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151 sections with “proposed contract action”: the first 40

  • FAR 18.103 Synopses of proposed contract actions.
    Contracting officers need not submit a synopsis notice when there is an unusual and compelling urgency and the Government would be seriously injured if the agency complied with the notice time periods. (See 5.202(a)(2).)
  • FAR 32.205 Procedures for offeror-proposed commercial contract financing.
    …en contract financing terms vary among offerors, the contracting officer must adjust each proposed price for evaluation purposes to reflect the cost of providing the proposed financing in order to determine the total cost to the Government …
  • FAR 9.405-1 Continuation of current contracts.
    (a) Contractors debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or voluntarily excluded. (1) Notwithstanding the debarment, suspension, proposed debarment, or voluntary exclusion, of a contractor, agencies may continue contracts or subcontract…
  • FAR 9.405-2 Restrictions on subcontracting.
    (a) When a contractor debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or voluntarily excluded, is proposed as a subcontractor for any subcontract subject to Government consent (see subpart 44.2), contracting officers shall not consent to subco…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … in the proposal as the basis for pricing) that will permit an adequate evaluation of the proposed price. I. General Instructions A. You must provide the following information on the first page of your pricing proposal: (1) Solicitation,…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ting from known data; and (2) The nature and amount of any contingencies included in the proposed price. Day means, unless otherwise specified, a calendar day. Debarment means action taken by a suspending and debarring official under 9.4…
  • FAR 5.101 Methods of disseminating information.
    …5 U.S.C. 637(e)) and 41 U.S.C. 1708, contracting officers must disseminate information on proposed contract actions as follows: (1) For proposed contract actions expected to exceed $25,000, by synopsizing in the GPE (see 5.201). (2) For p…
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    …al security (e.g., would result in disclosure of classified information). The fact that a proposed solicitation or contract action contains classified information, or that access to classified matter may be necessary to submit a proposal or…
  • FAR 5.203 Publicizing and response time.
    Whenever agencies are required to publicize notice of proposed contract actions under 5.201, they must proceed as follows: (a) An agency must transmit a notice of proposed contract action to the GPE (see 5.201). All publicizing and respons…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …P Code. (5) Product or Service Code. (6) Contracting Office Address. (7) Subject. (8) Proposed Solicitation Number. (9) Closing Response Date. (10) Contact Point or Contracting Officer. (11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number. (…
  • FAR 15.404-3 Subcontract pricing considerations.
    … subcontractor has an approved purchasing system, has performed cost or price analysis of proposed subcontractor prices, or has negotiated the subcontract prices before negotiation of the prime contract, in determining the reasonableness of…
  • FAR 19.705-2 Determining the need for a subcontracting plan.
    The contracting officer shall take the following actions to determine whether a proposed contractual action requires a subcontracting plan: (a)(1) Determine whether the proposed total contract-dollars will exceed the subcontracting plan th…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …iness, or women-owned small business concerns. (d) In determining the acceptability of a proposed subcontracting plan, the contracting officer should take the following actions: (1) Obtain information available from the cognizant contract…
  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ement to payment of contract financing. (2) If the contract is awarded using the offeror-proposed procedure at 32.205, the clause constructed by the contracting officer under paragraph (b)(1) of this section shall contain the following: (…
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    … when exempted by 5.202, contracting officers must transmit to the GPE a synopsis of each proposed contract action for which the total fee (including phases and options) is expected to exceed $25,000. (2) When the total fee is expected to …
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …limited sources justification—(1) Circumstances justifying limiting the source. (i) For a proposed order or BPA with an estimated value exceeding the micro-purchase threshold not placed or established in accordance with the procedures in 8.…
  • FAR 9.406-3 Procedures.
    …n, in writing, or through a representative, information and argument in opposition to the proposed debarment. If the suspending and debarring official extends the opportunity for the contractor to submit material in opposition, then the off…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …tml. (b) Price analysis. (1) Price analysis is the process of examining and evaluating a proposed price without evaluating its separate cost elements and proposed profit. Unless an exception from the requirement to obtain certified cost or…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …tified cost or pricing data whose estimated value is $20 million or more, except when the proposed contract is for research or development and, if prototypes or hardware are involved, no significant follow-on production is anticipated. (2)…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …. (10)(i) No protest under subpart 33.1 is authorized in connection with the issuance or proposed issuance of an order under a task-order contract or delivery-order contract, except— (A) A protest on the grounds that the order increases t…
  • FAR 19.202-1 Encouraging small business participation in acquisitions.
    …t. When applicable, the contracting officer shall take the following actions: (a) Divide proposed acquisitions of supplies and services (except construction) into reasonably small lots (not less than economic production runs) to permit off…
  • FAR 22.805 Procedures.
    …t for new effort that would constitute a contract award. (2) Preaward clearance for each proposed contract and for each proposed first-tier subcontract of $10 million or more shall be requested by the contracting officer directly from the …
  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    …or contractor under the following conditions: (1) The services to be furnished under the proposed contract will be substantially the same as services being furnished by an incumbent contractor whose contract the proposed contract will succ…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …rm engineering analyses of contractor cost proposals. (45) Review and analyze contractor-proposed engineering and design studies and submit comments and recommendations to the contracting office, as required. (46) Review engineering chang…
  • FAR 52.244-2 Subcontracts.
    … (ii) Identification of the type of subcontract to be used. (iii) Identification of the proposed subcontractor. (iv) The proposed subcontract price. (v) The subcontractor's current, complete, and accurate certified cost or pricing data …
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …scription of differences or inconsistencies between or among the relevant sales data, the proposed price, and the catalog price (including any related discounts, refunds, rebates, offsets, or other adjustments); (D) For items priced based …
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …l determination concerning— (i) Remaining material weaknesses; (ii) The adequacy of any proposed or completed corrective action; and (iii) System disapproval, if the Contracting Officer determines that one or more material weaknesses rem…
  • FAR 3.104-6 Ethics advisory opinions regarding prohibitions on a former official's acceptance of compensation from a contractor.
    …reafter as practicable, the agency ethics official should issue an opinion on whether the proposed conduct would violate 41 U.S.C. 2104. (d)(1) If complete information is not included in the request, the agency ethics official may ask the …
  • FAR 3.705 Procedures.
    …irness. As a minimum, however, agencies shall provide the following: (1) A notice of the proposed action to declare void and rescind the contract shall be made in writing and sent by certified mail, return receipt requested. (2) A thirty …
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …dings, and associated documents. (3) Evidence of availability of funds. (4) Synopsis of proposed acquisition as required by part 5 or a reference to the synopsis. (5) The list of sources solicited, and a list of any firms or persons whos…
  • FAR 5.201 General.
    …e Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(e)) and 41 U.S.C. 1708, agencies must make notices of proposed contract actions available as specified in paragraph (b) of this section. (b)(1) For acquisitions of supplies and services, other than those…
  • FAR 5.301 General.
    …lication of any notice would disclose the originality of thought or innovativeness of the proposed research or would disclose proprietary information associated with the proposal; (2) The award results from a proposal submitted under the S…
  • FAR 5.704 Publicizing preaward.
    (a)(1) Follow the publication procedures at 5.201. (2) In addition, notices of proposed contract actions are required for orders exceeding $25,000, funded in whole or in part by the Recovery Act, which are issued under task or delivery ord…
  • FAR 19.812 Contract administration.
    …ng the termination requirement. The contracting officer shall determine the timing of the proposed transfer and its effect on contract performance and mission support. If the contracting officer determines that the SBA does not intend to wa…
  • FAR 22.406-3 Additional classifications.
    … Additional Classification and Rate, which, along with other pertinent data, contains the proposed additional classification and minimum wage rate including any fringe benefits payments. (b) Upon receipt of SF 1444 from the contractor, the…
  • FAR 32.1004 Procedures.
    …any, terms shall be included in all offers; and (ii) The extent to which and how offeror-proposed performance-based payment terms will be evaluated. Unless agencies prescribe other evaluation procedures, if the contracting officer anticipa…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    … documents that the agency intends to withhold from the protester and the reasons for the proposed withholding. Any objection to the scope of the agency's proposed disclosure or nondisclosure of the documents must be filed with the GAO and …
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …cting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded. (JAN 2025) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). __(13) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regardi…
  • FAR 52.215-20 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …ch offered price and its relationship to the established catalog price, including how the proposed price relates to the price of recent sales in quantities similar to the proposed quantities; (B) For market-priced items, the source and dat…
  • FAR 52.215-21 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.
    …ch offered price and its relationship to the established catalog price, including how the proposed price relates to the price of recent sales in quantities similar to the proposed quantities. (2) For market-priced items, the source and dat…

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