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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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1,070 sections with “subpart E”: the first 40

  • FAR 16.500 Scope of subpart.
    (a) This subpart prescribes policies and procedures for making awards of indefinite-delivery contracts and establishes a preference for making multiple awards of indefinite-quantity contracts. (b) This subpart does not limit the use of oth…
  • FAR 17.500 Scope of subpart.
    (a) This subpart prescribes policies and procedures applicable to all interagency acquisitions under any authority, except as provided for in paragraph (c) of this section. In addition to complying with the interagency acquisition policy an…
  • FAR 32.002 Applicability of subparts.
    (a) The following sections and subparts of this part are applicable to all purchases subject to part 32: (1) Sections 32.000 through 32.009. (2) Subpart 32.3, Loan Guarantees for Defense Production. (3) Subpart 32.6, Contract Debts. (4)…
  • FAR 47.200 Scope of subpart.
    (a) This subpart prescribes procedures for the acquisition by sealed bid or negotiated contracts of— (1) Freight transportation (including local drayage) from rail, motor (including bus), domestic water (including inland, coastwise, and in…
  • FAR 53.200 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart prescribes standard forms and references optional forms and agency-prescribed forms for use in acquisition. Consistent with the approach used in subpart 52.2, this subpart is arranged by subject matter, in the same order as, an…
  • FAR 4.2300 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart implements the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 (title II of Pub. L. 115-390) and the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) regulation at 41 CFR part 201-1. The authority provided in this subpart expi…
  • FAR 17.700 Scope of subpart.
    (a) Compliance with this subpart is in addition to the policies and procedures for interagency acquisitions set forth in subpart 17.5. This subpart prescribes policies and procedures specific to acquisitions of supplies and services by nond…
  • FAR 22.1004 Department of Labor responsibilities and regulations.
    …tters as— (a) Service contract labor standards provisions and procedures (29 CFR part 4, subpart A); (b) Wage determination procedures (29 CFR part 4, subparts A and B); (c) Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (ru…
  • FAR 42.705-3 Educational institutions.
    …ined as an institution of higher education in the OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR part 200, subpart A, and 20 U.S.C. 1001) to a single Government agency for the negotiation of indirect cost rates and provides that those rates shall be accepte…
  • FAR 45.600 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart establishes policies and procedures for the reporting, reutilization, and disposal of contractor inventory excess to contracts and of property that forms the basis of a claim against the Government (e.g., termination inventory …
  • DFARS 225.1100 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart prescribes the clauses that implement subparts 225.1 through 225.10. The clauses that implement subparts 225.70 through 225.75 are prescribed within those subparts.
  • DFARS 270.100 Scope of subpart.
    (a) This subpart implements section 874 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (Pub. L. 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 3204 note) and section 872 of the NDAA for FY 2024 (Pub. L. 118-31; 10 U.S.C. 3204 note). Sections…
  • FAR 3.900 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart implements various statutory whistleblower programs. This subpart does not implement 10 U.S.C. 4701, which is applicable only to DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard. (a) 41 U.S.C. 4712 is implemented in 3.900 through 3.906. These s…
  • FAR 9.400 Scope of subpart.
    (a) This subpart— (1) Prescribes policies and procedures governing the debarment and suspension of contractors by agencies for the causes given in 9.406-2 and 9.407-2; (2) Provides for the listing of contractors debarred, suspended, propo…
  • FAR 12.300 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart establishes provisions and clauses to be used when acquiring commercial products and commercial services.
  • FAR 32.400 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart provides policies and procedures for advance payments on prime contracts and subcontracts. It does not include policies and procedures for advance payments for the types of transactions listed in 32.404. This subpart does not a…
  • FAR 37.500 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart establishes responsibilities for implementing Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Policy Letter 93-1, Management Oversight of Service Contracting.
  • FAR 40.200 Scope of subpart.
    (a) This subpart provides policies and procedures to implement security prohibitions and exclusions that restrict Federal agencies from procuring, obtaining, or using certain products, services, or sources. (b) The following prohibitions a…
  • FAR 42.703-2 Certificate of indirect costs.
    … (ii) A State or local government subject to the OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR part 200, subpart E and appendices V and VII; (iii) An educational institution (defined as an institution of higher education in the OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 …
  • FAR 42.1500 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart provides policies and establishes responsibilities for recording and maintaining contractor performance information. This subpart does not apply to procedures used by agencies in determining fees under award or incentive fee co…
  • FAR 47.300 Scope of subpart.
    (a) This subpart prescribes policies and procedures for the application of transportation and traffic management considerations in the acquisition of supplies. The terms and conditions contained in this subpart are applicable to fixed-price…
  • FAR 47.500 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart prescribes policy and procedures for giving preference to U.S.-flag vessels when transportation of supplies by ocean vessel is required. This subpart does not apply to the Department of Defense (DoD). Policy and procedures appl…
  • FAR 49.100 Scope of subpart.
    (a) This subpart deals with— (1) The authority and responsibility of contracting officers to terminate contracts in whole or in part for the convenience of the Government or for default; (2) Duties of the contractor and the contracting of…
  • FAR 52.249-5 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Educational and Other Nonprofit Institutions).
    …ded and the Contractor paid the agreed amount. (f) The cost principles and procedures in subpart 31.3 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Contracts with Educational Institutions (defined as institutions of higher education in the …
  • DFARS 204.7500 Scope of subpart.
    (a) This subpart prescribes policies and procedures for including the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) level requirements in DoD contracts. CMMC is a framework (see 32 CFR part 170) for assessing a contractor's information …
  • DFARS 227.7100 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart— (a) Prescribes policies and procedures for the acquisition of technical data and the rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose technical data. It implements the following laws and Executive Orde…
  • FAR 1.105-2 Arrangement of regulations.
    … divided into subchapters, parts (each of which covers a separate aspect of acquisition), subparts, sections, and subsections. (b) Numbering. (1) The numbering system permits the discrete identification of every FAR paragraph. The digits t…
  • FAR 1.400 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart prescribes the policies and procedures for authorizing deviations from the FAR. Exceptions pertaining to the use of forms prescribed by the FAR are covered in part 53 rather than in this subpart.
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … which the word or term is used clearly requires a different meaning or another FAR part, subpart, or section provides a different definition for the particular part or portion of the part. If a word or term that is defined in this section …
  • FAR 3.700 Scope of subpart.
    (a) This subpart prescribes Governmentwide policies and procedures for exercising discretionary authority to declare void and rescind contracts in relation to which— (1) There has been a final conviction for bribery, conflict of interest, …
  • FAR 4.700 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart provides policies and procedures for retention of records by contractors to meet the records review requirements of the Government. In this subpart, the terms “contracts” and “contractors” include “subcontracts” and “subcontrac…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …anners document the file to support the selection of the contract type in accordance with subpart 16.1. (e) Establishing criteria and thresholds at which increasingly greater detail and formality in the planning process is required as the …
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …ance-based acquisition methods or must provide rationale for not using those methods (see subpart 37.6). (a) Acquisition background and objectives—(1) Statement of need. Introduce the plan by a brief statement of need. Summarize the techni…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    … program). Orders issued under the VA Federal Supply Schedule program are covered by this subpart. Additionally, the Department of Defense (DoD) manages similar systems of schedule-type contracting for military items; however, DoD systems a…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …cts (but see 8.405-5). BPAs and orders placed against a MAS, using the procedures in this subpart, are considered to be issued using full and open competition (see 6.102(d)(3)). Therefore, when establishing a BPA (as authorized by 13.303-2(…
  • FAR 12.207 Contract type.
    …or commercial services. (b)(1) A time-and-materials contract or labor-hour contract (see Subpart 16.6) may be used for the acquisition of commercial services when— (i) The service is acquired under a contract awarded using— (A) Competiti…
  • FAR 12.500 Scope of subpart.
    (a) As required by 41 U.S.C. 1906 and 1907, this subpart lists provisions of law that are not applicable to— (1) Contracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services; (2) Subcontracts, at any tier, for the acquisiti…
  • FAR 12.504 Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …C. 644(d), Requirements relative to labor surplus areas under the Small Business Act (see subpart 19.2). (3) [Reserved] (4) 41 U.S.C. chapter 65, Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment Exceeding $10,000 (see subpart 22…
  • FAR 13.003 Policy.
    …sition threshold, shall be set aside for small business concerns (see 19.000, 19.203, and subpart 19.5). (2) The contracting officer may make an award to a small business concern under the— (i) 8(a) Program (see subpart 19.8); (ii) Histo…
  • FAR 13.201 General.
    …below the micro-purchase threshold may be conducted using any of the methods described in subpart 13.3, provided the purchaser is authorized and trained, pursuant to agency procedures, to use those methods. (d) Micro-purchases do not requi…

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