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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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21 sections with “rate(s) of liquidated damages”

  • FAR 22.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay.
    … damages to the Government. The contracting officer must assess liquidated damages at the rate specified at 29 CFR 5.5(b)(2) per affected employee for each calendar day on which the employer required or permitted the employee to work in exc…
  • FAR 52.219-16 Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan.
    …t entitled “Small Business Subcontracting Plan,” or willful or intentional action to frustrate the plan. (b) Performance shall be measured by applying the percentage goals to the total actual subcontracting dollars or, if a commercial plan…
  • FAR 11.502 Procedures.
    (a) Include the applicable liquidated damages clause and liquidated damages rates in solicitations when the contract will contain liquidated damages provisions. (b) Construction contracts with liquidated damages provisions must describe th…
  • FAR 22.406-9 Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.
    …isted contract with the same prime contractor that is subject to either Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute or Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards statute requirements. (2) If a subsequent investigation confirms violations, th…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial products and commerci…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    …governed by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (41 U.S.C. chapter 67), the Wage Rate Requirements (Construction) statute (40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter IV), or the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. chapter 8); (B) Including …
  • DFARS 219.702-70 Statutory requirements for the Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans.
    …ablished a test program to determine whether comprehensive subcontracting plans on a corporate, division, or plant-wide basis will reduce administrative burdens while enhancing subcontracting opportunities for small and small disadvantaged …
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    …tor's approved comprehensive subcontracting plan or willful or intentional action to frustrate the plan. Subcontract means any agreement (other than one involving an employer-employee relationship) entered into by a Federal Government prim…
  • FAR 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer.
    …ealed bid solicitation; and (2) The final negotiated subcontracting plan that was incorporated into a negotiated contract or contract modification. (d) Notify the SBA procurement center representative (or, if a procurement center represen…
  • FAR 22.2109 Enforcement of Executive Order 13706 paid sick leave requirements.
    … of notification by an authorized representative of the Department of Labor, shall incorporate the contract clause in the contract retroactive to commencement of performance under the contract through the exercise of any and all authority t…
  • FAR 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation.
    …ork over 40 hours in any workweek unless they are paid at least 1 and 1/2 times the basic rate of pay for each hour worked over 40 hours. (b) Violation; liability for unpaid wages; liquidated damages. The responsible Contractor and subcont…
  • DFARS 222.406-9 Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.
    …contractor are not available to satisfy that contractor's liability for Construction Wage Rate Requirements or CWHSS statute wage underpayments or liquidated damages. (c) Disposition of contract payments withheld or suspended—(3) Limitatio…
  • DFARS 222.406-13 Semiannual enforcement reports.
    …lowing information, as applicable, for construction work subject to the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute and the CWSS statute— (1) Period covered; (2) Number of prime contracts awarded; (3) Total dollar amount of prime contrac…
  • FAR 11.501 Policy.
    … (2) The extent or amount of such damage would be difficult or impossible to estimate accurately or prove. (b) Liquidated damages are not punitive and are not negative performance incentives (see 16.402-2). Liquidated damages are used to c…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …ns, factors such as unavailability of anticipated sources or unreasonable prices may frustrate achievement of the contractor's subcontracting goals. The contracting officer may consider any of the following, though not all inclusive, to be …
  • FAR 11.503 Contract clauses.
    …ropriate (see 11.501(a)). If the contract specifies more than one completion date for separate parts or stages of the work, revise paragraph (a) of the clause to state the amount of liquidated damages for delay of each separate part or stag…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …on of a revised plan by a specific date. If the bidder does not submit a plan that incorporates the required elements within the time allotted, the bidder shall be ineligible for award. If the plan, although responsive, evidences the bidder…
  • FAR 22.406-8 Investigations.
    …s disregarded its obligations to employees and subcontractors under the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute); (C) The contractor or subcontractor has not made restitution; or (D) Future compliance has not been assured. (ii) If th…
  • FAR 19.708 Contract clauses.
    …ss, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns, and is commensurate with the efficient and economical performance of the contract; unless the conditions in paragraph (c)(3) of this section are applicable. The cont…
  • DFARS 222.406-8 Investigations.
    …he notice to appeal the assessment of liquidated damages; and (2) The appeal must demonstrate either that the alleged violations did not occur at all, occurred inadvertently notwithstanding the exercise of due care, or the assessment was c…
  • DFARS 252.217-7009 Default.
    …damages for each calendar day of delay the amount, if any, set forth in the job order (prorated to the nearest hour for fractional days). (2) If the Government terminates the job order, the Contractor shall be liable, in addition to the ex…

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