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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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93 sections with “procurement action”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.229-11 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements—Notice and Representation.
    As prescribed in 29.402-3(a), insert the following provision: Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements—Notice and Representation (JUN 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Foreign person means any person other than a United States…
  • FAR 4.001 Definitions.
    As used in this part— Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID) means the Government-unique identifier for each solicitation, contract, agreement, or order. For example, an agency may use as its PIID for procurement actions, such as deliver…
  • FAR 52.229-12 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements.
    As prescribed in 29.402-3(b), insert the following clause: Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements (FEB 2021) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Foreign person means any person other than a United States person. United States person, …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …rtain before contract award. Cost or pricing data are required to be certified in certain procurements (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35). Change-of-name agreement means a legal instrument executed by the contractor and the G…
  • FAR 3.104-3 Statutory and related prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements.
    (a) Prohibition on disclosing procurement information (41 U.S.C. 2102). (1) A person described in paragraph (a)(2) of this subsection must not, other than as provided by law, knowingly disclose contractor bid or proposal information or sour…
  • FAR 3.104-7 Violations or possible violations.
    … the contractor. (1) If the contracting officer concludes that there is no impact on the procurement, the contracting officer must forward the information concerning the violation or possible violation and documentation supporting a determ…
  • FAR 23.107-1 Products containing recovered materials.
    …of 1976 (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6962, as implemented at 40 CFR part 247. (b) EPA Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG) Program. Under RCRA, EPA must designate items that are or can be made with recovered materials and must also recommend pr…
  • FAR 23.107-2 Biobased products.
    … will exceed $10,000; or (ii) The agency intends to establish or continue an affirmative procurement program in the following fiscal year. (d) Agency affirmative procurement program. An agency shall establish an affirmative procurement pr…
  • DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.
    …d contracts as follows: (i) DPCAP will conduct the preaward peer reviews for competitive procurements prior to the three phases of the acquisition (see PGI 201.170-2(a)) for all procurements with an estimated value of $1 billion or more un…
  • FAR 4.1602 Identifying the PIID and supplementary PIID.
    …forms and electronic generated formats). Agencies shall include all PIIDs for all related procurement actions as identified in paragraphs (a)(1) through (5) of this section. (1) Solicitation. Identify the PIID for all solicitations. For am…
  • FAR 6.502 Duties and responsibilities.
    …iew the contracting operations of the agency and identify and report to the agency senior procurement executive and the chief acquisition officer— (i) Opportunities and actions taken to acquire commercial products and commercial services t…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …ties in sections 8, 15, 31, 36, and 44 of the Small Business Act; (5) Works with the SBA procurement center representative (PCR) (or, if a PCR is not assigned, see 19.402(a)) to identify proposed solicitations that involve bundling and wor…
  • FAR 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer.
    … the SBA area office where the contractor's headquarters is located. (c) Give to the SBA procurement center representative (or, if a procurement center representative is not assigned, see 19.402(a)) a copy of— (1) Any subcontracting plan …
  • FAR 19.1505 Set-aside procedures.
    …NAICS code in which SBA has determined that WOSB concerns are underrepresented in Federal procurement; or (ii) May set aside acquisitions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold for competition restricted to WOSB concerns eligible under the…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    …he exclusion of one or more named sources or named covered articles from executive agency procurement actions, as described in 41 CFR 201-1.303(d) and (e): (1) The Secretary of Homeland Security may issue FASCSA orders applicable to civili…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    … Chromium, as prescribed in 223.7306. (B) Use the clause at 252.223-7009, Prohibition of Procurement of Fluorinated Fire-Fighting Agent for Use on Military Installations, as prescribed at 223.7404 to comply with section 322(b), (c), and (d…
  • FAR 4.1601 Policy.
    (a) Establishment of a Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID). Agencies shall have in place a process that ensures that each PIID used to identify a solicitation or contract action is unique Governmentwide, and will remain so for at least…
  • FAR 4.2301 Definitions.
    …he exclusion of one or more named sources or named covered articles from executive agency procurement actions, as described in 41 CFR 201-1.303(d) and (e): (1) The Secretary of Homeland Security may issue FASCSA orders applicable to civili…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …able for contracting officers to provide access through eBuy; or (C) The agency's senior procurement executive makes a written determination that access through e-Buy is not in the Government's interest. (4) When applicable, the documenta…
  • FAR 9.403 Definitions.
    … a party or any criminal proceeding. The term includes appeals from such proceedings. Nonprocurement Common Rule means the procedures used by Federal Executive Agencies to suspend, debar, or exclude individuals or entities from participati…
  • FAR 19.1305 HUBZone set-aside procedures.
    … intends to appeal a contracting officer's decision to reject a recommendation of the SBA procurement center representative (or, if a procurement center representative is not assigned, see 19.402(a)) to set aside an acquisition for competit…
  • FAR 19.1405 Set-aside procedures.
    … intends to appeal a contracting officer's decision to reject a recommendation of the SBA procurement center representative (or, if a procurement center representative is not assigned, see 19.402(a)) to set aside an acquisition for competit…
  • FAR 23.101 Definitions.
    …a product that is or can be made with recovered material— (1) That is listed by EPA in a procurement guideline (40 CFR part 247); and (2) For which EPA has provided recommended recovered material content levels and other purchasing recomm…
  • FAR 23.104 General procedures.
    …the agency's needs, procure the EPA-designated item. (2) Consistent with other statutory procurement requirements, prioritize multi-attribute sustainable products and services, which are those that meet applicable statutory purchasing prog…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …ermined applicable for the contractor fiscal year by the Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), under 41 U.S.C. 1127 as in effect prior to June 24, 2014, are unallowable (10 U.S.C. 3744(a)(16) and 41 U.S.C. 4304(a)(16),…
  • FAR 33.103 Protests to the agency.
    (a) Reference. Executive Order 12979, Agency Procurement Protests, establishes policy on agency procurement protests. (b) Prior to submission of an agency protest, all parties shall use their best efforts to resolve concerns raised by an i…
  • FAR 52.204-28 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts.
    …he exclusion of one or more named sources or named covered articles from executive agency procurement actions, as described in 41 CFR 201-1.303(d) and (e): (1) The Secretary of Homeland Security may issue FASCSA orders applicable to civili…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …tion, for at least the 1-year period preceding the solicitation of sources by DoD for the procurement (10 U.S.C. 3014). Obsolete electronic part means an electronic part that is no longer available from the original manufacturer or an auth…
  • DFARS 239.7304 Determination and notification.
    …d a demonstration, based on the proposed contractor's qualifications or the nature of the procurement, of the reasons for using that exception. (C) A determination that the anticipated cost will be fair and reasonable. (D) A description o…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …d by a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to entities located outside the United States and its outlying areas that the DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Br…
  • FAR 3.104-2 General.
    …ed in 3.104-3(d)(1)(ii), and any clauses required by 3.104 must be approved by the senior procurement executive of the agency, unless a law establishes a higher level of approval for that agency. (b) Agency officials are reminded that ther…
  • FAR 3.104-6 Ethics advisory opinions regarding prohibitions on a former official's acceptance of compensation from a contractor.
    …r official, and be dated and signed. The request must include information about the— (1) Procurement(s), or decision(s) on matters under 3.104-3(d)(1)(iii), involving the particular contractor, in which the individual was or is involved, i…
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    …not apply to proposed contract actions covered by the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement or a Free Trade Agreement (see Subpart 25.4); (13) The proposed contract action— (i) Is for an amount not expected to exceed t…
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    …aw. (c) Special notices. Contracting officers may transmit to the GPE special notices of procurement matters such as business fairs, long-range procurement estimates, prebid or preproposal conferences, meetings, and the availability of dra…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …of the items under this acquisition is subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements.” (iii) If the solicitation will include the FAR clause at 52.225-11, Buy American-Construction Mater…
  • FAR 5.301 General.
    …wards exceeding $25,000 that are— (i) Covered by the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement or a Free Trade Agreement (see subpart 25.4); or (ii) Likely to result in the award of any subcontracts. However, the dollar th…
  • FAR 8.712 Specification changes.
    … to the Committee and the central nonprofit agency on actions that affect supplies on the Procurement List and shall permit them to comment before action is taken, particularly when it involves— (1) Changes that require new national stock …
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …and the Coast Guard, over $150 million), the justification must be approved by the senior procurement executive of the agency placing the order. This authority is not delegable, except in the case of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui…
  • FAR 19.502-8 Rejecting Small Business Administration recommendations.
    … the contracting officer's rejection was appropriate— (1) Within 2 working days, the SBA procurement center representative (or, if a procurement center representative is not assigned, see 19.402(a)) may request the contracting officer to s…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …velop realistic and acceptable goals. (7) Obtain advice and recommendations from the SBA procurement center representative (or, if a procurement center representative is not assigned, see 19.402(a)) and the agency small business specialist…

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