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241 sections with “section 8(a) program”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    …ercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “ commercial product” in section 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)); (ii) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and (iii) Offered to …
  • DFARS 252.225-7035 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program Certificate.
    …umbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component or a critical item (see section 25.105 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation). [List as necessary] (End of provision) Alternate I. As prescribed in 225.1101(9) and (9)(ii)…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    …mercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial product” in section 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)); (ii) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and (iii) Offered to …
  • DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.
    …mercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial product” in section 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)); (ii) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and (iii) Offered to …
  • DFARS 252.225-7044 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material.
    …mercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial product” in section 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); (ii) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and (iii) Offered to t…
  • FAR 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    (a) Definition. Interested party, as used in this section, has the meaning given in 13 CFR 127.102. (b)(1) For sole source acquisitions, the contracting officer or SBA may protest the offeror's status as an economically disadvantaged women…
  • 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 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 3.900 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 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 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 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 19.201 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 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…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …cerns, SDB concerns, and WOSB concerns. (a)(1) Except as stated in paragraph (b) of this section, section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) imposes the following requirements regarding subcontracting with small businesses a…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    … only, a contracting officer may require the goals referenced in paragraph (a)(1) of this section to be calculated as a percentage of total contract dollars, in addition to the goals established as a percentage of total subcontract dollars;…
  • FAR 19.1506 Women-Owned Small Business Program sole-source awards.
    …ceived from two or more EDWOSB concerns; and (3) The conditions in paragraph (c) of this section exist. (b) A contracting officer shall consider a contract award to a WOSB concern (including EDWOSB concerns) eligible under the WOSB Progra…
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    …in the meaning of paragraphs (1)(i) and (ii) of the “site of the work” definition of this section, and a facility which is dedicated to the construction of the building or work and is deemed part of the site of the work within the meaning o…
  • FAR 22.1006 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …Standards, in solicitations and contracts (except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section) if the contract is subject to the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and is— (i) Over $2,500; or (ii) For an indefinite dollar amount…
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …ide the United States; except that— (ii) The requirements of paragraph (a)(7)(i) of this section do not apply to an employee who is— (A) Legally permitted to remain in the country of employment and who chooses to do so; or (B) Exempted b…
  • FAR 23.107-1 Products containing recovered materials.
    …s to assist procuring agencies in meeting their obligations. (c) Applicability. (1) This section applies to contract actions involving an EPA-designated item, if— (i) The price of the EPA-designated item exceeds $10,000; or (ii) The aggr…
  • FAR 26.504 Policy.
    …ormance of the contract with a copy of the statement required by paragraph (a)(1) of this section; (4) Notifying all employees in writing in the statement required by subparagraph (a)(1) of this section, that as a condition of employment o…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    …C. 202 and the Presidential Memorandum and Executive order cited in paragraph (a) of this section, each contractor may, after required disclosure to the Government, elect to retain title to any subject invention. (2) A contract may require…
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    …ons and contracts for experimental, developmental, or research work as prescribed in this section. (2) This section also applies to solicitations or contracts for construction work or architect-engineer services that include— (i) Experime…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …it applicable to data other than special works, as appropriate (see paragraph (e) of this section); (ii) For the acquisition of existing data, commercial computer software, or other existing data, as described in 27.405-2 through 27.405-4 …
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    (a) Definitions. As used in this subsection— Applied research means that effort which (1) normally follows basic research, but may not be severable from the related basic research, (2) attempts to determine and exploit the potential of sci…
  • FAR 31.205-19 Insurance and indemnification.
    … general conduct of its business. (b) For purposes of applying the provisions of this subsection, the Government considers insurance provided by captive insurers (insurers owned by or under control of the contractor) as self-insurance, and…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    (a) Definitions. As used in this subsection— Costs include, but are not limited to, administrative and clerical expenses; the costs of legal services, whether performed by in-house or private counsel; the costs of the services of accountan…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …operations do not include business operations that the person (as that term is defined in Section 2 of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007) conducting the business can demonstrate— (1) Are conducted under contract directly …
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …bition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (JAN 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisio…
  • FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
    … to obtain a contract to be awarded under the preference programs established pursuant to section 8, 9, 15, 31, and 36 of the Small Business Act or any other provision of Federal law that specifically references section 8(d) for a definitio…
  • FAR 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification.
    …contract, within 3 business days after the date of hire (but see paragraph (b)(3) of this section); and (iii) Verify employees assigned to the contract. For each employee assigned to the contract, initiate verification within 90 calendar d…
  • FAR 52.223-10 Waste Reduction Program.
    …ecycled and environmentally preferable products. (b) Consistent with the requirements of section 207 of Executive Order 14057, the Contractor shall establish a program to promote cost-effective waste reduction in all operations and facilit…

FAR (chapter 1)

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