SpendQueryBeta

48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

FAR and DFARS navigator

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

Ask the FAR

Try: · · ·

Clear

33 sections with “systems engineering”

  • DFARS 209.571-7 Systems engineering and technical assistance contracts.
    (a) Agencies shall obtain advice on systems architecture and systems engineering matters with respect to major defense acquisition programs or pre-major defense acquisition programs from Federally Funded Research and Development Centers or …
  • FAR 9.505-1 Providing systems engineering and technical direction.
    (a) A contractor that provides systems engineering and technical direction for a system but does not have overall contractual responsibility for its development, its integration, assembly, and checkout, or its production shall not— (1) Be …
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …ited by 10 U.S.C. 3208(d)(1) from requiring offers for development or production of major systems that would enable the Government to use technical data to competitively reprocure identical items or components of the system if the item or c…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …anizations, activities (including management and support services for R&D activities), or systems. These services are normally closely related to the basic responsibilities and mission of the agency originating the requirement for the acqui…
  • DFARS 209.571-1 Definitions.
    …time of award to perform a substantial portion of the work on the system and the major subsystems. (ii) Lead system integrator without system responsibility means a prime contractor under a contract for the procurement of services, the pri…
  • FAR 31.205-25 Manufacturing and production engineering costs.
    …ugh (4) below are all allowable: (1) Developing and deploying new or improved materials, systems, processes, methods, equipment, tools and techniques that are or are expected to be used in producing products or services; (2) Developing an…
  • FAR 9.508 Examples.
    …eneral rules in 9.505 to individual contract situations. (a) Company A agrees to provide systems engineering and technical direction for the Navy on the powerplant for a group of submarines (i.e., turbines, drive shafts, propellers, etc.).…
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …an existing product, or (2) development effort for manufacturing or production materials, systems, processes, methods, equipment, tools, and techniques not intended for sale. Independent research and development (IR&D) means a contractor's…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …ts of this clause. In doing so, the Contractor shall initiate and maintain the processes, systems, procedures, records, and methodologies necessary for effective and efficient control of Government property. The Contractor shall disclose an…
  • DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.
    …ity. The Contractor shall provide adequate security on all covered contractor information systems. To provide adequate security, the Contractor shall implement, at a minimum, the following information security protections: (1) For covered …
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …2.101. Material management and accounting system (MMAS) means the Contractor's system or systems for planning, controlling, and accounting for the acquisition, use, issuing, and disposition of material. Material management and accounting s…
  • FAR 52.227-21 Technical Data Declaration, Revision, and Withholding of Payment—Major Systems.
    …following clause: Technical Data Declaration, Revision, and Withholding of Payment—Major Systems (MAY 2014) (a) Scope of declaration. The Contractor shall provide, in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 2302(e)(7), the following declaration with re…
  • FAR 52.248-2 Value Engineering—Architect-Engineer.
    …ngineering, as used in this clause, means an organized effort to analyze the functions of systems, equipment, facilities, services, and supplies for the purpose of achieving the essential functions at the lowest life cycle cost consistent w…
  • DFARS 242.7201 Definitions.
    …ystem. Material management and accounting system (MMAS) means the contractor's system or systems for planning, controlling, and accounting for the acquisition, use, issuing, and disposition of material. Material management and accounting s…
  • FAR 9.502 Applicability.
    … services; (3) Contractor performance of or assistance in technical evaluations; or (4) Systems engineering and technical direction work performed by a contractor that does not have overall contractual responsibility for development or pr…
  • FAR 9.507-2 Contract clause.
    …t might extend through the entire life of a system for which the contractor has performed systems engineering and technical direction. In every case, the restriction shall specify termination by a specific date or upon the occurrence of an …
  • FAR 15.101-2 Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
    …tly for the acquisition of— (1) Information technology services, cybersecurity services, systems engineering and technical assistance services, advanced electronic testing, audit or audit readiness services, health care services and record…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …contractor's existing work force, methods, materials, equipment, real property, operating systems, and management. These reviews are accomplished by a multi-functional team of Government contracting, contract administration, pricing, audit,…
  • FAR 48.102 Policies.
    …quirement clause (52.248-1, Alternates I or II) in initial production contracts for major systems programs (see definition of major system in 34.001) and for contracts for major systems research and development except where the contracting …
  • DFARS 209.571-6 Identification of organizational conflicts of interest.
    …ams, contracting officers shall consider— (a) The ownership of business units performing systems engineering and technical assistance, professional services, or management support services to a major defense acquisition program or a pre-ma…
  • DFARS 209.571-8 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …onflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program, in solicitations and contracts for systems engineering and technical assistance for major defense acquisition programs or pre-major defense acquisition programs.
  • DFARS 215.101-2-70 Limitations and prohibitions.
    …ely for the acquisition of— (i) Information technology services, cybersecurity services, systems engineering and technical assistance services, advanced electronic testing, or other knowledge-based professional services; (ii) Items design…
  • DFARS 252.209-7008 Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.
    …erest—Major Defense Acquisition Program. (b) This solicitation is for the performance of systems engineering and technical assistance for a major defense acquisition program or a pre-major defense acquisition program. (c) Prohibition. As …
  • DFARS 252.209-7009 Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.
    … 209.571-1 on the date of subcontract award. (b) This contract is for the performance of systems engineering and technical assistance for a major defense acquisition program or a pre-major defense acquisition program. (c) Prohibition. Exc…
  • FAR 37.101 Definitions.
    …, repair, servicing, rehabilitation, salvage, modernization, or modification of supplies, systems, or equipment. (2) Routine recurring maintenance of real property. (3) Housekeeping and base services. (4) Advisory and assistance services…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …te for adequacy and perform surveillance of contractor engineering efforts and management systems that relate to design, development, production, engineering changes, subcontractors, tests, management of engineering resources, reliability a…
  • DFARS 215.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …ed in a manner that is transparent, objective, and provides for the efficiency of the DoD systems acquisition process (section 837 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91)). (i) Major weapon system sh…
  • FAR 9.501 Definition.
    …ne engineering and technical services (such as installation, operation, or maintenance of systems, equipment, software, components, or facilities); (3) Routine legal, actuarial, auditing, and accounting services; and (4) Training services…
  • FAR 16.402-2 Performance incentives.
    …ontractor. (c) Technical performance incentives may be particularly appropriate in major systems contracts, both in development (when performance objectives are known and the fabrication of prototypes for test and evaluation is required) a…
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    …tent of allowability of the costs covered in this part applies broadly to many accounting systems in varying contract situations. Thus, the reasonableness, the allocability and the allowability under the specific cost principles at subparts…
  • FAR 36.102 Definitions.
    …fining the construction requirement (including the functional relationships and technical systems to be used, such as architectural, environmental, structural, electrical, mechanical, and fire protection), producing the technical specificat…
  • FAR 43.203 Change order accounting procedures.
    (a) Contractors' accounting systems are seldom designed to segregate the costs of performing changed work. Therefore, before prospective contractors submit offers, the contracting officer should advise them of the possible need to revise th…
  • DFARS 216.402-2 Performance incentives.
    …ement of design specification requirements for reliability and maintainability of weapons systems under the contract; or (ii) The imposition of penalties to be paid by the contractor to the Government for failure to achieve such design spe…

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.