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Timestamp: 2020-06-02 23:55:44
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 9', 'art 9', 'art 9', 'art 9', 'art 9', 'art 9', 'art 9', 'art 42', 'art 42', 'art 17']

Subpart 9.1 - Responsible Prospective Contractors
Subpart 9.2 - Qualifications Requirements
Subpart 9.3 - First Article Testing and Approval
Subpart 9.4 - Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility
Subpart 9.5 - Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest
Subpart 9.6 - Contractor Team Arrangements
Subpart 9.7 - Defense Production Pools and Research and Development Pools
(a) This subpart applies to all proposed contracts with any prospective contractor that is located-
(b) This subpart does not apply to proposed contracts with-
To be determined responsible, a prospective contractor must-
(c) Have a satisfactory performance record (see 9.104-3 (b) and subpart 42.15). A prospective contractor shall not be determined responsible or nonresponsible solely on the basis of a lack of relevant performance history, except as provided in 9.104-2;
(a) When an offeror provides an affirmative response in paragraph (a)(1) of the provision at 52.209-5, Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters, or paragraph (h) of provision 52.212-3, the contracting officer shall-
(b) The provision at 52.209-11, Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law, implements sections 744 and 745 of Division E of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) (and similar provisions in subsequent appropriations acts). When an offeror provides an affirmative response in paragraph (b)(1) or (2) of the provision at 52.209-11 or paragraph (q)(2)(i) or (ii) of provision 52.212-3, the contracting officer shall–
(c) If the provision at 52.209-12, Certification Regarding Tax Matters, is applicable (see 9.407-3(e)), then the contracting officer shall not award any contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000, unless the offeror affirmatively certified in its offer, as required by paragraph (b)(1), (2), and (3) of the provision.
(i) If the surveying activity is a contract administration office-
(2) Information that was entered prior to April 15,2011; or
The contracting officer’s request to the surveying activity (Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor (General), SF 1403 ) shall-
When the contracting office and the surveying activity are in different agencies, the procedures of this section 9.106 and subpart 42.1 shall be followed along with the regulations of the agency in which the surveying activity is located, except that reasonable special requests by the contracting office shall be accommodated (also see subpart 17.5 ).
(a) The surveying activity shall complete the applicable parts of SF 1403, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor (General); SF 1404, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor-Technical; SF 1405, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor-Production; SF 1406, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor-Quality Assurance; SF 1407, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor-Financial Capability; and SF 1408, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor-Accounting System; and provide a narrative discussion sufficient to support both the evaluation ratings and the recommendations.
(d) When the surveying activity possesses information that supports a recommendation of complete award without an on-site survey and no special areas for investigation have been requested, the surveying activity may provide a short-form preaward survey report. The short-form report shall consist solely of the Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor (General), SF 1403. Sections III and IV of this form shall be completed and block21 shall be checked to show that the report is a short-form preaward report.
(i) Certify that it does not engage and has not engaged in any activity that contributed to or was a significant factor in the President's or Secretary of State's determination that a foreign country is in violation of its obligations undertaken in any arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament agreement to which the United States is a party, or is not adhering to its arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament commitments in which the United States is a participating state. The determinations are described in the most recent unclassified annual report provided to Congress pursuant to section 403 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a). The report is available via the Internet at https://www.state.gov/t/avc/rls/rpt/; and
This subpart implements 10 U.S.C.2319 and 41 U.S.C.3311 and prescribes policies and procedures regarding qualification requirements and the acquisitions that are subject to such requirements.
(c) If a potential offeror can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the contracting officer that the potential offeror (or its product) meets the standards established for qualification or can meet them before the date specified for award of the contract, a potential offeror may not be denied the opportunity to submit and have considered an offer for a contract solely because the potential offeror-
(2) Department of Defense Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System (ASSIST) at ( https://assist.dla.mil/online/start/).
(2) Defense Standardization Manual 4120.24-M, Appendix2, as amended by Military Standards 961 and 962.
Approval, as used in this subpart, means the contracting officer’s written notification to the contractor accepting the test results of the first article.
First article testing and approval (hereafter referred to as testing and approval) ensures that the contractor can furnish a product that conforms to all contract requirements for acceptance. Before requiring testing and approval, the contracting officer shall consider the-
Testing and approval may be appropriate when-
Normally, testing and approval is not required in contracts for-
Before first article approval, the acquisition of materials or components, or commencement of production, is normally at the sole risk of the contractor. To minimize this risk, the contracting officer shall provide sufficient time in the delivery schedule for acquisition of materials and components, and for production after receipt of first article approval. When Government requirements preclude this action, the contracting officer may, before approval of the first article, authorize the contractor to acquire specific materials or components or commence production to the extent essential to meet the delivery schedule (see Alternate II of the clause at 52.209-3 , First Article Approval-Contractor Testing, and Alternate II of the clause at 52.209-4 , First Article Approval-Government Testing). Costs incurred based on this authorization are allocable to the contract for—
Solicitations containing a testing and approval requirement shall-
(e) State clearly the first article’s relationship to the contract quantity (see paragraph (e) of the clause at 52.209-3, First Article Approval-Contractor Testing, or 52.209-4, First Article Approval-Government Testing);
(f) Contain a delivery schedule for the production quantity (see 11.403). The delivery schedule may-
(g) Provide for the submission of contract numbers, if any, to document the offeror’s eligibility under paragraph (c) of this section;
(i) Include, when the Government is responsible for first article testing, the Government’s estimated testing costs as a factor for use in evaluating offers (when appropriate); and
(a) Before the contractor ships the first article, or the first article test report, to the Government laboratory or other activity responsible for approval at the address specified in the contract, the contract administration office shall provide that activity with as much advance notification as is feasible of the forthcoming shipment, and-
(2) Call attention to the notice requirement in paragraph (b) of the clause at 52.209-3, First Article Approval-Contractor Testing, or 52.209-4, First Article Approval-Government Testing; and
(1) The contracting officer shall insert a clause substantially the same as the clause at 52.209-3, First Article Approval—Contractor Testing, in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated and it is intended that the contract require
(a) This subpart-
In accordance with Public Law 103-355, Section 2455 ( 31 U.S.C.6101 , note), and Executive Order 12689, any debarment, suspension or other Governmentwide exclusion initiated under the Nonprocurement Common Rule implementing Executive Order 12549 on or after August 25, 1995, shall be recognized by and effective for Executive Branch agencies as a debarment or suspension under this subpart. Similarly, any debarment, suspension, proposed debarment or other Governmentwide exclusion initiated on or after August 25, 1995, under this subpart shall also be recognized by and effective for those agencies and participants as an exclusion under the Nonprocurement Common Rule.
(1) After the opening of bids or receipt of proposals or quotes, the contracting officer shall review the exclusion records in SAM.
(b) For contractors debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment, unless the agency head makes a written determination of the compelling reasons for doing so, ordering activities shall not-
(2) In actions not based on an indictment, if it is found that the contractor’s submission in opposition raises a genuine dispute over facts material to the suspension and if no determination has been made, on the basis of Department of Justice advice, that substantial interests of the Government in pending or contemplated legal proceedings based on the same facts as the suspension would be prejudiced, agencies shall also-
(c) Notice of suspension. When a contractor and any specifically named affiliates are suspended, they shall be immediately advised by certified mail, return receipt requested-
(1) That they have been suspended and that the suspension is based on an indictment or other adequate evidence that the contractor has committed irregularities–
(ii) Seriously reflecting on the propriety of further Government dealings with the contractor-any such irregularities shall be described in terms sufficient to place the contractor on notice without disclosing the Government’s evidence;
(6) That additional proceedings to determine disputed material facts will be conducted unless-
(3) The suspending official may modify or terminate the suspension or leave it in force (for example, see 9.406-4(c) for the reasons for reducing the period or extent of debarment). However, a decision to modify or terminate the suspension shall be without prejudice to the subsequent imposition of-
(1) If the contractor enters into an administrative agreement with the Government in order to resolve a suspension proceeding, the suspending official shall access the website (available at https://www.cpars.gov, then select FAPIIS) and enter the requested information.
The scope of suspension shall be the same as that for debarment (see 9.406-5 ), except that the procedures of 9.407-3 shall be used in imposing suspension.
(c) Implements section 8141 of the 1989 Department of Defense Appropriation Act, Pub.L.100-463, 102 Stat.2270-47 (1988).
Marketing consultant, as used in this subpart, means any independent contractor who furnishes advice, information, direction, or assistance to an offeror or any other contractor in support of the preparation or submission of an offer for a Government contract by that offeror. An independent contractor is not a marketing consultant when rendering-
(b) The applicability of this subpart is not limited to any particular kind of acquisition. However, organizational conflicts of interest are more likely to occur in contracts involving-
(a) Using the general rules, procedures, and examples in this subpart, contracting officers shall analyze planned acquisitions in order to-
The general rules in 9.505-1 through 9.505-4 prescribe limitations on contracting as the means of avoiding, neutralizing, or mitigating organizational conflicts of interest that might otherwise exist in the stated situations. Some illustrative examples are provided in 9.508 . Conflicts may arise in situations not expressly covered in this section 9.505 or in the examples in 9.508 . Each individual contracting situation should be examined on the basis of its particular facts and the nature of the proposed contract. The exercise of common sense, good judgment, and sound discretion is required in both the decision on whether a significant potential conflict exists and, if it does, the development of an appropriate means for resolving it. The two underlying principles are-
(a) A contractor that provides systems engineering and technical direction for a system but does not have overall contractual responsibility for its development, its integration, assembly, and checkout, or its production shall not-
(1) If a contractor prepares and furnishes complete specifications covering nondevelopmental items, to be used in a competitive acquisition, that contractor shall not be allowed to furnish these items, either as a prime contractor or as a subcontractor, for a reasonable period of time including, at least, the duration of the initial production contract. The restriction in this paragraph (a)(1) shall not apply to-
(1) If a contractor prepares, or assists in preparing, a work statement to be used in competitively acquiring a system or services-or provides material leading directly, predictably, and without delay to such a work statement-that contractor may not supply the system, major components of the system, or the services unless-
As indicated in the general rules in 9.505 , significant potential organizational conflicts of interest are normally resolved by imposing some restraint, appropriate to the nature of the conflict, upon the contractor’s eligibility for future contracts or subcontracts. Therefore, affected solicitations shall contain a provision that-
(a) If, as a condition of award, the contractor’s eligibility for future prime contract or subcontract awards will be restricted or the contractor must agree to some other restraint, the solicitation shall contain a proposed clause that specifies both the nature and duration of the proposed restraint. The contracting officer shall include the clause in the contract, first negotiating the clause’s final terms with the successful offeror, if it is appropriate to do so (see 9.506(d)).
Contractor team arrangement, as used in this subpart, means an arrangement in which-
(a) Contractor team arrangements may be desirable from both a Government and industry standpoint in order to enable the companies involved to-
Nothing in this subpart authorizes contractor team arrangements in violation of antitrust statutes or limits the Government’s rights to-
Pool, as used in this subpart, means a group of concerns (see 19.001 ) that have-
(3) Obtained approval of the agreement by either-
(i) The Small Business Administration (SBA) under section 9 or 11 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.638 or 640) (see 13 CFR125); or
(ii) A designated official under PartV of Executive Order10480, August 14,1953 (18 FR4939, August 20,1953) and section 708 of the Defense Production Act of1950 (50 U.S.C. App.2158).