48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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11 sections with “predecessor contractors”

  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …y of the contract work (regardless of whether or not such employee was employed under the predecessor contract), less than the wages and fringe benefits provided for in such collective bargaining agreement, to which such employee would have…
  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    …) affects the new acquisition. The contracting officer shall determine whether there is a predecessor contract covered by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and, if so, whether the incumbent prime contractor or its subcontractors …
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …s disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture. Predecessor means an entity that is replaced by a successor and includes any predecessors of the predecessor. Reasonable inquiry has the meaning prov…
  • FAR 9.104-6 Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.
    …ry of the offeror, if any (see 52.204-17, Ownership or Control of Offeror); and (ii) All predecessors of the offeror that held a Federal contract or grant within the last three years (see 52.204-20, Predecessor of Offeror). (b)(1) When ma…
  • FAR 22.1020 Seniority lists.
    …n or other fringe benefits which are based upon length of service, including service with predecessor contractors if such benefit is required by an applicable wage determination.
  • FAR 52.222-46 Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees.
    …b difficulty. Additionally, proposals envisioning compensation levels lower than those of predecessor contractors for the same work will be evaluated on the basis of maintaining program continuity, uninterrupted high-quality work, and avail…
  • FAR 22.1002-3 Wage determinations based on collective bargaining agreements.
    …o those contained in any bona fide collective bargaining agreement entered into under the predecessor contract. This requirement is self-executing and is not contingent upon incorporating a wage determination or the wage and fringe benefit …
  • DFARS 270.103 Limitations.
    … (b) Contracting officers shall only award— (1) One sole-source, follow-on contract per predecessor contract to the incumbent contractor unless waived by the head of the contracting activity, delegable to a level no lower than one level a…
  • FAR 9.105-1 Obtaining information.
    …vailable through FAPIIS (see 9.104-6) with regard to the offeror and any immediate owner, predecessor, or subsidiary identified for that offeror in FAPIIS, including information that is linked to FAPIIS such as from SAM, and CPARS, as well …
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …on. (iii) The evaluation should take into account past performance information regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience, or subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement wh…
  • FAR 22.1002-2 Wage determinations based on prevailing rates.
    Contractors performing on service contracts in excess of $2,500 to which no predecessor contractor's collective bargaining agreement applies shall pay their employees at least the wages and fringe benefits found by the Department of Labor t…

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.