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18 sections with “public buildings”

  • FAR 22.402 Applicability.
    …ubcontractor under a contract otherwise subject to this subpart; and (iv) To painting of public buildings or public works, whether performed in connection with the original construction or as alteration or repair of an existing structure. …
  • FAR 1.110 Positive law codification.
    (a) Public Law 107-217 revised, codified, and enacted as title 40, United States Code, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, certain general and permanent laws of the United States. (b) Public Law 111-350 revised, codified, and enacted as…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ncluding any individual assigned under section 502(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465) to be temporarily in charge of such a mission or office. Claim means a written demand or written assertion by one of the contracti…
  • FAR 22.1003-3 Statutory exemptions.
    …s statute does not apply to— (a) Any contract for construction, alteration, or repair of public buildings or public works, including painting and decorating; (b) Any work required to be done in accordance with the provisions of 41 U.S.C. …
  • DFARS 228.370-1 Definitions.
    …ion and a lifting surface become attached. Civil aircraft means an aircraft other than a public aircraft or state aircraft. Contractor managerial personnel means the contractor's directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or equivale…
  • FAR 22.400 Scope of subpart.
    … of $2,000 for construction, alteration, or repair, including painting and decorating, of public buildings and public works. (See definition of Construction, alteration, or repair in section 22.401.) Labor relations requirements prescribed …
  • FAR 22.403-1 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute.
    …is a party for construction, alteration, or repair (including painting and decorating) of public buildings or public works within the United States, shall contain a clause (see 52.222-6) that no laborer or mechanic employed directly upon th…
  • FAR 22.403-2 Copeland Act.
    …issal from employment, or otherwise, any person employed in the construction or repair of public buildings or public works, financed in whole or in part by the United States, to give up any part of the compensation to which that person is e…
  • FAR 17.501 General.
    …ample, that of the Administrator of General Services under title 40, United States Code, “Public Buildings, Property and Works” and 41 U.S.C. division C of subtitle I, Procurement).
  • FAR 25.601 Definitions.
    …terial means any construction material that is not unmanufactured construction material. Public building or public work means a building or work, the construction, prosecution, completion, or repair of which is carried on directly or indir…
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …collection, control, and disbursement of fees, royalties, duties, fines, taxes, and other public funds, unless authorized by statute, such as 31 U.S.C. 3718 (relating to private collection contractors and private attorney collection service…
  • FAR 23.103 Policy.
    …by the contractor for use by the Government; (3) Incorporated into the construction of a public building or public work; or (4) Acquired by the contractor for use in performing services under a Government contract where the cost of the pr…
  • FAR 32.404 Exclusions.
    …ms; (4) Expenses of investigations in foreign countries; (5) Extension or connection of public utilities for Government buildings or installations; (6) Subscriptions to publications; (7) Purchases of supplies or services in foreign coun…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    … determination attached to this contract. The poster provided by the Department of Labor (Publication WH 1313) shall be posted in a prominent and accessible place at the worksite. Failure to comply with this requirement is a violation of 41…
  • FAR 4.602 General.
    …ngress, the Government Accountability Office, Federal executive agencies, and the general public; (2) A means of measuring and assessing the effect of Federal contracting on the Nation's economy and the extent to which small, veteran-owned…
  • FAR 36.104 Policy.
    …3241 or 41 U.S.C. 3309 when entering into a contract for the design and construction of a public building, facility, or work, if the contracting officer makes a determination that the procedures are appropriate for use (see subpart 36.3). O…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …control of the Contractor and without its fault or negligence, such as acts of God or the public enemy, acts of the Government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, unus…
  • DFARS 252.228-7001 Ground and Flight Risk.
    …und Operations”; (3) Occurs in the course of transportation by rail, or by conveyance on public streets, highways, or waterways, unless the transportation is limited to the vicinity of the Contractor's premises, and incidental to work perf…

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