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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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92 sections with “requiring activity”: the first 40

  • FAR 4.2304 Procedures.
    …CSA order at 4.2301). The contracting officer shall coordinate with the program office or requiring activity to identify the FASCSA order(s) that apply to the acquisition as follows: (1) Unless the program office or requiring activity inst…
  • FAR 50.205-2 Pre-qualification designation notice.
    (a) Requiring activity responsibilities. (1) If the requiring activity determines that the technology to be acquired may qualify for SAFETY Act protection, the requiring activity is responsible for requesting a pre-qualification designation…
  • DFARS 204.2103 Procedures.
    …26, FAR 52.212-3(v), or 252.204-7016, then the contracting officer shall consult with the requiring activity and legal counsel. (ii) If the offeror selects “does” in paragraph (c) of the provision at DFARS 252.204-7016, the offeror must co…
  • FAR 11.002 Policy.
    … is likely to cause significant inefficiencies or loss of markets to United States firms. Requiring activities are responsible for establishing guidance implementing this policy in formulating their requirements for acquisitions. (c) To th…
  • DFARS 215.101-2-70 Limitations and prohibitions.
    …ic testing, or other knowledge-based professional services; (ii) Items designated by the requiring activity as personal protective equipment (except see paragraph (b)(1) of this section); or (iii) Services designated by the requiring acti…
  • DFARS 225.7705-3 Procedures.
    …astructure program or project in Afghanistan, awarded after December 23, 2016, unless the requiring activity provides the following documentation: (1) Written affirmation that military or civilian personnel of the United States Government …
  • FAR 15.403-4 Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …ements for fixed-price incentive and redeterminable contracts) are contract modifications requiring certified cost or pricing data if— (A) The total final price agreement for such settlements or agreements exceeds the pertinent threshold s…
  • FAR 40.202-7 Procedures.
    …ument the file with any exemption, exception, or waiver provided by the program office or requiring activity. Additionally, the contracting officer shall work with the program office or requiring activity to ensure the presence and scoping …
  • FAR 47.305-7 Quantity analysis, direct delivery, and reduction of crosshauling and backhauling.
    (a) Quantity analysis. (1) The requiring activity shall consider the acquisition of carload or truckload quantities. (2) When additional quantities of the supplies being acquired can be transported at lower unit transportation costs or wit…
  • FAR 50.205-1 SAFETY Act Considerations.
    (a) SAFETY Act applicability. Requiring activities should review requirements to identify potential technologies that prevent, detect, identify, or deter acts of terrorism or limit the harm such acts might cause, and may be appropriate for …
  • DFARS 208.7003-1 Assignments under integrated materiel management (IMM).
    …sual and compelling urgency as defined in FAR 6.302-2. After such a purchase is made, the requiring activity must send one copy of the contract and a statement of the emergency to the IMM manager; (2) Items for which the IMM manager assign…
  • DFARS 208.7003-2 Assignments under coordinated acquisition.
    Requiring departments must submit to the acquiring department all contracting requirements for items assigned for coordinated acquisition, except— (a) Items obtained through the sources in FAR 8.002(a)(1) (i) through (vii); (b) Items obta…
  • DFARS 211.274-2 Policy for item unique identification.
    … more; (2) For which the Government's unit acquisition cost is less than $5,000 when the requiring activity determines that item unique identification is required for mission essential or controlled inventory items; or (3) Regardless of v…
  • FAR 4.2303 FASCSA orders.
    … will need to be identified in the solicitation to be effective for that acquisition. The requiring activity or program office will identify these FASCSA orders to the contracting officer (see 4.2304(d)). (3) The contracting officer shall …
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …nts applicable to the agency for which the order is placed or the BPA is established. The requiring agency shall provide the information on the applicable regulatory and statutory requirements to the contracting officer responsible for plac…
  • FAR 8.1102 Presolicitation requirements.
    …g solicitations for leasing of motor vehicles, contracting officers shall obtain from the requiring activity a written certification that— (1) The vehicles requested are of maximum fuel efficiency and minimum body size, engine size, and eq…
  • FAR 23.104 General procedures.
    (a) Maximum extent practicable. If the requiring activity submits a written justification addressing the reasons described in 23.103(a)(1), the contracting officer may consider it not practicable to procure sustainable products or services.…
  • FAR 39.203 Applicability.
    … of issuance of a task order or delivery order under an indefinite-quantity contract, the requiring and ordering activities shall ensure compliance with the ICT accessibility standards and document an exception or exemption if applicable. A…
  • DFARS 204.7504 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …cquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items, if the program office or requiring activity determines that the contractor is required to have a specific CMMC level. (2) On or after November 10, 2028, in solicitations and …
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    (b)(1)(A) The contracting officer is prohibited by 10 U.S.C. 3208(d)(1) from requiring offers for development or production of major systems that would enable the Government to use technical data to competitively reprocure identical items o…
  • DFARS 208.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …ii) When a schedule lists both foreign and domestic items that will meet the needs of the requiring activity, the ordering office must apply the procedures of part 225 and FAR part 25, Foreign Acquisition. When purchase of an item of foreig…
  • DFARS 209.104-1 General standards.
    …iver to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Waiver requests, prepared by the requiring activity in coordination with the contracting officer, shall be processed through the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and …
  • DFARS 217.7801 Prohibition.
    …ontracting officers shall not use reverse auctions when procuring items designated by the requiring activity as personal protective equipment or an aviation critical safety item, when the requiring activity advises the contracting officer t…
  • DFARS 225.770-4 Identifying items covered by the USML or the 600 series of the CCL.
    (a) Before issuance of a solicitation, the requiring activity will notify the contracting officer in writing whether the items to be acquired are covered by the USML or the 600 series of the CCL. The notification will identify any covered i…
  • DFARS 234.004 Acquisition strategy.
    …ns for reliability and maintainability provided by the program manager, or the comparable requiring activity official performing program management responsibilities; or (ii) Ensure a copy of the justification, executed by the program manag…
  • DFARS 237.270 Acquisition of audit services.
    …2 option years. (c) Approvals. Do not issue a solicitation for audit services unless the requiring activity provides evidence that the cognizant DoD audit organization has approved the statement of work. The requiring agency shall obtain t…
  • DFARS 237.7803 Procedures.
    Contracting officers, at the request of the requiring activity, may issue a determination that the service life of a contract working dog has terminated if the conditions in 237.7802(b) have been documented by the requiring activity.
  • DFARS 239.7102-2 Compromising emanations—TEMPEST or other standard.
    For acquisitions requiring information assurance against compromising emanations, the requiring activity is responsible for providing to the contracting officer— (a) The required protections, i.e., an established National TEMPEST standard …
  • DFARS 239.7102-3 Information assurance contractor training and certification.
    …d contractor personnel to access a DoD information system to perform contract duties, the requiring activity is responsible for providing to the contracting officer—(1) A list of information assurance functional responsibilities for DoD inf…
  • DFARS 245.102 Policy.
    … or marked based on DoD marking standards (MIL Standard 130) or other standards, when the requiring activity determines that such items are subject to serialized item management (serially-managed items). The list of Government-furnished pro…
  • FAR 1.602-2 Responsibilities.
    …in conflict with the contract terms and conditions; (6) Shall be nominated either by the requiring activity or in accordance with agency procedures; and (7) Shall be designated in writing, with copies furnished to the contractor and the c…
  • FAR 4.2302 Sharing supply chain risk information.
    …agraph (a) of this section, the contracting officer shall work with the program office or requiring activity in accordance with agency procedures regarding the sharing of relevant information on actual or potential supply chain risk determi…
  • FAR 4.2305 Waivers.
    …ting officer, in accordance with agency procedures and working with the program office or requiring activity, shall decide whether to pursue a waiver or to make award to an offeror that does not require a waiver in accordance with the proce…
  • FAR 6.301 Policy.
    …ompetition shall not be justified on the basis of— (1) A lack of advance planning by the requiring activity; or (2) Concerns related to the amount of funds available (e.g., funds will expire) to the agency or activity for the acquisition …
  • FAR 7.107-5 Notifications.
    … or consolidated requirement, the contracting officer shall obtain the following from the requiring activity and notify the SBA PCR no later than 30 days prior to issuance of the solicitation: (1) The amount of savings and benefits achieve…
  • FAR 8.405-1 Ordering procedures for supplies, and services not requiring a statement of work.
    (a) Ordering activities shall use the procedures of this subsection when ordering supplies and services that are listed in the schedules contracts at a fixed price for the performance of a specific task, where a statement of work is not req…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    (a) General. Ordering activities shall use the procedures in this subsection when ordering services priced at hourly rates as established by the schedule contracts. The applicable services will be identified in the Federal Supply Schedule p…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    … tradeoffs in making the selection, and a price reasonableness determination for services requiring a statement of work. (b) Competitive procedures for establishing a BPA. This paragraph applies to the establishment of a BPA, in addition t…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …hold. (1) For a proposed order or BPA exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, the requiring activity shall assist the ordering activity contracting officer in the preparation of the justification. The justification shall cite that t…
  • FAR 8.406-1 Order placement.
    …) Ordering activities may place orders orally, except for— (1) Supplies and services not requiring a statement of work exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) Services requiring a statement of work (SOW); and (3) Orders conta…

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.