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  • FAR 32.304-5 Assignment of claims under contracts.
    …y shall generally require a contractor that is provided a guaranteed loan to execute an assignment of claims under defense production contracts (including any contracts entered into during the term of the guaranteed loan that are eligible f…
  • FAR 4.101 Contracting officer's signature.
    Only contracting officers shall sign contracts on behalf of the United States. The contracting officer's name and official title shall be typed, stamped, or printed on the contract. The contracting officer normally signs the contract after …
  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    (a) The award decision is based on evaluation factors and significant subfactors that are tailored to the acquisition. (b) Evaluation factors and significant subfactors must— (1) Represent the key areas of importance and emphasis to be co…
  • FAR 16.503 Requirements contracts.
    …ption. A requirements contract provides for filling all actual purchase requirements of designated Government activities for supplies or services during a specified contract period (from one contractor), with deliveries or performance to be…
  • FAR 36.609-1 Design within funding limitations.
    (a) The Government may require the architect-engineer contractor to design the project so that construction costs will not exceed a contractually specified dollar limit (funding limitation). If the price of construction proposed in response…
  • FAR 42.602 Assignment and location.
    (a) A CACO may be assigned only when (1) the contractor has at least two locations with resident ACO's or (2) the need for a CACO is approved by the agency head or designee (for this purpose, a nonresident ACO will be considered as resident…
  • FAR 49.108-8 Assignment of rights under subcontracts.
    …ence clauses in 52.249, except the short-form clauses, obligate the prime contractor to assign to the Government, as directed by the TCO, all rights, titles, and interest under any subcontract terminated because of termination of the prime …
  • FAR 49.603-1 Fixed-price contracts—complete termination.
    …y schedules and the date of this agreement. (4) The Contractor transfers, conveys, and assigns to the Government all the right, title, and interest, if any, that the Contractor has received, or is entitled to receive, in and to subcontract…
  • FAR 49.603-2 Fixed-price contracts—partial termination.
    …y schedules and the date of this agreement. (5) The Contractor transfers, conveys, and assigns to the Government all the right, title, and interest, if any, that the Contractor has received, or is entitled to receive, in and to subcontract…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    …y schedules and the date of this agreement. (4) The Contractor transfers, conveys, and assigns to the Government all the right, title, and interest, if any, that the Contractor has received, or is entitled to receive, in and to subcontract…
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    As prescribed in 25.301-4, insert the following clause: Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States (MAY 2020) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Ch…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …overpayments or to increase for underpayments. Upon receipt and approval of the voucher designated by the Contractor as the “completion voucher” and supporting documentation, and upon compliance by the Contractor with all terms of this cont…
  • FAR 52.232-26 Prompt Payment for Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    …d by the Contractor, the later of the following two events: (A) The 30th day after the designated billing office receives a proper invoice from the Contractor (except as provided in paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this clause). (B) The 30th day …
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …estones in any project. (A) The due date for making such payments is 14 days after the designated billing office receives a proper payment request. If the designated billing office fails to annotate the payment request with the actual date…
  • FAR 52.247-35 F.o.b. Destination, Within Consignee's Premises.
    …se in solicitations and contracts when the delivery term is f.o.b. destination, within consignee's premises: F.o.b. Destination, Within Consignee's Premises (APR 1984) (a) The term f.o.b. destination, within consignee's premises, as used …
  • DFARS 227.7107-1 Architectural designs and data clauses for architect-engineer or construction contracts.
    …construction involving architect-engineer services, is to obtain a unique architectural design of a building, a monument, or construction of similar nature, which for artistic, aesthetic or other special reasons the Government does not want…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …fficer must make multiple awards unless— (A) The contracting officer or other official designated by the head of the agency determines in writing, as part of acquisition planning, that multiple awards are not practicable. The contracting o…
  • FAR 19.804-6 Indefinite-delivery contracts.
    …2) The order has an estimated value less than or equal to $8.5 million for acquisitions assigned manufacturing NAICS codes and $5.5 million for all other acquisitions; and (3) The offering and acceptance procedures at 19.804-2 and 19.804-3…
  • FAR 47.303-7 F.o.b. destination, within consignee's premises.
    (a) Explanation of delivery term. F.o.b. destination, within consignee's premises means free of expense to the Government delivered and laid down within the doors of the consignee's premises, including delivery to specific rooms within a bu…
  • FAR 47.303-16 F.o.b. designated air carrier's terminal, point of importation.
    (a) Explanation of delivery term. F.o.b. designated air carrier's terminal, point of importation means free of expense to the Government delivered to the air carrier's terminal at the point of importation specified in the contract. (b) Con…
  • FAR 50.205-4 Authorization of awards made presuming SAFETY Act designation or certification after contract award.
    …ns, contracting officers may award contracts presuming that DHS will issue a SAFETY Act designation/certification to the contractor after contract award only if— (1) The criteria of 50.205-3(a) are met; (2) The chief of the contracting of…
  • FAR 52.247-44 F.o.b. Designated Air Carrier's Terminal, Point of Importation.
    …rt the following clause in solicitations and contracts when the delivery term is f.o.b. designated air carrier's terminal, point of importation: F.o.b. Designated Air Carrier's Terminal, Point of Importation (APR 1984) (a) The term f.o.b.…
  • FAR 36.601-3 Applicable contracting procedures.
    (a)(1) For facility design contracts, the statement of work shall require that the architect-engineer specify, in the construction design specifications, use of the maximum practicable amount of recovered materials consistent with the perfo…
  • FAR 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.
    …ervices Components. The delegation should include— (1) The name and address of the CAO designated to perform the administration (this information also shall be entered in the contract); (2) Any special instructions, including any function…
  • FAR 47.303-15 F.o.b. designated air carrier's terminal, point of exportation.
    (a) Explanation of delivery term. F.o.b. designated air carrier's terminal, point of exportation means free of expense to the Government loaded aboard the aircraft, or delivered to the custody of the air carrier (if only the air carrier per…
  • FAR 47.305-10 Packing, marking, and consignment instructions.
    …ordance with the requirements of 49 CFR 172.300. (b) Contracts shall include complete consignment and marking instructions at the time the contract is awarded to ensure that supplies are delivered to proper destinations without delay. If c…
  • FAR 49.603-8 Fixed-price contracts—settlements with subcontractors only.
    …y schedules and the date of this agreement. (3) The Contractor transfers, conveys, and assigns to the Government all the right, title, and interest, if any, that the Contractor has received or is entitled to receive, in and to subcontract …
  • FAR 52.223-2 Reporting of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts.
    … product or industrial product (other than food or feed) that is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural materials and forestry materials, or that is an intermediate ingre…
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    …cally excepted from the operation of the release. A release may also be required of the assignee if the Contractor's claim to amounts payable under this contract has been assigned under the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 (31 U.S.C. 3727 a…
  • FAR 52.247-43 F.o.b. Designated Air Carrier's Terminal, Point of Exportation.
    …rt the following clause in solicitations and contracts when the delivery term is f.o.b. designated air carrier's terminal, point of exportation: F.o.b. Designated Air Carrier's Terminal, Point of Exportation (FEB 2006) (a) The term f.o.b.…
  • DFARS 227.7009-4 Additional clauses—contracts providing for payment of a running royalty.
    …running royalty. No Department shall be obligated to pay royalties unless the contract is signed on behalf of such Department. Accordingly, the License Grant clause at 252.227-7006 should be limited to the practice of the invention by or fo…
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    …or the Department of Defense. (b) Subcontracts awarded to qualified nonprofit agencies designated by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (41 U.S.C. 8502-8504), may be counted toward the Contractor's sm…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …stinct six-position code consisting of a combination of alpha and/or numeric characters assigned to identify specific agency offices, units, activities, or organizations by the General Services Administration for civilian agencies and by th…
  • FAR 3.705 Procedures.
    …olving or relating to agency contracts shall be reported promptly to the agency head or designee for that official's consideration. The agency head or designee shall promptly notify the Civil Division, Department of Justice, that an action …
  • FAR 4.201 Procedures.
    … parties. As a minimum, the contracting officer shall— (a) Distribute simultaneously one signed copy or reproduction of the signed contract to the contractor and the paying office; (b) When a contract is assigned to another office for con…
  • FAR 4.1102 Policy.
    … performed in support of foreign assistance programs overseas, in an area that has been designated by the Department of State as a danger pay post (seehttps://aoprals.state.gov/ ”; or (iii) Contracting officers in the conduct of emergency …
  • FAR 4.1603 Procedures.
    …positions identify the department/agency and office issuing the instrument. Use the AAC assigned to the issuing office for positions 1 through 6. Civilian agency points of contact for obtaining an AAC are on the AAC Contact list maintained …
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    The agency head or a designee shall prescribe procedures for the following: (a) Promoting and providing for full and open competition (see part 6) or, when full and open competition is not required in accordance with part 6, for obtaining …
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …f this section). The plan must address all the technical, business, management, and other significant considerations that will control the acquisition. The specific content of plans will vary, depending on the nature, circumstances, and sta…
  • FAR 11.002 Policy.
    …nd 41 U.S.C. 3307, agencies shall— (1) Specify needs using market research in a manner designed to— (i) Promote full and open competition (see part 6), or maximum practicable competition when using simplified acquisition procedures, with …

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.