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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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17 sections with “value engineering program requirement”

  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    As prescribed in 48.201, insert the following clause: Value Engineering (JUN 2020) (a) General. The Contractor is encouraged to develop, prepare, and submit value engineering change proposals (VECP's) voluntarily. The Contractor shall sha…
  • FAR 48.101 General.
    (a) Value engineering is the formal technique by which contractors may (1) voluntarily suggest methods for performing more economically and share in any resulting savings or (2) be required to establish a program to identify and submit to t…
  • FAR 48.102 Policies.
    (a) As required by 41 U.S.C. 1711, agencies shall establish and maintain cost-effective value engineering procedures and processes. Agencies shall provide contractors a substantial financial incentive to develop and submit VECP's. Contracti…
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    (a) General. The contracting officer shall insert a value engineering clause in solicitations and contracts when the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, except as specified in subparagraphs (1) throug…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …comprehensive planning, program management, conceptual designs, plans and specifications, value engineering, construction phase services, soils engineering, drawing reviews, preparation of operating and maintenance manuals, and other relate…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …ocurement for purposes of 41 U.S.C. chapter 21. In excess of $10,000,000 means— (1) The value, or estimated value, at the time of award, of the contract, including all options; (2) The total estimated value at the time of award of all or…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …aining techniques as appropriate to the circumstances applicable to the acquisition. (4) Value analysis can give insight into the relative worth of a product and the Government may use it in conjunction with the price analysis techniques l…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …conomical “make” or “buy” categorization is selected for one or more items of significant value, the contracting officer shall use the clause with— (1) Its Alternate I, if a fixed-price incentive contract is contemplated; or (2) Its Alter…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …rty that cannot be removed after construction or installation without substantial loss of value or damage to the installed property or to the premises where installed. Precious metals means silver, gold, platinum, palladium, iridium, osmiu…
  • FAR 19.803 Selecting acquisitions for the 8(a) program.
    …ii) The participant's capacity in each construction category in terms of estimated dollar value (e.g., electrical, up to $100,000). (b) The SBA identifies a specific requirement for one or more 8(a) participant(s) and sends a requirements …
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    …d in this subpart— Acquisition savings means savings resulting from the application of a value engineering change proposal (VECP) to contracts awarded by the same contracting office of its successor for essentially the same unit. Acquisiti…
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …the evaluation of items developed at private expense be based on an analysis of the total value, in terms of innovative design, life-cycle costs, and other pertinent factors, of incorporating such items in the system. (S-70)(1) In accordan…
  • DFARS 252.209-7009 Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.
    … or exceeds— (1) Both the certified cost or pricing data threshold and 10 percent of the value of the contract under which the subcontract is awarded; or (2) The threshold specified in the definition of “major subcontractor” at Defense Fe…
  • DFARS 215.101-2-70 Limitations and prohibitions.
    …andards that will be used to determine the acceptability of offers; (ii) No, or minimal, value will be realized from a proposal that exceeds the minimum technical or performance requirements; (iii) The proposed technical approaches will r…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …ng with procedures regarding restrictive markings on data. (49) Monitor the contractor's value engineering program. (50) Review, approve or disapprove, and maintain surveillance of the contractor's purchasing system (see part 44). (51) C…
  • DFARS 209.571-1 Definitions.
    … or exceeds— (i) Both the certified cost or pricing data threshold and 10 percent of the value of the contract under which the subcontract is awarded; or (ii) $55 million. “Pre-Major Defense Acquisition Program” means a program that is i…
  • DFARS 215.407-4 Should-cost review.
    … element of the program cost and the justification for each cost. (B) An analysis of non-value added overhead and unnecessary reporting requirements. (C) Benchmarking against similar DoD programs, similar commercial programs (where approp…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.