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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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20 sections with “rent or lease method”

  • FAR 7.402 Acquisition methods.
    …hod is appropriate if the equipment will be used beyond the point in time when cumulative rental or leasing costs exceed the purchase costs. (2) Agencies should not rule out the purchase method of equipment acquisition in favor of renting …
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …tract. Demilitarization means the act of eliminating the functional capabilities and inherent military design features from DoD personal property. Methods and degree range from removal and destruction of critical features to total destruct…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ation (FAR)) unless the context in which the word or term is used clearly requires a different meaning or another FAR part, subpart, or section provides a different definition for the particular part or portion of the part. If a word or ter…
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    (a) Contracts shall not be used for the performance of inherently governmental functions. (b) Agency decisions which determine whether a function is or is not an inherently governmental function may be reviewed and modified by appropriate …
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …r represents that the size and socioeconomic status representations with its offer are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of the offer for the subcontract. (ii) Unless the Contractor has reason to question the representations, …
  • FAR 31.205-42 Termination costs.
    … a loss. The contracting officer should consider the contractor's plans and orders for current and planned production when determining if items can reasonably be used on other work of the contractor. Contemporaneous purchases of common item…
  • FAR 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other than System for Award Management.
    …date specified for receipt of offers if the provision at 52.232-38 is utilized, or “concurrent with first request” as prescribed by the head of the agency; if not prescribed, insert “no later than 15 days prior to submission of the first re…
  • DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.
    …nclude— (i) Invoice payments; (ii) Payments for partial deliveries; or (iii) Lease and rental payments. Electronic form means any automated system that transmits information electronically from the initiating system to affected systems.…
  • FAR 7.401 Acquisition considerations.
    … be compared in the analysis shall include, at a minimum— (i) Purchase; (ii) Short-term rental or lease; (iii) Long-term rental or lease; (iv) Interagency acquisition (see 2.101); and (v) Agency acquisition agreements, if applicable, w…
  • FAR 52.230-2 Cost Accounting Standards.
    …ct costs. The practices disclosed for this contract shall be the same as the practices currently disclosed and applied on all other contracts and subcontracts being performed by the Contractor and which contain a Cost Accounting Standards (…
  • FAR 52.230-5 Cost Accounting Standards—Educational Institution.
    …ct costs. The practices disclosed for this contract shall be the same as the practices currently disclosed and applied on all other contracts and subcontracts being performed by the Contractor and which contain a Cost Accounting Standards (…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …ished and Contractor-acquired property. (A) Property records shall enable a complete, current, auditable record of all transactions and shall, unless otherwise approved by the Property Administrator, contain the following: (1) The name, p…
  • DFARS 252.204-7019 Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements.
    …ard, if the Offeror is required to implement NIST SP 800-171, the Offeror shall have a current assessment (i.e., not more than 3 years old unless a lesser time is specified in the solicitation) (see 252.204-7020) for each covered contractor…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    … not all, of the requirements to be awarded on a firm-fixed-price basis, either in the current contract, future option years, or follow-on contracts. This will facilitate an easier transition to a firm-fixed-price contract, because a cost h…
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    … be in writing, executed by both contracting parties, and incorporated into applicable current and future contracts. An advance agreement shall contain a statement of its applicability and duration. (c) The contracting officer is not autho…
  • FAR 31.205-11 Depreciation.
    …nd procedures followed in the same segment on non-Government business. (d) Depreciation, rental, or use charges are unallowable on property acquired from the Government at no cost by the contractor or by any division, subsidiary, or affili…
  • DFARS 204.7302 Policy.
    …uired at time of award to have at least a Basic NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment that is current (i.e., not more than 3 years old unless a lesser time is specified in the solicitation) (see 252.204-7019). (3) The NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessme…
  • FAR 7.400 Scope of subpart.
    …ial acquisition of equipment and the renewal or extension of existing equipment leases or rental agreements.
  • FAR 47.101 Policies.
    …that cannot be attained by using commercial carriers. (e) Agencies shall not accord preferential treatment to any mode of transportation or to any particular carrier either in awarding or administering contracts for the acquisition of supp…
  • DFARS 252.204-7020 NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements.
    …alf of the Government. (3) If a subcontractor does not have summary level scores of a current NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment (i.e., not more than 3 years old unless a lesser time is specified in the solicitation) posted in SPRS, the subcon…

FAR (chapter 1)

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