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26 sections with “subcontracted”

  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …lan shall include the following: (1) Separate goals, expressed in terms of total dollars subcontracted, and as a percentage of total planned subcontracting dollars, for the use of small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disab…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    … business concerns as subcontractors; (2) A statement of the total dollars planned to be subcontracted and a statement of the total dollars planned to be subcontracted to small business (including ANCs and Indian tribes), veteran-owned sma…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …nagerial and technical effort needed to obtain the required purchased parts and material, subcontracted items, and special tooling. Considerations include the complexity of the items required, the number of purchase orders and subcontracts …
  • FAR 46.405 Subcontracts.
    (a) Government contract quality assurance on subcontracted supplies or services shall be performed only when required in the Government's interest. The primary purpose is to assist the contract administration office cognizant of the prime c…
  • DFARS 252.234-7001 Notice of Earned Value Management System.
    …raph (b)(1) of this provision. (c) The offeror shall identify the subcontractors (or the subcontracted effort if subcontractors have not been selected) to whom the EVMS requirements will apply. The offeror and the Government shall agree to…
  • DFARS 252.234-7002 Earned Value Management System.
    … requirements of this clause: [Contracting Officer to insert names of subcontractors (or subcontracted effort if subcontractors have not been selected) designated for application of the EVMS requirements of this clause.] (2) For subcontra…
  • DFARS 252.234-7003 Notice of Cost and Software Data Reporting System.
    …ribution Table, the subcontractors, or, if the subcontractors have not been selected, the subcontracted effort in this category. (End of provision) Alternate I. As prescribed in 234.7101(a) and (a)(2), use the following provision, which u…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …uced or work efforts to be performed in the prime contractor's facilities and those to be subcontracted. Manufactured end product means any end product in product and service codes (PSC) 1000-9999, except— (1) PSC 5510, Lumber and Related…
  • FAR 5.405 Exchange of acquisition information.
    …racting activity shall request appropriate information (on both the end item and on major subcontracted components) from other agencies or contracting activities responsible for acquiring similar items. Each agency or contracting activity r…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …act, and either the actual subcontract price or the actual cost to the contractor, if not subcontracted, provided the data on which the actual subcontract price is based are not themselves defective. (2) Under cost-reimbursement contracts …
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    … offeror's make-or-buy policies or programs, the nature of the supplies or services to be subcontracted, the known availability of small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small bu…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    … not all inclusive, to be indicators of a good faith effort: (i) Breaking out work to be subcontracted into economically feasible units, as appropriate, to facilitate small business participation. (ii) Conducting market research to identi…
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …ns of design engineering, prototyping, and engineering testing. Development excludes: (1) Subcontracted technical effort which is for the sole purpose of developing an additional source for an existing product, or (2) development effort for…
  • FAR 35.001 Definitions.
    …es the functions of design engineering, prototyping, and engineering testing; it excludes subcontracted technical effort that is for the sole purpose of developing an additional source for an existing product. Recoupment, as used in this p…
  • FAR 36.501 Performance of work by the contractor.
    …agency regulation. Specialties such as plumbing, heating, and electrical work are usually subcontracted, and should not normally be considered in establishing the amount of work required to be performed by the contractor. (b) The contracti…
  • FAR 52.222-15 Certification of Eligibility.
    …rtue of 40 U.S.C. 3144(b)(2) or 29 CFR 5.12(a)(1). (b) No part of this contract shall be subcontracted to any person or firm ineligible for award of a Government contract by virtue of 40 U.S.C. 3144(b)(2) or 29 CFR 5.12(a)(1). (c) The pen…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …tue of the sanctions imposed under 41 U.S.C. 6706. (2) No part of this contract shall be subcontracted to any person or firm ineligible for award of a Government contract under 41 U.S.C. 6706. (3) The penalty for making false statements i…
  • FAR 52.234-2 Notice of Earned Value Management System—Preaward Integrated Baseline Review.
    …h the EIA-748 guidelines. (c) Offerors shall identify the major subcontractors, or major subcontracted effort if major subcontractors have not been selected subject to the guidelines. The prime Contractor and the Government shall agree to …
  • FAR 52.234-3 Notice of Earned Value Management System—Postaward Integrated Baseline Review.
    …h the EIA-748 guidelines. (c) Offerors shall identify the major subcontractors, or major subcontracted effort if major subcontractors have not been selected, planned for application of the guidelines. The prime Contractor and the Governmen…
  • FAR 52.244-2 Subcontracts.
    …including the following information: (i) A description of the supplies or services to be subcontracted. (ii) Identification of the type of subcontract to be used. (iii) Identification of the proposed subcontractor. (iv) The proposed sub…
  • FAR 52.249-8 Default (Fixed-Price Supply and Service).
    …he Contractor shall not be liable for any excess costs for failure to perform, unless the subcontracted supplies or services were obtainable from other sources in sufficient time for the Contractor to meet the required delivery schedule. (…
  • FAR 52.249-9 Default (Fixed-Price Research and Development).
    …he Contractor shall not be liable for any excess costs for failure to perform, unless the subcontracted supplies or services were obtainable from other sources in sufficient time for the Contractor to meet the required delivery schedule or …
  • FAR 52.249-14 Excusable Delays.
    …gligence of either, the Contractor shall not be deemed to be in default, unless— (1) The subcontracted supplies or services were obtainable from other sources; (2) The Contracting Officer ordered the Contractor in writing to purchase thes…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    …acy of cost data for projections; (iii) Economic environment; (iv) Nature and extent of subcontracted activity; (v) Protection provided to the contractor under contract provisions (e.g., economic price adjustment clauses); (vi) The ceil…
  • DFARS 252.226-7001 Utilization of Indian Organizations, Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises, and Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns.
    …ducts or commercial services, the Contractor may receive an incentive payment only if the subcontracted items are produced or manufactured in whole or in part by an Indian organization, Indian-owned economic enterprise, or Native Hawaiian s…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    … and that there are controls over subcontracting, including oversight and surveillance of subcontracted effort; and (24) Establish and maintain procedures to timely notify the Contracting Officer, in writing, if— (i) The Contractor change…

FAR (chapter 1)

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