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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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125 sections with “responsible contractors”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.225-26 Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    …ormation sufficient to identify the nature and extent of the incident and the individuals responsible for the conduct. It includes providing timely and complete responses to Government auditors' and investigators' requests for documents and…
  • FAR 53.209-1 Responsible prospective contractors.
    The following forms are prescribed for use in conducting preaward surveys of prospective contractors, as specified in 9.106-1, 9.106-2, and 9.106-4. These forms are authorized for local reproduction and can be found at the GSA Forms Library…
  • DFARS 252.225-7039 Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    …ormation sufficient to identify the nature and extent of the incident and the individuals responsible for the conduct. It includes providing timely and complete response to Government auditors' and investigators' requests for documents and …
  • DFARS 253.209-1 Responsible prospective contractors.
    (a) SF 1403, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor (General). (i) The factors in Section III, Block 19, generally mean— (A) Technical capability. An assessment of the prospective contractor's key management personnel to determine if th…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …y contract. Acquisition planning means the process by which the efforts of all personnel responsible for an acquisition are coordinated and integrated through a comprehensive plan for fulfilling the agency need in a timely manner and at a …
  • FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
    …1). (2) When the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or, for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    …t number, its unique entity identifier , and the e-mail address of the offeror's official responsible for acknowledging receipt of or rejecting the ISRs to all first-tier subcontractors with subcontracting plans so they can enter this infor…
  • FAR 42.1203 Processing agreements.
    …st to its contracts or a name change, the contractor must submit a written request to the responsible contracting officer (see 42.1202). If the contractor received its contract under subpart 8.7 under 41 U.S.C. chapter 85, Committee for Pur…
  • FAR 45.105 Contractors' property management system compliance.
    (a) The agency responsible for contract administration shall conduct an analysis of the contractor's property management policies, procedures, practices, and systems. This analysis shall be accomplished as frequently as conditions warrant, …
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    … for law enforcement to identify the nature and extent of the offense and the individuals responsible for the conduct. It includes providing timely and complete response to Government auditors' and investigators' request for documents and a…
  • FAR 47.305-15 Loading responsibilities of contractors.
    (a)(1) Contractors are responsible for loading, blocking, and bracing carload shipments as specified in standards published by the Association of American Railroads. (2) The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations and contracts t…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …act number, its unique entity identifier, and the email address of the Offeror's official responsible for acknowledging receipt of or rejecting the ISRs, to all first-tier subcontractors with subcontracting plans so they can enter this info…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …representative of the Contracting Officer appointed in accordance with agency procedures, responsible for administering the contract requirements and obligations relating to Government property in the possession of a Contractor. Property r…
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …icate of Current Cost or Pricing Data, as prescribed by FAR 15.406-2. (3) The Offeror is responsible for determining whether a subcontractor qualifies for an exception from the requirement for submission of certified cost or pricing data o…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    … and efficient procurement of required quality materials and parts at the best value from responsible and reliable sources, including the requirements of 252.246-7007, Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System, i…
  • FAR 9.104-1 General standards.
    To be determined responsible, a prospective contractor must— (a) Have adequate financial resources to perform the contract, or the ability to obtain them (see 9.104-3(a)); (b) Be able to comply with the required or proposed delivery or pe…
  • FAR 9.105-2 Determinations and documentation.
    …er's signing of a contract constitutes a determination that the prospective contractor is responsible with respect to that contract. When an offer on which an award would otherwise be made is rejected because the prospective contractor is f…
  • FAR 9.202 Policy.
    …cation was not attained. (b) When justified under the circumstances, the agency activity responsible for establishing a qualification requirement shall submit to the advocate for competition for the procuring activity responsible for purch…
  • FAR 9.402 Policy.
    … Agencies shall solicit offers from, award contracts to, and consent to subcontracts with responsible contractors only. Debarment and suspension are discretionary actions that, taken in accordance with this subpart, are appropriate means to…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …lies and services is placed with small business. (b) Heads of contracting activities are responsible for effectively implementing the small business programs within their activities, including achieving program goals. They are to ensure th…
  • FAR 42.602 Assignment and location.
    …ctions, or a full-time CACO may be assigned. In determining the location of the CACO, the responsible agency shall take into account such factors as the location(s) of the corporate records, corporate office, major plant, cognizant governme…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …fy and assign past performance evaluation roles and responsibilities to those individuals responsible for preparing and reviewing interim evaluations, if prepared, and final evaluations (e.g., contracting officers, contracting officer repre…
  • FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance.
    …c agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement. The Contractor is responsible for the currency, accuracy and completeness of the data within SAM, and for any liability resulting from the Government's reliance on inac…
  • DFARS 242.771-3 Responsibilities.
    …with 10 U.S.C. 3763(c); the Defense Contract Management Agency or the military department responsible for performing contract administration functions is responsible for providing DCAA with statistical information, as necessary; and (2) Fo…
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    …ectronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) at the Department of Defense level and is responsible for acknowledging receipt or rejecting SSRs submitted under an individual subcontracting plan in eSRS for the Department of Defense. (b) …
  • DFARS 252.246-7008 Sources of Electronic Parts.
    …ing identification of the assemblies containing the parts (e.g., serial numbers); (B) Be responsible for inspection, testing, and authentication, in accordance with existing applicable industry standards; and (C) Make documentation of ins…
  • FAR 1.102-2 Performance standards.
    …e marketplace. Government acquisition personnel are permitted and encouraged to engage in responsible and constructive exchanges with industry (e.g., see 10.002 and 15.201), so long as those exchanges are consistent with existing laws and r…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …d is made in accordance with the basis for selection in the RFQ. The ordering activity is responsible for considering the level of effort and the mix of labor proposed to perform, and for determining that the proposed price is reasonable. …
  • FAR 9.103 Policy.
    (a) Purchases shall be made from, and contracts shall be awarded to, responsible prospective contractors only. (b) No purchase or award shall be made unless the contracting officer makes an affirmative determination of responsibility. In t…
  • FAR 19.602-4 Awarding the contract.
    …ses the contracting officer to determine that the concern referred to the SBA is actually responsible to perform the contract, and award has not already been made under paragraph (c) below, the contracting officer shall reverse the determin…
  • FAR 22.101-1 General.
    … their acquisition responsibilities. For example, agencies should— (1) Notify the agency responsible for conciliation, mediation, arbitration, or other related action of the existence of any labor dispute affecting or threatening to affect…
  • FAR 22.102-2 Administration.
    …ents and resources on a national and local basis. (c)(1) The U.S. Department of Labor is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division is resp…
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …nformation sufficient to identify the nature and extent of an offense and the individuals responsible for the conduct; (2) Provide timely and complete responses to Government auditors' and investigators' requests for documents; (3) Cooper…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    …to grant a nonexclusive, partially exclusive, or exclusive license in any field of use to responsible applicants, upon terms that are reasonable under the circumstances. If the contractor, assignee or exclusive licensee of a subject inventi…
  • FAR 42.101 Contract audit responsibilities.
    (a) The auditor is responsible for— (1) Submitting information and advice to the requesting activity, based on the auditor's analysis of the contractor's financial and accounting records or other related data as to the acceptability of the…
  • FAR 44.202-1 Responsibilities.
    (a) The cognizant administrative contracting officer (ACO) is responsible for consent to subcontracts, except when the contracting officer retains the contract for administration or withholds the consent responsibility from delegation to th…
  • FAR 46.201 General.
    …r-recommended alternatives when in the Government's interest and approved by the activity responsible for technical requirements. (c) Although contracts generally make contractors responsible for performing inspection before tendering supp…
  • FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.
    …s. The law requires all reported information be made public, therefore, the Contractor is responsible for notifying its subcontractors that the required information will be made public. (c) Nothing in this clause requires the disclosure of…
  • FAR 52.207-6 Solicitation of Offers from Small Business Concerns and Small Business Teaming Arrangements or Joint Ventures (Multiple-Award Contracts).
    …tract with a reserve. (b) The Government is soliciting and will consider offers from any responsible source, including responsible small business concerns and offers from Small Business Teaming Arrangements or joint ventures of small busin…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless an agency has considered suspensi…

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.