48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
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43 sections with “set aside orders”: the first 40
- FAR 52.219-13 Notice of Set-Aside of Orders.As prescribed in 19.507(f)(1), insert the following clause: Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (MAR 2020) (a) The Contracting Officer may set aside orders for the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3). (b) The Contracting Officer…
- FAR 52.219-7 Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside.…s prescribed in 19.507(d), insert the following clause: Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2020) (a) Definition. Small business concern, as used in this clause— (1) Means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independ…
- FAR 52.219-27 Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the SDVOSB Program.As prescribed in 19.1408, insert the following clause: Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the SDVOSB Program (FEB 2024) (a) Definition. Service-…
- FAR 52.219-29 Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns.As prescribed in 19.1508(a), insert the following clause: Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns (OCT 2022) (a) Definition—Economically disadvantaged women-owned sm…
- FAR 52.219-30 Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.As prescribed in 19.1508(b), insert the following clause: Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program (OCT 2022) (a) Definition—Women-owned sm…
- FAR 19.504 Orders under multiple-award contracts.…ss Jobs Act of 2010 (15 U.S.C. 644(r)(2)), contracting officers may, at their discretion, set aside orders placed under multiple-award contracts for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3). (1) The contracting officer…
- FAR 52.219-3 Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award.As prescribed in 19.1309(a), insert the following clause: Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (OCT 2022) (a) Definition. “HUBZone small business concern,” as used in this clause, means a small business concern, certified by t…
- FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside.As prescribed in 19.507(c), insert the following clause: Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2020) (a) Definition. Small business concern, as used in this clause— (1) Means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independe…
- FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…tters (OCT 2018) (41 U.S.C. 2313). __(14) [Reserved] __(15) 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (OCT 2022) (15 U.S.C. 657a). __(16) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concern…
- FAR 16.505 Ordering.…ance with the procedures at 33.104. (iii) For protests of small business size status for set-aside orders, see 19.302. (11) Publicize orders funded in whole or in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5) …
- FAR 2.101 Definitions.…Act of 1949 in the construction or development of the project. Bundling— (1) Means a subset of consolidation that combines two or more requirements for supplies or services, previously provided or performed under separate smaller contract…
- FAR 8.405-5 Small business.….S.C. 644(r))— (1) Ordering activity contracting officers may, at their discretion— (i) Set aside orders for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3); and (ii) Set aside BPAs for any of the small business concerns id…
- FAR 19.301-2 Rerepresentation by a contractor that represented its status as a small business concern.…d to an order (except for an order issued under a Federal Supply Schedule contract)— (i) Set aside exclusively for a small business concern identified at 19.000(a)(3) that is issued under an unrestricted multiple-award contract, unless the…
- FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.…rn). Assertions that a protested concern is not a HUBZone small business concern, without setting forth specific facts or allegations, will not be considered by SBA (see 13 CFR 126.801(b)). (2) Protests filed against a HUBZone joint ventur…
- FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.…disabled veteran” or “service-disabled veteran with a permanent and severe disability” as set forth in 13 CFR 128.102; or (ii) For ownership and control protests, the protester presents evidence that the concern is not 51 percent owned and…
- 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.… citizens, when it is in connection with an EDWOSB contract; or (iii) For WOSB or EDWOSB set-aside or sole-source service contracts or orders, the protest presents evidence that the prime contractor is unduly reliant on a small entity subc…
- FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.(a) Applicability. (1) This section applies to small business set-asides above the simplified acquisition threshold and orders issued directly to a small business in accordance with 19.504(c)(1)(ii) above the simplified acquisition threshol…
- FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.…e contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, in solicitations and contracts involving total small business set-asides. This includes multiple-award contracts when orders may be set asi…
- FAR 19.1508 Contract clauses.(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-owned Small Business Concerns, in solicitations and contracts for acquisitions that are set…
- FAR 52.216-21 Requirements.… Alternate III (OCT 1995). If the requirements contract involves a partial small business set-aside, substitute the following paragraph (c) for paragraph (c) of the basic clause: (c) The Government's requirements for each item or subitem o…
- FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting.…cting (OCT 2022) (a) This clause does not apply to the unrestricted portion of a partial set-aside. (b) Definition. Similarly situated entity, as used in this clause, means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, …
- FAR 16.500 Scope of subpart.…ement of orders are consistent with subpart 36.6. (e) See subpart 19.5 for procedures to set aside part or parts of multiple-award contracts for small businesses; to reserve one or more awards for small business on multiple-award contracts…
- FAR 19.804-6 Indefinite-delivery contracts.…n contracts, or indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts) that have been set aside for exclusive competition among 8(a) contractors, and the individual order is to be competed among all 8(a) contract holders. SBA's acceptan…
- FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).…es (FEB 2021) (E.O.s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). (x) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (MAR 2023) (31 U.S.C.…
- FAR 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule.…use does not apply to contracts awarded pursuant to the unrestricted portion of a partial set-aside or to a contractor that is the manufacturer of the product or end item. (2) This clause applies to— (i) Contracts that have been awarded p…
- FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.…(10 U.S.C. 3206(c)(1)(A)and 41 U.S.C. 3306(c)(1)(A)). (3)(i) Past performance, except as set forth in paragraph (c)(3)(iii) of this section, shall be evaluated in all source selections for negotiated competitive acquisitions expected to ex…
- FAR 19.503 Reserves.…usiness concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3), when market research indicates— (1) A total set-aside is not feasible because there is no reasonable expectation of receiving offers that are competitive in terms of fair market prices, quality,…
- FAR 19.506 Documentation requirements.…a)(1) The contracting officer shall document the rationale when a contract is not totally set aside for small business in accordance with 19.502-2. (2) The contracting officer shall document the rationale when a multiple-award contract is …
- FAR 19.1309 Contract clauses.(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award, in solicitations and contracts for acquisitions that are set aside or awarded on a sole-source basis to, HUBZone small busine…
- FAR 19.1408 Contract clauses.(a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-27, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the SDVOSB Program, in solicitations and cont…
- FAR 19.1503 Status.…istration in accordance with 13 CFR part 127. (b) For a WOSB that seeks a WOSB or EDWOSB set-aside or sole-source contract, the contracting officer shall verify that the offeror— (1) Is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM);…
- FAR 12.207 Contract type.…a contract awarded using— (A) Competitive procedures (e.g., the procedures in 6.102, the set-aside procedures in Subpart 19.5, or competition conducted in accordance with Part 13); (B) The procedures for other than full and open competiti…
- FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.…ommercial Products and Commercial Services. This provision provides a single, streamlined set of instructions to be used when soliciting offers for commercial products or commercial services and is incorporated in the solicitation by refere…
- FAR 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.…paragraph (d)(5) of this section). (4) If the contract involves a partial small business set-aside, use the clause with its Alternate III (but see subparagraph (5) below). (5) If the contract— (i) Includes subsistence for Government use …
- FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.…es the apparently successful offeror for negotiated acquisitions, including— (A) Partial set-asides and reserves of multiple-award contracts; (B) Orders that are set-aside under an unrestricted multiple-award contract (except for orders a…
- FAR 19.1304 Exclusions.…nite-delivery contracts (see subpart 16.5). (But see 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F) for discretionary set-asides of orders); (c) Orders against Federal Supply Schedules (see subpart 8.4). (But see 8.405-5 for discretionary set-asides of orders); (d) …
- FAR 19.1404 Exclusions.…nite-delivery contracts (see subpart 16.5). (But see 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F) for discretionary set-asides of orders); (c) Orders against Federal Supply Schedules (see subpart 8.4). (But see 8.405-5 for discretionary set-asides of orders); or (…
- FAR 19.1504 Exclusions.…nite-delivery contracts (see subpart 16.5). (But see 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F) for discretionary set-asides of orders); or (d) Orders against Federal Supply Schedules (see subpart 8.4). (But see 8.405-5 for discretionary set-asides of orders.)
- FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.…ts for copies of the solicitation were denied, together with the reasons for denial. (6) Set-aside decision (see 19.506) including the type and extent of market research conducted. (7) Government estimate of contract price. (8) A copy of…
- FAR 12.603 Streamlined solicitation for commercial products or commercial services.…those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular ______. (iv) A notice regarding any set-aside and the associated NAICS code and small business size standard. (v) A list of line item number(s) and items, quantities, and units of measu…
FAR (chapter 1)
- Part 1 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 58 sections
- Part 2 Definitions of Words and Terms 3 sections
- Part 3 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 98 sections
- Part 4 Administrative and Information Matters 116 sections
- Part 5 Publicizing Contract Actions 34 sections
- Part 6 Competition Requirements 34 sections
- Part 7 Acquisition Planning 34 sections
- Part 8 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 67 sections
- Part 9 Contractor Qualifications 106 sections
- Part 10 Market Research 4 sections
- Part 11 Describing Agency Needs 33 sections
- Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 38 sections
- Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 49 sections
- Part 14 Sealed Bidding 82 sections
- Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation 81 sections
- Part 16 Types of Contracts 74 sections
- Part 17 Special Contracting Methods 50 sections
- Part 18 Emergency Acquisitions 34 sections
- Part 19 Small Business Programs 126 sections
- Part 22 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 205 sections
- Part 23 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 38 sections
- Part 24 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 10 sections
- Part 25 Foreign Acquisition 81 sections
- Part 26 Other Socioeconomic Programs 36 sections
- Part 27 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 59 sections
- Part 28 Bonds and Insurance 61 sections
- Part 29 Taxes 23 sections
- Part 30 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 30 sections
- Part 31 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 87 sections
- Part 32 Contract Financing 175 sections
- Part 33 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 23 sections
- Part 34 Major System Acquisition 20 sections
- Part 35 Research and Development Contracting 25 sections
- Part 36 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 81 sections
- Part 37 Service Contracting 46 sections
- Part 38 Federal Supply Schedule Contracting 3 sections
- Part 39 Acquisition of Information Technology 14 sections
- Part 40 Information Security and Supply Chain Security 12 sections
- Part 41 Acquisition of Utility Services 17 sections
- Part 42 Contract Administration and Audit Services 84 sections
- Part 43 Contract Modifications 14 sections
- Part 44 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 24 sections
- Part 45 Government Property 33 sections
- Part 46 Quality Assurance 60 sections
- Part 47 Transportation 106 sections
- Part 48 Value Engineering 13 sections
- Part 49 Termination of Contracts 108 sections
- Part 50 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 34 sections
- Part 51 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 15 sections
- Part 52 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 680 sections
- Part 53 Forms 61 sections
DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)
- Part 201 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 24 sections
- Part 202 Definitions of Words and Terms 1 sections
- Part 203 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 28 sections
- Part 204 Administrative and Information Matters 76 sections
- Part 205 Publicizing Contract Actions 11 sections
- Part 206 Competition Requirements 20 sections
- Part 207 Acquisition Planning 22 sections
- Part 208 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 31 sections
- Part 209 Contractor Qualifications 55 sections
- Part 210 Market Research 2 sections
- Part 211 Describing Agency Needs 22 sections
- Part 212 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 24 sections
- Part 213 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 23 sections
- Part 214 Sealed Bidding 14 sections
- Part 215 Contracting by Negotiation 66 sections
- Part 216 Types of Contracts 36 sections
- Part 217 Special Contracting Methods 64 sections
- Part 218 Emergency Acquisitions 7 sections
- Part 219 Small Business Programs 47 sections
- Part 222 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 56 sections
- Part 223 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 34 sections
- Part 224 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 2 sections
- Part 225 Foreign Acquisition 251 sections
- Part 226 Other Socioeconomic Programs 14 sections
- Part 227 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 99 sections
- Part 228 Bonds and Insurance 17 sections
- Part 229 Taxes 9 sections
- Part 230 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 2 sections
- Part 231 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 232 Contract Financing 74 sections
- Part 233 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 8 sections
- Part 234 Major System Acquisition 13 sections
- Part 235 Research and Development Contracting 16 sections
- Part 236 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 25 sections
- Part 237 Service Contracting 67 sections
- Part 239 Acquisition of Information Technology 38 sections
- Part 241 Acquisition of Utility Services 8 sections
- Part 242 Contract Administration and Audit Services 40 sections
- Part 243 Contract Modifications 18 sections
- Part 244 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 245 Government Property 23 sections
- Part 246 Quality Assurance 39 sections
- Part 247 Transportation 27 sections
- Part 249 Termination of Contracts 14 sections
- Part 250 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 16 sections
- Part 251 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 5 sections
- Part 252 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 405 sections
- Part 253 Forms 10 sections
- Part 270 Defense Contracting Programs 7 sections
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.