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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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165 sections with “timely”: the first 40

  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …aph (c) of this section). (c)(1) Any contracting officer who receives a protest, whether timely or not, or who, as the contracting officer, wishes to protest the small business representation of an offeror, or rerepresentation of a contrac…
  • FAR 42.1502 Policy.
    …ncludes the clause at 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan; and (2) Reduced or untimely payments (as defined in 19.701), made to small business subcontractors, determined by the contracting officer to be unjustified. The contractin…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …ion needed for the intended use of the property. The warranties of suitability of use and timely delivery of Government-furnished property do not apply to property acquired or fabricated by the Contractor as contractor-acquired property and…
  • DFARS 252.215-7002 Cost Estimating System Requirements.
    …eliable, and consistently applied; (2) Produces verifiable, supportable, documented, and timely cost estimates that are an acceptable basis for negotiation of fair and reasonable prices; (3) Is consistent with and integrated with the Cont…
  • DFARS 252.215-7016 Notification to Offerors—Postaward Debriefings.
    … sources by DoD for the procurement (10 U.S.C. 3014). (b) Postaward debriefing. (1) Upon timely request, the Government will provide a written or oral postaward debriefing to successful or unsuccessful offerors for contract awards valued a…
  • DFARS 252.216-7010 Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders.
    …fings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders (Oct 2025) (a) Postaward debriefing. (1) Upon timely request, the Government will provide a written or oral postaward debriefing for task orders or delivery orders valued at $15 million or more to…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …l misstatement of such information will not be prevented, or detected and corrected, on a timely basis. A reasonable possibility exists when the likelihood of an event occurring is— (1) Probable; or (2) More than remote but less than like…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …fication is not required. (2) Any protest received after the designated time limits is untimely, unless it is from the contracting officer or SBA. (f) The contracting officer shall forward all protests with a referral letter to the Direct…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …ribed in agency acquisition regulations. (15) Manage special bank accounts. (16) Ensure timely notification by the contractor of any anticipated overrun or underrun of the estimated cost under cost-reimbursement contracts. (17) Monitor t…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    …ent of the offense and the individuals responsible for the conduct. It includes providing timely and complete response to Government auditors' and investigators' request for documents and access to employees with information; (2) Does not …
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …s means the final anticipated dollar value, including the dollar value of all options. Untimely payment means a payment to a subcontractor that is more than 90 days past due under the terms and conditions of a subcontract for supplies and …
  • FAR 52.242-5 Payments to Small Business Subcontractors.
    …ons, for supplies and services for which the Government has paid the prime contractor. Untimely payment means a payment that is more than 90 days past due under the terms and conditions of a subcontract, for supplies and services for which…
  • FAR 52.246-19 Warranty of Systems and Equipment under Performance Specifications or Design Criteria.
    …of the last delivery under this contract; or 90 days after discovery of the defect.] Upon timely notification of the existence of a defect, or if the Contractor independently discovers a defect in accepted supplies or services, the Contract…
  • DFARS 227.7203-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.
    …ier contractor. (2) There is reason to believe that the contractor will not respond in a timely manner to a challenge and an untimely response would jeopardize a subcontractor's or supplier's right to assert restrictions; or (3) Requested…
  • FAR 3.1003 Requirements.
    …able, a contractor may be suspended and/or debarred for knowing failure by a principal to timely disclose to the Government, in connection with the award, performance, or closeout of a Government contract performed by the contractor or a su…
  • FAR 15.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
    …at was notified of exclusion from the competition (see 15.505(a)), but failed to submit a timely request, is not entitled to a debriefing. (4)(i) Untimely debriefing requests may be accommodated. (ii) Government accommodation of a request…
  • 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.
    …ification is not required. (2) Any protest received after the designated time limit is untimely, unless it is from the contracting officer or SBA. (f)(1) The contracting officer shall forward all protests to SBA. The protests are to be su…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …early in the acquisition process as practicable to allow them sufficient time to submit a timely offer for the subcontract. (iv) Providing interested small businesses with adequate and timely information about plans, specifications, and re…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …s entered into an installment agreement pursuant to I.R.C. § 6159. The taxpayer is making timely payments and is in full compliance with the agreement terms. The taxpayer is not delinquent because the taxpayer is not currently required to m…
  • DFARS 227.7103-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.
    …er contractor; (ii) There is reason to believe that the contractor will not respond in a timely manner to a challenge and an untimely response would jeopardize a subcontractor's or suppliers right to assert restrictions; or (iii) Requeste…
  • DFARS 252.234-7002 Earned Value Management System.
    …l misstatement of such information will not be prevented, or detected and corrected, on a timely basis. A reasonable possibility exists when the likelihood of an event occurring is— (1) Probable; or (2) More than remote but less than like…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ordinated and integrated through a comprehensive plan for fulfilling the agency need in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost. It includes developing the overall strategy for managing the acquisition. Activity Address Code (AAC) means a…
  • FAR 8.602 Policy.
    …ard delivery-order contract; (ii) Include FPI in the solicitation process and consider a timely offer from FPI for award in accordance with the item description or specifications, and evaluation factors in the solicitation— (A) If the sol…
  • FAR 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    …s entered into an installment agreement pursuant to I.R.C. § 6159. The taxpayer is making timely payments and is in full compliance with the agreement terms. The taxpayer is not delinquent because the taxpayer is not currently required to m…
  • FAR 9.406-3 Procedures.
    …ministrative agreement. (2) The suspending and debarring official is responsible for the timely and accurate submission of documentation reflecting the administrative agreement. The submission should be made within 3 working days. (3) Wit…
  • FAR 9.407-3 Procedures.
    …ministrative agreement. (2) The suspending and debarring official is responsible for the timely and accurate submission of documentation reflecting the administrative agreement. The submission should be made within 3 working days. (3) Wit…
  • FAR 11.501 Policy.
    …ed damages clause. Use liquidated damages clauses only when— (1) The time of delivery or timely performance is so important that the Government may reasonably expect to suffer damage if the delivery or performance is delinquent; and (2) T…
  • FAR 13.402 Conditions for use.
    …ween Government receiving and disbursing activities that will make it impractical to make timely payment based on evidence of Government acceptance. (c) Title to the supplies passes to the Government— (1) Upon delivery to a post office or…
  • FAR 16.104 Factors in selecting contract types.
    … proportion of risk or it may offer incentives tailored to performance outcomes to ensure timely contract performance. (g) Period of performance or length of production run. In times of economic uncertainty, contracts extending over a rela…
  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    …er has given both the incumbent contractor and its employees' collective bargaining agent timely written notification of the applicable acquisition dates (see 22.1010). (d)(1) If 41 U.S.C. 6707(c) applies, the contracting officer shall obt…
  • FAR 22.1009-4 All possible places of performance not identified.
    …or's competing for the proposed acquisition. (d) If the contracting officer receives any timely requests for wage determinations for additional places of performance the contracting officer shall— (1) Obtain wage determinations for the ad…
  • FAR 26.103 Procedures.
    …ficer will notify the prime contractor upon receipt of a challenge. (1) To be considered timely, a challenge shall— (i) Be in writing; (ii) Identify the basis for the challenge; (iii) Provide detailed evidence supporting the claim; and …
  • FAR 32.503-2 Supervision of progress payments.
    …ting system and controls. Supervision shall be of a kind and degree sufficient to provide timely knowledge of the need for, and timely opportunity for, any actions necessary to protect Government interests. (b) The administering office mus…
  • FAR 33.103 Protests to the agency.
    …t to the agency's acquisition system, may consider the merits of any protest which is not timely filed. (f) Action upon receipt of protest. (1) Upon receipt of a protest before award, a contract may not be awarded, pending agency resolutio…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …agement or business relations. (v) Small business subcontracting, including reduced or untimely payments to small business subcontractors when 19.702(a) requires a subcontracting plan (as applicable, see Table 42-2). (vi) Other (as applic…
  • FAR 49.105-2 Release of excess funds.
    …contracting officer. The initial deobligation of excess funds should be accomplished in a timely manner by the contracting officer, or the TCO, if delegated the responsibility. The TCO shall not recommend the release of amounts under $1,000…
  • FAR 52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law.
    …ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpa…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    … contractor demonstrates efficient management and cost control through the submittal of a timely, qualifying proposal (as defined in 217.7401) in furtherance of definitization of an undefinitized contract action, and the proposal demonstrat…
  • DFARS 215.506-70 Opportunity for follow-up questions.
    …than 2 business days after receiving the postaward debriefing; (b) Respond in writing to timely submitted additional questions within 5 business days after receipt of the questions; and (c) Not consider the postaward debriefing to be conc…
  • DFARS 252.232-7007 Limitation of Government's obligation.
    …racting Officer of the estimated amount of additional funds that will be required for the timely performance of the item(s) funded pursuant to this clause, for a subsequent period as may be specified in the allotment schedule in paragraph (…

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.