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169 sections with “service area”: the first 40

  • FAR 41.204 GSA areawide contracts.
    …es. Areawide contracts provide a pre-established contractual vehicle for ordering utility services under the conditions in paragraph (c)(1) of this section. (b) Features. (1) Areawide contracts generally provide for ordering utility servic…
  • FAR 52.241-11 Multiple Service Locations.
    …ribed in 41.501(d)(5), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Multiple Service Locations (FEB 1995) (a) At any time by written order, the Contracting Officer may designate any location within the service area of the Cont…
  • FAR 6.302-3 Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services.
    … facility, producer, manufacturer, or other supplier available for furnishing supplies or services in case of a national emergency or to achieve industrial mobilization; (ii) To establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, or …
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …e with 41 U.S.C. 3307, contracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include only those clauses— (1) Required to implement provisions of law or executive orders applic…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    (a) General. Compensation for personal services is allowable subject to the following general criteria and additional requirements contained in other parts of this cost principle: (1) Compensation for personal services must be for work per…
  • FAR 31.205-13 Employee morale, health, welfare, food service, and dormitory costs and credits.
    …ublications; (2) Health clinics; (3) Wellness/fitness centers; (4) Employee counseling services; and (5) Food and dormitory services for the contractor's employees at or near the contractor's facilities. These services include— (i) Ope…
  • FAR 31.205-33 Professional and consultant service costs.
    (a) Definition. Professional and consultant services, as used in this subsection, means those services rendered by persons who are members of a particular profession or possess a special skill and who are not officers or employees of the co…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …provision: Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (OCT 2025) The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certi…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ons Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (MAR 2026) (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this c…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …rms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services) (MAR 2026) (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses that are incorporated by referen…
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    …plomatic in nature, including any individual assigned under section 502(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-465) to be temporarily in charge of such a mission or office. Combatant commander means the commander of a unified or…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …upply chain risk (see subpart 239.73) when acquiring information technology, whether as a service or as a supply, that is a covered system, is a part of a covered system, or is in support of a covered system, as defined in 239.7301. (f) Th…
  • DFARS 237.104 Personal services contracts.
    (b)(i) Authorization to acquire the personal services of experts and consultants is included in 10 U.S.C. 129b. Personal service contracts for expert and consultant services must also be authorized by a determination and findings (D&F) in a…
  • DFARS 252.239-7010 Cloud Computing Services.
    As prescribed in 239.7604(b), use the following clause: Cloud Computing Services (JAN 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Authorizing official, as described in DoD Instruction 8510.01, Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD I…
  • FAR 41.101 Definitions.
    …s used in this part, Areawide contract means a contract entered into between the General Services Administration (GSA) and a utility service supplier to cover utility service needs of Federal agencies within the franchise territory of the …
  • DFARS 252.239-7007 Cancellation or Termination of Orders.
    …tual nonrecoverable cost, which the Government shall reimburse the Contractor at the time services are cancelled. Basic termination liability means the nonrecoverable cost amortized in equal monthly increments throughout the liability peri…
  • FAR 12.504 Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …able to subcontracts at any tier for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services at any tier: (1) 10 U.S.C. 2631, Transportation of Supplies by Sea (except for the types of subcontracts listed at 47.504(d)). (2) 15 U.S.C…
  • FAR 36.702 Forms for use in contracting for architect-engineer services.
    …m 252, Architect-Engineer Contract, to award fixed-price contracts for architect-engineer services when the services will be performed in the United States or its outlying areas. (b) The SF 330, Architect-Engineer Qualifications, shall be …
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    … (1) For research and development other than full-scale development; (2) For engineering services from not-for-profit or nonprofit organizations; (3) For personal services (see subpart 37.1); (4) Providing for product or component improv…
  • FAR 1.102 Statement of guiding principles for the Federal Acquisition System.
    … the Federal Acquisition System is to deliver on a timely basis the best value product or service to the customer, while maintaining the public's trust and fulfilling public policy objectives. Participants in the acquisition process should …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …tion. Acquisition means the acquiring by contract with appropriated funds of supplies or services (including construction) by and for the use of the Federal Government through purchase or lease, whether the supplies or services are already…
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    …eign government reimbursing the agency for the cost of the acquisition of the supplies or services for such government, or the terms of an international agreement or treaty between the United States and a foreign government or international…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    … (1) Action Code. (2) Date. (3) Year. (4) Contracting Office ZIP Code. (5) Product or Service Code. (6) Contracting Office Address. (7) Subject. (8) Proposed Solicitation Number. (9) Closing Response Date. (10) Contact Point or Con…
  • FAR 6.502 Duties and responsibilities.
    …are responsible for— (1) Promoting the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services; (2) Promoting full and open competition; (3) Challenging requirements that are not stated in terms of functions to be performed, performan…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …tion to the maximum extent practicable, with due regard to the nature of the supplies and services to be acquired (10 U.S.C. 3206(a)(1) and 41 U.S.C. 3306(a)(1)). (b) Encouraging offerors to supply commercial products or commercial service…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …f this section, together with the agency's implementing procedures. Acquisition plans for service contracts or orders must describe the strategies for implementing performance-based acquisition methods or must provide rationale for not usin…
  • FAR 13.303-2 Establishment of BPAs.
    …may establish BPAs: (1) There is a wide variety of items in a broad class of supplies or services that are generally purchased, but the exact items, quantities, and delivery requirements are not known in advance and may vary considerably. …
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …antity contract provides for an indefinite quantity, within stated limits, of supplies or services during a fixed period. The Government places orders for individual requirements. Quantity limits may be stated as number of units or as dolla…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …)(4) and (11), and 16.505(b)(2)(ii)(D). (2) Individual orders shall clearly describe all services to be performed or supplies to be delivered so the full cost or price for the performance of the work can be established when the order is pl…
  • FAR 19.102 Small business size standards and North American Industry Classification System codes.
    …tracting officer shall determine the appropriate NAICS code by classifying the product or service being acquired in the one industry that best describes the principal purpose of the supply or service being acquired. Primary consideration is…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    …ntract or order assigned a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for services (except construction), the concern will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcont…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …offeror expending good faith efforts to use small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business subcontractors to …
  • FAR 22.1006 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a)(1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards, in solicitations and contracts (except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section) if the contract is subject to the Service Contrac…
  • FAR 22.1702 Definitions.
    …tatus or condition of a debtor arising from a pledge by the debtor of his or her personal services or of those of a person under his or her control as a security for debt, if the value of those services as reasonably assessed is not applied…
  • FAR 23.109 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a) General. Insert the clause at 52.223-23, Sustainable Products and Services, in solicitations and contracts— (1) Unless— (i) The requiring activity has provided a written justification that it is not practicable to procure sustainable …
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    …a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the acquisition, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the …
  • FAR 25.702-1 Definitions.
    …d the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (2) The Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. Business operations…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …assigned to each cost accounting period and are valued as they accrue; i.e., based on the services performed by each employee in the period involved. The measure of normal cost under this method for each cost accounting period is the presen…
  • FAR 31.205-1 Public relations and advertising costs.
    …elations, etc. (b) Advertising means the use of media to promote the sale of products or services and to accomplish the activities referred to in paragraph (d) of this subsection, regardless of the medium employed, when the advertiser has …
  • FAR 37.101 Definitions.
    … an uncompensated overtime rate of $17.78 per hour ($20.00 × 40/45 = $17.78). Child care services means child protective services (including the investigation of child abuse and neglect reports), social services, health and mental health c…

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.