FAR Parts & Subparts
This FAR Part covers Publicizing Contract Actions.
What is FAR Part 5?
This part provides policies and procedures to streamline the acquisition of commercial products, including commercially available off-the-shelf items. It also implements the simplified procedures authorized by 41 U.S.C. 1901-1903, 1905, and 3305.
What is FAR Part 12?
FAR 12.000
Means the expected outcome of an acquisition that, in the Government's estimation, provides the greatest overall benefit in response to the requirement.
What is Best Value?
FAR 2.101
This FAR Part addresses prioritizing sources of supplies and services for use by the Government.
What is FAR Part 8?
When acquiring services, agencies must use these methods to the maximum extent practicable.
What is/are Performance-Based Acquisition Methods?
FAR 37.101-1(a)
This FAR Part addresses Market Research.
What is FAR Part 10?
To the maximum extent practicable, use one of these two contract types to procure commercial products or services.
What are Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) and/or Fixed-Price with Economic Price Adjustment?
FAR 12.104(a)
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 adjustment or interpretation of contract terms, or other relief arising under or relating to the contract.
What is a Claim?
FAR 2.101
The first place an agency must look to satisfy their procurement need for supplies.
What are Inventories of the requiring agency?
FAR 8.103(a)(1)
Means a statement of work for performance-based acquisitions that describes the required results in clear, specific and objective terms with measurable outcomes.
What is a "Performance Work Statement?"
FAR 2.101
This FAR Part discusses contract types.
What is FAR Part 16?
This class of contract types is prohibited when procuring commercial products or services.
What are cost-reimbursement contracts?
FAR 12.104(d)
Means a function that is so intimately related to the public interest as to mandate performance by Government employees.
What is an Inherently Governmental Function?
FAR 2.101
Means a list of supplies (including military resale commodities) and services that the Committee has determined are suitable for purchase by the Government under 41 U.S.C. chapter 85.
What is the Procurement List?
FAR 8.001
The PWS must describe the outcome rather than...
What are: 1) How that outcome is to be achieved OR 2) The estimated level of effort anticipated.
FAR 37.102-1
This FAR Part covers emergency Acquisitions.
What is FAR Part 18?
Is the Government's offer to a supplier to buy certain products or services.
What is a Purchase Order?
FAR 12.201-1(b)
Means associated business concerns or individuals if, directly or indirectly either one controls or can control the other; or third-party controls or can control both.
What is an Affiliate?
FAR 2.101
If unavailable from mandatory sources, Agencies must use existing government-wide contracts or agreements with this Office of Federal Procurement Policy designation.
What is "required use" ?
FAR 8.104(a)(1)
This type of contract exists when the Government supervises or controls contractor employees, or appears to do so, as if they were Government employees.
What is a "Personal Services Contract?"
FAR 37.201-2(a)
This FAR Part covers Foreign Acquisition.
What is FAR Part 25?
An order for supplies or services in which the price is not established at the time of issuance of the order.
What is an Unpriced Purchase Order?
FAR 12.201-1(e)(2)
Means a solicitation for a single contract, a multiple-award contract, a task order, or a delivery order to satisfy two or more requirements of the Federal agency for supplies or services that have been provided to or performed for the Federal agency under two or more separate contracts, each of which was lower in cost than the total cost of the contract for which offers are solicited.
What is Consolidation?
FAR 2.101
All ordering procedures for the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) are now found here.
What is GSAR Subpart 538.71?
FAR 8.401(b)
Means those services provided under contract by nongovernmental sources to support or improve: organizational policy development; decision-making; management and administration; program and/or project management and administration; or R&D activities.
What are Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS)?
FAR 2.101