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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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64 sections with “technical provisions”: the first 40

  • DFARS 247.270-2 Technical provisions.
    …ferent ports, and sometimes within the same port, it is not practical to develop standard technical provisions covering all phases of stevedoring operations. (b) When including rail car, truck, or intermodal equipment loading and unloading…
  • FAR 14.201-6 Solicitation provisions.
    …rature, in invitations for bids if (i) descriptive literature is required to evaluate the technical acceptability of an offered product and (ii) the required information will not be readily available unless it is submitted by bidders. (2) …
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    … at such facilities. (j) In accordance with 27.406-3(a), insert the clause at 52.227-21, Technical Data Declaration, Revision, and Withholding of Payment—Major Systems, in contracts for major systems acquisitions or for support of major sy…
  • DFARS 227.7103-14 Conformity, acceptance, and warranty of technical data.
    …quirements. 10 U.S.C. 3772— (1) Provides for the establishment of remedies applicable to technical data found to be incomplete, inadequate, or not to satisfy the requirements of the contract concerning such data; and (2) Authorizes agency…
  • DFARS 227.7103-16 Providing technical data to foreign governments, foreign contractors, or international organizations.
    Technical data may be released or disclosed to foreign governments, foreign contractors, or international organizations only if release or disclosure is otherwise permitted both by Federal export controls and other national security laws or…
  • DFARS 227.7104-4 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a)(1) Use the clause at 252.227-7018, Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software-Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, in solicitations and contracts, including…
  • 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.
    …rescribed in 227.7104-4(a)(1), use the following clause: RIGHTS IN OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL TECHNICAL DATA AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE—SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM (AUG 2025) (a) Definit…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …ii) Part 227—Patents, Data, and Copyrights. (A) Use the clause at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services, as prescribed in 227.7102-4(b) and 227.7103-6(a). Use the clause with its Alter…
  • DFARS 227.7203-6 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …omputer software documentation. Do not use the clause when the only deliverable items are technical data (other than computer software documentation), commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation, commercial pr…
  • FAR 12.211 Technical data.
    Except as provided by agency-specific statutes, the Government shall acquire only the technical data and the rights in that data customarily provided to the public with a commercial product or process. The contracting officer shall presume …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …f contracts, contract financing, contract performance, contract administration, and those technical and management functions directly related to the process of fulfilling agency needs by contract. Acquisition planning means the process by …
  • FAR 3.803 Exceptions.
    …an informed decision about initiation of a covered Federal action. (iv) Participating in technical discussions regarding the preparation of an unsolicited proposal prior to its official submission. (v) Making capability presentations prio…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …ons should be made (see paragraph (b)(21) of this section). The plan must address all the technical, business, management, and other significant considerations that will control the acquisition. The specific content of plans will vary, depe…
  • FAR 12.602 Streamlined evaluation of offers.
    …y commercial products or commercial services, the criteria need not be more detailed than technical (capability of the item offered to meet the agency need), price, and past performance. Technical capability may be evaluated by how well the…
  • FAR 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions.
    …the Federal Government. Reasonable payment means, with respect to professional and other technical services, a payment in an amount that is consistent with the amount normally paid for such services in the private sector. Recipient includ…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …formation, regardless of form or the media on which it may be recorded. The term includes technical data and computer software. The term does not include information incidental to contract administration, such as financial, administrative, …
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …e of risk in fulfilling the contract requirements. The factor consists of two parts: (1) Technical—the technical uncertainties of performance. (2) Management/cost control—the degree of management effort necessary— (i) To ensure that cont…
  • DFARS 227.7103-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.
    …f restrictions on the Government's rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, or disclose technical data do not, by themselves, determine the extent of the Government's rights in the technical data. Under 10 U.S.C. 3782, the Government has …
  • DFARS 227.7203-15 Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation.
    … Restrictions—Computer Software, and 252.227-7037, Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data, obtain a contractor's agreement that the Government's transaction of validation or challenge matters directly with subcontractors at a…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    … contract, the primary purpose of which is to furnish independent and impartial advice or technical assistance directly to the Government in support of the Government's management and oversight of a program or effort (rather than to directl…
  • DFARS 252.246-7001 Warranty of data.
    … and (1)(i), use the following clause: Warranty of Data—Basic (MAR 2014) (a) Definition—Technical data has the same meaning as given in the clause in this contract entitled, Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software. (b) Warranty. N…
  • FAR 23.109 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …t are for, or specify the use of, EPA-designated items containing recovered materials. If technical personnel advise that estimates can be verified, use the clause with its Alternate I. (c) Biobased products in USDA-designated product cate…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …ineering surveillance to assess compliance with contractual terms for schedule, cost, and technical performance in the areas of design, development, and production. (41) Evaluate for adequacy and perform surveillance of contractor engineer…
  • FAR 52.227-20 Rights in Data—SBIR Program.
    …formation, regardless of form or the media on which it may be recorded. The term includes technical data and computer software. The term does not include information incidental to contract administration, such as financial, administrative, …
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …ir activities, including achieving program goals. They are to ensure that contracting and technical personnel maintain knowledge of small business program requirements and take all reasonable action to increase participation in their activi…
  • FAR 34.202 Integrated Baseline Reviews.
    …conduct an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR). (b) The purpose of the IBR is to verify the technical content and the realism of the related performance budgets, resources, and schedules. It should provide a mutual understanding of the inhere…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …or receipt of offers; (3) The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror; (4) A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may inclu…
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …feror's initial proposal should contain the offeror's best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary. If th…
  • DFARS 241.201 Policy.
    …s. (2) Purchases of utility services outside the United States may use— (i) Formats and technical provisions consistent with local practice; and (ii) Dual language forms and contracts. (3) Rates established by an independent regulatory …
  • DFARS 252.236-7001 Contract drawings and specifications.
    …ne set of contract drawings and specifications, except publications incorporated into the technical provisions by reference, in electronic or paper media as chosen by the Contracting Officer. (b) The Contractor shall— (1) Check all drawin…
  • FAR 11.201 Identification and availability of specifications.
    …ce, Washington, DC 20402, Telephone (202) 512-1800, Facsimile (202) 512-2250; or National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, Telephone (703) 605-6000, Facsimile (703) 605-6900, Email: orders@n…
  • FAR 27.404-3 Copyrighted works.
    …lly authorized, without prior approval of the contracting officer, to assert copyright in technical or scientific articles based on or containing such data that is published in academic, technical or professional journals, symposia proceedi…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …essing claims, actuarial fees, and service fees paid to insurance companies, trustees, or technical consultants. Intangible capital asset means an asset that has no physical substance, has more than minimal value, and is expected to be hel…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …contract under which the subject invention was made. It shall be sufficiently complete in technical detail to convey a clear understanding of the subject invention. The disclosure shall also identify any publication, on sale (i.e., sale or …
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    … the subject invention was made and the inventor(s). It shall be sufficiently complete in technical detail to convey a clear understanding of the subject invention. The disclosure shall also identify any publication, on sale, or public use …
  • FAR 52.227-22 Major System—Minimum Rights.
    …g any other provision of this contract, the Government shall have unlimited rights in any technical data, other than computer software, developed in the performance of this contract and relating to a major system or supplies for a major sys…
  • DFARS 225.872-3 Solicitation procedures.
    …e outside the United States and security classification permits such use. (d) If unusual technical or security requirements preclude the acquisition of otherwise acceptable defense equipment from qualifying country sources, review the need…
  • DFARS 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.
    …priate Government approval shall be obtained; and (iv) Configuration studies and related technical services undertaken as a direct selling effort to a foreign country. (2) Product support and post-delivery service expenses, such as— (i) …
  • DFARS 231.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …e contractor is required to report IR&D projects generating the IR&D costs to the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) using the DTIC's online input form and instructions at https://defenseinnovationmarketplace.dtic.mil/industry-port…
  • DFARS 236.102 Definitions.
    …f the DoD that— (1) Is responsible for the architectural, engineering, and other related technical aspects of the planning, design, and construction of facilities; and (2) Receives its technical guidance from the Army Office of the Chief …

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.