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64 sections with “stated period of time”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …equest of or as allowed by a Contracting Officer as the result of negotiations. Time, if stated as a number of days, is calculated using calendar days, unless otherwise specified, and will include Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. Ho…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …vernment for performing this contract will be substantially greater or less than the then stated ceiling price, the Contractor shall so notify the Contracting Officer, giving a revised estimate of the total price for performing this contrac…
  • DFARS 252.246-7006 Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items.
    …itions. As used in this clause— Duration means the warranty period. This period may be a stated period of time, amount of usage, or the occurrence of a specified event, after formal acceptance of delivery, for the Government to assert a co…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    … demand. For purposes of this paragraph, the contract price shall be considered to be the stated contract price of $___, less any subsequent price reductions under the contract, plus (1) any price increases resulting from any terms of this …
  • FAR 9.204 Responsibilities for establishment of a qualification requirement.
    …d (5) Use of the list for advertising or publicity is permitted. However, it must not be stated or implied that a particular product or source is the only product or source of that type qualified, or that the Government in any way recommen…
  • FAR 13.303-7 Completion of BPAs.
    …mplete when the purchases under it equal its total dollar limitation, if any, or when its stated time period expires.
  • FAR 14.404-2 Rejection of individual bids.
    …on. (c) Any bid that fails to conform to the delivery schedule or permissible alternates stated in the invitation shall be rejected. (d) A bid shall be rejected when the bidder imposes conditions that would modify requirements of the invi…
  • FAR 16.207-1 Description.
    … term contract requires (a) the contractor to provide a specified level of effort, over a stated period of time, on work that can be stated only in general terms and (b) the Government to pay the contractor a fixed dollar amount.
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    … Description. An indefinite-quantity contract provides for an indefinite quantity, within stated limits, of supplies or services during a fixed period. The Government places orders for individual requirements. Quantity limits may be stated …
  • FAR 22.406-2 Wages, fringe benefits, and overtime.
    …ringe benefits payments required by the wage determination may include items that are not stated as exact cash amounts. In these cases, the hourly cash equivalent of the cost of these items shall be determined by dividing the employer's con…
  • FAR 35.015 Contracts for research with educational institutions and nonprofit organizations.
    …actor obtain the contracting officer's approval to change the phenomenon under study, the stated objectives of the research, or the methodology. (2) If a research contract does provide precise objectives or a specific date for achievement …
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …; and (9) the specification. (t) [Reserved] (u) Unauthorized Obligations. (1) Except as stated in paragraph (u)(2) of this clause, when any supply or service acquired under this contract is subject to any End User License Agreement (EULA)…
  • FAR 52.228-14 Irrevocable Letter of Credit.
    …a written commitment by a federally insured financial institution to pay all or part of a stated amount of money, until the expiration date of the letter, upon presentation by the Government (the beneficiary) of a written demand therefor. N…
  • FAR 52.232-22 Limitation of Funds.
    …te. (f) Except as required by other provisions of this contract, specifically citing and stated to be an exception to this clause— (1) The Government is not obligated to reimburse the Contractor for costs incurred in excess of the total a…
  • FAR 52.242-14 Suspension of Work.
    … as to a claim resulting from a suspension order), and (2) unless the claim, in an amount stated, is asserted in writing as soon as practicable after the termination of the suspension, delay, or interruption, but not later than the date of …
  • FAR 46.702 General.
    …ntract pertaining to acceptance of the supplies or services by the Government; and (2) A stated period of time or use, or the occurrence of a specified event, after acceptance by the Government to assert a contractual right for the correct…
  • FAR 52.216-5 Price Redetermination—Prospective.
    … Redetermination—Prospective (JAN 2022) (a) General. The unit prices and the total price stated in this contract shall be periodically redetermined in accordance with this clause, except that (1) the prices for supplies delivered and servi…
  • FAR 52.216-21 Requirements.
    …equirements contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantities of supplies or services specified in the Schedule are estimates only and are not purchased by this contract. E…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …service. A Contractor with a commercial plan shall comply with the reporting requirements stated in paragraph (d)(10) of this clause by submitting one SSR in eSRS for all contracts covered by its commercial plan. A Contractor authorized to …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …a written commitment by a federally insured financial institution to pay all or part of a stated amount of money, until the expiration date of the letter, upon the Government's (the beneficiary) presentation of a written demand for payment.…
  • FAR 4.1005-1 Required data elements.
    … delivery schedule, destination, period of performance, or place of performance expressly stated in the appropriate section of the procurement instrument (“as required” constitutes an expressly stated delivery term). When a line item has de…
  • FAR 4.1005-2 Exceptions.
    …d provided that the total contract minimum and maximum, or the estimate, respectively, is stated. (ii) Multiple-award IDIQ contracts awarded using the procedures at 13.106-1(a)(2)(iv)(A) or 15.304(c)(1)(ii)(A) may omit price or cost at the…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …ch benefits, are established in advance and the contributions are intended to provide the stated benefits. Defined-contribution pension plan means a pension plan in which the contributions to be made are established in advance and the bene…
  • FAR 38.101 General.
    …awarded using competitive procedures to firms. The firms provide supplies and services at stated prices for given periods of time, for delivery within a stated geographic area such as the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Alas…
  • FAR 52.216-6 Price Redetermination—Retroactive.
    …e Redetermination—Retroactive (JAN 2022) (a) General. The unit price and the total price stated in this contract shall be redetermined in accordance with this clause, but in no event shall the total amount paid under this contract exceed _…
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …ude this clause and the Notice containing the goals for minority and female participation stated in the solicitation for this contract. (c) If the Contractor is participating in a Hometown Plan (41 CFR 60-4) approved by the U.S. Department…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …e Government except as provided in paragraph (b) of this notice or as otherwise expressly stated in the contract. (b) This computer software may be— (1) Used or copied for use with the computer(s) for which it was acquired, including use …
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    …separate building, public work, or other division of the contract, for which the price is stated separately in the contract, payment shall be made for the completed work without retention of a percentage. (f) Title, liability, and reservat…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …idation rate in paragraph (b) above, and that rate is less than the progress payment rate stated in subparagraph (a)(1) above. (d) Title. (1) Title to the property described in this paragraph (d) shall vest in the Government. Vestiture sha…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …be suitable for contract performance and will be delivered to the Contractor by the dates stated in the contract. (i) If the property is not delivered to the Contractor by the dates stated in the contract, the Contracting Officer shall, up…
  • DFARS 204.7103-1 Criteria for establishing.
    …shall have its own delivery schedule, period of performance, or completion date expressly stated (“as required” constitutes an expressly stated delivery term). (i) The fact that there is more than one delivery date, destination, performanc…
  • FAR 3.104-5 Disqualification.
    …umed participation in a procurement matter. Government officer or employee may not be reinstated to participate in a procurement matter affecting the financial interest of someone with whom the individual is seeking employment, unless the i…
  • FAR 4.703 Policy.
    (a) Except as stated in 4.703(b), contractors shall make available records, which includes books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of whether such items are in written form, i…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …ume buying. Indefinite delivery contracts are awarded to provide supplies and services at stated prices for given periods of time. GSA may delegate certain responsibilities to other agencies (e.g., GSA has delegated authority to the VA to p…
  • FAR 9.406-3 Procedures.
    …luded in the notice of proposed debarment that grew out of facts relevant to the cause(s) stated in the notice; and (D) All of the contractor's affiliates; and (ix) That if the contractor fails to disclose the information in paragraph (c)…
  • FAR 9.407-3 Procedures.
    … not included in the notice of suspension that grew out of facts relevant to the cause(s) stated in the notice; and (iv) All of the contractor's affiliates; and (8) That if the contractor fails to disclose the information in paragraph (c)…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    … total evaluated price, the price of one or more line items is significantly over or understated as indicated by the application of cost or price analysis techniques. The greatest risks associated with unbalanced pricing occur when— (i) St…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …parties, but before the award resulting from the proposal, you must, under the conditions stated in FAR 15.406-2, submit a Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data. II. Cost Elements Depending on your system, you must provide breakdown…
  • FAR 16.205-1 Description.
    …al period of contract deliveries or performance and (b) prospective redetermination, at a stated time or times during performance, of the price for subsequent periods of performance.
  • FAR 16.306 Cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts.
    …in general terms and obligates the contractor to devote a specified level of effort for a stated time period. Under this form, if the performance is considered satisfactory by the Government, the fixed fee is payable at the expiration of th…

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