48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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25 sections with “plant clearance”

  • DFARS 201.670 Appointment of property administrators and plant clearance officers.
    …iate agency authority shall appoint or terminate (in writing) property administrators and plant clearance officers. (b) In appointing qualified property administrators and plant clearance officers, the appointing authority shall consider e…
  • DFARS 245.602-70 Plant clearance procedures.
    Follow the procedures at PGI 245.602-70 for establishing and processing a plant clearance case.
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … limitation, buildings, structures, and improvements of all types, such as bridges, dams, plants, highways, parkways, streets, subways, tunnels, sewers, mains, power lines, pumping stations, heavy generators, railways, airports, terminals, …
  • FAR 45.602-1 Inventory disposal schedules.
    (a) Plant clearance officers should review and accept, or return for correction, inventory disposal schedules within 10 days following receipt from a contractor. Schedules that are completed in accordance with the instructions for Standard …
  • FAR 45.602-3 Screening.
    The screening period begins upon the plant clearance officer's acceptance of an inventory disposal schedule. The plant clearance officer shall determine whether standard or special screening is appropriate and initiate screening actions. (…
  • FAR 45.603 Abandonment or destruction of personal property.
    …t require demilitarization, and does not constitute a danger to public health or welfare, plant clearance officers or other authorized officials may without further approval— (1) Direct the contractor to destroy the property; (2) Abandon …
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …ractor's business; (2) All or substantially all of the Contractor's operation at any one plant or separate location; or (3) A separate and complete major industrial operation. Demilitarization means rendering a product unusable for, and …
  • DFARS 245.604-1 Sales procedures.
    (1) Best value sales approach. Plant clearance officers shall determine a best value sales approach, to include due consideration for costs, risks, and benefits, e.g., potential sales proceeds. (2) Invitation for bid procedures. The plant …
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …ith 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 (j)(2) of the FAR 52.245-1 clause of this contract, unless disposition instructions ar…
  • FAR 45.606 Contractor scrap procedures.
    (a) The property administrator should, in coordination with the plant clearance officer, ensure that contractor scrap disposal processes, methods, and practices allow for effective, efficient, and proper disposition and are properly documen…
  • FAR 49.001 Definitions.
    …r, whether Government or commercial, other than work related to the terminated contract. Plant clearance period, as used in this subpart, means the period beginning on the effective date of contract completion or termination and ending 90 …
  • FAR 49.108-4 Authorization for subcontract settlements without approval or ratification.
    …uacy of the contractor's audit administration, including personnel, and (B) the cognizant plant clearance officer relating to the adequacy of the contractor's procedures and personnel for the administration of property disposal matters); (…
  • DFARS 245.602-3 Screening.
    …Upon request of the prospective reutilization, transfer, donation, or sales customer, the plant clearance officer shall arrange for inspection of property at the contractor's plant in such a manner as to avoid interruption of the contractor…
  • FAR 4.804-5 Procedures for closing out contract files.
    …y report is cleared; (4) There is no outstanding value engineering change proposal; (5) Plant clearance report is received; (6) Property clearance is received; (7) All interim or disallowed costs are settled; (8) Price revision is comp…
  • FAR 45.602-2 Reutilization priorities.
    Plant clearance officers shall initiate reutilization actions for all property not meeting the abandonment or destruction criteria of 45.603(b). Authorized methods, listed in descending order from highest to lowest priority, are— (a) Reuse…
  • FAR 45.602-4 Interagency property transfer costs.
    …act administration office shall process appropriate contract modifications. To accelerate plant clearance, the receiving agency shall promptly furnish funding data, and transfer or shipping documents to the contract administration office.
  • FAR 45.605 Inventory disposal reports.
    The plant clearance officer shall promptly prepare an SF 1424, Inventory Disposal Report, following disposition of the property identified on an inventory disposal schedule and the crediting of any related proceeds. The report shall identif…
  • FAR 52.249-2 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price).
    …ritten request of the Contractor within this 120-day period. (d) After expiration of the plant clearance period as defined in subpart 49.001 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Contractor may submit to the Contracting Officer a list…
  • FAR 52.249-3 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements).
    …ritten request of the Contractor within this 120-day period. (d) After expiration of the plant clearance period as defined in subpart 49.001 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Contractor may submit to the Contracting Officer a list…
  • FAR 52.249-6 Termination (Cost-Reimbursement).
    …ritten request of the Contractor within this 120-day period. (e) After expiration of the plant clearance period as defined in subpart 49.001 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Contractor may submit to the Contracting Officer a list…
  • DFARS 245.602-1 Inventory disposal schedules.
    For termination inventory, plant clearance officers shall verify inventory schedules, either directly or through appropriate technical personnel, to determine the following: (a) Allocability. (1) Review contract requirements, delivery sch…
  • FAR 22.102-2 Administration.
    …ting contractors' labor requirements. These requirements may be to staff new or expanding plant facilities, including requirements for workers in all occupations and skills from local labor market areas or through the Federal-State employme…
  • FAR 42.402 Visits to contractors' facilities.
    …mber, program involved, and purpose of visit. (5) If desired, visitors to a contractor's plant may request that a representative of the CAO accompany them. In any event, the CAO has final authority to decide whether a representative shall …
  • DFARS 228.370-1 Definitions.
    …ctor's business; (2) All, or substantially all, of the contractor's operation at any one plant or separate location; or (3) A separate and complete major industrial operation. Covered aircraft means an aircraft owned by or to be delivere…
  • DFARS 253.209-1 Responsible prospective contractors.
    …he surveying activity will refer this factor to the Defense Security Service (DSS)). (E) Plant safety. An assessment of the prospective contractor's ability to meet the safety requirements in the solicitation. (F) Environmental/energy con…

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