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29 sections with “reserved items”

  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    … in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS); (ii) Tuna, prepared or preserved in any manner in airtight containers; and (iii) Watches and watch parts (including cases, bracelets, and straps) of whatever type, including…
  • FAR 25.105 Critical components and critical items.
    … critical component or critical item and their respective preference factor(s). (1)-(2) [Reserved] (b) The list of articles and preference factors in paragraph (a) of this section will be published in the Federal Register for public comme…
  • FAR 49.109-2 Reservations.
    …moved; (4) Ensure that sufficient funds are retained to cover complete settlement of the reserved items; and (5) At the appropriate time, prepare a separate settlement of reserved items and include it in a separate settlement agreement. …
  • FAR 49.603-1 Fixed-price contracts—complete termination.
    …his agreement, the following rights and liabilities of the parties under the contract are reserved: [The following list of reserved or excepted rights and liabilities is intended to cover those that should most frequently be reserved and t…
  • FAR 49.603-2 Fixed-price contracts—partial termination.
    …his agreement, the following rights and liabilities of the parties under the contract are reserved: [The following list of reserved or excepted rights and liabilities is intended to cover those that should most frequently be reserved and t…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    …his agreement, the following rights and liabilities of the parties under the contract are reserved: [The following list of reserved or excepted rights and liabilities is intended to cover those that should most frequently be reserved and t…
  • FAR 49.603-4 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, with settlement limited to fee.
    …his agreement, the following rights and liabilities of the parties under the contract are reserved: [The following list of reserved or excepted rights and liabilities is intended to cover those that should most frequently be reserved and t…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). __(6) [Reserved] __(7) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (OCT 2016) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C). __(8) 52.204-15, Service Con…
  • FAR 19.804-2 Agency offering.
    … with the SBA for specific quantities of items or work, including 8(a) contracts that are reserved in accordance with 19.503. The notification, referred to as an offering letter, shall identify the time frames within which resulting 8(a) aw…
  • FAR 49.603-7 No-cost settlement agreement—partial termination.
    …rminated portion of the contract, the following rights and liabilities of the parties are reserved: [List reserved or excepted rights and liabilities. See 49.109-2 and 49.603-1(b)(7).] (End of agreement)
  • FAR 49.603-8 Fixed-price contracts—settlements with subcontractors only.
    …his agreement, the following rights and liabilities of the parties under the contract are reserved: [List reserved or excepted rights and liabilities. See 49.109-2 and 49.603-1(b)(7).] (End of agreement)
  • FAR 13.101 General.
    …ing officer to obligate funds on purchase documents against a specified lump sum of funds reserved for the purpose for a specified period of time rather than obtaining individual obligational authority on each purchase document. Bulk fundin…
  • FAR 14.404-2 Rejection of individual bids.
    …of all rejected bids, and any written findings with respect to such rejections, shall be preserved with the papers relating to the acquisition. (l) After submitting a bid, if all of a bidder's assets or that part related to the bid are tra…
  • FAR 19.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.
    …fers are accepted (e.g., the award of multiple award schedule contracts); or (3) For the reserved portion of a solicitation for a multiple-award contract (see 19.503). (b) The contracting officer shall give offers from HUBZone small busin…
  • FAR 22.407 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    …ion and identify the item or items of construction work to which the clauses apply. (d) [Reserved] (e) Insert the clause at 52.222-30, Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (None or Separately Specified Pricing Method), in …
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    … following articles are not Caribbean Basin country end products: (1) Tuna, prepared or preserved in any manner in airtight containers. (2) Petroleum, or any product derived from petroleum. (3) Watches and watch parts (including cases, b…
  • FAR 45.602-3 Screening.
    … for allocation to donees until after the completion of screening. Days 42 through 46 are reserved for GSA to make such allocation. (3) Screening period transfer request. If an agency receives an intra-agency transfer request during the sc…
  • FAR 46.803 Policy.
    …e contractual relief under paragraphs (a) and (b) above when contractor liability can be preserved without increasing the contract price. (d) Limitations. Subject to the specific terms of the limitation of liability clause included in the …
  • FAR 49.603-9 Settlement of reservations.
    …llowing: (1) The Government agrees to pay the Contractor $____________ for the following reserved or excepted items:* [List items.] (2) The Contractor releases and forever discharges the Government from all liability and from all existing…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishing the unique entity identifier. (k) [Reserved] (l) Debriefing. If a post-award debriefing is given to requesting offerors, the Government shall disclose the following information, if app…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …Unknown”). Predecessor legal name: ____. (Do not use a “doing business as” name). (s) [Reserved] (t) Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals. Applies in all solicitations that require offerors to register in SA…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …rm 1449; (8) other documents, exhibits, and attachments; and (9) the specification. (t) [Reserved] (u) Unauthorized Obligations. (1) Except as stated in paragraph (u)(2) of this clause, when any supply or service acquired under this contr…
  • FAR 52.225-3 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.
    …ct or, at the Contractor's option, a domestic end product. (End of clause) Alternate I [Reserved] Alternate II (JAN 2025). As prescribed in 25.1101(b)(1)(ii), substitute the following paragraph (c) for paragraph (c) of the basic clause: …
  • FAR 52.225-4 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act Certificate.
    …dures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (End of provision) Alternate I [Reserved] Alternate II (JAN 2025). As prescribed in 25.1101(b)(2)(ii), substitute the following paragraph (b) for paragraph (b) of the basic provisio…
  • FAR 52.225-5 Trade Agreements.
    … following articles are not Caribbean Basin country end products: (1) Tuna, prepared or preserved in any manner in airtight containers; (2) Petroleum, or any product derived from petroleum; (3) Watches and watch parts (including cases, b…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …nment shall be treated as limited rights data and not restricted computer software. (3) [Reserved] (h) Subcontracting. The Contractor shall obtain from its subcontractors all data and rights therein necessary to fulfill the Contractor's o…
  • FAR 52.246-17 Warranty of Supplies of a Noncomplex Nature.
    …d to the Government by any other clause of this contract. (End of clause) Alternate I. [Reserved] Alternate II (APR 1984). If it is desirable to specify that necessary transportation incident to correction or replacement will be at the G…
  • FAR 52.246-18 Warranty of Supplies of a Complex Nature.
    …ded to the Government by any other clause of the contract. (End of clause) Alternate I [Reserved] Alternate II (APR 1984). If it is desirable to specify that necessary transportation incident to correction or replacement will be at the G…
  • DFARS 252.227-7020 Rights in special works.
    …ry) United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of (department). All rights reserved.” For phonorecords, the “©” markings shall be replaced by a “P”. (3) The Contractor grants to the Government a royalty-free, world-wide, no…

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