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50 sections with “project determination”: the first 40

  • FAR 22.404-5 Expiration of project wage determinations.
    …er shall make every effort to ensure that contract award is made before expiration of the project wage determination included in the solicitation. (b) The following procedure applies when contracting by sealed bidding: (1) If a project wa…
  • FAR 22.404-3 Procedures for requesting wage determinations.
    …eneral wage determination on the Wage Determinations at SAM.gov website applicable to the project, the agency may use it without notifying the Department of Labor. When necessary, a request for a general wage determination may be made by su…
  • FAR 22.404-9 Award of contract without required wage determination.
    …ermination, containing a clearly inapplicable general wage determination, or containing a project determination which is inapplicable because of an inaccurate description of the project or its location), the contracting officer shall initia…
  • FAR 22.404-1 Types of wage determinations.
    ….gov, or contact the procurement agency labor advisor listed on https://www.sam.gov. (b) Project wage determinations. A project wage determination is issued at the specific request of a contracting agency. It is used only when no general w…
  • FAR 22.404-6 Modifications of wage determinations.
    …eing changed or by reissuing the entire determination with changes incorporated. (2) All project wage determination modifications expire on the same day as the original determination. The need to include a modification of a project wage de…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …tional policy development; decision-making; management and administration; program and/or project management and administration; or R&D activities. It can also mean the furnishing of professional advice or assistance rendered to improve the…
  • FAR 22.404-2 General requirements.
    …hich each determination or part thereof applies. The contracting officer must not include project wage determinations in contracts or options other than those for which they are issued. When exercising an option to extend the term of a cont…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …or to that date. (This method is also known as the unit credit cost method without salary projection.) Accumulating costs means collecting cost data in an organized manner, such as through a system of accounts. Actual cash value means the…
  • FAR 36.104 Policy.
    …ruction practices so as to— (1) Ensure that— (i) All new construction and modernization projects greater than 25,000 gross square feet are designed, constructed, and maintained to meet and, wherever practicable, exceed Federal sustainable…
  • FAR 52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements.
    …e United States; and (B) Established specifically for the performance of the contract or project; (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this definition, includes any fabrication plants, mobile factories, batch plants, borrow pits, jo…
  • DFARS 225.7705-2 Waiver of prohibition.
    …ion, approved in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section, that— (1) The program or project clearly contributes to United States national interests or strategic objectives; (2) The Government of Afghanistan has requested or expressed…
  • DFARS 225.7705-3 Procedures.
    …igate or expend funds for contracts for a construction or other infrastructure program or project in Afghanistan, awarded after December 23, 2016, unless the requiring activity provides the following documentation: (1) Written affirmation …
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    …h costs are allowable in accordance with FAR part 31 and DFARS part 231; (2) An audit of projected restructuring costs and restructuring savings is performed; (3) The cognizant administrative contracting officer (ACO) reviews the audit re…
  • FAR 22.404-10 Posting wage determinations and notice.
    … Form WH-1321, Notice to Employees Working on Federal and Federally Financed Construction Projects, for posting with the wage rates. The name, address, and telephone number of the Government officer responsible for the administration of the…
  • FAR 36.609-1 Design within funding limitations.
    (a) The Government may require the architect-engineer contractor to design the project so that construction costs will not exceed a contractually specified dollar limit (funding limitation). If the price of construction proposed in response…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …planned to be subcontracted for an individual subcontracting plan; or the Offeror's total projected sales, expressed in dollars, and the total value of projected subcontracts, including all indirect costs except as described in paragraph (g…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …ause, means those measurable net reductions resulting from a VECP in the agency's overall projected collateral costs, exclusive of acquisition savings, whether or not the acquisition cost changes. Contracting office includes any contractin…
  • DFARS 222.404 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute wage determinations.
    …e where general wage determination surveys will be conducted. (1) Indicate by individual project of $500,000 or more— (i) The anticipated type of construction; (ii) The estimated dollar value; and (iii) The location in which the work is…
  • FAR 52.225-23 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …equiring, unless an exception applies, that all manufactured construction material in the project is manufactured in the United States and, if the construction material consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel, the iron or steel wa…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    … for, and reasonableness of, proposed costs, including allowances for contingencies; (B) Projection of the offeror's cost trends, on the basis of current and historical cost or pricing data; (C) Reasonableness of estimates generated by ap…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …plied and the mathematical or other methods used in the estimate, including those used in projecting from known data; and (ii) The nature and amount of any contingencies included in the proposed price. D. You must show the relationship be…
  • FAR 34.103 Testing and qualification.
    (a) Contractors receiving requests from a Title III project contractor for testing and qualification of a Title III industrial resource shall refer such requests to the contracting officer. The contracting officer shall evaluate the request…
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    …vings means those measurable net reductions resulting from a VECP in the agency's overall projected collateral costs, exclusive of acquisition savings, whether or not the acquisition cost changes. Contracting office includes any contractin…
  • FAR 52.225-21 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials.
    …equiring, unless an exception applies, that all manufactured construction material in the project is manufactured in the United States and, if the construction material consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel, the iron or steel wa…
  • FAR 6.202 Establishing or maintaining alternative sources.
    …re the continuous availability of a reliable source of supplies or services; (5) Satisfy projected needs based on a history of high demand; or (6) Satisfy a critical need for medical, safety, or emergency supplies. (b)(1) Every proposed …
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …'s National Institute of Standards and Technology. (x) Ensuring that agency planners use project labor agreements when required (see subpart 22.5 and 36.104). (y) Ensuring that contracting officers consult the Disaster Response Registry v…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …of multiple contracts outweighs the expected benefits of making multiple awards; (4) The projected orders are so integrally related that only a single contractor can reasonably perform the work; (5) The total estimated value of the contra…
  • FAR 25.603 Exceptions.
    …covery and Reinvestment Act of 2009”; (ii) The dollar value and brief description of the project; and (iii) A detailed justification as to why the restriction is being waived. (c) Acquisitions under trade agreements. (1) For construction…
  • FAR 25.1102 Acquisition of construction.
    …were not used. (2) If these Recovery Act provisions and clauses are only applicable to a project consisting of certain line items in the contract, identify in the schedule the line items to which the provisions and clauses apply. (3) When…
  • FAR 28.101-4 Noncompliance with bid guarantee requirements.
    …rrectly identifies the offeror, the solicitation number, and the name and location of the project involved, so long as it is acceptable in all other respects.
  • FAR 28.308 Self-insurance.
    …aims administration policy, practices, and procedures; (9) The method of calculating the projected average loss; and (10) A disclosure of all captive insurance company and re-insurance agreements, including methods of computing cost. (b)…
  • FAR 32.503-6 Suspension or reduction of payments.
    …the action on the contractor's operations, based on the contractor's financial condition, projected cash requirements, and the existing or available credit arrangements; and (iii) Considering the general equities of the particular situatio…
  • FAR 32.607-2 Deferment of collection.
    …d be submitted with the request: (i) Financial condition. (ii) Contract backlog. (iii) Projected cash receipts and requirements. (iv) The feasibility of immediate payment of the debt. (v) The probable effect on operations of immediate …
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    …nd value of work or services performed, including payments for reaching milestones in any project, is 14 days after the designated billing office receives a proper payment request. (A) If the designated billing office fails to annotate the…
  • FAR 36.213-3 Invitations for bids.
    …tractor clause (see 36.501 and 52.236-1). (3) The magnitude of the proposed construction project (see 36.204). (4) The period of performance (see subpart 11.4). (5) Arrangements made for bidders to inspect the site and examine the data c…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …d drug free awareness program (see subpart 26.5). (67) Support the program, product, and project offices regarding program reviews, program status, program performance and actual or anticipated program problems. (68) Monitor the contracto…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …, and final evaluations (e.g., contracting officers, contracting officer representatives, project managers, and program managers). Those individuals identified may obtain information for the evaluation of performance from the program office…
  • FAR 52.222-9 Apprentices and Trainees.
    … for the work actually performed. (4) Where a Contractor is performing construction on a project in a locality other than that in which its program is registered, the ratios and wage rates (expressed in percentages of the journeyman's hour…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    …ity; (D) Price; (E) Time of delivery or availability; (F) Location of the construction project; (G) Name and address of the proposed supplier; and (H) A detailed justification of the reason for use of foreign construction materials cit…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …ity; (D) Price; (E) Time of delivery or availability; (F) Location of the construction project; (G) Name and address of the proposed supplier; and (H) A detailed justification of the reason for use of foreign construction materials cit…

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