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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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107 sections with “testing”: the first 40

  • FAR 9.308-1 Testing performed by the contractor.
    …ontracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.209-3, First Article Approval—Contractor Testing, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and it is intended that the contract require— (i) First article a…
  • FAR 52.209-4 First Article Approval—Government Testing.
    …d in 9.308-2 (a) and (b), insert the following clause: First Article Approval—Government Testing (SEP 1989) [Contracting Officer shall insert details] (a) The Contractor shall deliver __ units(s) of Lot/Item __ within __ calendar days fr…
  • FAR 9.308-2 Testing performed by the Government.
    …ontracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.209-4, First Article Approval—Government Testing, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and it is intended that the contract require first article approva…
  • FAR 52.209-3 First Article Approval—Contractor Testing.
    …d in 9.308-1 (a) and (b), insert the following clause: First Article Approval—Contractor Testing (SEP 1989) [Contracting Officer shall insert details] (a) The Contractor shall test __ unit(s) of Lot/Item __ as specified in this contract.…
  • FAR 34.103 Testing and qualification.
    (a) Contractors receiving requests from a Title III project contractor for testing and qualification of a Title III industrial resource shall refer such requests to the contracting officer. The contracting officer shall evaluate the request…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    (a)(1) The SBA regulations on small business size and size protests are found at 13 CFR part 121. (2) An offeror, the contracting officer, SBA, or another interested party may protest the small business representation of an offeror in a sp…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    (a) Definition. As used in this section— Interested party has the meaning given in 13 CFR 126.103. (b)(1) For sole-source procurements, SBA or the contracting officer may protest the prospective contractor's certified HUBZone status; for …
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    (a) Definition. Interested party, as used in this section, has the meaning given in 13 CFR 134.1002(b). (b) General. (1) For sole source acquisitions, the contracting officer, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), or SBA may protest the…
  • FAR 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    (a) Definition. Interested party, as used in this section, has the meaning given in 13 CFR 127.102. (b)(1) For sole source acquisitions, the contracting officer or SBA may protest the offeror's status as an economically disadvantaged women…
  • FAR 19.813 Protesting an 8(a) participant's eligibility or size status.
    (a) The eligibility of an 8(a) participant for a sole source or competitive 8(a) requirement may not be challenged by another 8(a) participant or any other party, either to SBA or any administrative forum as part of a bid or other contract …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ontractor to— (1) Perform services for the design, acquisition, financing, installation, testing, operation, and where appropriate, maintenance and repair, of an identified energy conservation measure or series of measures at one or more l…
  • FAR 9.306 Solicitation requirements.
    Solicitations containing a testing and approval requirement shall— (a) Provide, in the circumstance where the contractor is to be responsible for the first article approval testing— (1) The performance or other characteristics that the fi…
  • FAR 9.307 Government administration procedures.
    … forthcoming shipment, and— (1) Advise that activity of the contractual requirements for testing and approval, or evaluation, as appropriate; (2) Call attention to the notice requirement in paragraph (b) of the clause at 52.209-3, First A…
  • FAR 46.201 General.
    …not ordinarily available in suppliers' plants or commercial laboratories (e.g., ballistic testing of ammunition, unusual environmental tests, and simulated service tests); and (2) Contracts that require Government testing for first article…
  • DFARS 252.226-7003 Drug-Free Work Force.
    … safety and security issues; (4) Provision for identifying illegal drug users, including testing on a controlled and carefully monitored basis. Employee drug testing programs shall be established taking account of the following: (i) The C…
  • DFARS 252.246-7008 Sources of Electronic Parts.
    …stablished counterfeit prevention industry standards and processes (including inspection, testing, and authentication), such as the DoD-adopted standards at https://assist.dla.mil; (ii) The Contractor assumes responsibility for the authent…
  • FAR 9.205 Opportunity for qualification before award.
    …quirement; (5) A precautionary notice that when a product is submitted for qualification testing, the applicant must furnish any specific information that may be requested of the manufacturer before testing will begin; and (6) The approxi…
  • DFARS 208.7003-2 Assignments under coordinated acquisition.
    …artments may contract for research and development requirements, including quantities for testing purposes and items undergoing in-service evaluation (not yet in actual production, but beyond prototype). Generally, this exception applies on…
  • DFARS 246.870-2 Policy.
    …stablished counterfeit prevention industry standards and processes (including inspection, testing, and authentication), such as the DoD-adopted standards at https://assist.dla.mil; (B) The contractor assumes responsibility for the authenti…
  • FAR 9.202 Policy.
    …irement must be demonstrated before contract award; (ii) Estimating the likely costs for testing and evaluation which will be incurred by the potential offeror to become qualified; and (iii) Specifying all requirements that a potential of…
  • FAR 9.302 General.
    First article testing and approval (hereafter referred to as testing and approval) ensures that the contractor can furnish a product that conforms to all contract requirements for acceptance. Before requiring testing and approval, the contr…
  • FAR 35.001 Definitions.
    …ns, this term does not include efforts whose principal aim is the design, development, or testing of specific items or services to be considered for sale; these efforts are within the definition of development, given below. Development, as…
  • FAR 52.234-1 Industrial Resources Developed Under Title III, Defense Production Act.
    …093). (b) The Contractor shall refer any request from a Title III project contractor for testing and qualification of a Title III industrial resource to the Contracting Officer. (c) Upon the direction of the Contracting Officer, the Contr…
  • FAR 52.246-26 Reporting Nonconforming Items.
    …s an item for which credible evidence (including but not limited to, visual inspection or testing) provides reasonable doubt that the item is authentic. (b) The Contractor shall— (1) Screen Government-Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …his clause, means those costs the Contractor incurs on a VECP specifically in developing, testing, preparing, and submitting the VECP, as well as those costs the Contractor incurs to make the contractual changes required by Government accep…
  • DFARS 252.246-7007 Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System.
    …nic part for which credible evidence (including, but not limited to, visual inspection or testing) provides reasonable doubt that the electronic part is authentic. (b) Acceptable counterfeit electronic part detection and avoidance system. …
  • FAR 1.402 Policy.
    …necessary to meet the specific needs and requirements of each agency. The development and testing of new techniques and methods of acquisition should not be stifled simply because such action would require a FAR deviation. The fact that dev…
  • FAR 9.204 Responsibilities for establishment of a qualification requirement.
    …on would compromise the national security. (2) Bear the cost of conducting the specified testing and evaluation (excluding the costs associated with producing the item or establishing the production, quality control, or other system to be …
  • FAR 9.304 Exceptions.
    Normally, testing and approval is not required in contracts for— (a) Research or development; (b) Products requiring qualification before award (e.g., when an applicable qualified products list exists (see subpart 9.2)); (c) Products nor…
  • FAR 9.305 Risk.
    …y schedule (see Alternate II of the clause at 52.209-3, First Article Approval—Contractor Testing, and Alternate II of the clause at 52.209-4, First Article Approval—Government Testing. Costs incurred based on this authorization are allocab…
  • FAR 12.208 Contract quality assurance.
    …ractors' existing quality assurance systems as a substitute for Government inspection and testing before tender for acceptance unless customary market practices for the commercial product being acquired include in-process inspection. Any in…
  • FAR 46.101 Definitions.
    …s an item for which credible evidence (including but not limited to, visual inspection or testing) provides reasonable doubt that the item is authentic. Testing means that element of inspection that determines the properties or elements, i…
  • FAR 46.103 Contracting office responsibilities.
    …om the activity responsible for technical requirements any specifications for inspection, testing, and other contract quality requirements essential to ensure the integrity of the supplies or services (the activity responsible for technical…
  • FAR 46.202-1 Contracts for commercial products and commercial services.
    …ractors' existing quality assurance systems as a substitute for Government inspection and testing before tender for acceptance unless customary market practices for the commercial product being acquired include in-process inspection. Any in…
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    …ation costs means those costs the contractor incurs on a VECP specifically in developing, testing, preparing, and submitting the VECP, as well as those costs the contractor incurs to make the contractual changes required by Government accep…
  • FAR 52.105 Procedures for using alternates.
    …e date of the basic provision or clause; e.g., 52.209-3 FIRST ARTICLE APPROVAL—CONTRACTOR TESTING (OCT 1983)—ALTERNATE I (DEC 1983). (c) Under certain circumstances, a provision or clause may be used with two or more alternates. In these c…
  • FAR 52.248-3 Value Engineering—Construction.
    …his clause, means those costs the Contractor incurs on a VECP specifically in developing, testing, preparing, and submitting the VECP, as well as those costs the Contractor incurs to make the contractual changes required by Government accep…
  • DFARS 252.235-7003 Frequency Authorization.
    …s paragraph (d), in all subcontracts requiring the development, production, construction, testing, or operation of a device for which a radio frequency authorization is required. (End of clause) Alternate I. As prescribed in 234.072(b) an…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …jor phase of a major system acquisition. If concurrency is planned, discuss the extent of testing to be accomplished before production release. (14) Logistics considerations. Describe— (i) The assumptions determining contractor or agency …
  • FAR 9.000 Scope of part.
    …sponsibility; debarment, suspension, and ineligibility; qualified products; first article testing and approval; contractor team arrangements; defense production pools and research and development pools; and organizational conflicts of inter…

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.