48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
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108 sections with “preference”: the first 40
- FAR 19.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.(a) The price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns shall be used in acquisitions conducted using full and open competition. The preference shall not be used— (1) Where price is not a selection factor so that a price ev…
- FAR 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns.As prescribed in 19.1309(b), insert the following clause: Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (OCT 2022) (a) Evaluation preference. (1) Offers will be evaluated by adding a factor of 10 percent to the…
- FAR 26.202 Local area preference.…Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.5121, et seq.), preference shall be given, to the extent feasible and practicable, to local firms. Preference may be given through a local area set-aside or an evalua…
- FAR 52.247-64 Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels.As prescribed in 47.507(a), insert the following clause: Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (NOV 2021) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this clause, the Cargo Preference Act of 1954 (46 U.S.C. Appx. 1241…
- FAR 26.202-2 Evaluation preference.The contracting officer may use an evaluation preference, when authorized in agency regulations or procedures.
- FAR 32.106 Order of preference.The contracting officer must consider the following order of preference when a contractor requests contract financing, unless an exception would be in the Government's best interest in a specific case: (a) Private financing without Governm…
- FAR 52.247-63 Preference for U.S.-Flag Air Carriers.As prescribed in 47.405(a), insert the following clause: Preference for U.S.-Flag Air Carriers (JAN 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— International air transportation means transportation by air between a place in the United…
- DFARS 219.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.(a) Also, do not use the price evaluation preference in acquisitions that use tiered evaluation of offers, until a tier is reached that considers offers from other than small business concerns.
- DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities.As prescribed in 225.7002-3(a), use the following clause: Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (APR 2022) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Component means any item supplied to the Government as part of an end product or of…
- DFARS 252.225-7023 Preference for Products or Services from Afghanistan.As prescribed in 225.7703-4(a), use the following provision: Preference for Products or Services From Afghanistan (SEP 2013) (a) Definitions. “Product from Afghanistan” and “service from Afghanistan,” as used in this provision, are define…
- DFARS 252.236-7010 Overseas military construction—Preference for United States firms.…prescribed in 236.570(c)(1), use the following provision: Overseas Military Construction—Preference for United States Firms (JAN 1997) (a) Definition. “United States firm,” as used in this provision, means a firm incorporated in the Unite…
- DFARS 252.236-7012 Military construction on Kwajalein Atoll—evaluation preference.…(c)(2), use the following provision: Military Construction on Kwajalein Atoll—Evaluation Preference (MAR 1998) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— (1) Marshallese firm means a local firm incorporated in the Marshall Islands, or o…
- DFARS 252.247-7026 Evaluation Preference for Use of Domestic Shipyards—Applicable to Acquisition of Carriage by Vessel for DoD Cargo in the Coastwise or Noncontiguous Trade.As prescribed in 247.574(c), use the following provision: Evaluation Preference for Use of Domestic Shipyards—Applicable To Acquisition of Carriage by Vessel for DOD Cargo in the Coastwise or Noncontiguous Trade (OCT 2024) (a) Definitions…
- DFARS 212.272 Preference for certain commercial products and commercial services.(a) As required by section 855 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Pub. L. 114-92), for requirements relating to the acquisition of commercial information technology products and services, see 239.101. (b)(1) As…
- FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…le-Source Award (OCT 2022) (15 U.S.C. 657a). __(16) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (OCT 2022) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer) (15 U.S.C…
- FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.…value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (iii) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled vete…
- DFARS 252.225-7044 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material.…d States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas. (b) Domestic preference. This clause implements the Balance of Payments Program by providing a preference for domestic construction material. The Contractor shall …
- DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.…s transformed. (b) This clause implements the Balance of Payments Program by providing a preference for domestic construction material. In addition, the Contracting Officer has determined that the WTO GPA and Free Trade Agreements apply to…
- FAR 18.203 Emergency declaration or major disaster declaration.(a) Disaster or emergency assistance activities. Preference will be given to local organizations, firms, and individuals when contracting for major disaster or emergency assistance activities when the President has made a declaration under …
- FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.…om the date of identification of the apparent successful offeror, if the price evaluation preference was not applied at the time of bid opening; (ii) For negotiated acquisitions, by the close of business on the fifth business day after rec…
- FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.…cting is required at the contract or order level; (2) Using the HUBZone price evaluation preference. However, if the prospective contractor waived the use of the price evaluation preference, or is an other than small business, do not inser…
- FAR 23.107-2 Biobased products.…tion. (1) Agency affirmative procurement programs must include— (i) A biobased products preference program; (ii) A program to promote the biobased products preference program; (iii) A program for requiring preaward certification that pr…
- FAR 47.502 Policy.…es regarding the use of U.S.-flag vessels is stated in the following acts: (1) The Cargo Preference Act of 1904 (10 U.S.C. 2631), which requires the Department of Defense to use only U.S.-flag vessels for ocean transportation of supplies f…
- FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.…value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (iii) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled vete…
- DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.…bed in 225.7003-5(b), to comply with 10 U.S.C. 4863. (H) Use the clause at 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities, as prescribed in 225.7002-3(a), to comply with 10 U.S.C. 4862. (I) Use the clause at 252.225-7015, Restr…
- DFARS 225.871-4 Statutory waivers.… of contracts; (2) Terms and conditions for inclusion in contracts; (3) Requirements or preferences for— (i) Goods grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States or in U.S. Government-owned facilities; or (ii) Services to be perf…
- FAR 22.807 Exemptions.…It shall not be a violation of E.O. 11246 for a contractor to extend a publicly announced preference in employment to Indians living on or near an Indian reservation in connection with employment opportunities on or near an Indian reservati…
- FAR 25.204 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.…domestic construction materials. In the case of a tie, the contracting officer shall give preference to an offer that does not include foreign construction material excepted at the request of the offeror on the basis of unreasonable cost. …
- FAR 35.006 Contracting methods and contract type.… Although the Government ordinarily prefers fixed-price arrangements in contracting, this preference applies in R&D contracting only to the extent that goals, objectives, specifications, and cost estimates are sufficient to permit such a pr…
- FAR 47.507 Contract clauses.(a)(1) Insert the clause at 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, in solicitations and contracts that may involve ocean transportation of supplies subject to the Cargo Preference Act of 1954. (For applicati…
- FAR 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.…ct. (c) Delivery of end products. 41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American statute, provides a preference for domestic end products for supplies acquired for use in the United States. In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1907, the domestic content test …
- FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.…d States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas. (b) Domestic preference. (1) This clause implements 41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American, by providing a preference for domestic construction material. In accordance…
- FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.… materials. (1) This clause implements 41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American, by providing a preference for domestic construction material. In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1907, the domestic content test of the Buy American statute is waived for …
- FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.…t information to persons outside the Government without the Contractor's permission. (g) Preference for United States industry. Notwithstanding any other provision of this clause, neither the Contractor nor any assignee shall grant to any …
- DFARS 225.7703-4 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.(a) Use the provision at 252.225-7023, Preference for Products or Services from Afghanistan, in solicitations, including solicitations using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services, that pro…
- FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).… The ordering activity contracting officer shall, to the maximum extent practicable, give preference to establishing multiple-award BPAs, rather than establishing a single-award BPA. (ii) No single-award BPA with an estimated value exceedi…
- FAR 8.405-5 Small business.(a) Although the preference programs of part 19 are not mandatory in this subpart, in accordance with section 1331 of Public Law 111-240 (15 U.S.C. 644(r))— (1) Ordering activity contracting officers may, at their discretion— (i) Set asid…
- FAR 9.702 Contracting with pools.…was made. (d) Pools approved by the SBA under the Small Business Act are entitled to the preferences and privileges accorded to small business concerns. Approval under the Defense Production Act does not confer these preferences and privil…
- FAR 11.603 Procedures.…g symbols “DO” and “DX”. All DO rated orders have equal priority with each other and take preference over unrated orders. All DX rated orders have equal priority with each other and take preference over DO rated and unrated orders (see 15 C…
- FAR 14.502 Conditions for use.…s other factors require the use of sealed bidding, two-step sealed bidding may be used in preference to negotiation when all of the following conditions are present: (1) Available specifications or purchase descriptions are not definite or…
FAR (chapter 1)
- Part 1 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 58 sections
- Part 2 Definitions of Words and Terms 3 sections
- Part 3 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 98 sections
- Part 4 Administrative and Information Matters 116 sections
- Part 5 Publicizing Contract Actions 34 sections
- Part 6 Competition Requirements 34 sections
- Part 7 Acquisition Planning 34 sections
- Part 8 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 67 sections
- Part 9 Contractor Qualifications 106 sections
- Part 10 Market Research 4 sections
- Part 11 Describing Agency Needs 33 sections
- Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 38 sections
- Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 49 sections
- Part 14 Sealed Bidding 82 sections
- Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation 81 sections
- Part 16 Types of Contracts 74 sections
- Part 17 Special Contracting Methods 50 sections
- Part 18 Emergency Acquisitions 34 sections
- Part 19 Small Business Programs 126 sections
- Part 22 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 205 sections
- Part 23 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 38 sections
- Part 24 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 10 sections
- Part 25 Foreign Acquisition 81 sections
- Part 26 Other Socioeconomic Programs 36 sections
- Part 27 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 59 sections
- Part 28 Bonds and Insurance 61 sections
- Part 29 Taxes 23 sections
- Part 30 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 30 sections
- Part 31 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 87 sections
- Part 32 Contract Financing 175 sections
- Part 33 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 23 sections
- Part 34 Major System Acquisition 20 sections
- Part 35 Research and Development Contracting 25 sections
- Part 36 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 81 sections
- Part 37 Service Contracting 46 sections
- Part 38 Federal Supply Schedule Contracting 3 sections
- Part 39 Acquisition of Information Technology 14 sections
- Part 40 Information Security and Supply Chain Security 12 sections
- Part 41 Acquisition of Utility Services 17 sections
- Part 42 Contract Administration and Audit Services 84 sections
- Part 43 Contract Modifications 14 sections
- Part 44 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 24 sections
- Part 45 Government Property 33 sections
- Part 46 Quality Assurance 60 sections
- Part 47 Transportation 106 sections
- Part 48 Value Engineering 13 sections
- Part 49 Termination of Contracts 108 sections
- Part 50 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 34 sections
- Part 51 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 15 sections
- Part 52 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 680 sections
- Part 53 Forms 61 sections
DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)
- Part 201 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 24 sections
- Part 202 Definitions of Words and Terms 1 sections
- Part 203 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 28 sections
- Part 204 Administrative and Information Matters 76 sections
- Part 205 Publicizing Contract Actions 11 sections
- Part 206 Competition Requirements 20 sections
- Part 207 Acquisition Planning 22 sections
- Part 208 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 31 sections
- Part 209 Contractor Qualifications 55 sections
- Part 210 Market Research 2 sections
- Part 211 Describing Agency Needs 22 sections
- Part 212 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 24 sections
- Part 213 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 23 sections
- Part 214 Sealed Bidding 14 sections
- Part 215 Contracting by Negotiation 66 sections
- Part 216 Types of Contracts 36 sections
- Part 217 Special Contracting Methods 64 sections
- Part 218 Emergency Acquisitions 7 sections
- Part 219 Small Business Programs 47 sections
- Part 222 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 56 sections
- Part 223 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 34 sections
- Part 224 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 2 sections
- Part 225 Foreign Acquisition 251 sections
- Part 226 Other Socioeconomic Programs 14 sections
- Part 227 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 99 sections
- Part 228 Bonds and Insurance 17 sections
- Part 229 Taxes 9 sections
- Part 230 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 2 sections
- Part 231 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 232 Contract Financing 74 sections
- Part 233 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 8 sections
- Part 234 Major System Acquisition 13 sections
- Part 235 Research and Development Contracting 16 sections
- Part 236 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 25 sections
- Part 237 Service Contracting 67 sections
- Part 239 Acquisition of Information Technology 38 sections
- Part 241 Acquisition of Utility Services 8 sections
- Part 242 Contract Administration and Audit Services 40 sections
- Part 243 Contract Modifications 18 sections
- Part 244 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 245 Government Property 23 sections
- Part 246 Quality Assurance 39 sections
- Part 247 Transportation 27 sections
- Part 249 Termination of Contracts 14 sections
- Part 250 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 16 sections
- Part 251 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 5 sections
- Part 252 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 405 sections
- Part 253 Forms 10 sections
- Part 270 Defense Contracting Programs 7 sections
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.