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34 sections with “requiring official”

  • 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 39.101 Policy.
    …b site at http://checklists.nist.gov. Agency contracting officers should consult with the requiring official to ensure the appropriate standards are incorporated. (d) When acquiring information technology using Internet Protocol, agencies …
  • 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 237.102-79 Private sector notification requirements in support of in-sourcing actions.
    …the cognizant component in-sourcing program official. The notification will summarize the requiring official's final determination as to why the service is being in-sourced and shall be coordinated with the component's in-sourcing program o…
  • 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 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 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …quisitions of commercial products and commercial services: (1) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (JAN 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further …
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    … requirements of paragraphs (c), (d), (g), (h), or (i) of this clause may result in— (1) Requiring the Contractor to remove a Contractor employee or employees from the performance of the contract; (2) Requiring the Contractor to terminate…
  • 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 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…
  • 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 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 7.503 Policy.
    …n-military national security details. (e) Agency implementation shall include procedures requiring the agency head or designated requirements official to provide the contracting officer, concurrent with transmittal of the statement of work…
  • 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 11.106 Purchase descriptions for service contracts.
    In drafting purchase descriptions for service contracts, agency requiring activities shall ensure that inherently governmental functions (see subpart 7.5) are not assigned to a contractor. These purchase descriptions shall (a) Reserve fina…
  • FAR 13.501 Special documentation requirements.
    …subpart for sole-source (including brand-name) acquisitions or portions of an acquisition requiring a brand-name. If the justification is to cover only the portion of the acquisition which is brand-name, then it should so state; the approva…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …he justifications for brand-name acquisitions may apply to the portion of the acquisition requiring the brand-name item. If the justification is to cover only the portion of the acquisition which is brand-name, then it should so state; the …
  • FAR 24.203 Policy.
    …rsonnel practices, and law enforcement. Since these requests often involve complex issues requiring an in-depth knowledge of a large and increasing body of court rulings and policy guidance, contracting officers are cautioned to comply with…
  • FAR 25.206 Noncompliance.
    … the inapplicability of the Buy American statute in accordance with 25.205. (2) Consider requiring the removal and replacement of the unauthorized foreign construction material. (3) If removal and replacement of foreign construction mater…
  • FAR 25.607 Noncompliance.
    … of the Recovery Act or the Buy American statute in accordance with 25.606. (2) Consider requiring the removal and replacement of the unauthorized foreign construction material. (3) If removal and replacement of foreign construction mater…
  • FAR 42.704 Billing rates.
    …gnizant Federal agency official) or auditor determines that the dollar value of contracts requiring use of billing rates does not warrant submission of a detailed billing rate proposal, the billing rates may be established by making appropr…
  • FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.
    … 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…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …products being acquired under this solicitation that are included in the List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor, unless excluded at 22.1503(b).] (1) Listed end products. (2) Certificatio…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …erms of Service (TOS), or similar legal instrument or agreement, that includes any clause requiring the Government to indemnify the Contractor or any person or entity for damages, costs, fees, or any other loss or liability that would creat…
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    …ilitary or civilian personnel separated from their unit or organization in an environment requiring them to survive, evade, or escape while awaiting rescue or recovery. (vii) All personnel who are U.S. citizens are registered with the U.S.…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …s the obligation to pay an interest penalty. (3) Subcontractor clause flowdown. A clause requiring each subcontractor tou (i) Include a payment clause and an interest penalty clause conforming to the standards set forth in paragraphs (c)(…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …ter a reasonable search; (2) Theft; (3) Damage resulting in unexpected harm to property requiring repair to restore the item to usable condition; or (4) Destruction resulting from incidents that render the item useless for its intended p…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …t https://www.sam.gov, the contracting officer shall consider this information instead of requiring the offeror to complete these provisions for a particular solicitation. The contracting officer shall not use other FAR or DFARS provisions …
  • DFARS 216.402-2 Performance incentives.
    …ion of a weapon system, including embedded software, if the program manager or comparable requiring activity official exercising program manager responsibilities includes— (i) Provisions for the payment of incentive fees to the contractor,…
  • DFARS 225.7002-2 Exceptions.
    …entation for the determination shall include an analysis and written certification by the requiring activity, with specificity, why alternatives that would not require a domestic nonavailability determination are unacceptable. (3) Defense …
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    …entation for the determination shall include an analysis and written documentation by the requiring activity, with specificity, why alternatives that would not require a domestic nonavailability determination are unacceptable. (ii) A domes…
  • DFARS 225.7004-3 Exceptions.
    …tone A approval as defined in 10 U.S.C. 4211 before October 1, 2021, as documented by the requiring activity official performing program management responsibilities. The contracting officer shall include the Milestone A approval documentati…
  • DFARS 237.104 Personal services contracts.
    …e in accordance with agency procedures. (D) The contracting officer must ensure that the requiring activity provides a copy of the approval with the purchase request. (E) The contracting officer must provide adequate advance notice of con…
  • DFARS 244.201-1 Consent requirements.
    …consent to subcontract without the written approval of the program manager, or comparable requiring activity official exercising program management responsibilities, if the contractor has an approved purchasing system, as defined in FAR 44.…

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.