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171 sections with “service charge”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.241-12 Nonrefundable, Nonrecurring Service Charge.
    …6), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Nonrefundable, Nonrecurring Service Charge (FEB 1995) As provided herein, the Government will pay a nonrefundable, nonrecurring charge when the rules and regulations of a Contra…
  • 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 46.407 Nonconforming supplies or services.
    (a) The contracting officer should reject supplies or services not conforming in all respects to contract requirements (see 46.102). In those instances where deviation from this policy is found to be in the Government's interest, such suppl…
  • FAR 47.207-6 Rates and charges.
    …t that the charges in the contract shall not exceed the contractor's charges for the same service that is— (i) Available to the general public; or (ii) Otherwise tendered to the Government. (2) The contracting officer shall insert the cl…
  • FAR 52.211-11 Liquidated Damages—Supplies, Services, or Research and Development.
    …insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts: Liquidated Damages—Supplies, Services, or Research and Development (SEP 2000) (a) If the Contractor fails to deliver the supplies or perform the services within the time specifie…
  • 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 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …t the following clause: Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2023) (a) Inspection/Acceptance. The Contractor shall only tender for acceptance those items that conform to the requirements of 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 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    As prescribed in 22.1006(a), insert the following clause: Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Contractor when this clause is used in any subcontract, shall be deemed to refer to the subcon…
  • FAR 52.232-6 Payment Under Communication Service Contracts With Common Carriers.
    …dance with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts for regulated communication services by common carriers: Payment Under Communication Service Contracts With Common Carriers (APR 1984) The Government shall pay the Contractor, …
  • FAR 52.241-6 Service Provisions.
    As prescribed in 41.501(c)(5), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Service Provisions (FEB 1995) (a) Measurement of service. (1) All service furnished by the Contractor shall be measured by suitable metering equipment…
  • FAR 52.241-8 Change in Rates or Terms and Conditions of Service for Unregulated Services.
    …ause substantially the same as the following: Change in Rates or Terms and Conditions of Service for Unregulated Services (FEB 1995) (a) This clause applies to the extent that services furnished hereunder are not subject to regulation by …
  • 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 52.246-4 Inspection of Services—Fixed-Price.
    As prescribed in 46.304, insert the following clause: Inspection of Services—Fixed-Price (AUG 1996) (a) Definitions. Services, as used in this clause, includes services performed, workmanship, and material furnished or utilized in the per…
  • FAR 52.246-20 Warranty of Services.
    As prescribed in 46.710(d), insert a clause substantially as follows: Warranty of Services (MAY 2001) (a) Definitions. Acceptance, as used in this clause, means the act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Govern…
  • FAR 52.249-4 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Services) (Short Form).
    …s prescribed in 49.502(c), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for services, regardless of value, when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and the Contracting Officer determines that because of the kind of services…
  • 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 217.171 Multiyear contracts for services.
    …nto a multiyear contract for a period of not more than 5 years for the following types of services (and items of supply relating to such services), even though funds are limited by statute to obligation only during the fiscal year for which…
  • DFARS 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.
    Educational service agreements under this subpart shall be in the following format. Add to the schedule any other provisions necessary to describe the requirements, if they are consistent with the following provisions and the policy of acqu…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …following clause: Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Aug 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Computer data base means a collection of data recorded in a form capable of being proce…
  • DFARS 252.239-7004 Orders for Facilities and Services.
    As prescribed in 239.7411(a), use the following clause: ORDERS FOR FACILITIES AND SERVICES (SEP 2019) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Governmental regulatory body means the Federal Communications Commission, any statewide regula…
  • 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 …
  • FAR 41.501 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    (a) Because the terms and conditions under which utility suppliers furnish service may vary from area to area, the differences may influence the terms and conditions appropriate to a particular utility's contracting situation. To accommodat…
  • DFARS 239.7408-1 General.
    (a) Special construction normally involves a common carrier giving a special service or facility related to the performance of the basic telecommunications service requirements. This may include— (1) Moving or relocating equipment; (2) P…
  • DFARS 241.202 Procedures.
    (1) Connection and service charges. The Government may pay a connection charge when required to cover the cost of the necessary connecting facilities. A connection charge based on the estimated labor cost of installing and removing the faci…
  • 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 52.215-23 Limitations on Pass-Through Charges.
    …g Officer determines are a benefit to the Government (e.g., processing orders of parts or services, maintaining inventory, reducing delivery lead times, managing multiple sources for contract requirements, coordinating deliveries, performin…
  • FAR 52.217-12 Reverse Auction Services.
    As prescribed in 17.805(c), insert the following clause: Reverse Auction Services (AUG 2024) (a) Definitions. Government data means any information, document, media, or machine-readable material regardless of physical form or characteris…
  • DFARS 252.239-7011 Special construction and equipment charges.
    …ed— (1) The actual costs to the Contractor; and (2) An amount properly allocable to the services to be provided to the Government. (d) The amount of the direct special construction charge shall not include costs incurred by the Contracto…
  • 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 7.503 Policy.
    …leadership of military personnel who are members of the combat, combat support, or combat service support role. (4) The conduct of foreign relations and the determination of foreign policy. (5) The determination of agency policy, such as …
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …t or below the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Construction or architect-engineer services under part 36; (iii) Utility services under part 41; (iv) Service contracts where supplies are not required; (v) Acquisitions of commercia…
  • FAR 16.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
    …hat are used or consumed directly in connection with the furnishing of the end product or service. Hourly rate means the rate(s) prescribed in the contract for payment for labor that meets the labor category qualifications of a labor categ…
  • FAR 17.502-2 The Economy Act.
    …y Act (31 U.S.C. 1535) authorizes agencies to enter into agreements to obtain supplies or services from another agency. The FAR applies when one agency uses another agency's contract to obtain supplies or services. If the interagency busine…
  • FAR 17.802 Policy.
    …et research indicates that— (1) A competitive marketplace exists for the supplies and/or services being acquired; (2) Multiple offerors can satisfy the agency's requirement; and (3) The nature of the supplies and/or services being acquir…
  • FAR 17.804 Procedures.
    (a) When considering the use of a reverse auction service provider, the contracting officer shall— (1) Conduct market research for available sources of reverse auction services (e.g., existing agency contracts or agreements, commercial ser…
  • FAR 22.1301 Definitions.
    …ran means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service, during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of D…
  • 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 (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.