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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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125 sections with “requiring agency”: the first 40

  • 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 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 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 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…
  • 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…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …reimbursement and other high-risk contracts (e.g., other than firm-fixed-price contracts) requiring a written acquisition plan. A written plan shall be prepared for cost reimbursement and other high-risk contracts other than firm-fixed-pric…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …cost and schedule risks. (8) Acquisition streamlining. If specifically designated by the requiring agency as a program subject to acquisition streamlining, discuss plans and procedures to: (i) Encourage industry participation by using dra…
  • 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 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…
  • FAR 22.1503 Procedures for acquiring end products on the List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor.
    …eed the micro-purchase threshold, the contracting officer must check the List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor (the List) (www.dol.gov/ilab/) (see 22.1505(a)). Appearance of a product on …
  • FAR 46.408 Single-agency assignments of Government contract quality assurance.
    …eafood—the National Marine Fisheries Service of the Department of Commerce. (b) Agencies requiring quality assurance support for acquiring these supplies should request the support directly from the cognizant office.
  • FAR 52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements.
    As prescribed in 3.909-3(b), insert the following clause: Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (JAN 2017) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Internal confidentiality agreement or statem…
  • FAR 52.204-28 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts.
    … following orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FASCSA) requiring the removal of covered articles from executive agency information systems or the exclusion of one or more named sources or named covered art…
  • 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 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 245.602-3 Screening.
    Property will be screened DoD-wide, including the contracting agency, requiring agency, and, as appropriate, the General Services Administration. The requiring agency shall have priority for retention of listed items. All required screening…
  • FAR 4.402 General.
    …e security classification guidance to U.S. contractors, and subcontractors as applicable, requiring access to information classified as “Confidential”, “Secret”, or “Top Secret”. (1) Provided that the data submittal is unclassified, the DD…
  • FAR 7.107-1 General.
    …ts issued by Federal Prison Industries, Inc. This exception does not apply— (i) When the requiring agency obtains a waiver in accordance with 8.604 or an exception in accordance with 8.605 or 8.706; or (ii) When optional acquisitions of s…
  • FAR 8.002 Priorities for use of mandatory Government sources.
    …tions listed below in descending order of priority: (1) Supplies. (i) Inventories of the requiring agency. (ii) Excess from other agencies (see subpart 8.1). (iii) Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (see subpart 8.6). (iv) Supplies that ar…
  • FAR 8.401 Definitions.
    …S.C. 152(3), Competitive Procedures, and 40 U.S.C. 501, Services for Executive Agencies. Requiring agency means the agency needing the supplies or services. Schedules e-Library means the on-line source for GSA and VA Federal Supply Schedu…
  • 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 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …e used for commercial products or commercial services including those “of a type” or when requiring minor modifications for commercial products. (A) The prior price must be a valid basis for comparison. If there has been a significant time…
  • FAR 22.504 General requirements for project labor agreements.
    …east one of the following conditions exists with respect to the particular contract: (i) Requiring a project labor agreement on the project would not advance the Federal Government's interests in achieving economy and efficiency in Federal…
  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    …ng agreement provisions that attempt to limit a contractor's obligations by means such as requiring issuance of a wage determination by the DOL, requiring inclusion of the wage determination in the contract, or requiring the Government to a…
  • FAR 29.304 Matters requiring special consideration.
    The imposition of State and local taxes may result in special contract considerations including the following: (a) With coordination of the agency-designated counsel, a contract may (1) state that the contract price includes or excludes a …
  • 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 …
  • 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 7.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …olicitation of a major system (see part 34) development contract, planners shall consider requiring offerors to include, in their offers, proposals to incorporate in the design of a major system— (1) Items which are currently available wit…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …r for contract performance. Greater profit opportunity should be provided under contracts requiring a high degree of professional and managerial skill and to prospective contractors whose skills, facilities, and technical assets can be expe…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    … by the prime contractor or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or divisions. (c) Acquisitions requiring make-or-buy programs. (1) Contracting officers may require prospective contractors to submit make-or-buy program plans for negotiated acquis…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …tered into before July 1, 2018, the contracting officer shall modify the contract without requiring consideration, to replace clause 52.215-12, Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data, with its Alternate I. (e) Subcontractor Certified…
  • FAR 19.809-2 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    …Waiver. The applicable SBA District Director may waive the provisions in paragraph (b)(1) requiring a participant to comply with the limitations on subcontracting for each period of performance or for each order. Instead, the SBA District D…
  • 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 23.304 Contract clauses.
    …icitations and contracts for supplies that are or that contain— (1) Radioactive material requiring specific licensing under regulations issued pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or (2) Radioactive material not requiring specific l…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …conditions of employment (e.g., work involving extremely hazardous activities or work not requiring recurrent use of overtime) is unwarranted when applied to a Government contract involving significantly different circumstances and conditio…
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …covered contracts. Contracts that are not CAS-covered or that contain terms or conditions requiring modified CAS coverage shall be subject to all requirements of 48 CFR 9904.420 except 48 CFR 9904.420-50(e)(2) and 48 CFR 9904.420-50(f)(2), …
  • 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…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    … redistribution, and disposal of contractor inventory. (29) Issue contract modifications requiring the contractor to provide packing, crating, and handling services on excess Government property. When the ACO determines it to be in the Gov…

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.