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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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56 sections with “standards of conduct”: the first 40

  • FAR 3.101 Standards of conduct.
  • FAR 22.406-10 Disposition of disputes concerning construction contract labor standards enforcement.
    …es of opinion between contracting officers and contractors in construction contract labor standards enforcement include— (1) Misclassification of workers; (2) Hours of work; (3) Wage rates and payment; (4) Payment of overtime; (5) With…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    …e reasonable steps to communicate periodically and in a practical manner the Contractor's standards and procedures and other aspects of the Contractor's business ethics awareness and compliance program and internal control system, by conduc…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ents documents cited in the solicitation. (1)(i) The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29, and copies of Federal specifications, standards, and product descriptions can be downloa…
  • 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 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …e required capabilities or performance characteristics of the supplies or the performance standards of the services being acquired and state how they are related to the need. (5) Delivery or performance-period requirements. Describe the ba…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …eration, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR part 121 and size standards in this solicitation. (2) Affiliates, as used in this definition, means business concerns, one of whom directly or indirectly controls or h…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …ormation on Federal supply condition codes, see DLM 4000.25, Defense Logistics Management Standards (DLMS), Volume 2, Supply Standards and Procedures, Appendix 2.5 at https://www.dla.mil/HQ/InformationOperations/DLMS/elibrary/manuals/v2/. …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ct cost rates and forward pricing rates, if applicable, and administering cost accounting standards for all contracts in a business unit. Combatant commander means the commander of a unified or specified combatant command established in ac…
  • FAR 3.101-3 Agency regulations.
    …ies are required by Executive Order 11222 of May 8, 1965, and 5 CFR part 735 to prescribe Standards of Conduct. These agency standards contain— (1) Agency-authorized exceptions to 3.101-2; and (2) Disciplinary measures for persons violati…
  • FAR 22.406-8 Investigations.
    Conduct labor standards investigations when available information indicates such action is warranted. In addition, the Department of Labor may conduct an investigation on its own initiative or may request a contracting agency to do so. (a)…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …olerances, and exemptions to and from any or all provisions of the Service Contract Labor Standards statute other than 41 U.S.C. 6707(f). These will be made only in special circumstances where it has been determined that the limitation, var…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …CO) has the authority to take definitive action. (11) In connection with Cost Accounting Standards (see 48 CFR 30.601 and 48 CFR chapter 99)— (i) Determine the adequacy of the contractor's disclosure statements; (ii) Determine whether di…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …es: [Contracting Officer check as appropriate.] __ (1) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67). __ (2) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C…
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    …ve Order 14026, and — (A) Whose wages under such contract are governed by the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. chapter 8), the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (41 U.S.C. chapter 67), or the Wage Rate Requirements (Construction)…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    …3706; and (A) Whose wages under such contract are governed by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (41 U.S.C. chapter 67), the Wage Rate Requirements (Construction) statute (40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter IV), or the Fair Labor S…
  • DFARS 237.270 Acquisition of audit services.
    …provisions and contract clauses. (1) Use the provision at 252.237-7000, Notice of Special Standards of Responsibility, in solicitations for audit services. (2) Use the clause at 252.237-7001, Compliance with Audit Standards, in solicitatio…
  • FAR 9.204 Responsibilities for establishment of a qualification requirement.
    … business concern or a product manufactured by a small business concern which has met the standards specified for qualification and which could reasonably be expected to compete for a contract for that requirement. However, such costs may b…
  • FAR 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.
    …rm a contract administration function, except for functions pertaining to cost accounting standards and negotiation of forward pricing rates and indirect cost rates (also see 42.003). The requesting agency must coordinate with the CAO to es…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …nd Products. __ (iv) 52.222-48, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment—Certification. __ (v) 52.222-52, Exemption from Application of th…
  • FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns.
    …t in its field of operation and qualified as a small business under the criteria and size standards in 13 CFR part 121, including the size standard that corresponds to the NAICS code assigned to the contract or subcontract. Small disadvant…
  • DFARS 209.406-1 General.
    …uirement for the contractor to establish, if not already established, and to maintain the standards of conduct and internal control systems prescribed by FAR subpart 3.10; and (B) Other requirements the debarring official considers appropr…
  • DFARS 246.270-2 Policy.
    …actor's compliance with the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 1-200-01 and its referenced standards for— (1) Fire protection; (2) Structural integrity; (3) Electrical systems; (4) Plumbing; (5) Water treatment; (6) Waste disposal; and…
  • DFARS 252.204-7019 Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements.
    … posted in SPRS are available to DoD personnel, and are protected, in accordance with the standards set forth in DoD Instruction 5000.79, Defense-wide Sharing and Use of Supplier and Product Performance Information (PI). (ii) Authorized re…
  • FAR 1.102-2 Performance standards.
    (a) Satisfy the customer in terms of cost, quality, and timeliness of the delivered product or service. (1) The principal customers for the product or service provided by the System are the users and line managers, acting on behalf of the A…
  • FAR 4.502 Policy.
    …icitations electronically; and (5) Comply with nationally and internationally recognized standards that broaden interoperability and ease the electronic interchange of information, such as standards established by the National Institute of…
  • FAR 9.406-1 General.
    …ctors that are individuals, and are so marked): (1) Whether the contractor had effective standards of conduct and internal control systems in place at the time of the activity which constitutes cause for debarment or had adopted such proce…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … the termination. The Contractor shall not be required to comply with the cost accounting standards or contract cost principles for this purpose. This paragraph does not give the Government any right to audit the Contractor's records. The C…
  • DFARS 234.201 Policy.
    … earned value management system shall comply with the guidelines in the American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industries Alliance Standard 748, Earned Value Management Systems (ANSI/EIA-748). (ii) For cost or incentive contracts…
  • DFARS 252.234-7002 Earned Value Management System.
    … Management System (EVMS) that complies with the EVMS guidelines in the American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industries Alliance Standard 748, Earned Value Management Systems (ANSI/EIA-748); and (2) Management procedures that p…
  • DFARS 252.239-7000 Protection against compromising emanations.
    …information assurance requirements of— (1) The National Security Agency National TEMPEST Standards (NSTISSAM TEMPEST 1-92, Compromising Emanations Laboratory Test Requirements, Electromagnetics (U)); or (2) Other standards specified by th…
  • FAR 4.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …g Requirements. (21) 52.222-48, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Certification . (22) 52.222-52, Exemption from Application of the…
  • FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
    …1) The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and corresponding size standards for this acquisition are as follows; the categories or portions these NAICS codes are assigned to are specified elsewhere in the solicitatio…
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …tantially disparate manner. (j) The Contractor shall not use goals or affirmative action standards to discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. (k) The …
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …y. (8) Provide or arrange housing that fails to meet the host country housing and safety standards; or (9) If required by law or contract, fail to provide an employment contract, recruitment agreement, or other required work document in w…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …he changes. The Contractor may employ customary commercial practices, voluntary consensus standards, or industry-leading practices and standards that provide effective and efficient Government property management that are necessary and appr…
  • DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.
    …esearch and engineering data, engineering drawings, and associated lists, specifications, standards, process sheets, manuals, technical reports, technical orders, catalog-item identifications, data sets, studies and analyses and related inf…
  • DFARS 252.204-7020 NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements.
    …contractor information systems that are required to comply with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-171, in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation System (DFARS) clause at 2…
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …transactions; and (2) Assess its MMAS and take reasonable action to comply with the MMAS standards in paragraph (e) of this clause. (c) Disclosure and maintenance requirements. The Contractor shall— (1) Have policies, procedures, and ope…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …shing of data or technical support to be used by others in the development of performance standards, statements of work, or specifications. Source selection evaluation board means any board, team, council, or other group that evaluates bid…

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.