48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
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58 sections with “share in the cost of the project”: the first 40
- FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.… or contract concerning a teaming arrangement, a joint venture, or similar arrangement of shared interest; or (ii) Dual sourcing, coproduction, or similar programs, are unallowable, except when— (A) Incurred as a result of compliance with…
- DFARS 215.404-72 Modified weighted guidelines method for nonprofit organizations other than FFRDCs.…able, scientific, or educational purposes; (2) Whose earnings do not benefit any private shareholder or individual; (3) Whose activities do not involve influencing legislation or political campaigning for any candidate for public office; …
- DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.… program may not be accessed by more than one terminal or central processing unit or time shared unless otherwise permitted by this contract; (2) Transfer a computer program to another Government agency without the further permission of th…
- DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.… program may not be accessed by more than one terminal or central processing unit or time shared unless otherwise permitted by this contract; (2) Transfer a computer program to another Government agency without the further permission of th…
- FAR 52.215-18 Reversion or Adjustment of Plans for Postretirement Benefits (PRB) Other Than Pensions.…, the Contractor shall make a refund or give a credit to the Government for its equitable share as required by 31.205-6(o)(5) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). When determining or agreeing on the method for recovery of the Govern…
- FAR 31.205-28 Other business expenses.… resulting from changes in ownership of securities issued by the contractor. (b) Cost of shareholders' meetings. (c) Normal proxy solicitations. (d) Preparing and publishing reports to shareholders. (e) Preparing and submitting required…
- FAR 48.105 Relationship to other incentives.…on, yet the benefits of an accepted VECP should not be rewarded both as value engineering shares and under performance, design-to-cost, or similar incentives of the contract. To that end, when performance, design-to-cost, or similar targets…
- DFARS 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.… from funds made available on a nonrepayable basis is limited to the contract's allocable share of the contractor's total IR&D expenditures and total B&P expenditures. In pricing contracts for such FMS— (1) Use the best estimate of reasona…
- DFARS 227.7203-2 Acquisition of other than commercial computer software and computer software documentation and associated rights.…rotect the computer software and computer software documentation; (iii) Multiple site or shared use requirements; (iv) Whether the Government's software maintenance philosophy will require the right to modify or have third parties modify …
- FAR 52.232-20 Limitation of Cost.…st specified in the Schedule or, (2) if this is a cost-sharing contract, the Government's share of the estimated cost specified in the Schedule. The Contractor agrees to use its best efforts to perform the work specified in the Schedule and…
- FAR 31.203 Indirect costs.…al elements. All items properly includable in an indirect cost base shall bear a pro rata share of indirect costs irrespective of their acceptance as Government contract costs. For example, when a cost input base is used for the allocation …
- FAR 48.104-2 Sharing acquisition savings.…ing clause or alternate used, and the type of savings, as follows: Government/Contractor Shares of Net Acquisition Savings [Figures in percent] 1 The contracting officer may increase the contractor's sharing rate to as high as 75 percent…
- FAR 52.216-12 Cost-Sharing Contract—No Fee.…ctor a fee for performing this contract. (b) After paying 80 percent of the Government's share of the total estimated cost of performance shown in the Schedule, the Contracting Officer may withhold further payment of allowable cost until a…
- FAR 52.232-22 Limitation of Funds.…st specified in the Schedule or, (2) if this is a cost-sharing contract, the Government's share of the estimated cost specified in the Schedule. The Contractor agrees to use its best efforts to perform the work specified in the Schedule and…
- FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.… and submit value engineering change proposals (VECP's) voluntarily. The Contractor shall share in any net acquisition savings realized from accepted VECP's, in accordance with the incentive sharing rates in paragraph (f) below. (b) Defini…
- FAR 52.248-3 Value Engineering—Construction.… and submit value engineering change proposals (VECP's) voluntarily. The Contractor shall share in any instant contract savings realized from accepted VECP's, in accordance with paragraph (f) below. (b) Definitions. Collateral costs, as us…
- FAR 30.606 Resolving cost impacts.…paragraphs (c)(3) through (c)(6) of this section, that the adjustments reflect a pro rata share of the cost impact based on the ratio of the cost impact of each Executive agency to the total cost impact. (3) For unilateral changes and nonc…
- FAR 31.201-6 Accounting for unallowable costs.…t shall remain in the cost pool. Since the unallowable costs will attract their allocable share of costs from the cost pool, no further action is required to assure disallowance of the directly associated costs. In all other cases, the dire…
- FAR 31.205-42 Termination costs.…the contract and to other work of the contractor, are generally allowable. An appropriate share of the contractor's indirect expense may be allocated to the amount of settlements with subcontractors; provided, that the amount allocated is r…
- FAR 45.303 Use of Government property on independent research and development programs.…ommercial work is deducted from the claim for reimbursement of any agreed-upon Government share of the contractor's IR&D costs.
- FAR 47.303-17 Contractor-prepaid commercial bills of lading, small package shipments.…age of lower carload or truckload freight costs. The Government shall assume its pro rata share of the combined shipment cost. Agency transportation personnel shall evaluate overall transportation costs before authorizing any movement to en…
- FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.…all subcontracts that contribute to contract performance, and may include a proportionate share of products and services that are normally allocated as indirect costs. In accordance with 15 U.S.C. 657r(a), an Offeror that is a mentor with a…
- FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.…ovided, that the assignee shall be subject to the same provisions as the Contractor; (2) Share royalties collected on a subject invention with the inventor, including Federal employee co-inventors (but through their agency if the agency de…
- DFARS 231.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.…owable under DoD contracts shall not exceed the lesser of— (1) Such contracts' allocable share of total incurred IR&D costs; or (2) The total amount of incurred IR&D costs that the chief executive officer of the contractor has determined …
- DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.… provide for a downward-only price adjustment to ensure that DoD receives its appropriate share of restructuring net savings.
- FAR 2.101 Definitions.…ials, forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding the market share the product holds, the age of the product, or whether the market for the product is new or emerging. (7 U.S.C. 8101) (7 CFR 3201.2). Broad agen…
- DFARS 235.006-70 Manufacturing Technology Program.…solicitations an evaluation factor that addresses the extent to which offerors propose to share in the cost of the project (see FAR 15.304).
- FAR 16.403-1 Fixed-price incentive (firm target) contracts.…sonable incentive and a ceiling that provides for the contractor to assume an appropriate share of the risk. When the contractor assumes a considerable or major share of the cost responsibility under the adjustment formula, the target profi…
- FAR 28.307-1 Group insurance plans.…r approval. (b) Premium refunds or credits. The plan shall provide for the Government to share in any premium refunds or credits paid or otherwise allowed to the contractor. In determining the extent of the Government's share in any premiu…
- FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.…luation placed on the securities is the fair market value on the first date the number of shares awarded is known, determined upon the most objective basis available. (ii) Accruals for the cost of securities before issuing the securities t…
- FAR 48.103 Processing value engineering change proposals.…roperly rejects units subsequently delivered or does not receive units on which a savings share was paid, the contractor shall reimburse the Government for the proportionate share of these payments. If the VECP is not accepted, the contract…
- FAR 48.104-3 Sharing collateral savings.(a) The Government shares collateral savings with the contractor, unless the head of the contracting activity has determined that the cost of calculating and tracking collateral savings will exceed the benefits to be derived (see 48.201(e))…
- DFARS 228.370-2 General.…e contractor to perform safe and effective operations through inclusion of a contractor's share of loss (i.e., a deductible). Additionally, the clause requires compliance with the combined regulation/instruction entitled “Contractor's Fligh…
- DFARS 252.228-7001 Ground and Flight Risk.…nment for damage, loss, or destruction of covered aircraft is limited to the Contractor's share of loss as defined at paragraph (h) of this clause, except when one of the exclusions at paragraph (d) applies. (2) The liability provisions of…
- FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.…(d) of this section), and a description of the method used to determine the proportionate share of indirect costs to be incurred with small business (including ANCs and Indian tribes), veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-…
- FAR 28.308 Self-insurance.…e extent authorized by law, agree to indemnify the contractor or recognize an appropriate share of premiums for purchased insurance, or both. (f) Self-insurance programs to protect a contractor against the costs of correcting its own defec…
- FAR 29.401-4 New Mexico gross receipts and compensating tax.…r leasing property. Services includes activities performed by a person for its members of shareholders. In determining what is a service, the intended use, principal objective or ultimate objective of the contracting parties shall not be co…
- FAR 31.001 Definitions.…t objectives. This term includes both direct assignment of cost and the reassignment of a share from an indirect cost pool. Compensated personal absence means any absence from work for reasons such as illness, vacation, holidays, jury duty…
- FAR 31.205-13 Employee morale, health, welfare, food service, and dormitory costs and credits.…ld net cost savings. (2) Costs of food and dormitory services shall include an allocable share of indirect expenses pertaining to these activities. (e) When the contractor has an arrangement authorizing an employee association to provide …
- FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…lowing: Ownership or interlocking management, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employees. Inverted domestic corporation means a foreign incorporated entity that meets the de…
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.