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Quickit - Tools, Web Sites |
FAR Citation |
Handbooks, Guides, & Articles |
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Regulations for
Departments of Agriculture; Commerce; Defense; Air Force; Army;
Navy; Navy; Education; Energy; Health and Human Services;
Housing and Urban Development; Homeland Security; the Interior;
Justice; Labor; State; the Treasury; Transportation; and
Veterans Affairs.
Also regulations for US Agency for International Development;
Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled; Defense Information Systems Agency; Defense Logistics
Agency, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia; Army Corps of
Engineers; TRICARE Management Activity; Defense Commissary
Agency; Bonneville Power Administration; Coast Guard; Bureau of
Land Management; Geological Survey; Federal Aviation
Administration; Environmental Protection Agency; Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation; General Services Administration;
Government Printing Office; National Aeronautics and Space
Administration; Nuclear Regular Commission; Patent and Trademark
Office, and Postal Service.
Advisory Panel
on Streamlining and Codifying Acquisition Regulations (809
Panel). DoD.
Clause Logic Services
- Limited Exemption to Mandatory Use Policy for Clause Logic
Service (6.23)
DoD's Contract Line Item Guide (5/23)
Procure to Pay (P2P) - Improving Transparency of Procurement
Spend (9/23)
Periodic Table of
Acquisition Innovations. (FAI) |
Agency Acquisition
Regulations, Deviations from FAR)
(FAR 1.3 & 1.4) |
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (CRS)
Open FAR Cases.
Issuance of Agency Deviations to Implement Executive Order 14042.
(9/30/21) (OFPP)
Issuance of Agency Deviations to Implement Requirements
Addressing the Use of Nonavailability Waivers Under E.O. 14005.
(11/15/21) (OFPP)
Acquisition Innovation Labs & Pilot for Digital Acquisition
Innovation Lab. (3/9/16) (OFPP)
"Myth-Busting #4" - Strengthening Engagement with Industry
Partners through Innovative Business Practices.
(4/30/19) (OFPP) |
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Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI)
Defense Acquisition
University
Back-to-Basics
DAWIA
Certification & Development Guides
VA Acquisition Academy
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Career Development
(FAR 1.6) |
Defense Contracting Workforce Development and Continuous Learning.
(10/23)
Contracting Officer Warranting Program. (8/22)
Revisions to the Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C). (5/7/14) (OFPP)
Establishment of Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting
Core-Plus Specialization in Digital Services (FAC-C-DS).
(5/18/2018) (OFPP)
Increasing Efficiencies in the Training, Development, and Management
of the Acquisition Workforce. (pdf) (9/3/13) (OFPP)
Attracting Talent to the Acquisition Workforce. (pdf)
(2/4/11)
(OFPP)
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FAI P/PM Toolkit
FAI
Contracting
Officer's Representative (FAC-COR)
Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy (VAAA) -- Federal
Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers (FAC-P/PM)
Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy (VAAA) -- Federal
Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer's
Representative (FAC-COR) Training.
Joint Appointment Module and Surveillance Performing Monitoring
Module Contracting Officer’s Representative Compliance Report
(6/23) |
Contracting
Officer’s Representative (COR)
(FAR 1.604) |
OFPP Acquisition Flash 22-01: Continuous Learning (CL) Requirements.
(April 2022) (OFPP)
Revisions to the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and
Project Managers (FAC-P/PM). (pdf) (12/16/13) (OFPP)
Revisions to the Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting
Officer’s Representatives (FAC-COR). (pdf) (9/6/11)
FAI Project Manager's Guidebook (11/24/15)
DoD Contracting Officer's Representative Guidebook. (5/21)
National Institutes of Health Contracting Officer’s Representative
(COR) Handbook. (January 2021)
Contingency Contracting - Defense Contingency COR Handbook and
Additional COR Guidance. (V. 2, 9/12, Addendum 1 6/19)
(DoD)
Revisions to the Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting
Officer’s Representatives (FAC-COR). (OFPP) (2011)
The Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer
Technical Representatives (pdf) (November 26, 2007) (OFPP) |
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FAR 52.212-4
Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial
Services
Anthology of Commercial Terms and Conditions
Acronymfinder.com
Ogden Air Logistics Complex
Glossary of Defense Contracting Terms |
Definitions of
Words and Terms
(FAR
Part 2) |
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Procurement Integrity - Department of Justice
Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch.
- Office of Government Ethics (OGE)
Ethics and Procurement Integrity.
(pdf) Office of Government Ethics (OGE)
Institute for Ethics in Government. Selected Courses and Training
Aids. (OGE)
Wifcon.com's selected Protests by:
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Improper Business
Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest
(Part 3) |
Articles
The Compliance Mentorship Program: Improving Ethics and Compliance in
Small Government Contractors.
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SAM
— System for Award Management
Federal Service
Desk - fsd.gov
Whole Building Design Guide.
eBuy.
(GSA)
eOffer/eMod
Dun & Bradstreet
- Business Directory
Dynamic
Small Business Search (very slow site) (SBA)
Registered
Identification Number Database. (FTC)
SBA's Sub-Net.
WebFLIS - an online search system for several public
segments of the USA Federal Logistics Database for codified
supplies that are represented by a permanent National Stock
Number (NSN).
Acquisition Gateway. (GSA)
Government
Contracting Classroom. (SBA) [This site provides brief
online training courses for contracting officers about some SBA
program] |
Electronic
Commerce in Contracting
(FAR 4.5) |
GSA Multiple Award Schedule Ordering Guide - (Summer 2020)
(Checklist is at p. 12)
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Federal Procurement Data System Next Generation
usaspending.gov
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward
Reporting System (FSRS)
Acquisition 360
Survey. |
Contract Reporting
(FAR 4.6) |
Reducing procurement administrative lead time using modern business
practices. (1/14/21) (OFPP) Acquisition 360 Survey implements the OFPP
memorandum "Acquisition
360--Improving the Acquisition Process through Timely Feedback from
External and Internal Stakeholders". (3/18/15)
(OFPP)
Improving Federal Procurement Data Quality - Guidance for Annual
Verification and Validation. (5/31/2011) (OFPP) |
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Contract File
Closeout
(FAR 4.8) |
Contract Closeout Guidebook, Version 1.0 as of October 25th,
2019. (DoD)
DCMA Go To GUIDE, Quick Closeout. (DCMA)
Contract Closeout
Directive (NIH) |
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Representations
and Certifications
(FAR 4.12) |
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Federal
SAM.gov — System for Award
Management
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Wifcon.com's selected Protests
by:
International
MERX - (Canada)
buyandsell.gc.ca -
(Canada)
TED - Tenders Electronic Daily
- (European Union)
GeBIZ - (Singapore)
European Defence Agency
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Publicizing
Contract Actions
(FAR 5) |
Guidebook for Publicizing Notices in Contract Opportunities
(Version 2) (7/21) (DoD |
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Interagency Contract Directory
GWACs
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Publicizing Multi-Agency Use Contracts
(FAR 5.6) |
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Competition
(FAR 6) |
Enhancing
Competition in Federal Acquisition. (OFPP) (May 31, 2007)
(pdf)
Report of the Acquisition Advisory Panel to the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy and the United States Congress, January 2007.
(GSA)
Section 1423
of the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003, which was
enacted as part of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004.
* * * * *
Federal Acquisition Council Manager’s Guide to Competitive Sourcing.
Second Edition, February 20, 2004. (OFPP)
Effective Practices for Enhancing Competition. (7/18,
2008) (OFPP)
Increasing Competition and Structuring Contracts for the Best
Results. (10/27/2009) (OFPP)
State of Competition within the Defense Industrial Base.
(2/22) (DoD) |
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Wifcon.com's selected Protests by:
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Contract Bundling
(FAR 7.107) |
Benefit Analysis Guidebook: A Reference to Assist Department of
Defense Acquisition Strategy Teams in Performing a Benefit
Analysis before Bundling Contract Requirements
(!0/07) (DoD)
Bundling Guidance. (5/18) (DoD) |
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Acquisition Planning Packages (GSA) |
Acquisition Planning
(FAR 7) |
“Myth-Busting”: Addressing Misconceptions to Improve
Communication with Industry during the Acquisition Process.
(2/2/11) (OFPP)
“Myth-Busting 2”: Addressing Misconceptions and Further
Improving Communication During the Acquisition Process.
(5/7/12) (OFPP)
Commerce Acquisition Manual: Acquisition Planning.
(8/20) (DoC)
Acquisition Plan (AP) Template. (7/20) (NIH)
Market Research. (10/22/18) (FAI) |
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Ability
One Procurement List.
Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative
NATO
Codification.
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Required Sources
of Supplies and Services
(FAR 8) |
Strategic Acquisition Transactions:
A Guide for Using Federal Supply Schedules Contracts, Multiple
Award Contracts, and Government-wide Agency Contracts.
(pdf) (November 2010) (Department of Energy)
Improving Acquisition through Strategic Sourcing. (pdf)
(December 5, 2012) (OFPP) |
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MAS Desk Reference
(GSA)
Vendor
Support Center (GSA's Federal Acquisition Service)
Blanket Purchase Agreements.
(GSA)
VA Federal Supply Schedule Program
GSA Advantage
Schedules Sale Query.
(GSA)
Wifcon.com's selected Protests by:
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Federal Supply
Schedules
(FAR 8.4) |
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Exclusions Program. (Department of Health and Human Services
- IG)
38 USC
8127 Debarments - (Department of Veterans Affairs) |
Suspension &
Debarment
(FAR 9.4) |
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Market Research
(FAR 10.0) |
Market Research: Gathering Information about Commercial
Products and Services (12/18) (DAU)
VA Market Research Guide for Acquisition Teams.
(8/1/19) (VA) |
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Understanding
Performance-Based Acquisition. (4/22/22) (GSA,
YouTube 1 hour 5 minutes)
How To Write a Business Requirements Document (Template
Included) (4/19/22) Wrike. (Kat Boogaard)
The Acquisition Requirements Roadmap Tool (DAU)
ASSIST
—
Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System.
(Account Required)
FIPS
—
Federal
Information Processing Standards Publications. (NIST)
MEDALS
— Military Engineering Data Asset Locator System (DLA)
STANDARDS.GOV.
ANSI Webstore (Maintained by
American National Standards Institute) |
Rquirements
Documents
(FAR 11) |
Requirements Specification Document. (VA) (word
document)
Performance Work Statement (PWS) template. (8/9/21)
(NIH)
Writing Performance Work Statements. (4/16/14) (DoD,
GSA) (PPT)
PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) FOR Army Mountain Warfare School
(AMWS) Catered Meals. (Vermont National Guard)
Articles
Contract
Line Items
Performance Work Statements: The Policymakers’ Monster—Where Is Our
Theseus?
Brand Name or Equal: Without 'Equal,' It's Not Competitive.
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Acquisition of
Commercial Items
(FAR 12) |
Guidebook for Acquiring Commercial Items. (7/!9) (DoD)
Articles
Commercial Items: Confusion In Court.
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SmartPay (GSA) |
Purchase Card
(FAR 13.301) |
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Oral
Presentations. (YouTube) (1/10/21) (JSchaus
& Associates) |
Source Selection
(FAR 15.1, 2 & 3) |
Department of Defense Source Selection Procedures.
(8/20/22)
(Department of Defense)
Source Selection Guide. (6/17) (VA)
Request for Proposal (RFP) and Evaluation Information.
(NASA)
Source Selection Plan (SSP) Template. (Marines)
Source Selection Plan Guidance and Template (pdf) (USAID)
Articles
A Primer
On Source Selection Planning: Evaluation Factors And Rating
Methods.
SCORING OR RATING IN SOURCE SELECTION: A Continuing Source Of
Confusion. |
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PREVENTING AND DETECTING BID RIGGING, PRICE FIXING, AND MARKET
ALLOCATION IN POST-DISASTER REBUILDING PROJECTS.
(6/25/15) (DOJ)
Price, Cost and Finance - Pricing Tools |
Contract Pricing
(FAR 15.4) |
Contract Pricing Reference Guides
(DAU)
Developing an Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) for a
Performance Evaluation (pdf)
(9/2/16) (USAID)
GSA's Public Building Service
Pricing Desk Guide, 5th Edition. (11/16/19) (GSA)
Articles
Professional Reading: Negotiating Advice from Gordon Wade Rule. |
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Debriefing of
Offerors
(FAR 15.05 & 15.06) |
“Myth-busting 3” Further Improving Industry Communication with
Effective Debriefings. |
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Contract Types
(FAR 16.0) |
Guidance on Using Incentive and Other Contract Types.
(2MB, pdf)
Guidance on
Award Fee Contracting (USAID)
Performance Evaluation and Measurement Plans for Cost-Reimbursement,
NonManagement and Operating Contracts. (DOE)
Evaluation of Contractor Performance under Contracts with Award Fee
Provisions. (8/18/20) (NASA)
Incentive Contracting Guide. (1969) (DoD & NASA)
Articles
The Fixed-Price
Incentive Firm Target Contract: Not As Firm As the Name Suggests.
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GWACS,
MACS And Others
Federal
Acquisition Gateway - Solution Finder. (GSA)
Interagency Contract Directory
Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) - (GSA)
CIO-SP3, ECS III (NITAAC
- NIH)
SEWP (NASA)
Army CHESS
eFAST (FAA)
Eagle II, First Source (DHS)
FedMall (DoD)
ESPCs, Utility Energy Service Contracts, Power Purchase
Agreements, etc. (DOE)
GSA Advantage
ITSS-4 (DOJ)
AbilityOne
NETWORX (GSA)
Rapid
Spacecraft Development Office (NASA)
UNICOR
Federal Strategic
Sourcing Initiative for Office Supplies Third Generation (FSSI OS3)
- (GSA)
State and Local
U.
S. Communities
NASPO ValuePoint
OMNIA
Partners
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Indefinite Delivery
Contracts
(FAR 16.5) |
Interagency Contract Directory. |
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Strategic Partnership Projects (SPP). (DOE) |
Interagency
Acquisitions
(FAR 17.5) |
Improving the Management and Use of Interagency Acquisitions.
(70 pages) (OFPP) (June 6, 2008)
Department of the Treasury Interagency Agreement Guide. (3/13)
(2nd Edition) |
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Contract Policy - Contingency Contracting. (D0D)
Advanced Contracting for Goods and Services. (FEMA) |
Emergency
Acquisitions
(Par 18.0) |
Defense Contingency Contracting Handbook, Version 5. (July 2017)
(DPAP) |
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SBA's Help for
Contracting Officers
Dynamic
Small Business Search (SBA)
Contracting assistance programs.
(SBA)
HUBZone
Program (SBA)
Size standards (SBA)
Prime and subcontracting
(SBA)
certify.SBA.gov
(SBA)
Nonmanufacturer rule.
North
American Industry Classification System. (Census)
Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) Manual. (DOL)
SIC
Code-Search (DOL)
Procurement Center Representative
Office of Hearings and Appeals
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Small Business
Programs
(FAR 19.0) |
Articles
When Large Is
Small--Or Maybe Not |
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eSRS –
Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System
Subcontracting Network- (SubNet) (Version 1.0) (SBA)
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The Small Business
Subcontracting Program
(FAR 19.7) |
A Handbook for Small Business Liaison Officers. (pdf)
(June 2010) (SBA)
DoD Subcontracting Program Business Rules and Processes for
- Electronic Subcontracting Reporting
System (eSRS)
- Subcontracting Plans
- Preparing and Reviewing Related
Subcontract Reports.
(3/18) (DoD) |
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VetBiz.gov (VA)
VETS FIRST
Verification Program
(VA) |
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement Program
(FAR 19.14) |
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Davis-Bacon And
Service Contract Act Data Collection (DOL)
Contract Labor Standards & Relations. (Navy)
Davis-Bacon Electronic Submission of WD-10
(DOL)
National Pre-award
Registry
(DOL)
Service Contract Act Occupations.
(Fifth Edition) (DOL)
VETS 100/100A
Federal Contractor Reporting
(DOL)
VETS-4212 Reporting Application - Log in (DOL)
DAVIS-BACON ACT/Service Contract Act Legal Decisions. (DOL)
Government Contracts - Construction Surveys (DOL)
Field Operations Handbook (Updates to 1/3/2017) (DOL)
McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).
(DOL) |
Labor Laws
(FAR 22.0) |
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BioPreferred ℠
(USDA)
Sustainable
Marketplace: Greener Products and Services. (EPA)
Sustainable Facilities Tool.
Department of Defense Green Procurement Program Strategy. (DoD)
Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability Software (DOC)
Energy Savings Performance Contracts for Federal Agencies (DOE) |
Environment, Energy Efficiency
(FAR 23) |
Articles
Sustainable Procurement: Building Vocabulary To Accelerate The
Federal Procurement Conversation
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FOIA.GOV
FOIA
Reference Guide. (DOJ)
Joint Committee Print. Freedom of Information Act and
Amendments of 1974 (P.L. 93-502). Source Book:
Legislative History, Texts, and Other Documents. (24MB)
(pdf) |
Freedom of
Information Act
(FAR 24.2) |
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Part 25 - Foreign
Acquisition |
Improving the Transparency of Made in America Waivers.
(10/26/21) (OFPP)
Increasing Opportunities for Domestic Sourcing and Reducing the
Need for Waivers from Made in America Laws. (6/11/21)
OMB
Issuance of Agency Deviations to Implement Requirements
Addressing the Use of Nonavailability Waivers Under E.O. 14005.
(11/15/21) (OFPP)
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Federal Laboratory
Consortium for Technology Transfer
NASA's New
Technology Reporting System (NASA)
National
Security Agency Technology Transfer Program
NASA'S Technology
Transfer Program
Global Technology Network
Interagency Edison (for
invention portfolios) |
Patents, Data,
Copyrights
(FAR 27.0) |
Intellectual Property: Navigating Through Commercial Waters
(10/15/2001) (DoD)
Prosecuting
Intellectual Property Crimes Manual. (4/13) (Fourth
Edition) (DOJ)
Articles
Open Source Software Licensing and Copyright Law in Government
Contracts: an Update to the OSEHRA Open Source Contractor's
Guide 2-1. |
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Approved Sureties
(D. of the Treasury)
List of Certified Companies (D. of the Treasury)
Surety bonds. (SBA) |
Sureties and Other
Security for Bonds
(FAR 28.2) |
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Selected
Areas of Cost guidebook: FAR 31.205 Cost Principles.
(DCAA)
Procurement Integrated Enterprise
Environment. (Air Force)
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Cost Principles
(FAR 31.0) |
FAR
Cost Principle Guide (Chronology of Cost Principle Revisions
Issued in Federal Acquisition Circulars (FACs) Since 1984)
(01/17) (DCAA)
A Guide for Indirect Cost Rate Determination. (10/21)
(DOL)
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Bona Fide Needs Rule
Prompt Pay Interest Rate |
Financing
(FAR 32.0) |
The FAST Book:
Federal Account Symbols
and Titles. (5/22) (D. of the Treasury)
Obligational Consequences of Federal Contracts.
(4/21/09) (GAO)
(Includes several contract types, obligation requirements and
references.)
Fiscal Law Deskbook 2021.
The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School.
(Army) |
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Government Contract Bid Protests: Analysis of Legal Processes and
Recent Developments. - (11/28/18) (Congressional Research
Service)
Bid Protests
- GAO
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Court
of Federal Claims
Contract Protest Diagnostic
Tool (CPDT)™ Version 3.0 beta. (Mitre). (10/23) (news)
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Protests
(FAR 33.1) |
Wifcon.com's GAO statistics since
1997
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Civilian
Board of Contract Appeals
Armed
Services Board of Contract Appeals
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Court
of Federal Claims
ADR.gov Interagency Alternative
Dispute Resolution Working Group.
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Disputes & Appeals
(FAR 33.2) |
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Cost & Economics - Army Financial Management and Comptroller.
Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS)
Acquisition Guidelines (DAU) (DMEA)
Naval Center for Cost
Analysis (Navy)
Cost Estimating Website
(Version 4.0 Update) (NASA) |
Major Systems
Acquisition
(FAR 34.0) |
Handbook on Work Breakdown Structure
Major Systems Acquisition Manual
Operating and
Support Cost-Estimating Guide (9/20) (Dod)
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Broad Agency Announcements - Army Research Laboratory
Broad Agency Announcements - (USAID) |
Broad Agency
Announcements
(FAR 35.016) |
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) — Industry
Guide (Version 2.0) (3/20) (Air Force)
DARPA Guide to Broad Agency Announcements and Research
Announcements. (11/16/16) (DARPA)
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Federal Real Property Profile Management System. (GSA)
Rent on the Web.
(GSA - PBS)
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Construction and
Architect-Engineer Contracts
(FAR 36.0) |
Unified Facilities Guide Specifications. (5/26/22)
(Multiple Agencies)
Non-Construction Contracts Containing Construction Work Guide.
(10/15) (Navy) |
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Steps To Performance-Based
Acquisition (SPBA) (GSA)
Performance Work Statement (PWS) / Statement of Objectives (SOO).
(DAU)
DAU's virtual Service Acquisition Mall. (DAU) |
Performance-Based
Acquisition
(37.6) |
PWS WRITING TIPS Washington Headquarters Services.
(4/16/14) (Pentagon)
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Buyaccessible.gov
(Section 508)
DoD Open Source Software FAQ - (DoD CIO)
IT Dashboard
(GSA)/(OMB) |
Electronic and
Information Technology
(FAR 39) |
Accessibility Requirements Tool.
(GSA) |
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Utility Program and Utility Energy Service Contracts for Federal
Agencies. |
Utility Services
(FAR 41.0) |
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Contractor Performance Assessment
Reporting System
CPARS.
Federal Awardee
Performance and Integrity Information System. (FAPIIS)
Product Quality Deficiency Reports (PQDR).
|
Contractor
Performance Information
(FAR 42.15) |
|
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Contractor Submission Portal - (DCAA) |
Indirect Costs
(FAR 42.7) |
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Contractors’
Purchasing Systems Reviews
(FAR 44.3) |
Contractor Purchasing System Review (CPSR) Guidebook
(9/10/21) (Defense Contract Management Agency) |
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Standard Forms |
Forms
(FAR 53) |
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