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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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123 sections with “written decision”: the first 40

  • FAR 33.211 Contracting officer's decision.
    …contract administration officer or contracting office, as appropriate; and (4) Prepare a written decision that shall include— (i) A description of the claim or dispute; (ii) A reference to the pertinent contract terms; (iii) A statement…
  • FAR 42.801 Notice of intent to disallow costs.
    …contracting officer responsible for administering the contract may issue the contractor a written notice of intent to disallow specified costs incurred or planned for incurrence. However, before issuing the notice, the contracting officer r…
  • FAR 52.233-1 Disputes.
    …contract shall be resolved under this clause. (c) Claim, as used in this clause, means a written demand or written assertion by one of the contracting parties seeking, as a matter of right, the payment of money in a sum certain, the adjust…
  • FAR 49.402-3 Procedure for default.
    …s predicated upon this type of failure, the contracting officer shall give the contractor written notice specifying the failure and providing a period of 10 days (or longer period as necessary) in which to cure the failure. When appropriate…
  • FAR 52.242-1 Notice of Intent To Disallow Costs.
    … of this contract— (1) The Contracting Officer may at any time issue to the Contractor a written notice of intent to disallow specified costs incurred or planned for incurrence under this contract that have been determined not to be allowa…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ing the original contractual rights and obligations of the parties. Change order means a written order, signed by the contracting officer, directing the contractor to make a change that the Changes clause authorizes the contracting officer…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …the fifth business day after receipt of notification using other communication means when written notification is not required. (2) Any protest received after the designated time limits is untimely, unless it is from the contracting office…
  • FAR 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    …the fifth business day after receipt of notification using other communication means when written notification is not required. (2) Any protest received after the designated time limit is untimely, unless it is from the contracting officer…
  • FAR 27.404-5 Unauthorized, omitted, or incorrect markings.
    … or ignore the markings. (2) Agencies shall not cancel or ignore markings without making written inquiry of the contractor and affording the contractor at least 60 days to provide a written justification substantiating the propriety of the…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    … a complete copy of the protest within 1 day. (2) Immediately after receipt of the GAO's written notice that a protest has been filed, the agency shall give notice of the protest to the contractor if the award has been made, or, if no awar…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …t. (c) Changes. Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties. (d) Disputes. This contract is subject to 41 U.S.C. chapter 71, Contract Disputes. Failure of the parties to this c…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …he Contractor has reason to question the representations, it may accept a subcontractor's written representations of its size and socioeconomic status as a small business, small disadvantaged business, veteran-owned small business, service-…
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …blish and maintain a current list of sources for minority and female recruitment. Provide written notification to minority and female recruitment sources and community organizations when the Contractor or its unions have employment opportun…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …s legally obligated to do so at contract award. The license is transferable only with the written approval of the agency, except when transferred to the successor of that part of the Contractor's business to which the invention pertains. (…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …ical or professional journals, symposia proceedings, or similar works. The prior, express written permission of the Contracting Officer is required to assert copyright in all other data first produced in the performance of this contract. (…
  • DFARS 252.215-7016 Notification to Offerors—Postaward Debriefings.
    … 3014). (b) Postaward debriefing. (1) Upon timely request, the Government will provide a written or oral postaward debriefing to successful or unsuccessful offerors for contract awards valued at $15 million or more, while protecting the co…
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …r (4) Computer software documentation required to be delivered under a contract has been written, in any medium, in sufficient detail to comply with requirements under that contract. Developed exclusively at private expense means developm…
  • DFARS 252.227-7037 Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data.
    …the Contractor or subcontractor shall be prepared to furnish to the Contracting Officer a written justification for such asserted restrictions in response to a challenge under paragraph (e) of this clause. (d) Prechallenge request for info…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    … Before revoking or modifying the license, the agency— (A) Will furnish the Contractor a written notice of its intention to revoke or modify the license; and (B) Will allow the Contractor 30 days (or such other time as the funding agency …
  • FAR 3.705 Procedures.
    …e decides to declare void and rescind the contracts involved, that official shall issue a written decision which— (i) States that determination; (ii) Reflects consideration of the fair value of any tangible benefits received and retained …
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    …f the bidder alleges a mistake, the contracting officer shall advise the bidder to make a written request to withdraw or modify the bid. The request must be supported by statements (sworn statements, if possible) and shall include all perti…
  • FAR 15.102 Oral presentations.
    … presentations by offerors as requested by the Government may substitute for, or augment, written information. Use of oral presentations as a substitute for portions of a proposal can be effective in streamlining the source selection proces…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …ontain specific grounds for the protest. (3) The protest shall include a referral letter written by the contracting officer with information pertaining to the solicitation. The referral letter must include the following information to allo…
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …the fifth business day after receipt of notification using other communication means when written notification is not required. (2) Any protest received after the designated time limits is untimely, except— (i) The VA or SBA may file an S…
  • FAR 19.1305 HUBZone set-aside procedures.
    …all suspend action on the acquisition until the head of the contracting activity issues a written decision on the appeal, unless the head of the contracting activity makes a written determination that urgent and compelling circumstances, wh…
  • FAR 19.1505 Set-aside procedures.
    …ll suspend further action regarding the procurement until the head of the agency issues a written decision on the appeal, unless the head of the agency makes a written determination that urgent and compelling circumstances which significant…
  • FAR 52.246-19 Warranty of Systems and Equipment under Performance Specifications or Design Criteria.
    …n, if any, shall be undertaken. (4) The Contractor shall promptly comply with any timely written direction from the Contracting Officer to correct or partially correct a defect, at no increase in the contract price. (5) The Contractor sha…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …r (3) Computer software documentation required to be delivered under a contract has been written, in any medium, in sufficient detail to comply with requirements under that contract. Developed exclusively at private expense means developm…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    In order to facilitate attainment of the acquisition objectives, the plan must identify those milestones at which decisions should be made (see paragraph (b)(21) of this section). The plan must address all the technical, business, managemen…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    … basis in accordance with paragraph (b)(1)(iii)(B) of this section, unless supported by a written determination that one of the circumstances described at 16.505(b)(2)(i) applies to the order and the requirement is waived on the basis of a …
  • FAR 31.201-6 Accounting for unallowable costs.
    …lowable or as unallowable directly associated costs of unallowable costs as a result of a written decision furnished by a contracting officer shall be identified if included in or used in computing any billing, claim, or proposal applicable…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    …ion of a Federal contract or subcontract; or (2) As a result of compliance with specific written direction of the cognizant contracting officer. (e) Costs incurred in connection with proceedings described in paragraph (b) of this subsecti…
  • FAR 33.205 Relationship of the Disputes statute to Pub. L. 85-804.
    …y to be associated with allegations of legal entitlement, contracting officers shall make written decisions, prepared with the advice and assistance of legal counsel, either granting or denying relief in whole or in part. (c) A claim that …
  • FAR 33.206 Initiation of a claim.
    …emed to be a claim by the contracting officer. (b) The contracting officer shall issue a written decision on any Government claim initiated against a contractor within 6 years after accrual of the claim, unless the contracting parties agre…
  • FAR 52.244-2 Subcontracts.
    …ral Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Consent to subcontract means the Contracting Officer's written consent for the Contractor to enter into a particular subcontract. Subcontract means any contract, as defined in FAR Subpart 2.1, entered int…
  • DFARS 215.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
    … Notwithstanding FAR 15.506(b), when requested by a successful or unsuccessful offeror, a written or oral debriefing is required for contract awards valued at $15 million or more (section 818 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fi…
  • DFARS 228.370-2 General.
    …r destroyed after it has become a covered aircraft, the contracting officer shall provide written direction to the contractor to take action in accordance with the contracting officer's written direction that the aircraft shall be— (i) Rep…
  • DFARS 234.004 Acquisition strategy.
    … contract is selected, the contract file shall include the milestone decision authority's written determination that— (1) The program is so complex and technically challenging that it would not be practicable to reduce program risk to a le…
  • DFARS 242.7000 Contractor business system deficiencies.
    …42-7005. The notice of payment withholding shall be included in the contracting officer's written final determination for the contractor business system and shall inform the contractor that— (i) Payments shall be withheld from the contract…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …cal data, in whole or in part, within the Government. The Government may not, without the written permission of the party asserting limited rights, release or disclose the technical data outside the Government, use the technical data for ma…

FAR (chapter 1)

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