48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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5 sections with “tripartite agreement”

  • FAR 49.404 Surety-takeover agreements.
    …into a written agreement with the surety. The contracting officer should consider using a tripartite agreement among the Government, the surety, and the defaulting contractor to resolve the defaulting contractor's residual rights, including…
  • FAR 19.811-1 Sole source.
    …e Standard Form (SF) 26 or 1442 will be asterisked and a continuation sheet appended as a tripartite agreement which includes the following: (1) Agency acquisition office, prime contract number, name of agency contracting officer and lines…
  • FAR 19.811-2 Competitive.
    …on the Standard Form 26 or 1442 will be asterisked and a continuation sheet appended as a tripartite agreement which includes the following: (1) The agency contracting activity, prime contract number, name of agency contracting officer, an…
  • FAR 28.102-1 General.
    … alternatives: (i) A payment bond. (ii) An irrevocable letter of credit (ILC). (iii) A tripartite escrow agreement. The prime contractor establishes an escrow account in a federally insured financial institution and enters into a tripart…
  • FAR 52.228-13 Alternative Payment Protections.
    …by administrative or judicial proceedings or mutual agreement of the parties. (f) When a tripartite escrow agreement is used, the Contractor shall utilize only suppliers of labor and material that signed the escrow agreement. (End of clau…

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.