Any mechanism signed by a contract agent that makes public funds or other resources available to a supplier and allows the issuance of such public funds or the use of such State resources. d) Orders. A contract agent representing a government activity listed in a basic contract may place orders for the necessary supplies or services covered by this Agreement. A written request or statement by one of the contracting parties who, by law, requests payment of a sum of money of a certain amount, adaptation or interpretation of the terms of the contract or any other remedy in connection with the contract. Excluded from public procurement (and, where applicable, subcontracting) in accordance with the law, the implementing regulation or the regulatory authority. A legal relationship binding on both parties, which obliges the seller to provide the deliveries or services (including construction) and to pay the buyer for them. It includes all types of obligations that require the government to spend approved funds and, unless otherwise authorized, are in writing. In addition to bilateral instruments, contracts include (but are not limited to) the awarding and publicity of awards; orders or work letters issued under basic contractual agreements; letters of contract; Orders, such as.B. orders whose contract takes effect upon their acceptance or written execution; and amendments to bilateral treaties.
Contracts do not include grants and cooperation agreements. (2) Each basic agreement shall provide that its future validity shall be terminated in writing by one of the parties with 30 days` notice. A written order signed by the contract agent asking the contractor to make an amendment that the amending clause allows the contract agent to appoint without the contractor`s consent. (ii) The need for supplies or services is imperative and exceptionally urgent (i.e., whether the government would suffer financial or other harm, if the need is not met sooner than would be possible if prices were set before the work began). The Customer will proceed with the pricing as soon as possible. Under no circumstances will an entire order be charged retroactively. (a) Description. A basic agreement is a written instrument of agreement negotiated between a contractual agency or activity and a contractor that (1) contains contractual clauses that apply to future contracts between the parties during their term and (2) considers separate future contracts that contain, by reference or annex, the necessary and enforceable clauses agreed in the basic agreement. A basic agreement is not a contract.
A written plan submitted by a prime contractor and approved by a contract agent, which describes the objectives and measures that the contractor intends to take to make maximum use of disadvantaged small and small enterprises in the performance of the contract. This agreement may be used to expedite the award of contracts for dangerous supplies or services; if certain items, quantities and prices are not known at the time of performance of the contract, but a significant number of requests should be obtained from the contractor. A procurement strategy in which more than one contractor able to perform the contract is invited to submit a bid for supplies and services. The successful contractor shall be selected on the basis of criteria determined by the Agency`s contractual body and the programme offices for which the work is to be carried out. (b) enforcement. A basic agreement should be used when a significant number of separate contracts can be awarded to a contractor during a given period of time and significant recurring bargaining issues have arisen with the contractor. Basic agreements can be used with fixed-price negotiated contracts or reimbursement contracts. 4. The termination or modification of a basic agreement shall not affect a previous contract containing the basic agreement. (iii) sign or obtain all applicable justifications and approvals, as well as all findings and findings, and comply with the other requirements set out in paragraph 1.602-1(b), as if the contract were a contract awarded independently of a basic contract agreement. the action of an exclusion official to exclude a contractor from government procurement and subcontracting for a reasonable and specified period of time; An excluded entrepreneur is «excluded». (5) The contract agent of one body should obtain and apply the existing basic agreements of another body as far as possible.
A Basic Order Contract (BOA) (FAR 16.703) is a written instrument negotiated between an agency or contractual activity and a contractor that: An oral or written notice informing the seller that it is in default and specifying what the seller must do to remedy the defect. A person with the authority to enter into, manage and/or terminate contracts and to make related decisions and decisions. That term includes certain representatives of the contracting authority acting within the limits of their powers conferred by the contracting authority. (i) the basic contract shall provide for appropriate procedures for the timely fixing of the contract at an early stage of its performance period; or (v) provide that failure to reach an agreement on the price of an order placed prior to the determination of the price (see paragraph (d)(3) of this section) constitutes a dispute under the dispute resolution clause contained in the basic order agreement; and (1) Each contract containing a basic agreement includes a range of services and prices, delivery and other appropriate terms that apply to the respective contract. The basic agreement is incorporated into the contract by special reference (including the reference to any amendment) or by annex. (3) If an existing contract is amended for a new acquisition, the amendment shall include the last basic agreement, which applies only to the work added by the amendment, except that this measure is not mandatory if the contract or amendment contains all the clauses required at the time of the amendment by law, the implementing Regulation and this Regulation. However, if it is in the interest of the government and the contractor agrees, the change may include the final basic agreement for application to the entire contract at the time of the change. Any fact which, at the time of the price agreement or, where applicable, on an earlier date agreed between the parties and which is as close as possible to the date of the price agreement, prudent buyers and sellers would reasonably expect to significantly influence the price negotiations.
Cost or price data are factual and non-judgmental; and are verifiable. Although they do not indicate the accuracy of the potential contractor`s judgment on estimated future costs or projections, they contain the data that form the basis of that judgment. Cost or price data is more than historical accounting data; These facts can reasonably be expected to contribute to the soundness of future cost estimates and the validity of provisions on costs already incurred. (c) restrictions. A basic purchase agreement may not contain the government`s consent to the issuance of future contracts or orders to the contractor or be used in any way to restrict competition. (1) «Women-Owned Small Business Program (OSB Program)» means a program that authorizes contract agents to restrict competition from the purchase, lease, lease or other purchase of supplies or services from non-federal sources. Procurement includes the description (but not the definition) of the supplies and services necessary for the selection and collection of sources, the preparation and award of contracts, and all stages of contract management. Grants or cooperation agreements are not included. (ii) If the order is placed after the competition, it must be ensured that the use of the basic order contract does not affect other suppliers; and (2) The customer must include clauses relating to matters not covered by the basic agreement but applicable to the contract to be negotiated in the same way as if there were no basic agreement. The 8(a) program was launched in 1974 to help minorities and other disadvantaged small businesses (SDBs) grow through a federal contractual preferences and set-aside program.
Program 8(a) allows eligible businesses to obtain government contracts on a single, non-competitive basis. The program is named after the section of the Small Business Act that authorizes its policies and procedures. 1. The basic agreements shall contain (i) the clauses necessary for the negotiation of contracts by law, the implementing Regulation and this Regulation, and (ii) other clauses or provisions relating to the acquisition of agencies prescribed in this Regulation, which the parties may include in each contract. (i) place orders under basic order agreements on optional form (OF) 347, order for supplies or services or any other appropriate contractual instrument; A natural person, including the technical representative of a contracting entity (COTR), who has been designated in writing by the contracting entity and authorised to perform certain technical or administrative tasks. (a) Description. A basic contract is a written instrument of understanding negotiated between an agency, contract activity or contract office and a contractor and (1) contains terms and clauses that apply to future contracts (orders) between the parties during its term, (2) a description as accurate as possible of the supplies or services to be provided, and (3) methods of pricing, issuance and future delivery Orders under the Framework Contract. . .
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