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50 sections with “responsible small business concern”: the first 40

  • 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 19.502-2 Total small business set-asides.
    …cer determines there is not a reasonable expectation of obtaining offers from two or more responsible small business concerns that are competitive in terms of fair market prices, quality, and delivery. If the contracting officer receives on…
  • 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 52.203-13 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…
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    … number, its unique entity identifier, and the email address of the Contractor's official responsible for acknowledging or rejecting the ISR to all first-tier subcontractors, who will be required to submit ISRs, so they can enter this infor…
  • FAR 19.1506 Women-Owned Small Business Program sole-source awards.
    …ny other NAICS codes. (2) The EDWOSB concern or WOSB concern has been determined to be a responsible contractor with respect to performance. (3) The award can be made at a fair and reasonable price. (d) A contracting officer shall only a…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …fficer within 2 months after the inventor discloses it in writing to Contractor personnel responsible for patent matters, or within 6 months after the Contractor first becomes aware that a subject invention has been made, whichever is earli…
  • 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 19.503 Reserves.
    …t are competitive in terms of fair market prices, quality, and delivery from at least two responsible small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3), that can perform the entire requirement; and (2) A partial set-aside is not feasible …
  • 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 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 19.502-3 Partial set-asides of contracts other than multiple-award contracts.
    …(3) The acquisition is not subject to simplified acquisition procedures; (4) Two or more responsible small business concerns are reasonably expected to submit offers on the set-aside portion or portions of the acquisition that are competit…
  • FAR 19.502-4 Partial set-asides of multiple-award contracts.
    …(3) The acquisition is not subject to simplified acquisition procedures; (4) Two or more responsible small business concerns are reasonably expected to submit an offer on the set-aside portion or portions of the acquisition that are compet…
  • 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 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …ts. (38) Documentation regarding termination actions for which the contracting office is responsible. (39) Cross-references to pertinent documents that are filed elsewhere. (40) Any additional documents on which action was taken or that …
  • 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 9.104-3 Application of standards.
    … recently has been seriously deficient in contract performance shall be presumed to be nonresponsible, unless the contracting officer determines that the circumstances were properly beyond the contractor's control, or that the contractor ha…
  • FAR 19.601 General.
    … certificate issued by the Small Business Administration (SBA) stating that the holder is responsible (with respect to all elements of responsibility, including, but not limited to, capability, competency, capacity, credit, integrity, perse…
  • FAR 19.602-1 Referral.
    …ficer shall refer to the SBA the entire quantity to which the concern may be entitled, if responsible. (c) The referral shall include— (1) A notice that a small business concern has been determined to be nonresponsible, specifying the ele…
  • 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 19.808-1 Sole source.
    …s completed a justification in accordance with the requirements of 6.303. (b) The SBA is responsible for initiating negotiations with the agency within the time established by the agency. If the SBA does not initiate negotiations within th…
  • 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 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …ntact who are knowledgeable about the subject matter of the protest. Each agency shall be responsible for promptly advising the GAO of any change in the designated officials. (b) Protests before award. (1) When the agency has received noti…
  • FAR 49.101 Authorities and responsibilities.
    …ting officer issues a notice of termination, the termination contracting officer (TCO) is responsible for negotiating any settlement with the contractor, including a no-cost settlement if appropriate. Auditors and TCO's shall promptly sched…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers. (1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitati…
  • 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 52.227-11 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…
  • FAR 4.604 Responsibilities.
    …Senior Procurement Executive in coordination with the head of the contracting activity is responsible for developing and monitoring a process to ensure timely and accurate reporting of contractual actions to FPDS. (b)(1) The responsibility…
  • FAR 5.303 Announcement of contract awards.
    …he number of offers solicited and received, and the basis for selection (e.g., the lowest responsible bidder); or (2) For awards after negotiation, the information prescribed by 15.503(b), and after competitive negotiation (either price or…
  • FAR 9.204 Responsibilities for establishment of a qualification requirement.
    …ely to be fewer than two manufacturers or the products of two manufacturers, the activity responsible for establishment of the qualification requirements must— (1) Periodically furnish through the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) a noti…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …vices or as may be approved by the agency senior procurement executive, or the individual responsible for representing the agency on the FAR Council, without power of delegation.
  • FAR 13.101 General.
    …rejecting a quotation, oral or written, from a small business concern determined to be nonresponsible (see subpart 9.1); and (3) Provide for the inspection of supplies or services as prescribed in 46.404. (b) In making purchases, contract…
  • FAR 14.404-2 Rejection of individual bids.
    …tion is made (see subpart 9.4). (i) Low bids received from concerns determined to be not responsible pursuant to subpart 9.1 shall be rejected (but if a bidder is a small business concern, see 19.6 with respect to certificates of competenc…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    (a) General. The prime contractor is responsible for managing contract performance, including planning, placing, and administering subcontracts as necessary to ensure the lowest overall cost and technical risk to the Government. When make-o…
  • FAR 15.604 Agency points of contact.
    …of an unsolicited proposal acceptable for formal evaluation. (2) Requirements concerning responsible prospective contractors (see subpart 9.1), and organizational conflicts of interest (see subpart 9.5). (3) Guidance on preferred methods …
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns, the contracting officer may find the bidder nonresponsible. (c) In negotiated acquisitions, the contracting officer shall determine whether the plan is acceptable based on the negotiation of each …
  • FAR 19.706 Responsibilities of the cognizant administrative contracting officer.
    The administrative contracting officer is responsible for assisting in evaluating subcontracting plans, and for monitoring, evaluating, and documenting contractor performance under the clause prescribed in 19.708(b) and any subcontracting p…
  • FAR 19.800 General.
    …er the authority of the program, the SBA certifies to an agency that SBA is competent and responsible to perform a specific contract. The contracting officer has the discretion to award the contract to the SBA based upon mutually agreeable …

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.