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CHAPTER 31— GENERAL
§ 3101. Applicability - (a) In General.—An executive agency shall make purchases and contracts...
§ 3102. Delegation and assignment of powers, functions, and responsibilities - (a) In General.—Except to the extent expressly prohibited by another...
§ 3103. Acquisition programs - (a) Congressional Policy.—It is the policy of Congress that the...
§ 3104. Small business concerns - It is the policy of Congress that a fair proportion...
§ 3105. New contracts and grants and merit-based selection procedures - (a) Congressional Policy.—It is the policy of Congress that—(1) an...
§ 3106. Erection, repair, or furnishing of public buildings and improvements not authorized, and certain contracts not permitted, by this division - (1) authorize the erection, repair, or furnishing of a public...
CHAPTER 33— PLANNING AND SOLICITATION
§ 3301. Full and open competition - (a) In General.—Except as provided in sections 3303, 3304(a), and...
§ 3302. Requirements for purchase of property and services pursuant to multiple award contracts - (a) Definitions.—In this section:(1) Executive agency.— The term “executive agency”...
§ 3303. Exclusion of particular source or restriction of solicitation to small business concerns - (a) Exclusion of Particular Source.—(1) Criteria for exclusion.—An executive agency...
§ 3304. Use of noncompetitive procedures - (a) When Noncompetitive Procedures May Be Used.—An executive agency may...
§ 3305. Simplified procedures for small purchases - (a) Authorization.—To promote efficiency and economy in contracting and to...
§ 3306. Planning and solicitation requirements - (a) Planning and Specifications.—(1) Preparing for procurement.—In preparing for the...
§ 3307. Preference for commercial products and commercial services - (a) Relationship of Provisions of Law to Procurement of Commercial...
§ 3308. Planning for future competition in contracts for major systems - (a) Development Contract.—(1) Determining whether proposals are necessary.—In preparing a...
§ 3309. Design-build selection procedures - (a) Authorization.—Unless the traditional acquisition approach of design-bid-build established under...
§ 3310. Quantities to order - (a) Factors Affecting Quantity To Order.—Each executive agency shall procure...
§ 3311. Qualification requirement - (a) Definition.—In this section, the term “qualification requirement” means a...
§ 3312. Database on price trends of items and services under Federal contracts - (a) Database Required.—The Administrator shall establish and maintain a database...
CHAPTER 35— TRUTHFUL COST OR PRICING DATA
§ 3501. General - (a) Definitions.—In this chapter:(1) Cost or pricing data.—The term “cost...
§ 3502. Required cost or pricing data and certification - (a) When Required.—The head of an executive agency shall require...
§ 3503. Exceptions - (a) In General.—Submission of certified cost or pricing data shall...
§ 3504. Cost or pricing data on below-threshold contracts - (a) Authority To Require Submission.—Subject to subsection (b), when certified...
§ 3505. Submission of other information - (a) Authority To Require Submission.—When certified cost or pricing data...
§ 3506. Price reductions for defective cost or pricing data - (a) Provision Requiring Adjustment.—(1) In general.—A prime contract (or change...
§ 3507. Interest and penalties for certain overpayments - (a) In General.—If the Federal Government makes an overpayment to...
§ 3508. Right to examine contractor records - For the purpose of evaluating the accuracy, completeness, and currency...
§ 3509. Notification of violations of Federal criminal law or overpayments - (a) Definition.—In this section, the term “covered contract” means any...
CHAPTER 37— AWARDING OF CONTRACTS
§ 3701. Basis of award and rejection - (a) Award.—An executive agency shall evaluate sealed bids and competitive...
§ 3702. Sealed bids - (a) Opening of Bids.—Sealed bids shall be opened publicly at...
§ 3703. Competitive proposals - (a) Evaluation and Award.—An executive agency shall evaluate competitive proposals...
§ 3704. Post-award debriefings - (a) Request for Debriefing.—When a contract is awarded by the...
§ 3705. Pre-award debriefings - (a) Request for Debriefing.—When the contracting officer excludes an offeror...
§ 3706. Encouragement of alternative dispute resolution - The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall include a provision encouraging the...
§ 3707. Antitrust violations - If the agency head considers that a bid or proposal...
§ 3708. Protests - (a) Protest File.—(1) Establishment and access.—If, in the case of...
CHAPTER 39— SPECIFIC TYPES OF CONTRACTS
§ 3901. Contracts awarded using procedures other than sealed-bid procedures - (a) Authorized Types.—Except as provided in section 3905 of this...
§ 3902. Severable services contracts for periods crossing fiscal years - (a) Authority To Enter Into Contract.—The head of an executive...
§ 3903. Multiyear contracts - (a) Definition.—In this section, a multiyear contract is a contract...
§ 3904. Contract authority for severable services contracts and multiyear contracts - (a) Comptroller General.—The Comptroller General may use available funds to...
§ 3905. Cost contracts - (a) Cost-Plus-A-Percentage-Of-Cost Contracts Disallowed.—The cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting shall not...
§ 3906. Cost-reimbursement contracts - (a) Definition.—In this section, the term “executive agency” has the...
CHAPTER 41— TASK AND DELIVERY ORDER CONTRACTS
§ 4101. Definitions - (1) Delivery order contract.—The term “delivery order contract” means a...
§ 4102. Authorities or responsibilities not affected - This chapter does not modify or supersede, and is not...
§ 4103. General authority - (a) Authority To Award.—Subject to the requirements of this section,...
§ 4104. Guidance on use of task and delivery order contracts - (a) Guidance in Federal Acquisition Regulation.—The Federal Acquisition Regulation issued...
§ 4105. Advisory and assistance services - (a) Definition.—In this section, the term “advisory and assistance services”...
§ 4106. Orders - (a) Application.—This section applies to task and delivery order contracts...
CHAPTER 43— ALLOWABLE COSTS
§ 4301. Definitions - (1) Compensation.—The term “compensation”, for a fiscal year, means the...
§ 4302. Adjustment of threshold amount of covered contract - Effective on October 1 of each year that is divisible...
§ 4303. Effect of submission of unallowable costs - (a) Indirect Cost That Violates Federal Acquisition Regulation Cost Principle.—An...
§ 4304. Specific costs not allowable - (a) Specific Costs.—The following costs are not allowable under a...
§ 4305. Required regulations - (a) In General.—The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall contain provisions on...
§ 4306. Applicability of regulations to subcontractors - The regulations referred to in sections 4304 and 4305(a) and...
§ 4307. Contractor certification - (a) Content and Form.—A proposal for settlement of indirect costs...
§ 4308. Penalties for submission of cost known to be unallowable - The submission to an executive agency of a proposal for...
§ 4309. Burden of proof on contractor - In a proceeding before a board of contract appeals, the...
§ 4310. Proceeding costs not allowable - (a) Definitions.—In this section:(1) Costs.—The term “costs”, with respect to...
CHAPTER 45— CONTRACT FINANCING
§ 4501. Authority of executive agency - (1) make advance, partial, progress or other payments under contracts...
§ 4502. Payment - (a) Basis for Payment.—When practicable, payments under section 4501 of...
§ 4503. Security for advance payments - Advance payments under may be made only on adequate security...
§ 4504. Conditions for progress payments - (a) Payment Commensurate With Work.—The executive agency shall ensure that...
§ 4505. Payments for commercial products and commercial services - (a) Terms and Conditions for Payments.—Payments under section 4501 of...
§ 4506. Action in case of fraud - (a) Definition.—In this section, the term “remedy coordination official”, with...
CHAPTER 47— MISCELLANEOUS
§ 4701. Determinations and decisions - (a) Individual or Class Determinations and Decisions Authorized.—(1) In general.—Determinations...
§ 4702. Prohibition on release of contractor proposals - (a) Definition.—In this section, the term “proposal” means a proposal,...
§ 4703. Validation of proprietary data restrictions - (a) Contract That Provides for Delivery of Technical Data.—A contract...
§ 4704. Prohibition of contractors limiting subcontractor sales directly to Federal Government - (a) Contract Restrictions.—Each contract for the purchase of property or...
§ 4705. Protection of contractor employees from reprisal for disclosure of certain information - (a) Definitions.—In this section:(1) Contract.—The term “contract” means a contract...
§ 4706. Examination of facilities and records of contractor - (a) Definition.—In this section, the term “records” includes books, documents,...
§ 4707. Remission of liquidated damages - When a contract made on behalf of the Federal Government...
§ 4708. Payment of reimbursable indirect costs in cost-type research and development contracts with educational institutions - A cost-type research and development contract (including a grant) with...
§ 4709. Implementation of electronic commerce capability - (a) Role of Head of Executive Agency.—The head of each...
§ 4710. Limitations on tiering of subcontractors - (a) Definition.—In this section, the term “executive agency” has the...
§ 4711. Linking of award and incentive fees to acquisition outcomes - (a) Definition.—In this section, the term “executive agency” has the...
§ 4712. Enhancement of contractor protection from reprisal for disclosure of certain information - (a) Prohibition of Reprisals.—(1) In general.—An employee of a contractor,...
§ 4713. Authorities relating to mitigating supply chain risks in the procurement of covered articles - (a) Authority.—Subject to subsection (b), the head of an executive...
§ 4714. Prohibition on criminal history inquiries by contractors prior to conditional offer - (a) Limitation on Criminal History Inquiries.—(1) In general.—Except as provided...