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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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109 sections with “prime rate”: the first 40

  • FAR 32.504 Subcontracts under prime contracts providing progress payments.
    …fy the new rate in paragraph (j)(6) of the clause at 52.232-16, Progress Payments, in the prime contract. This will allow the contractor to include the progress payments to the subcontractor in the cost basis for progress payments by the Go…
  • FAR 32.009 Providing accelerated payments to small business contractors and to prime contractors that subcontract with a small business concern.
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …ng Officer shall determine a daily interest rate based on the higher of (i) the published prime rate of the financial institution (depository) in which the special account is established or (ii) the rate established by the Secretary of the …
  • DFARS 232.009 Providing accelerated payments to small business contractors and to prime contractors that subcontract with a small business concern.
  • FAR 3.502-2 Subcontractor kickbacks.
    …the purpose of improperly obtaining or rewarding favorable treatment in connection with a prime contract or a subcontract relating to a prime contract. The Kickbacks statute— (a) Prohibits any person from— (1) Providing, attempting to pro…
  • FAR 9.104-6 Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.
    …t products or services. (5) Because FAPIIS is a database that provides information about prime contractors, the contracting officer posts information required to be posted about a subcontractor, such as trafficking in persons violations, t…
  • FAR 15.404-3 Subcontract pricing considerations.
    …cting officer is responsible for the determination of a fair and reasonable price for the prime contract, including subcontracting costs. The contracting officer should consider whether a contractor or subcontractor has an approved purchasi…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …ed contract items; or for subcontract defective pricing, the date payment was made to the prime contractor, based on prime contract progress billings or deliveries, which included payments for a completed and accepted subcontract item); and…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ontractor that was required to submit certified cost or pricing data in connection with a prime contract entered into before July 1, 2018, the contracting officer shall modify the contract without requiring consideration, to replace clause …
  • FAR 19.703 Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.
    …s, a concern is small if it does not exceed the size standard for the NAICS code that the prime contractor determines best describes the product or service being acquired by the subcontract. (2)(i) Unless the prime contractor has reason to…
  • FAR 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer.
    … a subcontracting plan, to the cognizant contract administration office. (f) Monitor the prime contractor's compliance with its subcontracting plan, to include the following: (1) Ensure that subcontracting reports are submitted into the e…
  • FAR 32.110 Payment of subcontractors under cost-reimbursement prime contracts.
    If the contractor makes financing payments to a subcontractor under a cost-reimbursement prime contract, the contracting officer should accept the financing payments as reimbursable costs of the prime contract only under the following condi…
  • FAR 32.407 Interest.
    …e daily unliquidated balance of all advance payments at the higher of— (1) The published prime rate of the financial institution (depository) in which the special account (see 32.409-3) is established; or (2) The rate established by the S…
  • FAR 49.108-4 Authorization for subcontract settlements without approval or ratification.
    (a)(1) The TCO may, upon written request, give written authorization to the prime contractor to conclude settlements of subcontracts terminated in whole or in part without approval or ratification when the amount of settlement (see 49.002(d…
  • FAR 49.112-1 Partial payments.
    … If the contract authorizes partial payments on settlement proposals before settlement, a prime contractor may request them on the form prescribed in 49.602-4 at any time after submission of interim or final settlement proposals. The Govern…
  • FAR 52.203-7 Anti-Kickback Procedures.
    …dit, gift, gratuity, thing of value, or compensation of any kind which is provided to any prime Contractor, prime Contractor employee, subcontractor, or subcontractor employee for the purpose of improperly obtaining or rewarding favorable t…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …its terms and conditions, for supplies and services for which the Government has paid the prime contractor. Subcontract means any agreement (other than one involving an employer-employee relationship) entered into by a Federal Government p…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …ubcontract, shall be deemed to refer to the subcontractor, except in the term “Government Prime Contractor.” Service employee means any person engaged in the performance of this contract other than any person employed in a bona fide execut…
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …include measures that— (i) Ensure competition, or the option of competition, at both the prime contract level and subcontract level (at such tier or tiers as are appropriate) throughout the program life cycle as a means to improve contract…
  • DFARS 222.406-1 Policy.
    …rd of the contract, the contracting officer shall provide a preconstruction letter to the prime contractor. This letter should accomplish the following, as appropriate— (A) Indicate that the labor standards requirements contained in the co…
  • DFARS 234.7002 Policy.
    …apply only to subsystems of major weapon systems that are acquired by DoD through a— (i) Prime contract; (ii) Modification to a prime contract; or (iii) Subcontract under a prime contract for the acquisition of a subsystem proposed as a …
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    …han one involving an employer-employee relationship) entered into by a Federal Government prime Contractor or subcontractor calling for supplies or services required for performance of the contract or subcontract. (b) Test Program. The Con…
  • DFARS 252.225-7013 Duty-Free Entry.
    …address; or (ii) Military installation; and (2) Include the following information: (i) Prime contract number and, if applicable, delivery order number. (ii) Number of the subcontract for foreign supplies, if applicable. (iii) Identific…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …ng terms and conditions and any other clauses needed to carry out the requirements of the prime contract; (3) Maintain an organization plan that establishes clear lines of authority and responsibility; (4) Ensure all purchase orders are b…
  • DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea.
    …ubcontractor means a supplier, materialman, distributor, or vendor at any level below the prime contractor whose contractual obligation to perform results from, or is conditioned upon, award of the prime contract and who is performing any p…
  • FAR 15.403-4 Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …5.403-1(b)(4). The threshold for obtaining certified cost or pricing data is $950,000 for prime contracts awarded before July 1, 2018, and $2.5 million for prime contracts awarded on or after July 1, 2018. When a clause refers to this thres…
  • FAR 19.202-1 Encouraging small business participation in acquisitions.
    …n to the extent consistent with the actual requirements of the Government. (d) Encourage prime contractors to subcontract with small business concerns (see subpart 19.7). (e)(1) Provide a copy of the proposed acquisition package and other…
  • FAR 32.009-1 General.
    …yment date is not established by contract, to— (i) Small business contractors; and (ii) Prime contractors that subcontract with a small business concern, if the prime contractor agrees to make payments to the small business subcontractor …
  • FAR 32.112-1 Subcontractor assertions of nonpayment.
    …ce with the payment terms of the subcontract, purchase order, or other agreement with the prime contractor, the contracting officer may determine— (1) For a construction contract, whether the contractor has made— (i) Progress payments to …
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …information. Listing of subcontracts awarded to companies for which the contractor is the prime or upper-tier contractor (include prime and subcontract numbers; subcontract value and award type; amount claimed during the fiscal year; and th…
  • FAR 52.234-2 Notice of Earned Value Management System—Preaward Integrated Baseline Review.
    …cted effort if major subcontractors have not been selected subject to the guidelines. The prime Contractor and the Government shall agree to subcontractors selected for application of the EVMS guidelines. (d) The Government will conduct an…
  • FAR 52.234-3 Notice of Earned Value Management System—Postaward Integrated Baseline Review.
    …jor subcontractors have not been selected, planned for application of the guidelines. The prime Contractor and the Government shall agree to subcontractors selected for application of the EVMS guidelines. (End of provision)
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …software. Consent to subcontract means the contracting officer's written consent for the prime contractor to enter into a particular subcontract. Consolidation or consolidated requirement— (1) Means a solicitation for a single contract, …
  • FAR 19.701 Definitions.
    …its terms and conditions, for supplies and services for which the Government has paid the prime contractor. Subcontract means any agreement (other than one involving an employer-employee relationship) entered into by a Government prime con…
  • FAR 22.807 Exemptions.
    …ansactions of $10,000 or less. The Equal Opportunity clause is required to be included in prime contracts and subcontracts by 22.802(a). Individual prime contracts or subcontracts of $10,000 or less are exempt from application of the Equal …
  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    …covered by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and, if so, whether the incumbent prime contractor or its subcontractors and any of their employees have a collective bargaining agreement. (b) 41 U.S.C. 6707(c) provides that a succe…
  • FAR 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.
    …Be accompanied by a copy of pertinent contractual and other necessary documents. (2) The prime contractor is responsible for managing its subcontracts. The CAO's review of subcontracts is normally limited to evaluating the prime contractor…
  • FAR 52.222-8 Payrolls and Basic Records.
    …nt of Labor Wage and Hour Division website at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/forms. The Prime Contractor is responsible for the submission of copies of payrolls by all subcontractors. Contractors and subcontractors shall maintain the full…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …ontracting Officer that the subcontractor is entitled to the payment of such amount. (i) Prime-subcontractor disputes. A dispute between the Contractor and subcontractor relating to the amount or entitlement of a subcontractor to a payment…
  • DFARS 209.571-1 Definitions.
    …out system responsibility. (i) Lead system integrator with system responsibility means a prime contractor for the development or production of a major system, if the prime contractor is not expected at the time of award to perform a substa…

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.