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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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38 sections with “successor contractor”

  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    … employees have a collective bargaining agreement. (b) 41 U.S.C. 6707(c) provides that a successor contractor must pay wages and fringe benefits (including accrued wages and benefits and prospective increases) to service employees at least…
  • FAR 42.1203 Processing agreements.
    (a) If a contractor wishes the Government to recognize a successor in interest to its contracts or a name change, the contractor must submit a written request to the responsible contracting officer (see 42.1202). If the contractor received …
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …o a third party. The Government may, when in its interest, recognize a third party as the successor in interest to a Government contract when the third party's interest in the contract arises out of the transfer of— (1) All the contractor'…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …embly is not the place of manufacture. Predecessor means an entity that is replaced by a successor and includes any predecessors of the predecessor. Reasonable inquiry has the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contr…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …other obligation under law or contract for payment of a higher wage to any employee. (f) Successor Contracts. If this contract succeeds a contract subject to the Service Contract Labor Standards statute under which substantially the same s…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …transferable only with the written approval of the agency, except when transferred to the successor of that part of the Contractor's business to which the invention pertains. (ii) The Contractor's license may be revoked or modified by the …
  • FAR 52.237-3 Continuity of Services.
    …vernment and must be continued without interruption and that, upon contract expiration, a successor, either the Government or another contractor, may continue them. The Contractor agrees to (1) furnish phase-in training and (2) exercise its…
  • FAR 22.1002-3 Wage determinations based on collective bargaining agreements.
    (a) Successor contractors performing on contracts in excess of $2,500 for substantially the same services performed in the same locality must pay wages and fringe benefits (including accrued wages and benefits and prospective increases) at …
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    …strator will also publish the applicable E.O. minimum wage on https://www.sam.gov (or any successor Web site), and a general notice on all wage determinations issued under the Service Contract Labor Standards statute or the Wage Rate Requir…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    … (C) Is transferable only with the approval of the agency, except when transferred to the successor of that part of the Contractor's business to which the invention pertains. (ii) The agency— (A) May revoke or modify the Contractor's dome…
  • FAR 22.1020 Seniority lists.
    … the succeeding contract, the contracting officer shall provide a copy of the list to the successor contractor for determining employee eligibility for vacation or other fringe benefits which are based upon length of service, including serv…
  • DFARS 252.227-7012 Patent License and Release Contract.
    …t FAR 52.203-3.) Article 9. Disputes. (Insert the clause at FAR 52.233-1.) Article 10. Successors and Assignees. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Contractor, its successors** and assignees, but nothing contained in this Article …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ement means a legal instrument— (1) Executed by the— (i) Contractor (transferor); (ii) Successor in interest (transferee); and (iii) Government; and (2) By which, among other things, the transferor guarantees performance of the contrac…
  • FAR 9.108-2 Prohibition.
    … 745 of Division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Pub. L. 110-161) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions) prohibit, on a Governmentwide basis, the use of app…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …he Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)). (2) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Ha…
  • FAR 3.900 Scope of subpart.
    …he Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions), is implemented in 3.909, which is applicable to al…
  • FAR 3.909-1 Prohibition.
    …he Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions.) (b) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this sect…
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …ertinent to the contract. (41) A current chronological list identifying the awarding and successor contracting officers, with inclusive dates of responsibility. (42) When limiting competition, or awarding on a sole source basis, to econom…
  • FAR 4.2201 Definitions.
    …d in this subpart— Covered application means the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited. Information technology, as defin…
  • FAR 9.506 Procedures.
    …transfers acquisition responsibility for the item or system involved, it shall notify the successor contracting office of the restriction, and send a copy of the contract under which the restriction was imposed.
  • FAR 22.1010 Notification to interested parties under collective bargaining agreements.
    … its employees' collective bargaining agent written notification of— (1) The forthcoming successor contract and the applicable acquisition dates (issuance of solicitation, opening of bids, commencement of negotiations, award of contract, o…
  • FAR 22.1904 Annual Executive Order Minimum Wage Rate.
    …; (2) Publish and maintain on Wage Determinations at SAM.gov, https://www.sam.gov or any successor site, the E.O. minimum wage rate; and (3) Include a general notice on wage determinations which are issued under the Service Contract Labor…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    …or request to transfer its licenses. No approval is necessary when the transfer is to the successor of that part of the contractor's business to which the subject invention pertains. (2) In response to a third party's proper application fo…
  • FAR 28.103-2 Performance bonds.
    …ges with another concern, and the Government, after recognizing the latter concern as the successor in interest, desires assurance that it is financially capable. (3) Substantial progress payments are made before delivery of end items star…
  • FAR 37.110 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …vernment and must be continued without interruption and when, upon contract expiration, a successor, either the Government or another contractor, may continue them; and (2) The Government anticipates difficulties during the transition from…
  • FAR 42.1200 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart prescribes policies and procedures for— (a) Recognition of a successor in interest to Government contracts when contractor assets are transferred; (b) Recognition of a change in a contractor's name; and (c) Execution of nova…
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    …neering change proposal (VECP) to contracts awarded by the same contracting office of its successor for essentially the same unit. Acquisition savings include— (1) Instant contract savings, that are the net cost reductions on the contract …
  • FAR 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements—Representation.
    …he Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions), Government agencies are not permitted to use funds…
  • FAR 52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements.
    … Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, (Pub. L. 113-235), and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions) use of funds appropriated (or otherwise made availa…
  • FAR 52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities.
    …sky Lab covered entity. Kaspersky Lab covered entity means— (1) Kaspersky Lab; (2) Any successor entity to Kaspersky Lab, including any change in name, e.g., “Kaspersky”; (3) Any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under commo…
  • FAR 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application.
    …ed in this clause— Covered application means the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited. Information technology, as defin…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …he Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)). (ii) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for H…
  • FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns.
    …and who is registered in the Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem, or successor system that is maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Benefits Administration, as a service-disabled veteran. Service-d…
  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    … the Secretary of Labor. The Contractor shall also file Standard Form 100 (EEO-1), or any successor form, as prescribed in 41 CFR part 60-1. Unless the Contractor has filed within the 12 months preceding the date of contract award, the Cont…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    … transferable only with the written approval of the agency except when transferred to the successor of that part of the Contractor's business to which the subject invention pertains. (2) The Contractor's license may be revoked or modified …
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …from the application of a VECP to contracts awarded by the same contracting office or its successor for essentially the same unit. Acquisition savings include— (1) Instant contract savings, which are the net cost reductions on this, the in…
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    …) Test Program. The Contractor's comprehensive small business subcontracting plan and its successors, which are authorized by and approved under the Test Program of 15 U.S.C. 637 note, as amended, shall be included in and made a part of thi…
  • DFARS 252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime.
    …)(3) of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(3)); and (3) Any successor, subunit, parent entity, or subsidiary of, or any entity under common ownership or control with, any entity described in paragraph (1) or (2…

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