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101 sections with “personal services”: the first 40

  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    (a) General. Compensation for personal services is allowable subject to the following general criteria and additional requirements contained in other parts of this cost principle: (1) Compensation for personal services must be for work per…
  • FAR 37.104 Personal services contracts.
    (a) A personal services contract is characterized by the employer-employee relationship it creates between the Government and the contractor's personnel. The Government is normally required to obtain its employees by direct hire under compe…
  • DFARS 237.104 Personal services contracts.
    (b)(i) Authorization to acquire the personal services of experts and consultants is included in 10 U.S.C. 129b. Personal service contracts for expert and consultant services must also be authorized by a determination and findings (D&F) in a…
  • FAR 52.232-3 Payments Under Personal Services Contracts.
    …yment due dates in accordance with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts for personal services: Payments Under Personal Services Contracts (APR 1984) The Government shall pay the Contractor for the services performed by the C…
  • FAR 52.249-12 Termination (Personal Services).
    …s prescribed in 49.505(a), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for personal services (see part 37): Termination (Personal Services) (APR 1984) The Government may terminate this contract at any time upon at least 15 …
  • DFARS 231.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    (f)(1) In accordance with Section 8122 of Pub. L. 104-61, and similar sections in subsequent Defense appropriations acts, costs for bonuses or other payments in excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor to an employee, that are par…
  • FAR 4.1302 Acquisition of approved products and services for personal identity verification.
    (a) In order to comply with FIPS PUB 201, agencies must purchase only approved personal identity verification products and services. (b) Agencies may acquire the approved products and services from the GSA, Federal Supply Schedule 70, Spec…
  • FAR 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest.
    As prescribed in 3.1106, insert the following clause: Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest (JUN 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Acquisition function closely associated with inherently governmental functions means supp…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …on, alteration, repair, processing, or assembling of vessels, aircraft, or other kinds of personal property (except that for use in subpart 22.5, see the definition at 22.502). Contiguous United States (CONUS) means the 48 contiguous State…
  • FAR 37.101 Definitions.
    …ional or rehabilitative programs, and detention, correctional, or treatment services. Nonpersonal services contract means a contract under which the personnel rendering the services are not subject, either by the contract's terms or by the…
  • DFARS 252.225-7061 Restriction on the Acquisition of Personal Protective Equipment and Certain Other Items from Non-Allied Foreign Nations.
    As prescribed in 225.7023-4, use the following clause: Restriction on the Acquisition of Personal Protective Equipment and Certain Other Items From Non-Allied Foreign Nations (JAN 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Covered co…
  • FAR 3.909-3 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …graph (a)(2) of this section; and (2) Do not insert the provision in solicitations for a personal services contract with an individual if the services are to be performed entirely by the individual, rather than by an employee of the contra…
  • FAR 29.401-4 New Mexico gross receipts and compensating tax.
    …shall not be controlling. Services also includes construction activities and all tangible personal property that will become an ingredient or component part of a construction project. Such tangible personal property retains its character as…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …signment of cost and the reassignment of a share from an indirect cost pool. Compensated personal absence means any absence from work for reasons such as illness, vacation, holidays, jury duty, military training, or personal activities for…
  • FAR 37.103 Contracting officer responsibility.
    …rpose the contracting officer shall— (1) Determine whether the proposed service is for a personal or nonpersonal services contract using the definitions at 2.101 and 37.101 and the guidelines in 37.104; (2) In doubtful cases, obtain the r…
  • FAR 49.505 Other termination clauses.
    (a) Personal service contracts. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.249-12, Termination (Personal Services), in solicitations and contracts for personal services (see Part 37). (b) Excusable delays. The contracting office…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …es (section 874(b)(1)(A), Pub. L. 114-328). (i) Part 203—Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest. (A) Use the FAR clause at 52.203-3, Gratuities, as prescribed in FAR 3.202, to comply with 10 U.S.C. 4651. (B) Use th…
  • DFARS 237.7303 Contract clauses.
    Contracts made directly with students are nonpersonal service contracts but shall include the clauses at FAR 52.232-3, Payments Under Personal Services Contracts, and FAR 52.249-12, Termination (Personal Services).
  • FAR 12.503 Applicability of certain laws to Executive agency contracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …08(e)(3), Minimum Response Time for Offers (see 5.203). (4) 41 U.S.C. 2303(b), Policy on Personal Conflicts of Interest by Contractor Employees (see subpart 3.11). (5) 41 U.S.C. 3901(b) and 10 U.S.C. 3321(b) Contingent Fees (see 3.404). …
  • FAR 22.801 Definitions.
    … the relationship of an employer and an employee)— (1) For the purchase, sale, or use of personal property or nonpersonal services that, in whole or in part, are necessary to the performance of any one or more contracts; or (2) Under whic…
  • FAR 22.1302 Policy.
    …opriated for the agency for a fiscal year to enter into a contract for the procurement of personal property and nonpersonal services (including construction) with a contractor that has not submitted the required annual VETS-4212, Federal Co…
  • FAR 22.1303 Applicability.
    (a) The Act applies to all contracts and subcontracts for personal property and nonpersonal services (including construction) of $200,000 or more except as waived by the Secretary of Labor. (b) The requirements of the clause at 52.222-35, …
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    …mpany business. That portion of the cost of company-furnished automobiles that relates to personal use by employees (including transportation to and from work) is compensation for personal services and is unallowable as stated in 31.205-6(m…
  • FAR 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
    …rch and development contract is contemplated; (3) The clause at 52.232-3, Payments under Personal Services Contracts, in solicitations and contracts for personal services; (4) The clause at 52.232-4, Payments under Transportation Contract…
  • FAR 37.200 Scope of subpart.
    …applies to contracts, whether made with individuals or organizations, that involve either personal or nonpersonal services.
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    …eater clearance, if required by the Combatant Commander. (v) All personnel have received personal security training. The training must at a minimum— (A) Cover safety and security issues facing employees overseas; (B) Identify safety and …
  • FAR 52.247-21 Contractor Liability for Personal Injury and/or Property Damage.
    …acts for transportation or for transportation-related services: Contractor Liability for Personal Injury and/or Property Damage (APR 1984) (a) The Contractor assumes responsibility for all damage or injury to persons or property occasione…
  • FAR 52.249-5 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Educational and Other Nonprofit Institutions).
    …erminate all applicable subcontracts and cancel or divert applicable commitments covering personal services that extend beyond the effective date of termination. (4) Assign to the Government, as directed by the Contracting Officer, all rig…
  • DFARS 237.503 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …contracts from being awarded or administered in a manner that constitutes an unauthorized personal services contract. Contracting officers shall follow the procedures at PGI 237.503, include substantially similar certifications in conjuncti…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …01(3); or (4) A special Government employee, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 202. Participating personally and substantially in a Federal agency procurement means— (1) Active and significant involvement of an official in any of the following act…
  • FAR 3.104-3 Statutory and related prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements.
    …egarding non-Federal employment (41 U.S.C. 2103) (1) If an agency official, participating personally and substantially in a Federal agency procurement for a contract in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, contacts or is contacte…
  • FAR 3.202 Contract clause.
    …d contracts with a value exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, except those for personal services and those between military departments or defense agencies and foreign governments that do not obligate any funds appropriated to th…
  • FAR 3.1101 Definitions.
    …e there is no employer to whom such an individual could submit the required disclosures. Personal conflict of interest means a situation in which a covered employee has a financial interest, personal activity, or relationship that could im…
  • FAR 7.502 Applicability.
    …apply to services obtained through either personnel appointments, advisory committees, or personal services contracts issued under statutory authority.
  • FAR 13.003 Policy.
    …micro-purchase threshold. (d) An agency that has specific statutory authority to acquire personal services (see 37.104) may use simplified acquisition procedures to acquire those services. (e) Agencies shall use the Governmentwide commerc…
  • FAR 13.306 SF 44, Purchase Order—Invoice—Voucher.
    …er form designed primarily for on-the-spot, over-the-counter purchases of supplies and nonpersonal services while away from the purchasing office or at isolated activities. It also can be used as a receiving report, invoice, and public vouc…
  • FAR 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …nd contracts when a requirements contract is contemplated. (2) If the contract is for nonpersonal services and related supplies and covers estimated requirements that exceed a specific Government activity's internal capability to produce o…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …1) and (2) of this section) are not required— (1) From small business concerns; (2) For personal services contracts; (3) For contracts or contract modifications that will be performed entirely outside of the United States and its outlyin…
  • FAR 19.708 Contract clauses.
    …contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold unless— (1) A personal services contract is contemplated (see 37.104); or (2) The contract, together with all of its subcontracts, will be performed entirely outsi…
  • FAR 22.1702 Definitions.
    …ans the status or condition of a debtor arising from a pledge by the debtor of his or her personal services or of those of a person under his or her control as a security for debt, if the value of those services as reasonably assessed is no…

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