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  • FAR 52.215-18 Reversion or Adjustment of Plans for Postretirement Benefits (PRB) Other Than Pensions.
    …ibed in 15.408(j), insert the following clause: Reversion or Adjustment of Plans for Postretirement Benefits (PRB) Other Than Pensions (JUL 2005) (a) The Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer in writing when the Contrac…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …-go cost method means a method of recognizing pension cost only when benefits are paid to retired employees or their beneficiaries. Pension plan means a deferred compensation plan established and maintained by one or more employers to prov…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …ractors to workers whose employment is being involuntarily terminated. Payments for early retirement incentive plans are covered in paragraph (j)(6) of this subsection. (2) Severance pay is allowable only to the extent that, in each case, …
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …l Cost of Money, in the resulting contract. (j) Reversion or Adjustment of Plans for Postretirement Benefits (PRB) Other Than Pensions. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.215-18, Reversion or Adjustment of Plans for Post…
  • FAR 22.901 Policy.
    …ons because of their age except upon the basis of a bona fide occupational qualification, retirement plan, or statutory requirement. (b) Contractors and subcontractors, or persons acting on their behalf, shall not specify in solicitations …
  • FAR 31.205-16 Gains and losses on disposition or impairment of depreciable property or other capital assets.
    (a) Gains and losses from the sale, retirement, or other disposition (but see 31.205-19) of depreciable property shall be included in the year in which they occur as credits or charges to the cost grouping(s) in which the depreciation or am…
  • DFARS 237.101 Definitions.
    …xceeds such lesser scope of requirements or extent of performance. Senior mentor means a retired flag, general, or other military officer or retired senior civilian official who provides expert experience-based mentoring, teaching, trainin…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …perations as distinguished from physical life; it is evidenced by the actual or estimated retirement and replacement practice of the contractor. Descriptive literature means information provided by an offeror, such as cuts, illustrations, …
  • FAR 3.406 Records.
    … other pertinent data, including a record of actions taken. Contracting offices shall not retire or destroy these records until it is certain that they are no longer needed for enforcement purposes. If the original record is maintained in a…
  • FAR 4.2301 Definitions.
    …acturing, production, distribution, installation, operation, maintenance, disposition, or retirement of covered articles so as to surveil, deny, disrupt, or otherwise manipulate the function, use, or operation of the covered articles or inf…
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    …Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute include medical or hospital care, pensions on retirement or death, compensation for injuries or illness resulting from occupational activity, or insurance to provide any of the foregoing; unemploy…
  • FAR 22.1301 Definitions.
    … or air service, who is entitled to compensation (or who, but for the receipt of military retired pay, would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or (2) A person who was discharged or r…
  • FAR 31.205-19 Insurance and indemnification.
    …ursuant to section 4007 (29 U.S.C. 1307) or section 4023 (29 U.S.C. 1323) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 are unallowable.
  • FAR 32.409-3 Security, supervision, and covenants.
    …, bonuses or commissions, rentals and royalties, capital expenditures, creation of liens, retirement of stock or debt, and creation of additional obligations; and (5) Advance payment bonds (rarely required). (e) In an advance payment agre…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …ntil actually paid unless— (i) The Contractor's practice is to make contributions to the retirement fund quarterly or more frequently; and (ii) The contribution does not remain unpaid 30 days after the end of the applicable quarter or sho…
  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    …, allowances, insurance and other benefits, stock options and awards, profit sharing, and retirement. Compensation information means the amount and type of compensation provided to employees or offered to applicants, including, but not lim…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …ntil actually paid unless— (i) The Contractor's practice is to make contributions to the retirement fund quarterly or more frequently; and (ii) The contribution does not remain unpaid 30 days after the end of the applicable quarter or sho…
  • DFARS 226.7201 Definitions.
    …verely disabled individuals; and (3) Provides, for its employees, health insurance and a retirement plan comparable to those provided for employees by business entities of similar size in its industrial sector or geographic region. Severe…
  • DFARS 231.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    … subsequent appropriations. This limitation does not apply to severance payments or early retirement incentive payments. (See 231.205-70(b) for the definitions of “business combination” and “restructuring costs.”) (m)(1) Fringe benefit cos…
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    …s that may be allowed include, but are not limited to, severance pay for employees, early retirement incentive payments for employees, employee retraining costs, relocation expense for retained employees, and relocation and rearrangement of…
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    …verely disabled individuals; and (3) Provides, for its employees, health insurance and a retirement plan comparable to those provided for employees by business entities of similar size in its industrial sector or geographic region. Summar…
  • DFARS 252.226-7002 Representation for Demonstration Project for Contractors Employing Persons with Disabilities.
    …verely disabled individuals; and (3) Provides, for its employees, health insurance and a retirement plan comparable to those provided for employees by business entities of similar size in its industrial sector or geographic region. Severe…

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