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34 sections with “responsible for award purposes”

  • 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 232.202-4 Security for Government financing.
    …d be noted that an offeror's financial condition may be sufficient to make the contractor responsible for award purposes, but may not be adequate security for commercial contract financing.
  • 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 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 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 7.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …r system— (1) Items which are currently available within the supply system of the agency responsible for the major system, available elsewhere in the national supply system, or commercially available from more than one source; and (2) Ite…
  • 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 52.222-51 Exemption From Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment—Requirements.
    …nt employees servicing the same equipment of commercial customers. (d) The Contractor is responsible for compliance with all the conditions of this exemption by its subcontractors. The Contractor shall determine the applicability of this e…
  • 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 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    …ers of U.S.-made, qualifying country, or designated country end products from responsive, responsible offerors are either not received or are insufficient to fill the Government's requirements; or (ii) A national interest waiver has been g…
  • 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 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 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …section. (b)(1) The contracting officer, when placing an order or establishing a BPA, is responsible for applying the regulatory and statutory requirements applicable to the agency for which the order is placed or the BPA is established. T…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …spect to a subcontract, the exemption shall be deemed inapplicable. The contractor may be responsible for ensuring that the subcontractor complies with the Service Contract Labor Standards statute, effective as of the date of the subcontrac…
  • 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 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    … that serve the overseas destination shall be listed in the solicitation, except that the responsible contracting officer may limit the water ports listed when such limitation is considered necessary to meet delivery or other requirements. …
  • 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 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …e. (3) Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals. (i) Offerors are responsible for submitting proposals, and any modifications or revisions, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the t…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …fficer within 2 months after the inventor discloses it in writing to Contractor personnel responsible for patent matters. The disclosure shall identify the inventor(s) and this contract under which the subject invention was made. It shall b…
  • DFARS 252.228-7007 Public Aircraft and State Aircraft Operations—Liability.
    …. In very rare circumstances, DoD-contracted aircraft may be designated, in writing, by a responsible Government official pursuant to DoD Directive 4500.54E, DoD Foreign Clearance Program, to be operated in state aircraft status, and such s…
  • FAR 4.402 General.
    …mission, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Secretary of Homeland Security is responsible for issuance and maintenance of this Manual. The following publications implement the program: (1) National Industrial Security Program O…
  • 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 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …re that the final agreed-to price is fair and reasonable. (1) The contracting officer is responsible for evaluating the reasonableness of the offered prices. The analytical techniques and procedures described in this section may be used, s…
  • FAR 19.805-2 Procedures.
    …apparent successful offeror (or the offeror SBA has determined eligible for award) is not responsible to perform the contract, the contracting officer must refer the matter to SBA for Certificate of Competency consideration under subpart 19…
  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    …bargaining agreement may involve coordination with the administrative contracting officer responsible for administering the predecessor contract. (Paragraph (m) of the clause at 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards, requires the incu…
  • FAR 26.504 Policy.
    (a) No offeror other than an individual shall be considered a responsible source (see 9.104-1(g) and 19.602-1(a)(2)(i)) for a contract that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold, unless it agrees that it will provide a drug-free work…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …st accounting period that has been paid to a funding agency. Home office means an office responsible for directing or managing two or more, but not necessarily all, segments of an organization. It typically establishes policy for, and prov…
  • FAR 32.905 Payment documentation and process.
    … name, title, mailing address, and telephone number of the designated Government official responsible for acceptance or approval functions. (d) Billing office. The designated billing office must immediately annotate each invoice with the a…
  • FAR 52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters.
    … additional information as requested by the Contracting Officer may render the Offeror nonresponsible. (d) Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of records in order to render, in good fa…
  • FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …V 2021) (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The fo…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …e or voucher shall include settled subcontract amounts and rates. The prime contractor is responsible for settling subcontractor amounts and rates included in the completion invoice or voucher and providing status of subcontractor audits to…
  • FAR 52.223-3 Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data.
    … Sheet prior to award may result in the apparently successful offeror being considered nonresponsible and ineligible for award. (e) If, after award, there is a change in the composition of the item(s) or a revision to Federal Standard No. …
  • DFARS 245.102 Policy.
    … be returned to the Government. (2) Government supply sources. When a contractor will be responsible for preparing requisitioning documentation to acquire Government-furnished property (GFP) from Government supply sources, include in the c…
  • DFARS 252.236-7007 Additive or deductive items.
    …for the combination to be awarded is less than the price offered by any other responsive, responsible offeror. (c) Example. The amount available is $100,000. Offeror A's base bid and four additives (in the order stated in the list of prior…

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.