TITLE 41-PUBLIC CONTRACTS
Subtitle I—Federal Procurement Policy (sections 101 to 4714)
Division A—General (sections 101 to 153)
CHAPTER 1—DEFINITIONS (sections 101 to 153)
SUBCHAPTER I—SUBTITLE DEFINITIONS (sections 101 to 116)
- § 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
SUBCHAPTER II—DIVISION B DEFINITIONS (sections 131 to 134)
SUBCHAPTER III—DIVISION C DEFINITIONS (sections 151 to 153)
Division B—Office of Federal Procurement Policy (sections 1101 to 2313)
CHAPTER 11—ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE AND AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS OF ADMINISTRATOR (sections 1101 to 1131)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL (sections 1101 to 1102)
SUBCHAPTER II—AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATOR (sections 1121 to 1131)
- § 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
CHAPTER 12—FEDERAL ACQUISITION INSTITUTE (section 1201)
CHAPTER 13—ACQUISITION COUNCILS (sections 1301 to 1328)
SUBCHAPTER I—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATORY COUNCIL (sections 1301 to 1304)
SUBCHAPTER II—CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICERS COUNCIL (sections 1311 to 1312)
SUBCHAPTER III—FEDERAL ACQUISITION SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY (sections 1321 to 1328)
CHAPTER 15—COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS (sections 1501 to 1506)
CHAPTER 17—AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES (sections 1701 to 1713)
- § 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
CHAPTER 19—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES (sections 1901 to 1909)
- § 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
CHAPTER 21—RESTRICTIONS ON OBTAINING AND DISCLOSING CERTAIN INFORMATION (sections 2101 to 2107)
- § 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
CHAPTER 23—MISCELLANEOUS (sections 2301 to 2313)
- § 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
Division C—Procurement (sections 3101 to 4714)
CHAPTER 31—GENERAL (sections 3101 to 3106)
- § 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
CHAPTER 33—PLANNING AND SOLICITATION (sections 3301 to 3312)
- § 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
CHAPTER 35—TRUTHFUL COST OR PRICING DATA (sections 3501 to 3509)
- § 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
CHAPTER 37—AWARDING OF CONTRACTS (sections 3701 to 3708)
CHAPTER 39—SPECIFIC TYPES OF CONTRACTS (sections 3901 to 3906)
- § 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
CHAPTER 41—TASK AND DELIVERY ORDER CONTRACTS (sections 4101 to 4106)
CHAPTER 43—ALLOWABLE COSTS (sections 4301 to 4310)
- § 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
CHAPTER 45—CONTRACT FINANCING (sections 4501 to 4506)
CHAPTER 47—MISCELLANEOUS (sections 4701 to 4714)
- § 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
Subtitle II—Other Advertising and Contract Provisions (sections 6101 to 6707)
CHAPTER 61—ADVERTISING (sections 6101 to 6103)
CHAPTER 63—GENERAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS (sections 6301 to 6310)
- § 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
- § 6310 — Requirement for agencies to buy domestically made United States flags
CHAPTER 65—CONTRACTS FOR MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, ARTICLES, AND EQUIPMENT EXCEEDING $10,000 (sections 6501 to 6511)
- § 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
CHAPTER 67—SERVICE CONTRACT LABOR STANDARDS (sections 6701 to 6707)
Subtitle III—Contract Disputes (sections 7101 to 7109)
CHAPTER 71—CONTRACT DISPUTES (sections 7101 to 7109)
- § 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