48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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5 sections with “selected firms”

  • FAR 36.602-4 Selection authority.
    …on of the reason for the preference. All firms on the final selection list are considered selected firms with which the contracting officer may negotiate in accordance with 36.606. (c) The selection authority shall not add firms to the sel…
  • FAR 36.606 Negotiations.
    …until a mutually satisfactory contract has been negotiated. If negotiations fail with all selected firms, the contracting officer shall refer the matter to the selection authority who, after consulting with the contracting officer as to why…
  • FAR 9.508 Examples.
    …ining. Company A may not be awarded a contract to conduct the training. (h) Company A is selected to study the use of lasers in communications. The agency intends to ask that firms doing research in the field make proprietary information a…
  • FAR 34.005-6 Full production.
    Contracts for full production of successfully tested major systems selected from the full-scale development phase may be awarded if the agency head (a) reaffirms the mission need and program objectives and (b) grants approval to proceed wit…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …(23) Negotiate prices and execute supplemental agreements for spare parts and other items selected through provisioning procedures when prescribed by agency acquisition regulations. (24) Negotiate and execute contractual documents for sett…

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.