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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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183 sections with “solicitation number”: the first 40

  • FAR 12.603 Streamlined solicitation for commercial products or commercial services.
    (a) When a written solicitation will be issued, the contracting officer may use the following procedure to reduce the time required to solicit and award contracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services. This proce…
  • FAR 15.206 Amending the solicitation.
    …changes its requirements or terms and conditions, the contracting officer shall amend the solicitation. (b) Amendments issued before the established time and date for receipt of proposals shall be issued to all parties receiving the solici…
  • FAR 5.102 Availability of solicitations.
    …graph (a)(5) of this section, the contracting officer must make available through the GPE solicitations synopsized through the GPE, including specifications, technical data, and other pertinent information determined necessary by the contra…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …icer shall insert the clause at 52.215-9, Changes or Additions to Make-or-Buy Program, in solicitations and contracts when it is contemplated that a make-or- buy program will be incorporated in the contract. If a less economical “make” or “…
  • FAR 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a) Insert the clause at 52.216-18, Ordering, in solicitations and contracts when a definite-quantity contract, a requirements contract, or an indefinite-quantity contract is contemplated. (b) Insert a clause substantially the same as the …
  • FAR 32.1110 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    … at— (1) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management, in solicitations and contracts that include the provision at 52.204-7, System for Award Management, or an agency clause that requires a contractor to be …
  • FAR 35.007 Solicitations.
    … industry and the Government. Therefore, contracting officers should initially distribute solicitations only to sources technically qualified to perform research or development in the specific field of science or technology involved. Cogniz…
  • FAR 36.211 Distribution of advance notices and solicitations.
    (a) Advance notices and solicitations should be distributed to reach as many prospective offerors as practicable. Contracting officers may send notices and solicitations to organizations that maintain, without charge to the public, display …
  • DFARS 237.7101 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a) Use the provision at 252.237-7012, Instruction to Offerors (Count-of-Articles), in solicitations for laundry and dry cleaning services to be provided on a count-of-articles basis. (b) Use the provision at 252.237-7013, Instruction to O…
  • DFARS 252.225-7046 Exports by Approved Community Members in Response to the Solicitation.
    …), use the following provision: Exports by Approved Community Members in Response to the Solicitation (JUN 2013) (a) Definitions. The definitions of “Approved Community”, “defense articles”, “Defense Trade Cooperation (DTC) Treaty”, “expo…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …(5) Product or Service Code. (6) Contracting Office Address. (7) Subject. (8) Proposed Solicitation Number. (9) Closing Response Date. (10) Contact Point or Contracting Officer. (11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number. (12) Contr…
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    …s requirement; (2) Anticipated terms and conditions that will apply to the contract. The solicitation may authorize offerors to propose alternative terms and conditions. If the solicitation permits offerors to submit one or more additional…
  • FAR 15.204-2 Part I—The Schedule.
    The contracting officer shall prepare the contract Schedule as follows: (a) Section A, Solicitation/contract form. (1) Optional Form (OF) 308, Solicitation and Offer-Negotiated Acquisition, or Standard Form (SF) 33, Solicitation, Offer and…
  • FAR 28.101-4 Noncompliance with bid guarantee requirements.
    (a) In sealed bidding, noncompliance with a solicitation requirement for a bid guarantee requires rejection of the bid, except in the situations described in paragraph (c) of this subsection when the noncompliance shall be waived. (b) In n…
  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …e contract will provide for contract financing, the contracting officer shall construct a solicitation provision and contract clause. This solicitation provision shall be constructed in accordance with 32.204 or 32.205. If the procedure at …
  • FAR 36.213-2 Presolicitation notices.
    …he head of the contracting activity or a designee, the contracting officer shall issue presolicitation notices on any construction requirement when the proposed contract is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Presolicit…
  • FAR 50.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    (a) Insert the provision at 52.250-2, SAFETY Act Coverage Not Applicable, in solicitations if— (1) The agency consulted with DHS on a questionable case of SAFETY Act applicability to an acquisition in accordance with 50.205-1(a), and after…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … code(s) and small business size standard(s) for this acquisition appear elsewhere in the solicitation. However, the small business size standard for a concern that submits an offer, other than on a construction or service acquisition, but …
  • FAR 52.214-5 Submission of Bids.
    …kages (unless submitted by electronic means) (1) addressed to the office specified in the solicitation, and (2) showing the time and date specified for receipt, the solicitation number, and the name and address of the bidder. (b) Bidders u…
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    … and stored information. Proposal modification is a change made to a proposal before the solicitation's closing date and time, or made in response to an amendment, or made to correct a mistake at any time before award. Proposal revision i…
  • FAR 19.202-4 Solicitation.
    The contracting officer shall encourage maximum response to solicitations by small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned …
  • FAR 45.201 Solicitation.
    …ontracting officer shall insert a listing of the Government property to be offered in all solicitations where Government-furnished property is anticipated (see 45.102). The listing shall include at a minimum— (1) The name, part number and …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …eds are established and includes the description of requirements to satisfy agency needs, solicitation and selection of sources, award of contracts, contract financing, contract performance, contract administration, and those technical and …
  • FAR 4.001 Definitions.
    … Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID) means the Government-unique identifier for each solicitation, contract, agreement, or order. For example, an agency may use as its PIID for procurement actions, such as delivery and task orders or b…
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    …fficers must consider potential sources which respond to advance notices for a subsequent solicitation. Advanced notices must be entitled “Research and Development Sources Sought” and include the name and telephone number of the contracting…
  • FAR 7.107-5 Notifications.
    …t that it intends to bundle the requirement at least 30 days prior to the issuance of the solicitation for the bundled requirement. (2) The notification shall provide the name, phone number and address of the applicable SBA procurement cen…
  • FAR 14.201-9 Simplified contract format.
    …ormat. However, the following format should be used to the maximum practical extent: (a) Solicitation/contract form. Standard Form (SF) 1447, Solicitation/Contract, shall be used as the first page of the solicitation. (b) Contract schedul…
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …or to resolve minor or clerical errors. (3) Award may be made without discussions if the solicitation states that the Government intends to evaluate proposals and make award without discussions. If the solicitation contains such a notice a…
  • FAR 19.102 Small business size standards and North American Industry Classification System codes.
    …ng officer as part of its initial offer, which includes price. (4) When an agency uses a solicitation for a multiple-award contract that does not require offers for the contract to include price, SBA determines size as of the date of initi…
  • FAR 19.103 Appealing the contracting officer's North American Industry Classification System code and size standard determination.
    …ndard shall be served and filed within 10 calendar days after the issuance of the initial solicitation or any amendment affecting the NAICS code or size standard. However, SBA may file a NAICS code appeal at any time before offers are due. …
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …e a referral letter written by the contracting officer with information pertaining to the solicitation. The referral letter must include the following information to allow OHA to determine timeliness and standing: (i) The solicitation numb…
  • 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.
    …e a referral letter written by the contracting officer with information pertaining to the solicitation. The referral letter must include the following information to allow SBA to determine timeliness and standing: (i) The solicitation numb…
  • FAR 22.404-5 Expiration of project wage determinations.
    …ontract award is made before expiration of the project wage determination included in the solicitation. (b) The following procedure applies when contracting by sealed bidding: (1) If a project wage determination for the primary site of th…
  • FAR 22.404-6 Modifications of wage determinations.
    …lude a modification of a project wage determination for the primary site of the work in a solicitation is determined by the time of receipt of the modification by the contracting agency. Therefore, the contracting agency must annotate the m…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …er (or contractor with respect to a subcontract) determines in advance before issuing the solicitation, based on the nature of the contract requirements and knowledge of the practices of likely offerors, that all or nearly all offerors will…
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    (a)(1) Insert a patent rights clause in all solicitations and contracts for experimental, developmental, or research work as prescribed in this section. (2) This section also applies to solicitations or contracts for construction work or a…
  • FAR 33.103 Protests to the agency.
    …ng information: (i) Name, address, and fax and telephone numbers of the protester. (ii) Solicitation or contract number. (iii) Detailed statement of the legal and factual grounds for the protest, to include a description of resulting pre…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    … to furnish a copy of its complete protest to the official and location designated in the solicitation or, in the absence of such a designation, to the contracting officer, so it is received no later than 1 day after the protest is filed wi…
  • FAR 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    …pplies are acquired on the basis of the delivery terms in 47.303-8 through 47.303-16, the solicitation shall include a requirement that the offeror furnish the Government the following information: (1) When the delivery term is f.a.s. vess…
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    (a) General. The contracting officer shall insert a value engineering clause in solicitations and contracts when the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, except as specified in subparagraphs (1) throug…

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.