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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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25 sections with “transportation officers”

  • FAR 47.301-2 Participation of transportation officers.
    Agencies' transportation officers shall participate in the solicitation and evaluation of offers to ensure that all necessary transportation factors, such as transportation costs, transit arrangements, time in transit, and port capabilities…
  • 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 47.305-3 F.o.b. origin solicitations.
    …resses of the nearest public rail siding and of the carrier serving it. (This will enable transportation officers, when issuing routing instructions, to select the mode of transportation that will provide the required service at the lowest …
  • FAR 47.301-1 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    (a) Contracting officers shall obtain from traffic management offices transportation factors required for (1) solicitations and awards and (2) contract administration, modification, and termination, including the movement of property by the…
  • FAR 47.304-5 Exceptions.
    ….o.b. destination. Such conditions or circumstances include, but are not limited to— (1) Transportation disabilities at origin or destination; (2) Mode of transportation required; (3) Availability of Government or commercial loading, unl…
  • FAR 47.305-13 Transit arrangements.
    …al transit credits, which are recorded with the carriers. A transit credit represents the transportation costs for a recorded tonnage from the initial point to an intermediate point. The remaining transportation charges from the intermediat…
  • FAR 47.306 Transportation factors in the evaluation of offers.
    When evaluating offers, contracting officers shall consider transportation and transportation-related costs as well as the offerors' shipping and receiving facilities.
  • FAR 47.502 Policy.
    …. 2631), which requires the Department of Defense to use only U.S.-flag vessels for ocean transportation of supplies for the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps unless those vessels are not available at fair and reasonable rates. (2) Th…
  • FAR 47.104-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts.
    …ents moving on commercial bills of lading in cost reimbursement contracts under which the transportation costs are direct and allowable costs under the cost principles of Part 31. (b) 49 U.S.C. 10721 and 13712 rates may be applied to the m…
  • FAR 47.206 Preparation of solicitations and contracts.
    (a) Contracting officers shall prepare solicitations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services as prescribed elsewhere in the FAR for fixed-price service contracts to the extent that those requirements are appl…
  • FAR 46.706 Warranty terms and conditions.
    …quired, the contractor shall generally be required by the warranty to bear the expense of transportation for returning the defective item from the place of delivery specified in the contract (irrespective of the f.o.b. point or the point 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…
  • DFARS 247.573 General.
    … of the United States or is otherwise not available to— (1) The Commander, United States Transportation Command; and (2) The Secretary of the Navy. (b) Procedures. (1) Contracting officers shall follow the procedures at PGI 247.573(b)(1)…
  • FAR 46.505 Transfer of title and risk of loss.
    …til, and shall pass to the Government upon— (1) Delivery of the supplies to a carrier if transportation is f.o.b. origin; or (2) Acceptance by the Government or delivery of the supplies to the Government at the destination specified in th…
  • FAR 47.202 Presolicitation planning.
    Contracting officers shall inform activities that plan to acquire transportation or transportation-related services of the applicable lead-time requirements, that is— (a) The Service Contract Labor Standards statute requirement to obtain a…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …il, and shall pass to the Government upon: (1) Delivery of the supplies to a carrier, if transportation is f.o.b. origin; or (2) Delivery of the supplies to the Government at the destination specified in the contract, if transportation is…
  • FAR 52.246-16 Responsibility for Supplies.
    …il, and shall pass to the Government upon— (1) Delivery of the supplies to a carrier, if transportation is f.o.b. origin; or (2) Acceptance by the Government or delivery of the supplies to the Government at the destination specified in th…
  • 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 252.228-7001 Ground and Flight Risk.
    …uction entitled “Contractor's Flight and Ground Operations”; (3) 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…
  • 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 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    … pricing data; or (iv) Certificates of Current Cost or Pricing Data. (18) Packaging and transportation data. (19) Cost or price analysis. (20) Audit reports or reasons for waiver. (21) Record of negotiation. (22) Justification for typ…
  • FAR 52.236-3 Site Investigation and Conditions Affecting the Work.
    …can affect the work or its cost, including but not limited to (1) conditions bearing upon transportation, disposal, handling, and storage of materials; (2) the availability of labor, water, electric power, and roads; (3) uncertainties of we…
  • DFARS 204.7103-1 Criteria for establishing.
    …t. (f) If a supply or service involves ancillary functions, like packaging and handling, transportation, payment of state or local taxes, or use of reusable containers, and these functions are normally performed by the contractor and the c…
  • DFARS 228.370-1 Definitions.
    …efinition. (5) An aircraft owned or operated by the armed forces or chartered to provide transportation or other commercial air service to the armed forces under the conditions specified by 49 U.S.C. 40125(c). In the preceding sentence, th…
  • DFARS 237.102 Policy.
    …ed services, knowledge-based services (except engineering services), medical services, or transportation services, as required by section 876 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328). (2) Public-priv…

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