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52 sections with “supervision”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.247-12 Supervision, Labor, or Materials.
    …rtation or for transportation-related services when the contractor is required to furnish supervision, labor, or materials: Supervision, Labor, or Materials (APR 1984) The Contractor shall furnish adequate supervision, labor, materials, s…
  • FAR 32.503-2 Supervision of progress payments.
    (a) The extent of progress payments supervision, by prepayment review or periodic review, should vary inversely with the contractor's experience, performance record, reliability, quality of management, and financial strength, and with the a…
  • FAR 32.409-3 Security, supervision, and covenants.
    (a) If advance payments are approved, the contracting officer shall enter into an agreement with the contractor covering special accounts and suitable covenants protecting the Government's interest (see 32.411). This requirement generally a…
  • FAR 37.104 Personal services contracts.
    …tration during performance, contractor personnel are subject to the relatively continuous supervision and control of a Government officer or employee. However, giving an order for a specific article or service, with the right to reject the …
  • FAR 47.207-5 Contractor responsibilities.
    …lean and sound closed-type equipment of sufficient size to accommodate the shipment. (b) Supervision, labor, or materials. The contracting officer shall insert a clause substantially the same as the clause at 52.247-12, Supervision, Labor,…
  • FAR 17.603 Limitations.
    … operating contracts shall not be authorized for— (1) Functions involving the direction, supervision, or control of Government personnel, except for supervision incidental to training; (2) Functions involving the exercise of police or reg…
  • DFARS 222.7402 Policy.
    …y, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention; or (2) Take any action to enforce any provision of an existing agreement with an employee or independent contractor that m…
  • DFARS 252.222-7006 Restrictions on the Use of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements.
    …y, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention; or (ii) Take any action to enforce any provision of an existing agreement with an employee or independent contractor that …
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …Participating personally means participating directly, and includes the direct and active supervision of a subordinate's participation in the matter. (3) Participating substantially means that the official's involvement is of significance …
  • FAR 3.401 Definitions.
    …a fide employee, means a person, employed by a contractor and subject to the contractor's supervision and control as to time, place, and manner of performance, who neither exerts nor proposes to exert improper influence to solicit or obtain…
  • FAR 9.508 Examples.
    …nd PQR Machinery Company, representing the American Tool Institute, work under Government supervision and control to refine specifications or to clarify the requirements of a specific acquisition. These companies may supply the item. (e) B…
  • FAR 14.402-1 Unclassified bids.
    …ublic inspection. The original bid may be examined by the public only under the immediate supervision of a Government official and under conditions that preclude possibility of a substitution, addition, deletion, or alteration in the bid.
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …eering, scientific, and manufacturing labor skills required and the amount and quality of supervision and coordination needed to perform the contract task. (C) Conversion-related indirect costs. This subfactor measures how much the indirec…
  • FAR 15.603 General.
    …ndependently originated and developed by the offeror; (3) Be prepared without Government supervision, endorsement, direction, or direct Government involvement; (4) Include sufficient detail to permit a determination that Government suppor…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …shall— (i) Be awarded using the procedures at subpart 36.6; and (ii) Require the direct supervision of a professional architect or engineer licensed, registered or certified in the State, Federal District, or outlying area, in which the s…
  • FAR 25.406 Israeli Trade Act.
    …e Department of the Interior, the Federal Housing Finance Board, and the Office of Thrift Supervision must evaluate offers of Israeli end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute. The Israeli Trade Act does no…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …ndividual. Within a job, there may be pay categories which are dependent on the degree of supervision required by the employee while performing assigned tasks which are performed by all persons with the same job. Job class of employees mea…
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    …e.g., corporate, division, or branch allocations) attributable to the general management, supervision, and conduct of the contractor's business as a whole. These costs are particularly significant in construction, job-site, architect-engine…
  • FAR 31.205-42 Termination costs.
    … costs shall be limited to payroll taxes, fringe benefits, occupancy costs, and immediate supervision costs. (2) If settlement expenses are significant, a cost account or work order shall be established to separately identify and accumulat…
  • FAR 32.303 General.
    …all actions and operations of Federal Reserve Banks, as fiscal agents, are subject to the supervision of the Federal Reserve Board. The Federal Reserve Board is authorized to prescribe the following, after consultation with the heads of gua…
  • FAR 36.501 Performance of work by the contractor.
    (a) To assure adequate interest in and supervision of all work involved in larger projects, the contractor shall be required to perform a significant part of the contract work with its own forces. The contract shall express this requirement…
  • FAR 36.609-1 Design within funding limitations.
    …into account any statutory or other limitations and exclude any allowances for Government supervision and overhead and any amounts set aside by the Government for contingencies. In negotiating the amount, the contracting officer should make…
  • FAR 37.101 Definitions.
    …ot subject, either by the contract's terms or by the manner of its administration, to the supervision and control usually prevailing in relationships between the Government and its employees. Performance-based contracting means structuring…
  • FAR 45.101 Definitions.
    …'s directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or equivalent representatives who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of the contractor's business; (2) All or substantially all of the contractor's operation a…
  • FAR 46.401 General.
    …tion or fraud. (e) Government inspection shall be performed by or under the direction or supervision of Government personnel. (f) Government inspection shall be documented on an inspection or receiving report form or commercial shipping d…
  • FAR 49.202 Profit.
    … considered); (2) Engineering work, production scheduling, planning, technical study and supervision, and other necessary services; (3) Efficiency of the contractor, with particular regard to— (i) Attainment of quantity and quality produ…
  • FAR 49.305-1 General.
    … contractor (e.g., planning, scheduling, technical study, engineering work production and supervision, placing and supervising subcontracts, and work performed by the contractor in (1) stopping performance, (2) settling terminated subcontra…
  • FAR 49.305-2 Construction contracts.
    …ntracts, (5) preparation of shop drawings, (6) work in place performed by own forces, (7) supervision of subcontractors' work (8) job administration, and (9) demobilization. (b) Each of the applicable factors in paragraph (a) above shall b…
  • FAR 52.203-5 Covenant Against Contingent Fees.
    … in this clause, means a person, employed by a contractor and subject to the contractor's supervision and control as to time, place, and manner of performance, who neither exerts nor proposes to exert improper influence to solicit or obtain…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …buildings or surroundings or under working conditions provided by or under the control or supervision of the Contractor or subcontractor which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to the health or safety of the service employees. The Con…
  • FAR 52.228-7 Insurance—Liability to Third Persons.
    …actor's directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or other representatives who have supervision or direction of— (i) All or substantially all of the Contractor's business; (ii) All or substantially all of the Contractor's operations…
  • FAR 52.229-11 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements—Notice and Representation.
    … and (5) Any trust if— (i) A court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust; and (ii) One or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions …
  • FAR 52.229-12 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements.
    … and (5) Any trust if— (i) A court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust; and (ii) One or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions …
  • FAR 52.236-18 Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement Construction Contracts.
    …nt and character of the work to be done by the Contractor shall be subject to the general supervision, direction, control, and approval of the Contracting Officer. (End of clause)
  • FAR 52.236-24 Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    …acter of the work to be done by the Contractor shall be subject to the general oversight, supervision, direction, control, and approval of the Contracting Officer. (End of clause)
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …'s directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or equivalent representatives who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of the Contractor's business; (2) All or substantially all of the Contractor's operation a…
  • FAR 52.246-3 Inspection of Supplies—Cost-Reimbursement.
    …'s directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or equivalent representatives who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of the Contractor's business; (2) All or substantially all of the Contractor's operation a…
  • FAR 52.246-6 Inspection—Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour.
    …'s directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or equivalent representatives who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of the Contractor's business; (2) All or substantially all of the Contractor's operation a…
  • FAR 52.246-8 Inspection of Research and Development—Cost-Reimbursement.
    …'s directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or equivalent representatives who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of the Contractor's business; (2) All or substantially all of the Contractor's operation a…
  • FAR 52.246-23 Limitation of Liability.
    …any of the Contractor's managers, superintendents, or equivalent representatives who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of the Contractor's business; (2) All or substantially all of the Contractor's operations …

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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