48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
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62 sections with “subcontractors or suppliers”: the first 40
- FAR 28.106-8 Payment to subcontractors or suppliers.The contracting officer will only authorize payment to subcontractors or suppliers from an ILC (or any other cash equivalent security) upon a judicial determination of the rights of the parties, a signed notarized statement by the contracto…
- DFARS 227.7203-15 Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation.(a) Subcontractors and suppliers at all tiers should be provided the same protection for their rights in computer software or computer software documentation as are provided to prime contractors. (b) The clauses at 252.227-7019, Validation…
- FAR 49.603-8 Fixed-price contracts—settlements with subcontractors only.…Block 14 of SF 30 for settlements of fixed-price contracts covering only settlements with subcontractors.] (a) This agreement settles that portion of the settlement proposal of the Contractor that is based upon termination of the following…
- DFARS 227.7103-15 Subcontractor rights in technical data.(a) 10 U.S.C. 3771 provides subcontractors at all tiers the same protection for their rights in data as is provided to prime contractors. The clauses at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Se…
- DFARS 252.227-7017 Identification and Assertion of Use, Release, or Disclosure Restrictions.…ubmitted to the Government, the technical data or computer software that the Offeror, its subcontractors or suppliers, or potential subcontractors or suppliers, assert should be furnished to the Government with restrictions on use, release,…
- FAR 52.226-6 Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations.… food-insecure people in the United States. (c) Costs. (1) The Contractor, including any subcontractors, shall assume the responsibility for all the costs and the logistical support to collect, transport, maintain the safety of, or distrib…
- DFARS 249.7000 Terminated contracts with Canadian Commercial Corporation.… the format prescribed in FAR 49.602 and that they contain the amount of settlements with subcontractors. The termination contracting officer (TCO) shall prepare an appropriate settlement agreement. (See FAR 49.603.) The letter transmitting…
- FAR 49.606 Granting subcontract settlement authorization.… articles or work at the contract price or for the settlement of termination proposals of subcontractors (except those settlements that have not been approved by the Government). (2) Any termination inventory involved has been disposed of …
- FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.…sts incurred under this contract whether or not actually paid, plus financing payments to subcontractors (see paragraph (j) of this clause), less the sum of all previous progress payments made by the Government under this contract. The Cont…
- FAR 52.249-10 Default (Fixed-Price Construction).…, (viii) strikes, (ix) freight embargoes, (x) unusually severe weather, or (xi) delays of subcontractors or suppliers at any tier arising from unforeseeable causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of both the Contracto…
- DFARS 227.7103-8 Deferred delivery and deferred ordering of technical data.…ftware) under the contract or contract termination, whichever is later. The obligation of subcontractors or suppliers to deliver such technical data expires two years after the date the prime contractor accepts the last item from the subcon…
- DFARS 227.7103-11 Contractor procedures and records.…rch Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, require a contractor, and its subcontractors or suppliers that will deliver technical data with other than unlimited rights, to establish and follow written procedures to assure th…
- DFARS 227.7203-8 Deferred delivery and deferred ordering of computer software and computer software documentation.…ftware) under the contract or contract termination, whichever is later. The obligation of subcontractors or suppliers to deliver such data expires two years after the date the prime contractor accepts the last item from the subcontractor or…
- DFARS 227.7203-11 Contractor procedures and records.…rch Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, require a contractor, and its subcontractors or suppliers that will deliver computer software or computer software documentation with other than unlimited rights, to establish and …
- DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…nd to notify the Contractor that the data have been destroyed. (iii) The Contractor, its subcontractors, and suppliers are not required to provide the Government additional rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or di…
- DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.… in paragraphs (2), (5), (6), and (7) of this clause; (5) Use, and permit contractors or subcontractors performing service contracts (see 37.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation) in support of this or a related contract to use, comput…
- DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.…paragraphs (2), (5), (6), and (7) of this definition; (5) Use, and permit contractors or subcontractors performing service contracts (see 37.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation) in support of this or a related contract to use, comput…
- DFARS 252.227-7019 Validation of Asserted Restrictions—Computer Software.…lause— Contractor, unless otherwise specifically indicated, means the Contractor and its subcontractors or suppliers. Other terms are defined in the 252.227-7014, Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial…
- DFARS 252.227-7025 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Government-Furnished Information Marked with Restrictive Legends.…e for any commercial purpose or disclose such data or software to a person other than its subcontractors, suppliers, or prospective subcontractors or suppliers, who require the data or software to submit offers for, or perform, contracts un…
- DFARS 227.7103-7 Use and nondisclosure agreement.…e name appears in the restrictive legend (the “Contractor”), to any person other than its subcontractors or suppliers, or prospective subcontractors or suppliers, who require these Data to submit offers for, or perform, contracts with the R…
- DFARS 252.227-7015 Technical Data—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…rties to the nondisclosure agreement. (d) Additional license rights. The Contractor, its subcontractors, and suppliers are not required to provide the Government additional rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or di…
- DFARS 252.227-7016 Rights in Bid or Proposal Information.…nclude this clause in all subcontracts or similar contractual instruments and require its subcontractors or suppliers to do so without alteration, except to identify the parties. (End of clause)
- FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.…, including— (1) Previous involvement of small business concerns as prime contractors or subcontractors in similar acquisitions; (2) Proven methods of involving small business concerns as subcontractors in similar acquisitions; and (3) T…
- FAR 44.402 Policy requirements.(a) Contractors and subcontractors at all tiers shall, to the maximum extent practicable: (1) Be required to incorporate commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items as components of items delivered to the Government…
- FAR 49.601-2 Letter notice.…ner stated in the electronic notice. (b) Cessation of work and notification to immediate subcontractors. You shall take the following steps: (1) Stop all work, make no further shipments, and place no further orders relating to the contrac…
- FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.…ade in which it has employees. The overall good-faith performance by other Contractors or subcontractors toward a goal in an approved plan does not excuse any Contractor's or subcontractor's failure to make good-faith efforts to achieve the…
- FAR 52.232-32 Performance-Based Payments.…i) of this clause; and (iv) Drawings and technical data, to the extent the Contractor or subcontractors are required to deliver them to the Government by other clauses of this contract. (3) Although title to property is in the Government …
- FAR 9.105-1 Obtaining information.… Preaward survey reports (see 9.106). (5) Other sources such as publications; suppliers, subcontractors, and customers of the prospective contractor; financial institutions; Government agencies; and business and trade associations. (d) Co…
- FAR 12.503 Applicability of certain laws to Executive agency contracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.… 2091 and 8105 of Public Law 103-355 (10 U.S.C. 4601 note prec.), Payment Protections for Subcontractors and Suppliers (see 28.106-6). (10) 15 U.S.C. 644(w), Solicitation Notice Regarding Administration of Change Orders for Construction (s…
- FAR 12.504 Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.…ions 2091 and 8105 of Pub. L. 103-355 10 U.S.C. 4601 note prec.), Payment Protections for Subcontractors and Suppliers (see 28.106-6). (b) The requirements for a certificate and clause under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards sta…
- FAR 28.106-7 Withholding contract payments.…ct performance, agencies shall not withhold payments due contractors or assignees because subcontractors or suppliers have not been paid. (b) If, after completion of the contract work, the Government receives written notice from the surety…
- FAR 32.503-6 Suspension or reduction of payments.…to the Government. (2) If the contractor has, in good faith, disputed amounts claimed by subcontractors, suppliers, or others, the contracting officer shall not consider the payments delinquent until the amounts due are established by the …
- FAR 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.…uments under the contract. The Contractor or higher-tier subcontractor shall notify their subcontractors, and suppliers under other contractual instruments, that the FASCSA orders in the solicitation that are not in SAM apply to the contrac…
- FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.…tely stop all work hereunder and shall immediately cause any and all of its suppliers and subcontractors to cease work. Subject to the terms of this contract, the Contractor shall be paid a percentage of the contract price reflecting the pe…
- FAR 52.226-3 Disaster or Emergency Area Representation.…a(s) (e.g., how much and for how long); (4) Contractual history the offeror has had with subcontractors and/or suppliers in the set-aside area; (5) Percentage of the offeror's gross revenues attributable to work performed in the set-aside…
- DFARS 227.7101 Definitions.…ally indicated, the terms “offeror” and “contractor” include an offeror's or contractor's subcontractors, suppliers, or potential subcontractors or suppliers at any tier. (b) Other terms used in this subpart are defined in the clause at 25…
- DFARS 227.7201 Definitions.…ally indicated, the terms “offeror” and “contractor” include an offeror's or contractor's subcontractors, suppliers, or potential subcontractors or suppliers at any tier. (b) Other terms used in this subpart are defined in the clause at 25…
- DFARS 246.870-2 Policy.… as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, the Government requires contractors and subcontractors at all tiers, to— (i) Obtain electronic parts that are in production by the original manufacturer or an authorized aftermarket manufac…
- DFARS 252.204-7014 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Information by Litigation Support Contractors.…tion support contractor means a contractor (including its experts, technical consultants, subcontractors, and suppliers) providing litigation support under a contract that contains this clause. Sensitive information means controlled unclas…
- DFARS 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support.…tion support contractor means a contractor (including its experts, technical consultants, subcontractors, and suppliers) providing litigation support under a contract that contains the clause at 252.204-7014, Limitations on the Use or Discl…
FAR (chapter 1)
- Part 1 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 58 sections
- Part 2 Definitions of Words and Terms 3 sections
- Part 3 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 98 sections
- Part 4 Administrative and Information Matters 116 sections
- Part 5 Publicizing Contract Actions 34 sections
- Part 6 Competition Requirements 34 sections
- Part 7 Acquisition Planning 34 sections
- Part 8 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 67 sections
- Part 9 Contractor Qualifications 106 sections
- Part 10 Market Research 4 sections
- Part 11 Describing Agency Needs 33 sections
- Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 38 sections
- Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 49 sections
- Part 14 Sealed Bidding 82 sections
- Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation 81 sections
- Part 16 Types of Contracts 74 sections
- Part 17 Special Contracting Methods 50 sections
- Part 18 Emergency Acquisitions 34 sections
- Part 19 Small Business Programs 126 sections
- Part 22 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 205 sections
- Part 23 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 38 sections
- Part 24 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 10 sections
- Part 25 Foreign Acquisition 81 sections
- Part 26 Other Socioeconomic Programs 36 sections
- Part 27 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 59 sections
- Part 28 Bonds and Insurance 61 sections
- Part 29 Taxes 23 sections
- Part 30 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 30 sections
- Part 31 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 87 sections
- Part 32 Contract Financing 175 sections
- Part 33 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 23 sections
- Part 34 Major System Acquisition 20 sections
- Part 35 Research and Development Contracting 25 sections
- Part 36 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 81 sections
- Part 37 Service Contracting 46 sections
- Part 38 Federal Supply Schedule Contracting 3 sections
- Part 39 Acquisition of Information Technology 14 sections
- Part 40 Information Security and Supply Chain Security 12 sections
- Part 41 Acquisition of Utility Services 17 sections
- Part 42 Contract Administration and Audit Services 84 sections
- Part 43 Contract Modifications 14 sections
- Part 44 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 24 sections
- Part 45 Government Property 33 sections
- Part 46 Quality Assurance 60 sections
- Part 47 Transportation 106 sections
- Part 48 Value Engineering 13 sections
- Part 49 Termination of Contracts 108 sections
- Part 50 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 34 sections
- Part 51 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 15 sections
- Part 52 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 680 sections
- Part 53 Forms 61 sections
DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)
- Part 201 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 24 sections
- Part 202 Definitions of Words and Terms 1 sections
- Part 203 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 28 sections
- Part 204 Administrative and Information Matters 76 sections
- Part 205 Publicizing Contract Actions 11 sections
- Part 206 Competition Requirements 20 sections
- Part 207 Acquisition Planning 22 sections
- Part 208 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 31 sections
- Part 209 Contractor Qualifications 55 sections
- Part 210 Market Research 2 sections
- Part 211 Describing Agency Needs 22 sections
- Part 212 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 24 sections
- Part 213 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 23 sections
- Part 214 Sealed Bidding 14 sections
- Part 215 Contracting by Negotiation 66 sections
- Part 216 Types of Contracts 36 sections
- Part 217 Special Contracting Methods 64 sections
- Part 218 Emergency Acquisitions 7 sections
- Part 219 Small Business Programs 47 sections
- Part 222 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 56 sections
- Part 223 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 34 sections
- Part 224 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 2 sections
- Part 225 Foreign Acquisition 251 sections
- Part 226 Other Socioeconomic Programs 14 sections
- Part 227 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 99 sections
- Part 228 Bonds and Insurance 17 sections
- Part 229 Taxes 9 sections
- Part 230 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 2 sections
- Part 231 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 232 Contract Financing 74 sections
- Part 233 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 8 sections
- Part 234 Major System Acquisition 13 sections
- Part 235 Research and Development Contracting 16 sections
- Part 236 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 25 sections
- Part 237 Service Contracting 67 sections
- Part 239 Acquisition of Information Technology 38 sections
- Part 241 Acquisition of Utility Services 8 sections
- Part 242 Contract Administration and Audit Services 40 sections
- Part 243 Contract Modifications 18 sections
- Part 244 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 245 Government Property 23 sections
- Part 246 Quality Assurance 39 sections
- Part 247 Transportation 27 sections
- Part 249 Termination of Contracts 14 sections
- Part 250 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 16 sections
- Part 251 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 5 sections
- Part 252 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 405 sections
- Part 253 Forms 10 sections
- Part 270 Defense Contracting Programs 7 sections
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.