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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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129 sections with “plans”: the first 40

  • DFARS 219.702-70 Statutory requirements for the Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans.
    …ote, DoD has established a test program to determine whether comprehensive subcontracting plans on a corporate, division, or plant-wide basis will reduce administrative burdens while enhancing subcontracting opportunities for small and smal…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …her significant considerations that will control the acquisition. The specific content of plans will vary, depending on the nature, circumstances, and stage of the acquisition. In preparing the plan, the planner must follow the applicable i…
  • DFARS 252.211-7002 Availability for examination of specifications, standards, plans, drawings, data item descriptions, and other pertinent documents.
    … use the following provision: Availability for Examination of Specifications, Standards, Plans, Drawings, Data Item Descriptions, and Other Pertinent Documents (DEC 1991) The specifications, standards, plans, drawings, data item descripti…
  • FAR 19.705-5 Awards involving subcontracting plans.
    …ible for the following: (1) Consider the contractor's compliance with the subcontracting plans submitted on previous contracts as a factor in determining contractor responsibility. (2) Assure that a subcontracting plan was submitted when …
  • FAR 37.604 Quality assurance surveillance plans.
    Requirements for quality assurance and quality assurance surveillance plans are in Subpart 46.4. The Government may either prepare the quality assurance surveillance plan or require the offerors to submit a proposed quality assurance survei…
  • FAR 52.215-18 Reversion or Adjustment of Plans for Postretirement Benefits (PRB) Other Than Pensions.
    As prescribed in 15.408(j), insert the following clause: Reversion or Adjustment of Plans for Postretirement Benefits (PRB) Other Than Pensions (JUL 2005) (a) The Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer in writing when th…
  • FAR 22.2108 Multiemployer plans or other funds, plans, or programs.
    Contractors may fulfill their obligations under E.O. 13706 and 29 CFR part 13 jointly with other contractors through a multiemployer plan, or may fulfill their obligations through an individual fund, plan, or program (see 29 CFR 13.8).
  • FAR 28.307-1 Group insurance plans.
    (a) Prior approval requirement. Under cost-reimbursement contracts, before buying insurance under a group insurance plan, the contractor must submit the plan for approval, in accordance with agency regulations. Any change in benefits provid…
  • DFARS 207.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    In addition to the requirements of FAR 7.105, planners shall follow the procedures at PGI 207.105.
  • DFARS 217.7405 Plans and reports.
    (a) To provide for enhanced management and oversight of UCAs, departments and agencies shall— (1) Prepare and maintain a Consolidated UCA Management Plan; and (2) Prepare semi-annual Consolidated UCA Management Reports addressing each UCA…
  • DFARS 228.307-1 Group insurance plans.
    The Defense Department Group Term Insurance Plan is available for contractor use under cost-reimbursement type contracts when approved as provided in department or agency regulations. A contractor is eligible if— (a) The number of covered …
  • DFARS 243.204-70-7 Plans and reports.
    To provide for enhanced management and oversight of unpriced change orders, departments and agencies shall— (a) Include in the Consolidated Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) Management Plan required by 217.7405, the actions planned and t…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …ent and other high-risk contracts other than firm-fixed-price contracts, although written plans may be required for firm-fixed-price contracts as appropriate. (f) Ensuring that the statement of work is closely aligned with performance outc…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    …ess concerns, as a percentage of total subcontract dollars. For individual subcontracting plans only, a contracting officer may require the goals referenced in paragraph (a)(1) of this section to be calculated as a percentage of total contr…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …ility will exist where the contractor introduces major revisions of existing compensation plans or new plans and the contractor has not provided the cognizant ACO, either before implementation or within a reasonable period after it, an oppo…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …1) Review the contractor's compensation structure. (2) Review the contractor's insurance plans. (3) Conduct post-award orientation conferences. (4) Review and evaluate contractors' proposals under subpart 15.4 and, when negotiation will …
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …subcontracting plan, except goals, and may be incorporated into individual subcontracting plans, provided the master subcontracting plan has been approved. Reduced payment means a payment that is for less than the amount agreed upon in a s…
  • DFARS 242.7301 General.
    …Provides an in-depth evaluation of a contractor's— (i) Insurance programs; (ii) Pension plans; (iii) Other deferred compensation plans; and (iv) Related policies, procedures, practices, and costs; or (2) Concentrates on specific areas …
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …t. (iv) Providing interested small businesses with adequate and timely information about plans, specifications, and requirements for performance of the prime contract to assist them in submitting a timely offer for the subcontract. (v) Ne…
  • FAR 31.205-41 Taxes.
    … amended. That chapter includes excise taxes imposed in connection with qualified pension plans, welfare plans, deferred compensation plans, or other similar types of plans. (7) Income tax accruals designed to account for the tax effects o…
  • DFARS 207.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    (d)(i) Prepare written acquisition plans for— (A) Acquisitions for development, as defined in FAR 35.001, when the total cost of all contracts for the acquisition program is estimated at $10 million or more; (B) Acquisitions for productio…
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    … (S-70)(1) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3774(a) and DoD policy requirements, acquisition plans for major weapon systems and subsystems of major weapon systems shall— (i) Assess the long-term technical data and computer software needs of t…
  • DFARS 237.172 Service contracts surveillance.
    (a) Ensure that quality assurance surveillance plans are prepared in conjunction with the preparation of the statement of work or statement of objectives for solicitations and contracts for services. These plans should be tailored to addres…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …aluations, consultations, comprehensive planning, program management, conceptual designs, plans and specifications, value engineering, construction phase services, soils engineering, drawing reviews, preparation of operating and maintenance…
  • FAR 19.705-2 Determining the need for a subcontracting plan.
    …tiated acquisitions, the contracting officer may require the submission of subcontracting plans with initial offers, or at any other time prior to award. In determining when subcontracting plans should be required, as well as when and with …
  • FAR 19.706 Responsibilities of the cognizant administrative contracting officer.
    …inistrative contracting officer is responsible for assisting in evaluating subcontracting plans, and for monitoring, evaluating, and documenting contractor performance under the clause prescribed in 19.708(b) and any subcontracting plan inc…
  • FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.
    …8, Compensation-Stock Compensation. (3) Earnings for services under non-equity incentive plans. This does not include group life, health, hospitalization or medical reimbursement plans that do not discriminate in favor of executives, and a…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …er any type of contract, e.g., as a result either of any changes in the specifications or plans thereunder or of the termination of the contract (or subcontract thereunder), before completion of the work, for the convenience or at the optio…
  • DFARS 211.500 Scope.
    … and FAR subpart 11.5 do not apply to liquidated damages for comprehensive subcontracting plans under the Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans. See 219.702-70 for coverage of liquidated damages f…
  • DFARS 219.708 Contract clauses.
    …ibed at 226.72. (B) In contracts with contractors that have comprehensive subcontracting plans approved under the Test Program described in 219.702-70, including contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial prod…
  • DFARS 242.7302 Requirements.
    …al CIPR that concentrates on specific areas of a contractor's insurance programs, pension plans, or other deferred compensation plans shall be performed for a contractor (including, but not limited to, a contractor meeting the requirements …
  • DFARS 252.217-7009 Default.
    … procured or completed (after adjusting such cost to exclude the effect of changes in the plans and specifications made subsequent to the date of termination) exceeds the price fixed for work under the job order (after adjusting such price …
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    …gnizant contract administration activity for the Contractor. (e) In those subcontracting plans which specifically identify small businesses, the Contractor shall notify the Administrative Contracting Officer of any substitutions of firms t…
  • DFARS 252.225-7049 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commercial Satellite Services—Representations.
    …erest that enables the government to affect satellite operations; (B) The foreign entity plans to, or is expected to, provide satellite services under the contract from a covered foreign country; or (C) Entering into such contract would c…
  • FAR 15.102 Oral presentations.
    …) Information pertaining to areas such as an offeror's capability, past performance, work plans or approaches, staffing resources, transition plans, or sample tasks (or other types of tests) may be suitable for oral presentations. In decidi…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ilities Capital Cost of Money, in the resulting contract. (j) Reversion or Adjustment of Plans for Postretirement Benefits (PRB) Other Than Pensions. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.215-18, Reversion or Adjustment of …
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …tract, or multi-agency contract)— (i) Are not exempt from the development of acquisition plans (see subpart 7.1), and an information technology acquisition strategy (see part 39); (ii) May not be used to circumvent conditions and limitati…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …irements regarding subcontracting with small businesses and small business subcontracting plans: (i) In negotiated acquisitions, each solicitation of offers to perform a contract that is expected to exceed $900,000 ($2 million for construc…
  • FAR 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer.
    …epresentative is not assigned, see 19.402(a)) of the opportunity to review subcontracting plans in connection with contract modifications. (e) Forward a copy of each plan, or a determination that there is no requirement for a subcontractin…
  • FAR 19.707 The Small Business Administration's role in carrying out the program.
    …cies and contractors in carrying out their responsibilities with regard to subcontracting plans; (2) Review (within 5 working days) any solicitation that meets the dollar threshold in 19.702(a)(1)(i) or (ii) before the solicitation is issu…

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