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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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  • DFARS 252.219-7009 Section 8(a) direct award.
    As prescribed in 219.811-3(1), use the following clause: Section 8(a) Direct Award (OCT 2018) (a) This contract is issued as a direct award between the contracting office and the 8(a) Contractor pursuant to the Partnership Agreement betwe…
  • FAR 52.219-17 Section 8(a) Award.
    As prescribed in 19.811-3(c), insert the following clause: Section 8(a) Award (OCT 2019) (a) By execution of a contract, the Small Business Administration (SBA) agrees to the following: (1) To furnish the supplies or services set forth i…
  • FAR 6.204 Section 8(a) competition.
    (a) To fulfill statutory requirements relating to section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, as amended by Public Law 100-656, contracting officers may limit competition to eligible 8(a) participants (see subpart 19.8). (b) No separate justif…
  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …t-engineer contracts), subject to the exception listed in paragraph (c)(1)(ii)(A) of this section for use by DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard. (ii) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3206(c), for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard— (A) The contractin…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …ing authority to establish an Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (see section 15(k) of the Small Business Act). For the Department of Defense, in accordance with section 904 of Public Law 109-163 (10 U.S.C. 144 note), th…
  • FAR 25.602-1 Section 1605 of the Recovery Act.
    …ng refinement of steel additives. (B) The requirement in paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this section does not apply to iron or steel components or subcomponents in construction material that does not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or …
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    …luation factor for the contract award, in accordance with paragraph (a)(2)(iv)(A) of this section, the contracting officer shall consider price or cost as one of the factors in the selection decision for each order placed under the contract…
  • FAR 1.105-2 Arrangement of regulations.
    …nto subchapters, parts (each of which covers a separate aspect of acquisition), subparts, sections, and subsections. (b) Numbering. (1) The numbering system permits the discrete identification of every FAR paragraph. The digits to the left…
  • FAR 1.303 Publication and codification.
    …). Coverage in an agency acquisition regulation that implements a specific part, subpart, section, or subsection of the FAR shall be numbered and titled to correspond to the appropriate FAR number and title. Supplementary material for which…
  • FAR 1.602-3 Ratification of unauthorized commitments.
    (a) Definitions. Ratification, as used in this subsection, means the act of approving an unauthorized commitment by an official who has the authority to do so. Unauthorized commitment, as used in this subsection, means an agreement that i…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    A word or a term, defined in this section, has the same meaning throughout this chapter (the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)) unless the context in which the word or term is used clearly requires a different meaning or another FAR part…
  • FAR 3.104-3 Statutory and related prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements.
    …ement information (41 U.S.C. 2102). (1) A person described in paragraph (a)(2) of this subsection must not, other than as provided by law, knowingly disclose contractor bid or proposal information or source selection information before the …
  • FAR 3.502-2 Subcontractor kickbacks.
    …wingly and willfully engages in the prohibited conduct addressed in paragraph (a) of this section. (c) Provides for the recovery of civil penalties by the United States from any person who knowingly engages in such prohibited conduct and f…
  • FAR 3.803 Exceptions.
    …on include consultants and trade associations. (iii) As used in paragraph (a)(2) of this section “professional and technical services” are limited to advice and analysis directly applying any professional or technical discipline. For examp…
  • FAR 3.900 Scope of subpart.
    …SA, and the Coast Guard. (a) 41 U.S.C. 4712 is implemented in 3.900 through 3.906. These sections do not apply to— (1) DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard; or (2) Any element of the intelligence community, as defined in section 3(4) of the Na…
  • FAR 3.907-6 Remedies and enforcement authority.
    …osure as contributing factor in reprisal. (i) An employee alleging a reprisal under this section shall be deemed to have affirmatively established the occurrence of the reprisal if the employee demonstrates that a disclosure described in s…
  • FAR 4.1005-1 Required data elements.
    …ude in the schedule (described at 12.303(b)(4), 14.201-2, or 15.204-2, or in a comparable section of the procurement instrument), at a minimum, the following information as separate, distinct data elements: (1) Line item or subline item nu…
  • FAR 5.102 Availability of solicitations.
    (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(5) of this section, the contracting officer must make available through the GPE solicitations synopsized through the GPE, including specifications, technical data, and other pertinent information d…
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    … proposed contract action is not required to be synopsized under paragraph (d)(1) of this section, the contracting officer must display a notice of the solicitation or a copy of the solicitation in a public place at the contracting office. …
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …ion for a single-award BPA exceeding $150 million, if applicable (see (a)(3)(ii)) of this section); (vi) Documentation supporting the decision to establish multiple-award BPAs or a single-award BPA (see (a)(3)(iv)); (vii) Evidence of comp…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …its action when restricting consideration in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b) of this section— (a) Orders or BPAs exceeding the micro-purchase threshold based on a limited sources justification—(1) Circumstances justifying limiting the…
  • FAR 8.602 Policy.
    (a) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3905 and Section 637 of Division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Pub. L. 108-447) (18 U.S.C. 4124 note), and except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, agencies shall— (1) Before p…
  • FAR 9.202 Policy.
    …es not provided under contract to the agency). (3) If the services in (a)(2)(ii) of this section are provided by contract, the contractors selected to provide testing and evaluation services shall be— (i) Those that are not expected to be…
  • FAR 9.406-3 Procedures.
    …uspending and debarring official should change the notice in paragraph (c)(3)(iv) of this section to include those flexible procedures. (2) In actions not based upon a conviction or civil judgment, if it is found that the contractor's subm…
  • FAR 12.207 Contract type.
    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, agencies shall use firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services. (b)(1) A time…
  • FAR 14.201-2 Part I—The Schedule.
    The contracting officer shall prepare the Schedule as follows: (a) Section A, Solicitation/contract form. (1) Prepare the invitation for bids on SF 33, or the SF 1447, unless otherwise permitted by this regulation. The SF 33 is the first p…
  • FAR 14.201-5 Part IV—Representations and instructions.
    …e contracting officer shall prepare the representations and instructions as follows: (a) Section K, Representations, certifications, and other statements of bidders. Include in this section those solicitation provisions that require repres…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    …been cancelled for the reasons specified in subparagraphs (c) (6), (7), or (8) of this subsection, and the agency head has authorized, in the determination in paragraph (c) of this subsection, the completion of the acquisition through negot…
  • FAR 15.204-2 Part I—The Schedule.
    The contracting officer shall prepare the contract Schedule as follows: (a) Section A, Solicitation/contract form. (1) Optional Form (OF) 308, Solicitation and Offer-Negotiated Acquisition, or Standard Form (SF) 33, Solicitation, Offer and…
  • FAR 15.204-5 Part IV—Representations and Instructions.
    …e contracting officer shall prepare the representations and instructions as follows: (a) Section K, Representations, certifications, and other statements of offerors. Include in this section those solicitation provisions that require repre…
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …Shall be limited to the offerors described in paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (b)(1)(ii) of this section and— (i) Shall be held with offerors whose past performance information is the determining factor preventing them from being placed within th…
  • 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).
    …pon are based on adequate price competition (see standards in paragraph (c)(1) of this subsection); (2) When the contracting officer determines that prices agreed upon are based on prices set by law or regulation (see standards in paragrap…
  • FAR 15.403-4 Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …ta were initially required) or any subcontract covered by paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of this subsection. Price adjustment amounts must consider both increases and decreases (e.g., a $500,000 modification resulting from a reduction of $1,500,000 a…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …bleness of the offered prices. The analytical techniques and procedures described in this section may be used, singly or in combination with others, to ensure that the final price is fair and reasonable. The complexity and circumstances of …
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    (a) General. This subsection prescribes policies for establishing the profit or fee portion of the Government prenegotiation objective in price negotiations based on cost analysis. (1) Profit or fee prenegotiation objectives do not necessa…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …the pricing of contract modifications, and the clause prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section has not been included. (d) Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data. The contracting officer shall— (1) Insert the clause at 52.215-12, …
  • FAR 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
    …es for small business programs. (i) In addition to the notice in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the contracting officer shall notify each offeror in writing prior to award and upon completion of negotiations and determinations of respons…
  • FAR 15.609 Limited use of data.
    …cited proposal marked with a legend different from that provided in paragraph (a) of this section. The return letter will state that the proposal cannot be considered because it is impracticable for the Government to comply with the legend …
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    … using the format(s) and requirements from paragraphs (b)(2)(ii)(A), (B), and (C) of this section, modified to show the brand-name justification. A justification is required unless a justification covering the requirements in the order was …
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    … in a specific offer by filing a contracting officer's protest (see paragraph (c) of this section). (c)(1) Any contracting officer who receives a protest, whether timely or not, or who, as the contracting officer, wishes to protest the sma…

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