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126 sections with “work orders”: the first 40

  • FAR 42.1303 Stop-work orders.
    (a) Stop-work orders may be used, when appropriate, in any negotiated fixed-price or cost-reimbursement supply, research and development, or service contract if work stoppage may be required for reasons such as advancement in the state-of-t…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …icelists. For establishing BPAs and for orders under BPAs see 8.405-3. (b) Statements of Work (SOWs). All Statements of Work shall include a description of work to be performed; location of work; period of performance; deliverable schedule…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … __(ii) Alternate I (JULY 2014) of 52.222-35. __(36)(i) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 2020) (29 U.S.C. 793). __(ii) Alternate I (JULY 2014) of 52.222-36. __(37) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans …
  • DFARS 252.217-7004 Job orders and compensation.
    …enever the Contracting Officer determines that military necessity requires that immediate work on a vessel is necessary, the Contracting Officer may issue a written order to perform that work and the Contractor hereby agrees to comply with …
  • FAR 52.211-10 Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work.
    …finite-delivery contracts for construction. Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work (APR 1984) The Contractor shall be required to (a) commence work under this contract within __ [Contracting Officer insert number] calendar days…
  • FAR 22.403-4 Executive Orders 13658 and 14026.
    Executive Order (E.O.) 13658 established minimum wages for certain workers at $10.10 per hour. The E.O. 13658 rate has increased each year since 2015, rising to $11.25 on January 1, 2022. As of January 30, 2022, E.O. 13658 is superseded by …
  • FAR 22.1002-5 Executive Orders 13658 and 14026.
    Executive Order (E.O.) 13658 established minimum wages for certain workers at $10.10 per hour. The E.O. 13658 rate has increased each year since 2015, rising to $11.25 on January 1, 2022. As of January 30, 2022, E.O. 13658 is superseded by …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …all offerors capable of satisfying the Government's needs (see 6.102(d)(2)). Building or work means construction activity as distinguished from manufacturing, furnishing of materials, or servicing and maintenance work. The terms include, w…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …er the BPA are so integrally related that only a single source can reasonably perform the work; (B) The BPA provides only for firm-fixed priced orders for— (1) Products with unit prices established in the BPA; or (2) Services with prices…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    … 10 U.S.C. 3322(b) and 41 U.S.C. 3905): (A) For experimental, developmental, or research work performed under a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the fee shall not exceed 15 percent of the contract's estimated cost, excluding fee. (B) For arc…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …overing all line items for each element of cost. F. Whenever you have incurred costs for work performed before submission of a proposal, you must identify those costs in your cost/price proposal. G. If you have reached an agreement with G…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …or services the Government will acquire under the contract; (iii) Include a statement of work, specifications, or other description, that reasonably describes the general scope, nature, complexity, and purpose of the supplies or services t…
  • FAR 31.205-42 Termination costs.
    …t 31.2: (a) Common items. The costs of items reasonably usable on the contractor's other work shall not be allowable unless the contractor submits evidence that the items could not be retained at cost without sustaining a loss. The contrac…
  • FAR 49.601-2 Letter notice.
    …ffective on the date and in the manner stated in the electronic notice. (b) Cessation of work and notification to immediate subcontractors. You shall take the following steps: (1) Stop all work, make no further shipments, and place no fur…
  • FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.
    …finitions. As used in this clause— Backhaul means intermediate links between the core network, or backbone network, and the small subnetworks at the edge of the network (e.g., connecting cell phones/towers to the core telephone network). B…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … convenience. In the event of such termination, the Contractor shall immediately stop all work hereunder and shall immediately cause any and all of its suppliers and subcontractors to cease work. Subject to the terms of this contract, the C…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    … 22.1303(a) on the date of award of this contract). (vi) 52.222-36, Equal Employment for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 2020) (29 U.S.C. 793) (Applies to contracts over the threshold specified in FAR 22.1408(a) on the date of award of this…
  • FAR 52.215-23 Limitations on Pass-Through Charges.
    …Government by the Contractor or subcontractor that is for indirect costs or profit/fee on work performed by a subcontractor (other than charges for the costs of managing subcontracts and any applicable indirect costs and associated profit/f…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …ons. (v) Records of internal guidance and encouragement provided to buyers through— (A) Workshops, seminars, training, etc.; and (B) Monitoring performance to evaluate compliance with the program's requirements. (vi) On a contract-by-co…
  • FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting.
    … for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exce…
  • FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor.
    …) The Contractor is not prohibited from employing persons— (1) On parole or probation to work at paid employment during the term of their sentence; (2) Who have been pardoned or who have served their terms; or (3) Confined for violation …
  • FAR 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification.
    …7, 2009, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), who is directly performing work, in the United States, under a contract that is required to include the clause prescribed at 22.1803. An employee is not considered to be directl…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …NOV 2021) The Government will make progress payments to the Contractor when requested as work progresses, but not more frequently than monthly, in amounts of $2,500 or more approved by the Contracting Officer, under the following condition…
  • FAR 52.249-2 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price).
    … the Government (Fixed-Price) (APR 2012) (a) The Government may terminate performance of work under this contract in whole or, from time to time, in part if the Contracting Officer determines that a termination is in the Government's inter…
  • FAR 52.249-3 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements).
    …, or Removal of Improvements) (APR 2012) (a) The Government may terminate performance of work under this contract, in whole or, from time to time, in part if the Contracting Officer determines that a termination is in the Government's inte…
  • FAR 52.249-5 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Educational and Other Nonprofit Institutions).
    …Other Nonprofit Institutions) (AUG 2016) (a) The Government may terminate performance of work under this contract in whole or, from time to time, in part if the Contracting Officer determines that a termination is in the Government's inter…
  • FAR 52.249-6 Termination (Cost-Reimbursement).
    …mination (Cost-Reimbursement) (MAY 2004) (a) The Government may terminate performance of work under this contract in whole or, from time to time, in part, if— (1) The Contracting Officer determines that a termination is in the Government'…
  • DFARS 217.7103-3 Solicitations for job orders.
    … When a requirement arises within the United States or its outlying areas for the type of work covered by the master agreement, solicit offers from prospective contractors that— (1) Previously executed a master agreement; or (2) Have not …
  • DFARS 222.402-70 Installation support contracts.
    …antial and segregable amount of construction, alteration, renovation, painting, or repair work; and (2) The aggregate dollar value of such construction work exceeds or is expected to exceed $2,000. (b) Service Contract Labor Standards sta…
  • DFARS 252.217-7007 Payments.
    … (a) Progress payments, as used in this clause, means payments made before completion of work in progress under a job order. (b) Upon submission by the Contractor of invoices in the form and number of copies directed by the Contracting Of…
  • DFARS 252.217-7010 Performance.
    …ce (JUL 2009) (a) Upon the award of a job order, the Contractor shall promptly start the work specified and shall diligently prosecute the work to completion. The Contractor shall not start work until the job order has been awarded except …
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    …erformance in support of U.S. Armed Forces deployed outside the United States may require work in dangerous or austere conditions. Except as otherwise provided in the contract, the Contractor accepts the risks associated with required contr…
  • FAR 4.2303 FASCSA orders.
    …CSA orders to the contracting officer (see 4.2304(d)). (3) The contracting officer shall work with the program office or requiring activity to identify which FASCSA orders apply to the acquisition.
  • FAR 8.405-1 Ordering procedures for supplies, and services not requiring a statement of work.
    …s contracts at a fixed price for the performance of a specific task, where a statement of work is not required (e.g., installation, maintenance, and repair). For establishing BPAs and for orders under BPAs see 8.405-3. (b) Orders at or bel…
  • FAR 19.504 Orders under multiple-award contracts.
    … small business concern; or (ii) Issue orders directly to one small business concern for work that it can perform when there is only one contract award to any one type of small business concern identified in 19.000(a)(3). (2) Small busine…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    … for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the concern's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. Whe…
  • FAR 22.1802 Policy.
    …the United States and to employ in the United States only individuals who are eligible to work in the United States. The E-Verify program provides an Internet-based means of verifying employment eligibility of workers employed in the United…
  • FAR 32.104 Providing contract financing.
    (a) Prudent contract financing can be a useful working tool in Government acquisition by expediting the performance of essential contracts. Contracting officers must consider the criteria in this part in determining whether to include contr…
  • FAR 49.601-1 Electronic notice.
    …elivered, including prior deliveries, the following items:” (list)]. Immediately stop all work, terminate subcontracts, and place no further orders except to the extent [insert if applicable “necessary to complete items not terminated or”] …
  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    …gate value in excess of $10,000, the Contractor shall comply with this clause, except for work performed outside the United States by employees who were not recruited within the United States. Upon request, the Contractor shall provide info…

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