Title 41 — Public Contracts
240 sections across 27 chapters.
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Ch. 1 — Administrator 24 sections
- § 101 Administrator
- § 102 Commercial component
- § 103 Commercial product
- § 103a Commercial service
- § 104 Commercially available off-the-shelf item
- § 105 Component
- § 106 Federal Acquisition Regulation
- § 107 Full and open competition
- § 108 Item and item of supply
- § 109 Major system
- § 110 Nondevelopmental item
- § 111 Procurement
- § 112 Procurement system
- § 113 Responsible source
- § 114 Standards
- § 115 Supplies
- § 116 Technical data
- § 131 Acquisition
- § 132 Competitive procedures
- § 133 Executive agency
- § 134 Simplified acquisition threshold
- § 151 Agency head
- § 152 Competitive procedures
- § 153 Simplified acquisition threshold for contract in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operation
Ch. 11 — Office of Federal Procurement Policy 13 sections
- § 1101 Office of Federal Procurement Policy
- § 1102 Administrator
- § 1121 General authority
- § 1122 Functions
- § 1123 Small business concerns
- § 1124 Tests of innovative procurement methods and procedures
- § 1125 Recipients of Federal grants or assistance
- § 1126 Policy regarding consideration of contractor past performance
- § 1127 Determining benchmark compensation amount
- § 1128 Maintaining necessary capability with respect to acquisition of architectural and engineering services
- § 1129 Center of excellence in contracting for services
- § 1130 Effect of division on other law
- § 1131 Annual report
Ch. 12 — Federal Acquisition Institute 1 section
Ch. 13 — Definition 14 sections
- § 1301 Definition
- § 1302 Establishment and membership
- § 1303 Functions and authority
- § 1304 Contract clauses and certifications
- § 1311 Establishment and membership
- § 1312 Functions
- § 1321 Definitions
- § 1322 Federal Acquisition Security Council establishment and membership
- § 1323 Functions and authorities
- § 1324 Strategic plan
- § 1325 Annual report
- § 1326 Requirements for executive agencies
- § 1327 Judicial review procedures
- § 1328 Termination
Ch. 15 — Cost Accounting Standards Board 6 sections
Ch. 17 — Cooperation with the Administrator 13 sections
- § 1701 Cooperation with the Administrator
- § 1702 Chief Acquisition Officers and senior procurement executives
- § 1703 Acquisition workforce
- § 1704 Planning and policy-making for acquisition workforce
- § 1705 Advocates for competition
- § 1706 Personnel evaluation
- § 1707 Publication of proposed regulations
- § 1708 Procurement notice
- § 1709 Contracting functions performed by Federal personnel
- § 1710 Public-private competition required before conversion to contractor performance
- § 1711 Value engineering
- § 1712 Record requirements
- § 1713 Procurement data
Ch. 19 — Simplified acquisition procedures 9 sections
- § 1901 Simplified acquisition procedures
- § 1902 Procedures applicable to purchases below micro-purchase threshold
- § 1903 Special emergency procurement authority
- § 1904 Certain transactions for defense against attack
- § 1905 List of laws inapplicable to contracts or subcontracts not greater than simplified acquisition threshold
- § 1906 List of laws inapplicable to procurements of commercial products and commercial services
- § 1907 List of laws inapplicable to procurements of commercially available off-the-shelf items
- § 1908 Inflation adjustment of acquisition-related dollar thresholds
- § 1909 Management of purchase cards
Ch. 21 — Prohibitions on disclosing and obtaining procurement informa 7 sections
- § 2101 Definitions
- § 2102 Prohibitions on disclosing and obtaining procurement information
- § 2103 Actions required of procurement officers when contacted regarding non-Federal employment
- § 2104 Prohibition on former official’s acceptance of compensation from contractor
- § 2105 Penalties and administrative actions
- § 2106 Reporting information believed to constitute evidence of offense
- § 2107 Savings provisions
Ch. 23 — Use of electronic commerce in Federal procurement 13 sections
- § 2301 Use of electronic commerce in Federal procurement
- § 2302 Rights in technical data
- § 2303 Ethics safeguards related to contractor conflicts of interest
- § 2304 Conflict of interest standards for consultants
- § 2305 Authority of Director of Office of Management and Budget not affected
- § 2306 Openness of meetings
- § 2307 Comptroller General’s access to information
- § 2308 Modular contracting for information technology
- § 2309 Protection of constitutional rights of contractors
- § 2310 Performance-based contracts or task orders for services to be treated as contracts for the procurement of commercial items
- § 2311 Enhanced transparency on interagency contracting and other transactions
- § 2312 Contingency Contracting Corps
- § 2313 Database for Federal agency contract and grant officers and suspension and debarment officials
Ch. 31 — Applicability 6 sections
- § 3101 Applicability
- § 3102 Delegation and assignment of powers, functions, and responsibilities
- § 3103 Acquisition programs
- § 3104 Small business concerns
- § 3105 New contracts and grants and merit-based selection procedures
- § 3106 Erection, repair, or furnishing of public buildings and improvements not authorized, and certain contracts not permitted, by this division
Ch. 33 — Full and open competition 12 sections
- § 3301 Full and open competition
- § 3302 Requirements for purchase of property and services pursuant to multiple award contracts
- § 3303 Exclusion of particular source or restriction of solicitation to small business concerns
- § 3304 Use of noncompetitive procedures
- § 3305 Simplified procedures for small purchases
- § 3306 Planning and solicitation requirements
- § 3307 Preference for commercial products and commercial services
- § 3308 Planning for future competition in contracts for major systems
- § 3309 Design-build selection procedures
- § 3310 Quantities to order
- § 3311 Qualification requirement
- § 3312 Database on price trends of items and services under Federal contracts
Ch. 35 — General 9 sections
- § 3501 General
- § 3502 Required cost or pricing data and certification
- § 3503 Exceptions
- § 3504 Cost or pricing data on below-threshold contracts
- § 3505 Submission of other information
- § 3506 Price reductions for defective cost or pricing data
- § 3507 Interest and penalties for certain overpayments
- § 3508 Right to examine contractor records
- § 3509 Notification of violations of Federal criminal law or overpayments
Ch. 37 — Basis of award and rejection 8 sections
Ch. 39 — Contracts awarded using procedures other than sealed-bid pro 6 sections
- § 3901 Contracts awarded using procedures other than sealed-bid procedures
- § 3902 Severable services contracts for periods crossing fiscal years
- § 3903 Multiyear contracts
- § 3904 Contract authority for severable services contracts and multiyear contracts
- § 3905 Cost contracts
- § 3906 Cost-reimbursement contracts
Ch. 41 — Authorities or responsibilities not affected 6 sections
Ch. 43 — Adjustment of threshold amount of covered contract 10 sections
- § 4301 Definitions
- § 4302 Adjustment of threshold amount of covered contract
- § 4303 Effect of submission of unallowable costs
- § 4304 Specific costs not allowable
- § 4305 Required regulations
- § 4306 Applicability of regulations to subcontractors
- § 4307 Contractor certification
- § 4308 Penalties for submission of cost known to be unallowable
- § 4309 Burden of proof on contractor
- § 4310 Proceeding costs not allowable
Ch. 45 — Authority of executive agency 6 sections
Ch. 47 — Determinations and decisions 14 sections
- § 4701 Determinations and decisions
- § 4702 Prohibition on release of contractor proposals
- § 4703 Validation of proprietary data restrictions
- § 4704 Prohibition of contractors limiting subcontractor sales directly to Federal Government
- § 4705 Protection of contractor employees from reprisal for disclosure of certain information
- § 4706 Examination of facilities and records of contractor
- § 4707 Remission of liquidated damages
- § 4708 Payment of reimbursable indirect costs in cost-type research and development contracts with educational institutions
- § 4709 Implementation of electronic commerce capability
- § 4710 Limitations on tiering of subcontractors
- § 4711 Linking of award and incentive fees to acquisition outcomes
- § 4712 Enhancement of contractor protection from reprisal for disclosure of certain information
- § 4713 Authorities relating to mitigating supply chain risks in the procurement of covered articles
- § 4714 Prohibition on criminal history inquiries by contractors prior to conditional offer
Ch. 61 — Advertising requirement for Federal Government purchases and 3 sections
Ch. 63 — Contracts for fuel made by Secretary of the Army 9 sections
- § 6301 Authorization requirement
- § 6302 Contracts for fuel made by Secretary of the Army
- § 6303 Certain contracts limited to appropriated amounts
- § 6304 Certain contracts limited to one-year term
- § 6305 Prohibition on transfer of contract and certain allowable assignments
- § 6306 Prohibition on Members of Congress making contracts with Federal Government
- § 6307 Contracts with Federal Government-owned establishments and availability of appropriations
- § 6308 Contracts for transportation of Federal Government securities
- § 6309 Honorable discharge certificate in lieu of birth certificate
Ch. 65 — Required contract terms 11 sections
- § 6501 Definitions
- § 6502 Required contract terms
- § 6503 Breach or violation of required contract terms
- § 6504 Three-year prohibition on new contracts in case of breach or violation
- § 6505 Exclusions
- § 6506 Administrative provisions
- § 6507 Hearing authority and procedures
- § 6508 Authority to make exceptions
- § 6509 Other procedures
- § 6510 Manufacturers and regular dealers
- § 6511 Effect on other law
Ch. 67 — Contracts to which this chapter applies 7 sections
Ch. 71 — Applicability of chapter 9 sections
- § 7101 Definitions
- § 7102 Applicability of chapter
- § 7103 Decision by contracting officer
- § 7104 Contractor’s right of appeal from decision by contracting officer
- § 7105 Agency boards
- § 7106 Agency board procedures for accelerated and small claims
- § 7107 Judicial review of agency board decisions
- § 7108 Payment of claims
- § 7109 Interest