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32 sections with “transportation activity”

  • FAR 47.105 Transportation assistance.
    (a) Civilian Government activities that do not have transportation officers, or otherwise need assistance on transportation matters, shall obtain assistance from (1) the GSA Regional Federal Supply Service Bureau that provides support to th…
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …ng requirements concerning training to prevent human trafficking for domestic carrier air transportation; 47.405(b) is not applicable to contracts awarded by the Department of Defense or contracts for commercial products. Government solicit…
  • FAR 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    …destinations outside CONUS and originate within CONUS, the contracting officer shall, for transportation evaluation purposes, note in the solicitation the CONUS port of loading or point of exit (aerial or water) and the water port of debark…
  • FAR 47.305-7 Quantity analysis, direct delivery, and reduction of crosshauling and backhauling.
    …hen additional quantities of the supplies being acquired can be transported at lower unit transportation costs or with a relatively small increase in total transportation costs, with no impairment to the program schedule, the contracting of…
  • FAR 47.506 Procedures.
    (a) The contracting officer shall obtain assistance from the transportation activity (see 47.105) in developing appropriate shipping instructions and delivery terms for inclusion in solicitations and contracts that may involve ocean transpo…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …nment-mandated fees, such as border crossing fees, levies, or worker welfare funds; (xi) Transportation and subsistence costs— (A) While in transit, including, but not limited to, airfare or costs of other modes of transportation, termina…
  • FAR 52.247-52 Clearance and Documentation Requirements—Shipments to DOD Air or Water Terminal Transshipment Points.
    … cargo to a water port, the Contractor shall obtain an Export Release from the Government transportation office for— (1) Each shipment weighing 10,000 pounds or more; and (2) Each shipment weighing less than 10,000 pounds; if the cargo ei…
  • DFARS 247.370 DD Form 1384, Transportation Control and Movement Document.
    The transportation office of the shipping activity prepares the DD Form 1384 to accompany all shipments made through a military air or water port, in accordance with DoD 4500.9-R, Defense Transportation Regulation, Part II, Chapter 203. A l…
  • FAR 31.205-22 Lobbying and political activity costs.
    …e readily put in deliverable form; and further provided that costs under this section for transportation, lodging or meals are unallowable unless incurred for the purpose of offering testimony at a regularly scheduled Congressional hearing …
  • FAR 31.205-43 Trade, business, technical, and professional activity costs.
    …soring the meetings, conventions, symposia, etc., including rental of meeting facilities, transportation, subsistence, and incidental costs; (2) Costs of attendance by contractor employees, including travel costs (see 31.205-46); and (3) …
  • FAR 47.301 General.
    (a) Transportation and traffic management factors are important in awarding and administering contracts to ensure that (1) acquisitions are made on the basis most advantageous to the Government and (2) supplies arrive in good order and cond…
  • FAR 47.305-5 Destination unknown.
    …he acquiring activity shall designate tentative destinations for the purpose of computing transportation costs, showing estimated quantities for each tentative destination. (2) The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations the prov…
  • FAR 52.246-18 Warranty of Supplies of a Complex Nature.
    …t price. (5) When supplies are returned to the Contractor, the Contractor shall bear the transportation costs from the place of delivery specified in the contract (irrespective of the f.o.b. point or the point of acceptance) to the Contrac…
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    … of materials, articles, supplies, or equipment on the site of the building or work; (4) Transportation of materials and supplies between the site of the work within the meaning of paragraphs (1)(i) and (ii) of the “site of the work” defin…
  • FAR 47.305-8 Consolidation of small shipments and the use of stopoff privileges.
    … shipments. Consolidation of small shipments into larger lots frequently results in lower transportation costs. Therefore, the contracting officer, after consultation with the transportation office and the activity requiring the supplies, m…
  • FAR 52.247-9 Agreed Weight—General Freight.
    …scribed in 47.207-4(a)(1), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services when the shipping activity determines the weight of shipments of freight other than household go…
  • DFARS 228.370-2 General.
    …tion entitled “Contractor's Flight and Ground Operations”; (iii) Occurs in the course of transportation by rail, or by conveyance on public streets, highways, or waterways, unless the transportation is limited to the vicinity of the contra…
  • DFARS 252.247-7027 Riding Gang Member Requirements.
    …er holds a valid U.S. Merchant Mariner's Document issued under 46 U.S.C. chapter 73, or a transportation security card issued under section 70105 of such title. (c) Exemption. (1) An individual is exempt from the requirements of paragraph …
  • FAR 1.602-2 Responsibilities.
    … and consider the advice of specialists in audit, law, engineering, information security, transportation, and other fields, as appropriate; and (d) Designate and authorize, in writing and in accordance with agency procedures, a contracting…
  • FAR 13.403 Preparation and execution of orders.
    …nt procedure shall include the following: (a) A requirement that the supplies be shipped transportation or postage prepaid. (b) A requirement that invoices be submitted directly to the finance or other office designated in the order, or i…
  • FAR 41.202 Procedures.
    …y service” includes the provision of the utility service capacity, energy, water, sewage, transportation, standby or back-up service, transmission and/or distribution service, quality assurance, system reliability, system operation and main…
  • FAR 47.503 Applicability.
    …requirement shall not prevent the use of privately owned U.S.-flag commercial vessels for transportation of up to 100 percent of the cargo subject to the Cargo Preference Act of 1954.
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …ted States Cyber Command, the United States Special Operations Command, the United States Transportation Command, and the Washington Headquarters Service. Electronic part means an integrated circuit, a discrete electronic component (includ…
  • DFARS 212.272 Preference for certain commercial products and commercial services.
    …ed services, knowledge-based services (except engineering services), medical services, or transportation services that are not commercial services, unless the appropriate official specified in paragraph (b)(2) of this section determines in …
  • DFARS 213.270 Use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    …erations. (6) The payment is made with an accommodation check. (7) The payment is for a transportation bill. (8) The purchase is under a Federal Supply Schedule contract that does not permit use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase …
  • DFARS 219.402 Small Business Administration procurement center representatives.
    …chnical assistance related to the care provided. (B) Construction of rudimentary surface transportation systems. (C) Well drilling and construction of basic sanitation facilities. (D) Rudimentary construction and repair of public facilit…
  • DFARS 223.7104 Exceptions.
    … order to provide assistance and refuge for commercial carriers of such material during a transportation emergency. (9) The storage of any material that is not owned by DoD, if the Secretary of the military department concerned determines …
  • DFARS 237.104 Personal services contracts.
    … same per diem and travel expenses authorized for a Government employee, including actual transportation and per diem in lieu of subsistence for travel between home or place of business and official duty station. (iii) Coordinate with the …
  • DFARS 242.1502 Policy.
    …ude information on contractor compliance with requirements of the clause at 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea (see 10 U.S.C. 2631(a), (b), and (c)).
  • DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.
    …ies or services designated by the Government as critical for airlift, sealift, intermodal transportation services, or logistical support that is essential to the mobilization, deployment, or sustainment of the Armed Forces in a contingency …
  • DFARS 252.219-7010 Notification of Competition Limited to Eligible 8(a) Participants—Partnership Agreement
    …facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice; for example, providing storage, transportation, or delivery. (2) When the end item being acquired is a kit of supplies, at least 50 percent of the total cost of the components of th…
  • DFARS 253.209-1 Responsible prospective contractors.
    …f the prospective contractor's capability to manage and control Government property. (B) Transportation. An assessment of the prospective contractor's capability to follow the laws and regulations applicable to the movement of Government m…

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.