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97 sections with “personal services contract”: the first 40

  • 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 225.301-4 Contract clause.
    …with the prescription at FAR 25.301-4, except that— (i) The clause shall also be used in personal services contracts with individuals; and (ii) The clause shall not be used when all contractor personnel performing outside the United State…
  • 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…
  • 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 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 37.403 Contract clause.
    …7, Indemnification and Medical Liability Insurance, in solicitations and contracts for nonpersonal health care services. The contracting officer may include the clause in bilateral purchase orders for nonpersonal health care services awarde…
  • DFARS 247.271-3 Solicitation provisions, schedule formats, and contract clauses.
    When acquiring services for the preparation of personal property for movement or storage, or for performance of intra-city or intra-area movement, use the following provisions, clauses, and schedules. Revise solicitation provisions and sche…
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    …s. (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. (4) Unless immune from host nation jurisdicti…
  • 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 3.1106 Contract clause.
    (a) Insert the clause at 52.203-16, Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest, in solicitations and contracts that— (1) Exceed the simplified acquisition threshold; and (2) Include a requirement for services by contractor employee(s) that…
  • 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 44.204 Contract clauses.
    …ts; or (ii) Contracts for mortuary services, refuse services, or shipment and storage of personal property, when an agency-prescribed clause on approval of subcontractors' facilities is required. (b) The contracting officer may insert the…
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    …t; (2) For engineering services from not-for-profit or nonprofit organizations; (3) For personal services (see subpart 37.1); (4) Providing for product or component improvement, unless the value engineering incentive application is restr…
  • FAR 49.603-5 Cost-reimbursement contracts—partial termination.
    …continue to be reimbursed on SF 1034, Public Voucher for Purchase and Services Other Than Personal, under the applicable provisions of the contract and part 31 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (End of agreement)
  • FAR 53.249 Termination of contracts.
    …ept for SF 1034. (1) SF 1034 (GAO), Public Voucher for Purchases and Services Other Than Personal. (See 49.302(a).) (2) SF 1435 (Rev. 03/2016), Settlement Proposal (Inventory Basis). (See 49.602-1(a).) (3) SF 1436 (Rev. 5/2004), Settleme…
  • DFARS 211.106 Purchase descriptions for service contracts.
    …or employees. Agencies shall be guided by the characteristics and descriptive elements of personal-services contracts at FAR 37.104. Service contracts shall require contractor employees to identify themselves as contractor personnel by intr…
  • DFARS 225.7023-4 Contract clause.
    …s an exception applies, use the clause at 252.225-7061, Restriction on the Acquisition of Personal Protective Equipment and Certain Other Items from Non-Allied Foreign Nations, in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and con…
  • DFARS 237.106 Funding and term of service contracts.
    (1) Personal service contracts for expert or consultant services shall not exceed 1 year. The nature of the duties must be— (i) Temporary (not more than 1 year); or (ii) Intermittent (not cumulatively more than 130 days in 1 year). (2) T…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 252.247-7016 Contractor liability for loss or damage.
    …level of service for which specific types of traffic apply as described in DoD 4500.34-R, Personal Property Traffic Management Regulation. (b) For shipments picked up under Schedule I, Outbound Services, or delivered under Schedule II, Inb…
  • 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 3.1101 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 (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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