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53 sections with “qualified product”: the first 40

  • FAR 14.210 Qualified products.
    See subpart 9.2.
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ans a historically underutilized business zone that is an area located within one or more qualified census tracts, qualified nonmetropolitan counties, lands within the external boundaries of an Indian reservation, qualified base closure are…
  • FAR 9.204 Responsibilities for establishment of a qualification requirement.
    … borne only if it is determined in accordance with agency procedures that such additional qualified sources or products are likely to result in cost savings from increased competition for future requirements sufficient to amortize the costs…
  • FAR 52.209-1 Qualification Requirements.
    …qualification before award of this contract. The product, manufacturer, or source must be qualified at the time of award whether or not the name of the product, manufacturer, or source is actually included on a qualified products list, qual…
  • FAR 9.202 Policy.
    …osts for testing and evaluation which will be incurred by the potential offeror to become qualified; and (iii) Specifying all requirements that a potential offeror (or its product) must satisfy in order to become qualified. Only those requ…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    … (j)(1)(i) and in paragraphs (j)(2) through (j)(6) of this subsection. (i) Except for nonqualified pension plans using the pay-as-you-go cost method, to be allowable in the current year, the contractor shall fund pension costs by the time …
  • FAR 35.007 Solicitations.
    …ontracting officers should initially distribute solicitations only to sources technically qualified to perform research or development in the specific field of science or technology involved. Cognizant technical personnel should recommend p…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …units of inventory on hand and dividing this figure by the new total number of units. Nonqualified pension plan means any pension plan other than a qualified pension plan as defined in this part. Normal cost means the annual cost attribut…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …es, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field of operation, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR part 121 and size standards in this solicitation. (2) Affiliates, as used in this definiti…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …personnel has reasonable grounds to believe that the employee is habitually careless or unqualified. (7) This clause applies in the same manner and to the same extent to corrected or replacement materials or services as to materials and se…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … Contractor may mark such data with the appropriate restrictive legend for which the data qualified under the prior contract or license. The Contractor shall follow the marking procedures in paragraph (g)(1) of this clause. (h) Contractor …
  • DFARS 270.103 Limitations.
    …gable to a level no lower than one level above the contracting officer; (2) Contracts to qualified businesses that have a minimum performance rating of satisfactory for the predecessor contract in the Contractor Performance Assessment Repo…
  • FAR 9.000 Scope of part.
    …ing to prospective contractors' responsibility; debarment, suspension, and ineligibility; qualified products; first article testing and approval; contractor team arrangements; defense production pools and research and development pools; and…
  • FAR 9.203 QPL's, QML's, and QBL's.
    …otential offeror not yet included on an applicable list.) (b) Specifications requiring a qualified product are included— (1) In the GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions; and (2) On the Departmen…
  • FAR 9.304 Exceptions.
    …development; (b) Products requiring qualification before award (e.g., when an applicable qualified products list exists (see subpart 9.2)); (c) Products normally sold in the commercial market; or (d) Products covered by complete and deta…
  • FAR 19.502-5 Insufficient reasons for not setting aside an acquisition.
    … has conveyed a desire to supply some or all of the required items. (c) The item is on a Qualified Products List. However, a total small business set-aside shall not be made if the list contains the products of large business unless none o…
  • FAR 50.201 Definitions.
    …on means SAFETY Act designation of a technology class that the DHS has determined to be a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT). Pre-qualification designation notice means a notice in a procurement solicitation or other publication by…
  • FAR 52.250-4 SAFETY Act Pre-qualification Designation Notice.
    …on means SAFETY Act designation of a technology class that the DHS has determined to be a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT). Pre-qualification designation notice means a notice in a procurement solicitation or other publication by…
  • DFARS 252.270-7001 Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracting with Employee-Owned Businesses—Subcontracting Certification.
    …esses—Subcontracting Certification (NOV 2024) (a) Definition. As used in this provision, qualified business has the meaning given in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 252.270-7002, Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracti…
  • DFARS 252.270-7002 Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracting with Employee-Owned Businesses.
    …cting With Employee-Owned Businesses (NOV 2024) (a) Definition. As used in this clause— Qualified business means an S corporation as defined in 26 U.S.C. 1361(a)(1) for which 100 percent of the outstanding stock is held through an employe…
  • FAR 9.201 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Qualified bidders list (QBL) means a list of bidders who have had their products examined and tested and who have satisfied all applicable qualification requirements for that product or have otherwise satisfied all…
  • FAR 22.1302 Policy.
    … less; (2) Take affirmative action to employ, advance in employment, and otherwise treat qualified individuals, including qualified disabled veterans, without discrimination based upon their status as a protected veteran, in all employment…
  • FAR 52.250-2 SAFETY Act Coverage Not Applicable.
    …sumptively nor actually entitled to a pre-determination that the products or services are qualified anti-terrorism technologies as that term is defined by the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (SAFETY Ac…
  • FAR 52.250-3 SAFETY Act Block Designation/Certification.
    …on means SAFETY Act designation of a technology class that the DHS has determined to be a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT). Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT) means any technology designed, developed, modified, procured, …
  • FAR 52.250-5 SAFETY Act—Equitable Adjustment.
    …on means SAFETY Act designation of a technology class that the DHS has determined to be a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT). Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT) means any technology designed, developed, modified, procured, …
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …nd contracts shall— (i) Require prime contractors to give full and fair consideration to qualified sources other than the prime contractor for the development or construction of major subsystems and components of major weapon systems; (ii…
  • FAR 6.302-5 Authorized or required by statute.
    …er agency: (1) Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR)—18 U.S.C. 4124 (see subpart 8.6). (2) Qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely disabled—41 U.S.C. chapter 85, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severe…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …prices established in the BPA for specific tasks to be performed; (C) Only one source is qualified and capable of performing the work at a reasonable price to the Government; or (D) It is necessary in the public interest to award the BPA …
  • FAR 9.104-1 General standards.
    …ent and facilities, or the ability to obtain them (see 9.104-3(a)); and (g) Be otherwise qualified and eligible to receive an award under applicable laws and regulations (see also inverted domestic corporation prohibition at 9.108).
  • FAR 9.205 Opportunity for qualification before award.
    …r establishing a qualification requirement must keep any list maintained of those already qualified open for inclusion of additional products, manufacturers, or other potential sources.
  • FAR 13.303-5 Purchases under BPAs.
    …i) Recurring requirements for the same or similar supplies or services seem likely; (ii) Qualified sources are willing to accept BPAs; and (iii) It is otherwise practical to do so. (e) Limit documentation of purchases to essential inform…
  • FAR 14.502 Conditions for use.
    …efinite criteria exist for evaluating technical proposals. (3) More than one technically qualified source is expected to be available. (4) Sufficient time will be available for use of the two-step method. (5) A firm-fixed-price contract …
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    … sufficient to stimulate efficient contract performance, attract the best capabilities of qualified large and small business concerns to Government contracts, and maintain a viable industrial base. (3) Both the Government and contractors s…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …blished in the contract for the specific tasks to be performed; (iii) Only one source is qualified and capable of performing the work at a reasonable price to the Government; or (iv) It is necessary in the public interest to award the con…
  • FAR 19.001 Definitions.
    …dependent contractor, that— (1) Has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award (e.g., for a small business set-aside contract, any small business concern, without regard to socioeconom…
  • FAR 26.203 Transition of work.
    …, including safety, national defense, and mobilization. (5) The expected availability of qualified local offerors who can provide the products or services at a reasonable price. (d) The agency shall transition the work to local firms usin…
  • FAR 27.301 Definitions.
    … Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 501(a)), or any nonprofit scientific or educational organization qualified under a State nonprofit organization statute. Practical application means to manufacture, in the case of a composition or product; to pract…
  • FAR 36.602-1 Selection criteria.
    …the project; provided, that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project; and (6) Acceptability under other appropriate evaluation criteria. (b) When the use of de…
  • FAR 37.114 Special acquisition requirements.
    …properly exercise their authority. Agencies must ensure that— (a) A sufficient number of qualified Government employees are assigned to oversee contractor activities, especially those that involve support of government policy or decision m…
  • FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.
    …arial pension plans. (5) Above-market earnings on deferred compensation which is not tax-qualified. (6) Other compensation, if the aggregate value of all such other compensation (e.g., severance, termination payments, value of life insura…

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.