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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • FAR 37.203 Policy.
    …or enacting legislation; or (5) Used to obtain professional or technical advice which is readily available within the agency or another Federal agency. (d) Limitation on payment for advisory and assistance services. Contractors may not be…
  • FAR 1.602-1 Authority.
    …heir authority. Information on the limits of the contracting officers' authority shall be readily available to the public and agency personnel. (b) No contract shall be entered into unless the contracting officer ensures that all requireme…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …m an evaluation and analysis of proposals submitted in response to a solicitation are not readily available within the agency or from another Federal agency in accordance with the guidelines at 37.204. (s) Ensuring that no purchase request…
  • FAR 7.203 Solicitation provision.
    …cer determines that— (a) The Government already has the data; (b) The data is otherwise readily available; or (c) It is impracticable for the Government to vary its future requirements.
  • FAR 9.106-1 Conditions for preaward surveys.
    (a) A preaward survey is normally required only when the information on hand or readily available to the contracting officer, including information from commercial sources, is not sufficient to make a determination regarding responsibility.…
  • FAR 9.506 Procedures.
    …cting officers should first seek the information from within the Government or from other readily available sources. Government sources include the files and the knowledge of personnel within the contracting office, other contracting office…
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    …nature of the article or service to be purchased and whether it is highly competitive and readily available in several makes or brands, or is relatively noncompetitive. (ii) Information obtained in making recent purchases of the same or si…
  • FAR 13.203 Purchase guidelines.
    …); or (ii) Purchasing a supply or service for which no comparable pricing information is readily available (e.g., a supply or service that is not the same as, or is not similar to, other supplies or services that have recently been purchas…
  • FAR 14.201-6 Solicitation provisions.
    …chnical acceptability of an offered product and (ii) the required information will not be readily available unless it is submitted by bidders. (2) Use the basic clause with its Alternate I if the possibility exists that the contracting off…
  • FAR 17.108 Congressional notification.
    …he House and Senate for the agency in question. Information on such committees may not be readily available to contracting officers. Accordingly, agencies should provide such information through its internal regulations. The contract may no…
  • FAR 25.203 Preaward determinations.
    …requests based on the information provided and may supplement this information with other readily available information.
  • FAR 25.205 Postaward determinations.
    … by paragraphs (c) and (d) of the applicable clause at 52.225-9 or 52.225-11 and/or other readily available information. (c) If a determination, under 25.202(a), is made after contract award that an exception to the Buy American statute ap…
  • FAR 25.604 Preaward determination concerning the inapplicability of section 1605 of the Recovery Act or the Buy American statute.
    …requests based on the information provided and may supplement this information with other readily available information. (c) Determination based on unreasonable cost of domestic construction material. (1) Manufactured construction materia…
  • FAR 25.606 Postaward determinations.
    …by paragraphs (c) and (d) of the applicable clause at 52.225-21 or 52.225-23 and/or other readily available information. (c) If a determination, under 25.603(a), is made after contract award that an exception to section 1605 of the Recover…
  • FAR 27.408 Cosponsored research and development activities.
    …omponent, process, or computer software, developed or produced under the contract are not readily segregable, the contracting officer may limit the acquisition of, or acquire less than unlimited rights to, any data developed and delivered u…
  • FAR 32.604 Demand for payment.
    …ncy Act. (iv) If the debt affects multiple contracts and the lines of accounting are not readily available, the contracting officer shall— (A) Issue the demand for payment without the distribution of the principal amount to the affected l…
  • FAR 52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities.
    … (OEM) number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number); item description; and any readily available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended. (ii) Within 10 business days of submitting the report pursuant to p…
  • FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.
    …cturer number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number); item description; and any readily available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended. (ii) Within 10 business days of submitting the information in parag…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    …ber, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number); (H) Item description; and (I) Any readily available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended. (ii) Within 10 business days of submitting the information in parag…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …actor's consent, all subcontractor premises. (2) Records of Government property shall be readily available to authorized Government personnel and shall be appropriately safeguarded. (3) Should it be determined by the Government that the C…
  • DFARS 215.370-1 Definition.
    …ers normally attend regular drills throughout the year and are the group of Reserves most readily available to the President.
  • DFARS 237.102-70 Prohibition on contracting for firefighting or security-guard functions.
    …ce of the contract, would have to be performed by members of the armed forces who are not readily available to perform such functions by reason of a deployment. (b) Under Section 2907 of Public Law 103-160, this prohibition does not apply …
  • DFARS 252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services.
    …cturer number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number); item description; and any readily available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended. (ii) Within 30 business days of submitting the information in parag…
  • DFARS 252.215-7006 Use of Employees or Individual Subcontractors Who Are Members of the Selected Reserve.
    …ers normally attend regular drills throughout the year and are the group of Reserves most readily available to the President. (b) If the Contractor stated in its offer that it intends to use members of the Selected Reserve in the performan…
  • DFARS 252.227-7024 Notice and approval of restricted designs.
    …f structures, machines, products, materials, construction methods, and equipment that are readily available through Government or competitive commercial channels, or through standard or proven production techniques, methods, and processes. …
  • FAR 13.302-2 Unpriced purchase orders.
    …xtent of repairs; (ii) Material available from only one source and for which cost cannot readily be established; or (iii) Supplies or services for which prices are known to be competitive, but exact prices are not known (e.g., miscellaneo…
  • FAR 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
    …al was not accepted, unless the price information in paragraph (b)(1)(iv) of this section readily reveals the reason. In no event shall an offeror's cost breakdown, profit, overhead rates, trade secrets, manufacturing processes and techniqu…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …hen the fair market value of unissued stock or stock of a closely held corporation is not readily determinable, the valuation will be made on a case-by-case basis taking into consideration the guidelines for valuation used by the IRS.
  • FAR 32.1004 Procedures.
    …not be a critical event in order to trigger a payment, but the Government must be able to readily verify successful performance of each such event or performance criterion. (2) Events or criteria may be either severable or cumulative. The …
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …arterly) of agency compliance with the reporting requirements in 42.1502, so agencies can readily identify delinquent past performance reports and monitor their reports for quality control. (f) Agencies shall prepare and submit all past pe…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    … the Department of Labor in a prominent and accessible place at the worksite so it may be readily seen by employees. Contractors that customarily post notices to employees electronically may post the notice electronically, provided such ele…
  • DFARS 252.217-7004 Job orders and compensation.
    …e nature of any repairs is such that their extent and probable cost cannot be ascertained readily, the Contracting Officer may issue a job order (on a sealed bid or negotiated basis) to determine the nature and extent of required repairs. …

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.