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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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23 sections with “testing purposes”

  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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 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…
  • DFARS 225.770-3 Exceptions.
    … People's Republic of China by a vessel or an aircraft of the U.S. armed forces; (b) For testing purposes; or (c) For the purpose of gathering intelligence.
  • FAR 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    …R.C. § 6320 entitling the taxpayer to request a hearing with the IRS Office of Appeals contesting the lien filing, and to further appeal to the Tax Court if the IRS determines to sustain the lien filing. In the course of the hearing, the ta…
  • FAR 14.202-4 Bid samples.
    …rm to the solicitation.) (g) Handling bid samples. (1) Samples that are not destroyed in testing shall be returned to bidders at their request and expense, unless otherwise specified in the invitation. (2) Disposition instructions shall b…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …ced pricing occur when— (i) Startup work, mobilization, first articles, or first article testing are separate line items; (ii) Base quantities and option quantities are separate line items; or (iii) The evaluated price is the aggregate o…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …owable individual elements of compensation. In addition to the provisions of 31.201-3, in testing the reasonableness of compensation for particular employees or job classes of employees, consider factors determined to be relevant by the con…
  • FAR 31.205-34 Recruitment costs.
    …and maintain an adequate labor force. (3) Costs of operating an aptitude and educational testing program. (4) Travel costs of employees engaged in recuiting personnel. (5) Travel costs of applicants for interviews. (6) Costs for employm…
  • FAR 31.205-42 Termination costs.
    …sive spoilage due to inexperienced labor; (ii) Idle time and subnormal production due to testing and changing production methods; (iii) Training; and (iv) Lack of familiarity or experience with the product, materials, or manufacturing pr…
  • FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.
    … practice and must be used only when necessary to permit proper Government inspection and testing of the supplies delivered or services performed. (2) If the contract does not require submission of an invoice for payment (e.g., periodic le…
  • FAR 40.202-4 Exemptions.
    …f the United States and— (1) Is for the sole purposes of research, evaluation, training, testing, or analysis for electronic warfare, information warfare operations, cybersecurity, or development of unmanned aircraft system or counter-unma…
  • FAR 52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters.
    …R.C. § 6320 entitling the taxpayer to request a hearing with the IRS Office of Appeals contesting the lien filing, and to further appeal to the Tax Court if the IRS determines to sustain the lien filing. In the course of the hearing, the ta…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …R.C. § 6320 entitling the taxpayer to request a hearing with the IRS Office of Appeals contesting the lien filing, and to further appeal to the Tax Court if the IRS determines to sustain the lien filing. In the course of the hearing, the ta…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …fits of the property. Loss of Government property does not include purposeful destructive testing, obsolescence, normal wear and tear or manufacturing defects. Loss of Government property includes, but is not limited to— (1) Items that can…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …nic part for which credible evidence (including, but not limited to, visual inspection or testing) provides reasonable doubt that the electronic part is authentic. Tiered evaluation of offers, also known as cascading evaluation of offers, …
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    … resale. (6) Acquisitions of items for test and evaluation under the foreign comparative testing program (10 U.S.C. 2350a(g)). However, this exception does not apply to any acquisitions under follow-on production contracts. (b) One or mor…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ability that it will operate as intended. Whether, how much, and what type of analysis or testing is required to establish workability depends on the nature of the item, component, or process, and the state of the art. To be considered “dev…
  • 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.
    …ability that it will operate as intended. Whether, how much, and what type of analysis or testing is required to establish workability depends on the nature of the item, component, or process, and the state of the art. To be considered “dev…
  • DFARS 252.235-7004 Protection of Human Subjects.
    …102(h)). (7) Research means a systematic investigation, including research, development, testing, and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. Activities that meet this definition constitute research for pu…

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