entry permits, and other documents required for Contractor personnel to enter and exit the foreign country, including those required for in-transit countrie…
  • FAR 52.236-11 Use and Possession Prior to Completion.
    …nt's possession or use, notwithstanding the terms of the clause in this contract entitled Permits and Responsibilities. If prior possession or use by the Government delays the progress of the work or causes additional expense to the Contrac…
  • DFARS 204.470-2 National security exclusion.
    (a) The U.S.-IAEA AP permits the United States unilaterally to declare exclusions from inspection requirements for activities, or locations or information associated with such activities, with direct national security significance. (b) In …
  • DFARS 204.7501 Definitions.
    …on behalf of the Government, that a law, regulation, or Governmentwide policy requires or permits an agency to handle using safeguarding or dissemination controls (32 CFR 2002.4(h)). Current means— (1) With regard to Conditional Cybersecu…

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