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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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76 sections with “reviews”: the first 40

  • DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.
    (a) Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy peer reviews. (1) The Office of the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP), using the procedures at PGI 201.170, will organize teams of revie…
  • DFARS 219.7106 Performance reviews.
    The DCMA will conduct annual performance reviews of all mentor-protégé agreements as indicated in appendix I, section I-113. The determinations made in these reviews should be a major factor in determinations of amounts of reimbursement, if…
  • FAR 19.305 Reviews of SDB status.
    This section applies to reviews of a small business concern's SDB status as a prime contractor or subcontractor. (a) SBA may initiate the review of SDB status on any firm that has represented itself to be an SDB on a prime contract or subc…
  • DFARS 215.270 Peer Reviews.
    Agency officials shall conduct Peer Reviews in accordance with 201.170.
  • FAR 34.202 Integrated Baseline Reviews.
    (a) When an EVMS is required, the Government will conduct an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR). (b) The purpose of the IBR is to verify the technical content and the realism of the related performance budgets, resources, and schedules. It s…
  • DFARS 232.072-1 Required financial reviews.
    The contracting officer shall perform a financial review when the contracting officer does not otherwise have sufficient information to make a positive determination of financial responsibility. In addition, the contracting officer shall co…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    (a) General. (1) Should-cost reviews are a specialized form of cost analysis. Should-cost reviews differ from traditional evaluation methods because they do not assume that a contractor's historical costs reflect efficient and economical op…
  • FAR 49.107 Audit of prime contract settlement proposals and subcontract settlements.
    … The audit agency shall develop requested information and may make any further accounting reviews it considers appropriate. After its review, the audit agency shall submit written comments and recommendations to the TCO. When a formal exami…
  • FAR 32.1007 Administration and payment of performance-based payments.
    …on, and the appropriation account(s) (see 32.1004(c)) to be charged for the payment. (c) Reviews. The contracting officer is responsible for determining what reviews are required for protection of the Government's interests. The contractin…
  • FAR 52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters.
    …12), all information posted in FAPIIS on or after April 15, 2011, except past performance reviews, will be publicly available. FAPIIS consists of two segments— (1) The non-public segment, into which Government officials and the Contractor …
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …o assess its property management system effectiveness and shall perform periodic internal reviews, surveillances, self assessments, or audits. Significant findings or results of such reviews and audits pertaining to Government property shal…
  • DFARS 203.170 Business practices.
    …sitions, these oversight duties shall not be accrued at the top. (c) Acquisition process reviews of the military departments shall be conducted to assess and improve acquisition and management processes, roles, and structures. The scope of…
  • FAR 9.105-2 Determinations and documentation.
    …12), all information posted in FAPIIS on or after April 15, 2011, except past performance reviews, will be publicly available. FAPIIS consists of two segments— (A) The non-public segment, into which Government officials and contractors pos…
  • FAR 15.407-5 Estimating systems.
    …wing selected contractors' estimating systems or methods, in order to reduce the scope of reviews to be performed on individual proposals, expedite the negotiation process, and increase the reliability of proposals. The results of estimatin…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …ned small business (WOSB) concerns eligible under the WOSB Program; (11) Conducts annual reviews to assess the— (i) Extent to which small businesses are receiving a fair share of Federal procurements, including contract opportunities unde…
  • FAR 32.001 Definitions.
    …contract financing arrangements should be usable by contracting officers without specific reviews or approvals by higher management. Delivery payment means a payment for accepted supplies or services, including payments for accepted partia…
  • FAR 32.503-5 Administration of progress payments.
    …e contractor's accounting system and certification without prepayment review, postpayment reviews (including audits when considered necessary) shall be made periodically, or when considered desirable by the ACO to determine the validity of …
  • FAR 49.112-1 Partial payments.
    …l payment, the TCO shall obtain any desired accounting, engineering, or other specialized reviews of the data submitted in support of the contractor's settlement proposal. If the reviews and the TCO's examination of the data indicate that t…
  • FAR 52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price.
    …rformance and for as long afterwards as the contract requires. The Government may perform reviews and evaluations as reasonably necessary to ascertain compliance with this paragraph. These reviews and evaluations shall be conducted in a man…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …'s management and internal control systems using contracting office data, information and reviews made by field contract administration offices or other DoD field offices; (ii) The management involvement expected on the prospective contrac…
  • DFARS 215.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …uld-cost review. (b) Program should-cost review. Major weapon system should-cost program reviews shall be conducted in a manner that is transparent, objective, and provides for the efficiency of the DoD systems acquisition process (section…
  • DFARS 215.407-5-70 Disclosure, maintenance, and review requirements.
    …lines of authority, duties, and responsibilities; (iii) Internal controls and managerial reviews; (iv) Flow of work, coordination, and communication; and (v) Budgeting, planning, estimating methods, techniques, accumulation of historical…
  • DFARS 219.201 General policy.
    … accordance with FAR 19.502-2. Follow the procedures at PGI 219.201(c)(10) regarding such reviews. (B) Making the review before issuance of the solicitation or contract modification and documenting it on DD Form 2579, Small Business Coordi…
  • DFARS 244.301 Objective.
    The administrative contracting officer (ACO) is solely responsible for initiating reviews of the contractor's purchasing systems, but other organizations may request that the ACO initiate such reviews.
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …ablishing the prices offered. If the prices are controlled under law by periodic rulings, reviews, or similar actions of a governmental body, attach a copy of the controlling document, unless it was previously submitted to the contracting o…
  • DFARS 252.234-7002 Earned Value Management System.
    …e effective date of implementation. (f) The Government will schedule integrated baseline reviews as early as practicable, and the review process will be conducted not later than 180 calendar days after— (1) Contract award; (2) The exerci…
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …de to the Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO), upon request, the results of internal reviews that it has conducted to ensure compliance with established MMAS policies, procedures, and operating instructions; and (3) Disclose significa…
  • FAR 1.102-2 Performance standards.
    …nistration, and enforcement. This applies to internal administrative processes, including reviews, and to rules and procedures applied to the contractor community. (2) The System must provide uniformity where it contributes to efficiency o…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …pecifications, value engineering, construction phase services, soils engineering, drawing reviews, preparation of operating and maintenance manuals, and other related services. Assignment of claims means the transfer or making over by the …
  • FAR 4.801 General.
    …in the acquisition process; (2) Supporting actions taken; (3) Providing information for reviews and investigations; and (4) Furnishing essential facts in the event of litigation or congressional inquiries. (c) The files to be establishe…
  • FAR 4.2305 Waivers.
    …unctions, or considerations related to the national interest, including national security reviews, national security investigations, or national security agreements; (5) Any alternative mitigations to be undertaken to reduce the risks addr…
  • FAR 5.401 General.
    …(see subpart 24.1); or (4) Pertaining to internal agency communications (e.g., technical reviews, contracting authority or other reasons, or recommendations referring thereto). (c) This policy applies to all Government personnel who parti…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …he urgency of the need. (n) Assuring that the contracting officer, prior to contracting, reviews: (1) The acquisition history of the supplies and services; and (2) A description of the supplies, including, when necessary for adequate des…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …stries Alliance Standard 748 (EIA-748), and the timing and conduct of integrated baseline reviews (whether prior to or post award). (See 34.202.) (12) Make or buy. Discuss any consideration given to make-or-buy programs (see subpart 15.407…
  • FAR 9.405-2 Restrictions on subcontracting.
    …ce with the requirements of 52.209-6 will be reviewed during Contractor Purchasing System Reviews (see subpart 44.3).
  • FAR 14.202-6 Final review of invitations for bids.
    …result in the receipt of nonresponsive bids. Contracting officers are responsible for the reviews.
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …ferors the cost or price that the Government's price analysis, market research, and other reviews have identified as reasonable (41 U.S.C. 2102 and 2107). When using reverse auction procedures (see subpart 17.8), it is also permissible to r…
  • FAR 15.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …on. (2) Prices set by law or regulation. Pronouncements in the form of periodic rulings, reviews, or similar actions of a governmental body, or embodied in the laws, are sufficient to set a price. (3) Commercial products and commercial se…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …lowance for the incomplete data. (vi) Analysis of the results of any make-or-buy program reviews, in evaluating subcontract costs (see 15.407-2). (d) Cost realism analysis. (1) Cost realism analysis is the process of independently reviewi…
  • FAR 16.001 Definitions.
    …e contractor. Fee-Determining Official (FDO) means the designated Agency official(s) who reviews the recommendations of the Award-Fee Board in determining the amount of award fee to be earned by the contractor for each evaluation period. …

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.