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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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41 sections with “tie bids”: the first 40

  • FAR 14.405 Minor informalities or irregularities in bids.
    …e deficiency, whichever is to the advantage of the Government. Examples of minor informalities or irregularities include failure of a bidder to— (a) Return the number of copies of signed bids required by the invitation; (b) Furnish requir…
  • FAR 52.219-2 Equal Low Bids.
    …s status as a labor surplus area (LSA) concern may affect entitlement to award in case of tie bids. If the bidder wishes to be considered for this priority, the bidder must identify, in the following space, the LSA in which the costs to be …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …lpha and/or numeric characters assigned to identify specific agency offices, units, activities, or organizations by the General Services Administration for civilian agencies and by the Department of Defense for defense agencies. Adequate e…
  • FAR 14.408-6 Equal low bids.
    …d the person supervising the drawing. (c) When an award is to be made by using the priorities under this 14.408-6, the contracting officer shall include a written agreement in the contract that the contractor will perform, or cause to be p…
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    …rs or mechanics—(1) Means— (i) Workers, utilized by a contractor or subcontractor at any tier, whose duties are manual or physical in nature (including those workers who use tools or who are performing the work of a trade), as distinguishe…
  • FAR 36.213-3 Invitations for bids.
    …ta concerning performance of the work (see 36.210). (6) Information concerning any facilities, such as utilities, office space, and warehouse space, to be furnished during construction. (7) Information concerning the prebid conference (se…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …he ANC or Indian tribe; and (ii) Where one or more subcontractors are in the subcontract tier between the prime Contractor and the ANC or Indian tribe, the ANC or Indian tribe shall designate the appropriate Contractor(s) to count the subc…
  • FAR 52.247-4 Inspection of Shipping and Receiving Facilities.
    …ing, or other sites to ensure realistic bids: Inspection of Shipping and Receiving Facilities (APR 1984) (a) Offerors are urged to inspect the shipping and receiving facilities where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves …
  • DFARS 252.236-7007 Additive or deductive items.
    …t for the first or base bid item, plus or minus (in the order stated in the list of priorities in the bid schedule) those additive or deductive items that provide the most features within the funds determined available. (3) The Contracting…
  • FAR 14.202-6 Final review of invitations for bids.
    …hall be thoroughly reviewed before issuance to detect and correct discrepancies or ambiguities that could limit competition or result in the receipt of nonresponsive bids. Contracting officers are responsible for the reviews.
  • FAR 47.207-1 Qualifications of offerors.
    (a) Operating authorities. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.247-2, Permits, Authorities, or Franchises, when regulated transportation is involved. The clause need not be used when a Federal office move is intrastate and…
  • FAR 52.207-4 Economic Purchase Quantity—Supplies.
    …us to the Government. (b) Each offeror who believes that acquisitions in different quantities would be more advantageous is invited to recommend an economic purchase quantity. If different quantities are recommended, a total and a unit pri…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received. (h) Multiple awards. The Government may accept any item or group of items of an offer, unless the o…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …. Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code means— (1) An identifier assigned to entities located in the United States or its outlying areas by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch to identi…
  • FAR 3.303 Reporting suspected antitrust violations.
    …n identifies behavior patterns that are often associated with antitrust violations. Activities meeting the descriptions in paragraph (c) are not necessarily improper, but they are sufficiently questionable to warrant notifying the appropria…
  • FAR 4.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …fluence Certain Federal Transactions. (3) 52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements—Representation. (4) 52.204-3, Taxpayer Identification. (5) 52.204-5, Wom…
  • FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
    …plies or services available from only one source or only one supplier with unique capabilities; or (ii) For DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, unique supplies or services available from only one or a limited number of sources or from only one…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …ted to exceed $900,000 ($2 million for construction) and that has subcontracting possibilities, shall require the apparently successful offeror to submit an acceptable subcontracting plan. If the apparently successful offeror fails to negot…
  • FAR 22.404-2 General requirements.
    …supplies. It typically includes all construction of such structures, installation of utilities and equipment (both above and below grade level), as well as incidental grading, utilities and paving, unless there is an established area practi…
  • FAR 22.1010 Notification to interested parties under collective bargaining agreements.
    (a) The contracting officer should determine whether the incumbent prime contractor's or its subcontractors' service employees performing on the current contract are represented by a collective bargaining agent. If there is a collective bar…
  • FAR 25.103 Exceptions.
    …manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality. (1) Class determinations. (i) A nonavailability determination has been made for the articles listed in 25.104. Th…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …ations expected to exceed $200,000. (iii) 52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements—Representation. This provision applies to all solicitations. (iv) 52.204-…
  • FAR 52.214-10 Contract Award—Sealed Bidding.
    … (1) reject any or all bids, (2) accept other than the lowest bid, and (3) waive informalities or minor irregularities in bids received. (c) The Government may accept any item or group of items of a bid, unless the bidder qualifies the bid…
  • DFARS 252.216-7000 Economic Price Adjustment—Basic Steel, Aluminum, Brass, Bronze, or Copper Mill Products.
    …an established catalog or market price for a commercial product sold in substantial quantities to the general public. Unit price excludes any part of the price which reflects requirements for preservation, packaging, and packing beyond sta…
  • DFARS 252.217-7004 Job orders and compensation.
    …by agrees to comply with that order and to perform work on such vessel within its capabilities. (1) As soon as practicable after the issuance of the order, the Contracting Officer and the Contractor shall negotiate a price for the work and…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …ans— (1) Active and significant involvement of an official in any of the following activities directly related to that procurement: (i) Drafting, reviewing, or approving the specification or statement of work for the procurement. (ii) Pr…
  • FAR 9.405 Effect of listing.
    …ernment as agents or representatives of other contractors. (b) Contractors and other entities that have an active exclusion record in SAM because they have been declared ineligible on the basis of statutory or other regulatory procedures a…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    …ons, cancellation is clearly in the public's interest. (d) Should administrative difficulties be encountered after bid opening that may delay award beyond bidders' acceptance periods, the several lowest bidders whose bids have not expired …
  • FAR 52.214-19 Contract Award—Sealed Bidding—Construction.
    …e in the solicitation. (b) The Government may reject any or all bids, and waive informalities or minor irregularities in bids received. (c) The Government may accept any item or combination of items, unless doing so is precluded by a rest…
  • FAR 52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements.
    … are not included in the “site of the work.” Such permanent, previously established facilities are not a part of the “site of the work” even if the operations for a period of time may be dedicated exclusively or nearly so, to the performanc…
  • FAR 14.201-2 Part I—The Schedule.
    …/part number if applicable, title or name identifying the supplies or services, and quantities (see part 11). The SF 33 and SF 1447 may be supplemented as necessary by the Optional Form 336 (OF 336), Continuation Sheet. (c) Section C, Desc…
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    … (b), (c), and (d) of this 14.407-3 to a central authority, or a limited number of authorities as necessary, in their agencies, without power of redelegation. (f) Each proposed determination shall have the concurrence of legal counsel with…
  • FAR 14.408-7 Documentation of award.
    …n award is made after receipt of equal low bids, the documentation shall describe how the tie was broken.
  • FAR 19.602-1 Referral.
    … credit, integrity, perseverance, tenacity, and limitations on subcontracting but for sureties see 28.101-3(f) and 28.203-1(e)), the contracting officer shall— (1) Withhold contract award (see 19.602-3); and (2) Refer the matter to the co…
  • FAR 28.001 Definitions.
    …ted by a bidder or contractor (the “principal”), and a second party (“the surety” or “sureties”) (except as provided in 28.204), to assure fulfillment of the principal's obligations to a third party (the “obligee” or “Government”), identifi…
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …R&D costs may be incurred by contractors working jointly with one or more non-Federal entities pursuant to a cooperative arrangement (for example, joint ventures, limited partnerships, teaming arrangements, and collaboration and consortium …
  • FAR 52.204-22 Alternative Line Item Proposal.
    …conform to the Offeror's practices. Failure to correct these issues can result in difficulties in acceptance of deliverables and processing payments. Therefore, the Offeror is invited to propose alternative line items for which bids, propos…
  • FAR 52.228-1 Bid Guarantee.
    … form of a firm commitment, e.g., bid bond supported by good and sufficient surety or sureties acceptable to the Government, postal money order, certified check, cashier's check, irrevocable letter of credit, or, under Treasury Department r…
  • FAR 52.236-22 Design Within Funding Limitations.
    …sing standard Federal Acquisition Regulation procedures for the construction of the facilities designed at a price that does not exceed the estimated construction contract price as set forth in paragraph (c) below. When bids or proposals fo…
  • DFARS 245.604-1 Sales procedures.
    …ementation of Trade Security Controls (TSCs) for Transfers of DoD Personal Property to Parties Outside DoD Control, respectively. See PGI 245.6.

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.