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Part 1 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System
Subpart 1.1 - Purpose, Authority, Issuance
Subpart 1.2 - Administration
Subpart 1.3 - Agency Acquisition Regulations
Subpart 1.4 - Deviations from the FAR
Subpart 1.5 - Agency and Public Participation
Subpart 1.6 - Career Development, Contracting Authority, and Responsibilities
Subpart 1.7 - Determinations and Findings
Part 2 - Definitions of Words and Terms
Subpart 2.1 - Definitions
Subpart 2.2 - Definitions Clause
Part 3 - Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest
Subpart 3.1 - Safeguards
Subpart 3.2 - Contractor Gratuities to Government Personnel
Subpart 3.3 - Reports of Suspected Antitrust Violations
Subpart 3.4 - Contingent Fees
Subpart 3.5 - Other Improper Business Practices
Subpart 3.6 - Contracts with Government Employees or Organizations Owned or Controlled by Them
Subpart 3.7 - Voiding and Rescinding Contracts
Subpart 3.8 - Limitations on the Payment of Funds to Influence Federal Transactions
Subpart 3.9 - Whistleblower Protections for Contractor Employees
Subpart 3.10 - Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct
Subpart 3.11 - Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest for Contractor Employees Performing Acquisition Functions
Part 4 - Administrative and Information Matters
Subpart 4.1 - Contract Execution
Subpart 4.2 - Contract Distribution
Subpart 4.3 - Paper Documents
Subpart 4.4 - Safeguarding Classified Information Within Industry
Subpart 4.5 - Electronic Commerce in Contracting
Subpart 4.6 - Contract Reporting
Subpart 4.7 - Contractor Records Retention
Subpart 4.8 - Government Contract Files
Subpart 4.9 - Taxpayer Identification Number Information
Subpart 4.10 - Uniform Use of Line Items
Subpart 4.11 - System for Award Management
Subpart 4.12 - Representations and Certifications
Subpart 4.13 - Personal Identity Verification
Subpart 4.14 - Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards
Subpart 4.15 - [Reserved]
Subpart 4.16 - Unique Procurement Instrument Identifiers
Subpart 4.17 - Service Contracts Inventory
Subpart 4.18 - Commercial and Government Entity Code
Subpart 4.19 - Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems
Subpart 4.20 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab
Subpart 4.21 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment
Part 5 - Publicizing Contract Actions
Subpart 5.1 - Dissemination of Information
Subpart 5.2 - Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions
Subpart 5.3 - Synopses of Contract Awards
Subpart 5.4 - Release of Information
Subpart 5.5 - Paid Advertisements
Subpart 5.6 - Publicizing Multi-Agency Use Contracts
Subpart 5.7 - Publicizing Requirements Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Part 6 - Competition Requirements
Subpart 6.1 - Full and Open Competition
Subpart 6.2 - Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources
Subpart 6.3 - Other Than Full and Open Competition
Subpart 6.4 - Sealed Bidding and Competitive Proposals
Subpart 6.5 - Advocates for Competition
Part 7 - Acquisition Planning
Subpart 7.1 - Acquisition Plans
Subpart 7.2 - Planning for the Purchase of Supplies in Economic Quantities
Subpart 7.3 - Contractor Versus Government Performance
Subpart 7.4 - Equipment Lease or Purchase
Subpart 7.5 - Inherently Governmental Functions
Part 8 - Required Sources of Supplies and Services
Subpart 8.1 - Excess Personal Property
Subpart 8.2 - [Reserved]
Subpart 8.3 - [Reserved]
Subpart 8.4 - Federal Supply Schedules
Subpart 8.5 - Acquisition of Helium
Subpart 8.6 - Acquisition from Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
Subpart 8.7 - Acquisition from Nonprofit Agencies Employing People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Subpart 8.8 - Acquisition of Printing and Related Supplies
Subpart 8.9 - [Reserved]
Subpart 8.10 - [Reserved]
Subpart 8.11 - Leasing of Motor Vehicles
Part 9 - Contractor Qualifications
Subpart 9.1 - Responsible Prospective Contractors
Subpart 9.2 - Qualifications Requirements
Subpart 9.3 - First Article Testing and Approval
Subpart 9.4 - Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility
Subpart 9.5 - Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest
Subpart 9.6 - Contractor Team Arrangements
Subpart 9.7 - Defense Production Pools and Research and Development Pools
Part 10 - Market Research
Part 11 - Describing Agency Needs
Subpart 11.1 - Selecting and Developing Requirements Documents
Subpart 11.2 - Using and Maintaining Requirements Documents
Subpart 11.3 - Acceptable Material
Subpart 11.4 - Delivery or Performance Schedules
Subpart 11.5 - Liquidated Damages
Subpart 11.6 - Priorities and Allocations
Subpart 11.7 - Variation in Quantity
Subpart 11.8 - Testing
Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items
Subpart 12.1 - Acquisition of Commercial Items-General
Subpart 12.2 - Special Requirements for the Acquisition of Commercial Items
Subpart 12.3 - Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses for the Acquisition of Commercial Items
Subpart 12.4 - Unique Requirements Regarding Terms and Conditions for Commercial Items
Subpart 12.5 - Applicability of Certain Laws to the Acquisition of Commercial Items and Commercially Available Off-The-Shelf Items
Subpart 12.6 - Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items
Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures
Subpart 13.1 - Procedures
Subpart 13.2 - Actions At or Below the Micro-Purchase Threshold
Subpart 13.3 - Simplified Acquisition Methods
Subpart 13.4 - Fast Payment Procedure
Subpart 13.5 - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items
Part 14 - Sealed Bidding
Subpart 14.1 - Use of Sealed Bidding
Subpart 14.2 - Solicitation of Bids
Subpart 14.3 - Submission of Bids
Subpart 14.4 - Opening of Bids and Award of Contract
Subpart 14.5 - Two-Step Sealed Bidding
Part 15 - Contracting by Negotiation
Subpart 15.1 - Source Selection Processes and Techniques
Subpart 15.2 - Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and Information
Subpart 15.3 - Source Selection
Subpart 15.4 - Contract Pricing
Subpart 15.5 - Preaward, Award, and Postaward Notifications, Protests, and Mistakes
Subpart 15.6 - Unsolicited Proposals
Part 16 - Types of Contracts
Subpart 16.1 - Selecting Contract Types
Subpart 16.2 - Fixed-Price Contracts
Subpart 16.3 - Cost-Reimbursement Contracts
Subpart 16.4 - Incentive Contracts
Subpart 16.5 - Indefinite-Delivery Contracts
Subpart 16.6 - Time-and-Materials, Labor-Hour, and Letter Contracts
Subpart 16.7 - Agreements
Part 17 - Special Contracting Methods
Subpart 17.1 - Multi-year Contracting
Subpart 17.2 - Options
Subpart 17.3 - [Reserved]
Subpart 17.4 - Leader Company Contracting
Subpart 17.5 - Interagency Acquisitions
Subpart 17.6 - Management and Operating Contracts
Subpart 17.7 - Interagency Acquisitions: Acquisitions by Nondefense Agencies on Behalf of the Department of Defense
Part 18 - Emergency Acquisitions
Subpart 18.1 - Available Acquisition Flexibilities
Subpart 18.2 - Emergency Acquisition Flexibilities
Part 19 - Small Business Programs
Subpart 19.1 - Size Standards
Subpart 19.2 - Policies
Subpart 19.3 - Determination of Small Business Size and Status for Small Business Programs
Subpart 19.4 - Cooperation with the Small Business Administration
Subpart 19.5 Subpart 19.5 - Small Business Total Set-Asides, Partial Set-Asides, and Reserves
Subpart 19.6 - Certificates of Competency and Determinations of Responsibility
Subpart 19.7 - The Small Business Subcontracting Program
Subpart 19.8 - Contracting with the Small Business Administration (The 8(a) Program)
Subpart 19.9 - [Reserved]
Subpart 19.10 - [Reserved]
Subpart 19.11 - [Reserved]
Subpart 19.12 - [Reserved]
Subpart 19.13 - Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program
Subpart 19.14 - Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement Program
Subpart 19.15 - Women-Owned Small Business Program.
Part 20 - Reserved
Part 21 - Reserved
Part 22 - Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions
Subpart 22.1 - Basic Labor Policies
Subpart 22.2 - Convict Labor
Subpart 22.3 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act
Subpart 22.4 - Labor Standards for Contracts Involving Construction
Subpart 22.5 - Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects
Subpart 22.6 - Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment
Subpart 22.7 - [Reserved]
Subpart 22.8 - Equal Employment Opportunity
Subpart 22.9 - Nondiscrimination Because of Age
Subpart 22.10 - Service Contract Labor Standards
Subpart 22.11 - Professional Employee Compensation
Subpart 22.12 - [Reserved]
Subpart 22.13 - Equal Opportunity for Veterans
Subpart 22.14 - Employment of Workers with Disabilities
Subpart 22.15 - Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor
Subpart 22.16 - Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act
Subpart 22.17 - Combating Trafficking in Persons
Subpart 22.18 - Employment Eligibility Verification
Subpart 22.19 - Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors
Subpart 22.20 - [Reserved]
Subpart 22.21 - Establishing Paid Sick Leave For Federal Contractors
Part 23 - Environment, Energy and Water Efficiency, Renewable Energy Technologies, Occupational Safety, and Drug-Free Workplace
Subpart 23.1 - Sustainable Acquisition Policy
Subpart 23.2 - Energy and Water Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Subpart 23.3 - Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data
Subpart 23.4 - Use of Recovered Materials and Biobased Products
Subpart 23.5 - Drug-Free Workplace
Subpart 23.6 - Notice of Radioactive Material
Subpart 23.7 - Contracting for Environmentally Preferable Products and Services
Subpart 23.8 - Ozone-Depleting Substances and Greenhouse Gases
Subpart 23.9 - Contractor Compliance with Environmental Management Systems
Subpart 23.10 - Federal Compliance with Right-to-Know Laws and Pollution Prevention Requirements
Subpart 23.11 - Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving
Part 24 - Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information
Subpart 24.1 - Protection of Individual Privacy
Subpart 24.2 - Freedom of Information Act
Subpart 24.3 - Privacy Training
Part 25 - Foreign Acquisition
Subpart 25.1 - Buy American-Supplies
Subpart 25.2 - Buy American-Construction Materials
Subpart 25.3 - Contracts Performed Outside the United States
Subpart 25.4 - Trade Agreements
Subpart 25.5 - Evaluating Foreign Offers-Supply Contracts
Subpart 25.6 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-Buy American statute-Construction Materials
Subpart 25.7 - Prohibited Sources
Subpart 25.8 - Other International Agreements and Coordination
Subpart 25.9 - Customs and Duties
Subpart 25.10 - Additional Foreign Acquisition Regulations
Subpart 25.11 - Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses
Part 26 - Other Socioeconomic Programs
Subpart 26.1 - Indian Incentive Program
Subpart 26.2 - Major Disaster or Emergency Assistance Activities
Subpart 26.3 - Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions
Subpart 26.4 - Food Donations to Nonprofit Organizations
Part 27 - Patents, Data, and Copyrights
Subpart 27.1 - General
Subpart 27.2 - Patents and Copyrights
Subpart 27.3 - Patent Rights under Government Contracts
Subpart 27.4 - Rights in Data and Copyrights
Subpart 27.5 - Foreign License and Technical Assistance Agreements
Part 28 - Bonds and Insurance
Subpart 28.1 - Bonds and Other Financial Protections
Subpart 28.2 - Sureties and Other Security for Bonds
Subpart 28.3 - Insurance
Part 29 - Taxes
Subpart 29.1 - General
Subpart 29.2 - Federal Excise Taxes
Subpart 29.3 - State and Local Taxes
Subpart 29.4 - Contract Clauses
Part 30 - Cost Accounting Standards Administration
Subpart 30.1 - General
Subpart 30.2 - CAS Program Requirements
Subpart 30.3 - CAS Rules and Regulations [Reserved]
Subpart 30.4 - Cost Accounting Standards [Reserved]
Subpart 30.5 - Cost Accounting Standards for Educational Institutions [Reserved]
Subpart 30.6 - CAS Administration
Part 31 - Contract Cost Principles and Procedures
Subpart 31.1 - Applicability
Subpart 31.2 - Contracts with Commercial Organizations
Subpart 31.3 - Contracts with Educational Institutions
Subpart 31.4 - [Reserved]
Subpart 31.5 - [Reserved]
Subpart 31.6 - Contracts with State, Local, and Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
Subpart 31.7 - Contracts with Nonprofit Organizations
Part 32 - Contract Financing
Subpart 32.1 - Non-Commercial Item Purchase Financing
Subpart 32.2 - Commercial Item Purchase Financing
Subpart 32.3 - Loan Guarantees for Defense Production
Subpart 32.4 - Advance Payments for Non-Commercial Items
Subpart 32.5 - Progress Payments Based on Costs
Subpart 32.6 - Contract Debts
Subpart 32.7 - Contract Funding
Subpart 32.8 - Assignment of Claims
Subpart 32.9 - Prompt Payment
Subpart 32.10 - Performance-Based Payments
Subpart 32.11 - Electronic Funds Transfer
Part 33 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals
Subpart 33.1 - Protests
Subpart 33.2 - Disputes and Appeals
Part 34 - Major System Acquisition
Subpart 34.1 - Testing, Qualification and Use of Industrial Resources Developed Under TitleIII, Defense Production Act
Subpart 34.2 - Earned Value Management System
Part 35 - Research and Development Contracting
Part 36 - Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts
Subpart 36.1 - General
Subpart 36.2 - Special Aspects of Contracting for Construction
Subpart 36.3 - Two-Phase Design-Build Selection Procedures
Subpart 36.4 - [Reserved]
Subpart 36.5 - Contract Clauses
Subpart 36.6 - Architect-Engineer Services
Subpart 36.7 - Standard and Optional Forms for Contracting for Construction, Architect-Engineer Services, and Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements
Part 37 - Service Contracting
Subpart 37.1 - Service Contracts-General
Subpart 37.2 - Advisory and Assistance Services
Subpart 37.3 - Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements
Subpart 37.4 - Nonpersonal Health Care Services
Subpart 37.5 - Management Oversight of Service Contracts
Subpart 37.6 - Performance-Based Acquisition
Part 38 - Federal Supply Schedule Contracting
Subpart 38.1 - Federal Supply Schedule Program
Subpart 38.2 - Establishing and Administering Federal Supply Schedules
Part 39 - Acquisition of Information Technology
Subpart 39.1 - General
Subpart 39.2 - Electronic and Information Technology
Part 40 - Reserved
Part 41 - Acquisition of Utility Services
Subpart 41.1 - General
Subpart 41.2 - Acquiring Utility Services
Subpart 41.3 - Requests for Assistance
Subpart 41.4 - Administration
Subpart 41.5 - Solicitation Provision and Contract Clauses
Subpart 41.6 - Forms
Subpart 41.7 - Formats
Part 42 - Contract Administration and Audit Services
Subpart 42.1 - Contract Audit Services
Subpart 42.2 - Contract Administration Services
Subpart 42.3 - Contract Administration Office Functions
Subpart 42.4 - Correspondence and Visits
Subpart 42.5 - Postaward Orientation
Subpart 42.6 - Corporate Administrative Contracting Officer
Subpart 42.7 - Indirect Cost Rates
Subpart 42.8 - Disallowance of Costs
Subpart 42.9 - Bankruptcy
Subpart 42.10 - [Reserved]
Subpart 42.11 - Production Surveillance and Reporting
Subpart 42.12 - Novation and Change-of-Name Agreements
Subpart 42.13 - Suspension of Work, Stop-Work Orders, and Government Delay of Work
Subpart 42.14 - [Reserved]
Subpart 42.15 - Contractor Performance Information
Subpart 42.16 - Small Business Contract Administration
Subpart 42.17 - Forward Pricing Rate Agreements
Part 43 - Contract Modifications
Subpart 43.1 - General
Subpart 43.2 - Change Orders
Subpart 43.3 - Forms
Part 44 - Subcontracting Policies and Procedures
Subpart 44.1 - General
Subpart 44.2 - Consent to Subcontracts
Subpart 44.3 - Contractors’ Purchasing Systems Reviews
Subpart 44.4 - Subcontracts for Commercial Items and Commercial Components
Part 45 - Government Property
Subpart 45.1 - General
Subpart 45.2 - Solicitation and Evaluation Procedures
Subpart 45.3 - Authorizing the Use and Rental of Government Property
Subpart 45.4 - Title to Government Property
Subpart 45.5 - Support Government Property Administration
Subpart 45.6 - Reporting, Reutilization, and Disposal
Part 46 - Quality Assurance
Subpart 46.1 - General
Subpart 46.2 - Contract Quality Requirements
Subpart 46.3 - Contract Clauses
Subpart 46.4 - Government Contract Quality Assurance
Subpart 46.5 - Acceptance
Subpart 46.6 - Material Inspection and Receiving Reports
Subpart 46.7 - Warranties
Subpart 46.8 - Contractor Liability for Loss of or Damage to Property of the Government
Part 47 - Transportation
Subpart 47.1 - General
Subpart 47.2 - Contracts for Transportation or for Transportation-Related Services
Subpart 47.3 - Transportation in Supply Contracts
Subpart 47.4 - Air Transportation by U.S.-Flag Carriers
Subpart 47.5 - Ocean Transportation by U.S.-Flag Vessels
Part 48 - Value Engineering
Subpart 48.1 - Policies and Procedures
Subpart 48.2 - Contract Clauses
Part 49 - Termination of Contracts
Subpart 49.1 - General Principles
Subpart 49.2 - Additional Principles for Fixed-Price Contracts Terminated for Convenience
Subpart 49.3 - Additional Principles for Cost-Reimbursement Contracts Terminated for Convenience
Subpart 49.4 - Termination for Default
Subpart 49.5 - Contract Termination Clauses
Subpart 49.6 - Contract Termination Forms and Formats
Part 50 - Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the safety act
Subpart 50.1 - Extraordinary Contractual Actions
Subpart 50.2 - Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002
Part 51 - Use of Government Sources by Contractors
Subpart 51.1 - Contractor Use of Government Supply Sources
Subpart 51.2 - Contractor Use of Interagency Fleet Management System (IFMS) Vehicles
Part 52 - Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses
Subpart 52.1 - Instructions for Using Provisions and Clauses
Subpart 52.2 - Text of Provisions and Clauses
Subpart 52.3 - Provision and Clause Matrix
Part 53 - Forms
Subpart 53.1 - General
Subpart 53.2 - Prescription of Forms
Subpart 53.3 - Forms Used in Acquisitions
Part III-Preambles Published Under the FAR System