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58 sections with “satisfactory contract performance”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    …ideration is specifically authorized by this contract; and (ii) The Contractor furnishes satisfactory evidence that it has acquired title to such material and that the material will be used to perform this contract. (c) Contractor certifi…
  • FAR 16.404 Fixed-price contracts with award fees.
    …blish a fixed price (including normal profit) for the effort. This price will be paid for satisfactory contract performance. Award fee earned (if any) will be paid in addition to that fixed price. See 16.401(e) for the requirements relative…
  • FAR 32.503-6 Suspension or reduction of payments.
    … immediate unilateral action only if warranted by circumstances such as overpayments or unsatisfactory contract performance. (3) In all cases, the contracting officer shall— (i) Act fairly and reasonably; (ii) Base decisions on substanti…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …bcontractors. A payment clause that obligates the Contractor to pay the subcontractor for satisfactory performance under its subcontract not later than 7 days from receipt of payment out of such amounts as are paid to the Contractor under t…
  • FAR 9.104-6 Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.
    …ault or cause; determinations of nonresponsibility because the contractor does not have a satisfactory performance record or a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics; or comparable information relating to a grant, the contract…
  • FAR 52.232-10 Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    …ines that such a withholding is necessary to protect the Government's interest and ensure satisfactory completion of the contract. The amount withheld shall be determined based upon the Contractor's performance record under this contract. W…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    … forward shall not be compounded. Interest on advance payments shall cease to accrue upon satisfactory completion or termination of the contract for the convenience of the Government. The Contractor shall charge interest on advance payments…
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    … has determined that— (1) Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or (2) It is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the r…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    … has determined that— (1) Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or (2) It is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the r…
  • FAR 16.306 Cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts.
    …vel of effort for a stated time period. Under this form, if the performance is considered satisfactory by the Government, the fixed fee is payable at the expiration of the agreed-upon period, upon contractor statement that the level of effo…
  • FAR 32.103 Progress payments under construction contracts.
    When satisfactory progress has not been achieved by a contractor during any period for which a progress payment is to be made, a percentage of the progress payment may be retained. Retainage should not be used as a substitute for good contr…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … at the most advantageous prices available with due regard to securing prompt delivery of satisfactory materials; and (2) Give credit to the Government for cash and trade discounts, rebates, scrap, commissions, and other amounts that are i…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    … at the most advantageous prices available with due regard to securing prompt delivery of satisfactory materials; and (ii) Take all cash and trade discounts, rebates, allowances, credits, salvage, commissions, and other benefits. When unab…
  • FAR 52.232-32 Performance-Based Payments.
    …f this contract is endangered by the Contractor's (i) failure to make progress, or (ii) unsatisfactory financial condition. (3) The Contractor is delinquent in payment of any subcontractor or supplier under this contract in the ordinary co…
  • FAR 52.236-6 Superintendence by the Contractor.
    …tly superintend the work or assign and have on the work a competent superintendent who is satisfactory to the Contracting Officer and has authority to act for the Contractor. (End of clause)
  • FAR 52.237-4 Payment by Government to Contractor.
    …etion and acceptance of the contract work. However, if the Contracting Officer finds that satisfactory progress was achieved during any period for which a progress payment is to be made, the Contracting Officer may authorize such payment in…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …ow normal— (A) Reviews performed by the field contract administration offices disclose unsatisfactory management and internal control systems (e.g., quality assurance, property control, safety, security); or (B) The effort requires an unu…
  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    …rnment has determined that sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or (ii) The end product is a COTS item. United States means the …
  • FAR 16.401 General.
    … contractor's overall cost, schedule, and technical performance in the aggregate is below satisfactory. The basis for all award-fee determinations shall be documented in the contract file to include, at a minimum, a determination that overa…
  • FAR 32.905 Payment documentation and process.
    (a) General. Payment will be based on receipt of a proper invoice and satisfactory contract performance. (b) Content of invoices. (1) A proper invoice must include the following items (except for interim payments on cost reimbursement cont…
  • FAR 9.104-1 General standards.
    … consideration all existing commercial and governmental business commitments; (c) Have a satisfactory performance record (see 9.104-3(b) and subpart 42.15). A prospective contractor shall not be determined responsible or nonresponsible sol…
  • FAR 9.104-3 Application of standards.
    …iods or quantities, if such options are considered when evaluating offers for award. (b) Satisfactory performance record. A prospective contractor that is or recently has been seriously deficient in contract performance shall be presumed t…
  • FAR 9.105-2 Determinations and documentation.
    …ed acquisition threshold; (B) The determination of nonresponsibility is based on lack of satisfactory performance record or satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics; and (C) The Small Business Administration does not issue a C…
  • FAR 9.106-4 Reports.
    …r's responsibility or nonresponsibility. (c) When a preaward survey discloses previous unsatisfactory performance, the surveying activity shall specify the extent to which the prospective contractor plans, or has taken, corrective action. …
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …all be rated in accordance with a five scale rating system (i.e., exceptional, very good, satisfactory, marginal, and unsatisfactory). The ratings and narratives must reflect the definitions in the tables 42-1 or 42-2 of this section. (c)(…
  • FAR 52.204-2 Security Requirements.
    …nge in security classification or requirements, and shall endeavor to work out a mutually satisfactory method whereby the Contractor can continue performance of the work under this contract. (g) If, 15 days after receipt by the Contracting…
  • FAR 52.236-21 Specifications and Drawings for Construction.
    …ion, of the Contracting Officer is intended and similarly the words approved, acceptable, satisfactory, or words of like import shall mean approved by, or acceptable to, or satisfactory to the Contracting Officer, unless otherwise expressly…
  • FAR 52.246-13 Inspection—Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements.
    …e workmanship. The Contractor shall promptly segregate and remove from the premises any unsatisfactory facilities, materials, and equipment used in contract performance, and promptly replace them with satisfactory items. If the Contractor f…
  • DFARS 252.247-7007 Liability and insurance.
    …inst the risk of this paragraph (d)(1). (ii) This approval will be given upon receipt of satisfactory evidence that the Contractor has qualified as a self-insurer under applicable provision of law. (2) Bodily injury liability insurance in…
  • FAR 1.603-4 Termination.
    …on. Terminations may be for reasons such as reassignment, termination of employment, or unsatisfactory performance. No termination shall operate retroactively.
  • FAR 9.103 Policy.
    …ce alone can be false economy if there is subsequent default, late deliveries, or other unsatisfactory performance resulting in additional contractual or administrative costs. While it is important that Government purchases be made at the l…
  • FAR 9.106-2 Requests for preaward surveys.
    …package (unless it has previously been furnished), and any information indicating prior unsatisfactory performance by the prospective contractor; (c) State whether the contracting office will participate in the survey; (d) Specify the dat…
  • FAR 9.207 Changes in status regarding qualification requirements.
    … or (10) Performance of a contract subject to a qualification requirement is otherwise unsatisfactory. (b) After considering any of the above or other conditions reasonably related to whether a product or source continues to meet the stan…
  • FAR 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    …with the terms of one or more contracts; or (B) A history of failure to perform, or of unsatisfactory performance of, one or more contracts. (ii) Violations of 41 U.S.C. chapter 81, Drug-Free Workplace, as indicated by— (A) Failure to co…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    … the contracting officer shall attempt to obtain and use them in the negotiations or make satisfactory allowance for the incomplete data. (vi) Analysis of the results of any make-or-buy program reviews, in evaluating subcontract costs (see…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …s make-or-buy program when necessary to ensure negotiation of reasonable contract prices, satisfactory performance, or implementation of socioeconomic policies. Consent to subcontracts and review of contractors' purchasing systems are separ…
  • FAR 17.207 Exercise of options.
    …nd (7) The contractor's performance on this contract has been acceptable, e.g., received satisfactory ratings. (d) The contracting officer, after considering price and other factors, shall make the determination on the basis of one of the…
  • FAR 19.804-1 Agency evaluation.
    …s in 19.803(a) and other aspects of the participants' capabilities which would ensure the satisfactory performance of the requirement being considered for commitment to the 8(a) program.
  • FAR 32.503-3 Initiation of progress payments and review of accounting system.
    …nt audit review (within the last 12 months) to be (1) reliable, competent, and capable of satisfactory performance, (2) possessed of an adequate accounting system and controls, and (3) in sound financial condition, progress payments in amou…
  • FAR 32.503-12 Maximum unliquidated amount.
    …e liquidation rate. (3) The rate of progress or the quality of contract performance is unsatisfactory. (4) The rate of rejections, waste, or spoilage is excessive. (c) As required, the services of the responsible audit agency or office s…

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