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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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39 sections with “restricted item”

  • FAR 27.404-2 Limited rights data and restricted computer software.
    …hts in Data—General, enables the contractor to protect qualifying limited rights data and restricted computer software by withholding the data from the Government and instead delivering form, fit, and function data. (b) Alternate definitio…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …ccordance with 27.404-2(d), if a contracting officer determines it is necessary to obtain restricted computer software, use the clause with its Alternate III. Any greater or lesser rights regarding the use, reproduction, or disclosure of re…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …s, components, or processes developed at private expense, including minor modifications. Restricted computer software means computer software developed at private expense and that is a trade secret, is commercial or financial and confident…
  • FAR 52.227-20 Rights in Data—SBIR Program.
    …that embody trade secrets or are commercial or financial and confidential or privileged. Restricted computer software means computer software developed at private expense and that is a trade secret, is commercial or financial and confident…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …e Government's rights to use, release, or disclose the following technical data should be restricted— 1 If the assertion is applicable to items, components or processes developed at private expense, identify both the data and each such ite…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …computer software under the definition of “commercial computer software” of this clause. Restricted rights apply only to other than commercial computer software and mean the Government's rights to— (1) Use a computer program with one comp…
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …computer software under the definition of “commercial computer software” of this clause. Restricted rights apply only to other than commercial computer software and mean the Government's rights to— (1) Use a computer program with one comp…
  • FAR 27.401 Definitions.
    …secrets or are commercial or financial and confidential or privileged (see 27.404-2(b)). Restricted computer software means computer software developed at private expense and that is a trade secret, is commercial or financial and confident…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. Restricted business operations means business operations in Sudan that include power production activities, mineral extraction activities, oil-related…
  • DFARS 225.872-2 Applicability.
    (a) This section applies to all acquisitions of supplies except those restricted by— (1) U.S. National Disclosure Policy, DoDD 5230.11, Disclosure of Classified Military Information to Foreign Governments and International Organizations; …
  • FAR 27.404-1 Unlimited rights data.
    …he extent the data constitute minor modifications to data that are limited rights data or restricted computer software). (b) Form, fit, and function data delivered under contract. (c) Data (except as may be included with restricted comput…
  • DFARS 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    …not use the basic or an alternate of the clause if— (A) Purchase from foreign sources is restricted, unless the contracting officer anticipates a waiver of the restriction; or (B) The clause at 252.225-7026, Acquisition Restricted to Prod…
  • DFARS 225.7102-2 Exceptions.
    … does not apply to acquisitions— (a) Using simplified acquisition procedures, unless the restricted item is the end item being purchased; (b) Overseas for overseas use; or (c) When the quantity acquired exceeds the amount needed to maint…
  • DFARS 252.227-7017 Identification and Assertion of Use, Release, or Disclosure Restrictions.
    … to use, release, or disclose the following technical data or computer software should be restricted: 1 For technical data (other than computer software documentation) pertaining to items, components, or processes developed at private expe…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …vernment; or (ii) Has been classified by the Department of Energy as privately generated restricted data following the procedures in 10 CFR 1045.21; and (2) Must be protected against unauthorized disclosure according to Executive Order 12…
  • FAR 27.406-1 General.
    …ition of the procurement, unlimited rights in data that qualify as limited rights data or restricted computer software. Rather, form, fit, and function data may be furnished with unlimited rights instead of the qualifying data, or the quali…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …itations containing the clause at 52.225-5. (xxiii) 52.225-20, Prohibition on Conducting Restricted Business Operations in Sudan—Certification. This provision applies to all solicitations. (xxiv) 52.225-25, Prohibition on Contracting with…
  • FAR 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
    …usively for a small business concern identified at 19.000(a)(3) that is issued under an unrestricted multiple-award contract, unless the order is issued under the reserved portion of an unrestricted multiple-award contract (e.g., an order s…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …e actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers that led to the restricted consideration before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services is made. (ix) The ordering activity contracting officer's cer…
  • FAR 11.201 Identification and availability of specifications.
    …h documents. (c) When documents refer to other documents, such references shall— (1) Be restricted to documents, or appropriate portions of documents, that apply in the acquisition; (2) Cite the extent of their applicability; (3) Not co…
  • FAR 17.802 Policy.
    …er under a blanket purchase agreement; and (iii) Information identified by an offeror as restricted from duplication, use, or disclosure—in whole or in part—for any purpose other than to evaluate the reverse auction participant's price or …
  • FAR 19.502-2 Total small business set-asides.
    …side shall be withdrawn and the requirement, if still valid, shall be resolicited on an unrestricted basis. The small business set-aside does not preclude the award of a contract as described in 19.203. (b) Before setting aside an acquisit…
  • FAR 19.601 General.
    …subpart for U.S. small business concerns. (f) For the purpose of receiving a COC on an unrestricted acquisition, a small business nonmanufacturer may furnish any end item produced or manufactured in the United States or its outlying areas.
  • FAR 25.503 Group offers.
    … If the acquisition is covered by the WTO GPA and any part of the offer consists of items restricted in accordance with 25.403(c). (b) If an offer restricts award to a group of line items or to all line items contained in the offer, determ…
  • FAR 25.504-4 Group award basis.
    …ercent). Evaluate the remaining items without applying a factor. STEP 3: The tentative unrestricted award pattern from Offers A and B is lower than the evaluated price of Offer C. Award the combination of Offers A and B. Note that if Offer…
  • FAR 25.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    …ibed in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section apply, except if— (A) The solicitation is restricted to domestic end products in accordance with subpart 6.3; (B) The acquisition is for supplies for use within the United States and an excep…
  • FAR 27.404-6 Inspection of data at the contractor's facility.
    …er) for the purpose of verifying a contractor's assertion regarding the limited rights or restricted rights status of the data, or for evaluating work performance under the contract. This right may be exercised up to 3 years after acceptanc…
  • FAR 27.408 Cosponsored research and development activities.
    …e contract, any resulting data may be treated under this clause as limited rights data or restricted computer software in accordance with 27.404-2(c) or (d), as applicable; or if this treatment is inconsistent with the purpose of the contra…
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    …r product or component improvement, unless the value engineering incentive application is restricted to areas not covered by provisions for product or component improvement; (5) For commercial products (see part 11) that do not involve pac…
  • FAR 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule.
    …(b) Applicability. (1) This clause does not apply to contracts awarded pursuant to the unrestricted portion of a partial set-aside or to a contractor that is the manufacturer of the product or end item. (2) This clause applies to— (i) Co…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    … for Fiscal Year 2008 (Pub. L. 110-181). (R) Use the clause at 252.225-7026, Acquisition Restricted to Products or Services from Afghanistan, as prescribed in 225.7703-4(c), to comply with section 886 of the National Defense Authorization …
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    … of innovative new technologies. The technology incentive range does not apply to efforts restricted to studies, analyses, or demonstrations that have a technical report as their primary deliverable. (d) Evaluation criteria for technical. …
  • DFARS 225.003 Definitions.
    … country end product, including the price of transportation to destination. Source, when restricted by words such as foreign, domestic, or qualifying country, means the actual manufacturer or producer of the end product or component. Sout…
  • DFARS 227.7103-1 Policy.
    … reproduce, perform, display, or disclose technical data pertaining to those items may be restricted. (e) As provided in 10 U.S.C. 3208, solicitations for major systems development contracts shall not require offerors to submit proposals t…
  • DFARS 227.7104-1 Policy.
    …ter software or technical data pertaining to those items, components, or processes may be restricted. (c) Consistent with the guidance in this section, 227.7103-10(a)(5), 227.7203-10(a)(5), and other acquisition guidance applicable to SBIR…
  • DFARS 227.7203-1 Policy.
    …hts to use, modify, release, reproduce, perform, display, or disclose the software may be restricted. (e) For acquisitions involving major weapon systems or subsystems of major weapon systems, the acquisition plan shall address acquisition…
  • DFARS 227.7203-9 Copyright.
    …tiate copyright licenses for computer software that provide less rights than the standard restricted rights in computer software license. For computer software documentation, do not negotiate a copyright license that provides less rights th…
  • DFARS 252.209-7002 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by a Foreign Government.
    …ng controlled cryptographic items when unkeyed or utilized with unclassified keys; (iii) Restricted Data as defined in the U.S. Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; (iv) Special Access Program (SAP) information; or (v) Sensitive Compar…
  • DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …covered under the SBIR or STTR program. (c) License. (1) The Government shall have the unrestricted right to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose technical data, and to permit others to do so, that— (i) Have been…

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.