Abacus Contract Management Definitions"Safety precaution areas" means those portions of
approach-departure clearance zones and transitional zones where placement of objects incident to contract performance might result in vertical projections at or above the approach-departure clearance, or the transitional surface. "SAIP." See "Spares acquisition integrated with production." "SAR." See "Specifically authorized representative." "Salvage," as used in this subpart, means property that, because
of its worn, damaged, deteriorated, or incomplete condition or specialized
nature, has no reasonable prospect of sale or use as serviceable property
without major repairs, but has some value in excess of its scrap value. "Sanctioned European Union country construction" means construction to be performed in a sanctioned European Union member state. "Sanctioned European Union country end product" means an article that-- "Sanctioned European Union country services" means services to be performed in a sanctioned European Union member state. "Sanctioned European Union member state" means Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, or the United Kingdom. "SBIR - Small Business Innovation Research." See SBA - Office of Technology - SBIR-STTR and DoD SBIR-STTR-Fast Track. "SBIR data rights" mean a royalty-free license for the
Government, including its support service contractors, to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose technical data or computer software generated and delivered under this contract for any United States government purpose. "Schedule" means the level of service for which specific types of
traffic apply as described in DoD 4500.34-R, Personal Property Traffic Management Regulation. "Scrap," as used in this subpart, means personal property that
has no value except for its basic material content. "Screening completion date," as used in this subpart, means the date on which all screening required by this subpart is to be completed. It includes screening within the Government and the donation screening period. "Sealed Bidding" is a method of contracting that employs
competitive bids, public opening of bids and awards. "SeaPort" is the NAVSEA Support Services Acquisition Program Office. "Secretarial level" means- "Secretarial level" means a level at or above the level of a deputy assistant agency head, or a contract adjustment board. "Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act." This law requires that technology be accessible according to standards developed by the Access Board, which are now part of the Federal government's procurement regulations. These standards, as issued by the Board December 2000, cover a variety of products, including computer hardware and software, web sites, phone systems, fax machines, copiers, and similar technologies. Provisions in the standards spell out what makes these products accessible to people with disabilities, including those with vision, hearing, and mobility impairments. The Board included both technical criteria specific to various types of technologies and performance-based requirements, which focus on a product's functional capabilities. Section 508 and its enforcement provisions apply to products procured by Federal agencies after the June 21, 2001 effective date. The law relies primarily on the procurement process to ensure compliance with the new standards. In April 2001, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council effectively folded the standards into the regulations that govern Federal procurement. The updated regulation will help Federal agencies comply with the law. Compliance with the standards is required except where it would pose an "undue burden" (as defined in the standards) or where no complying product is commercially available. Certain technologies related to national security are exempt. The law allows people with disabilities to file a complaint with the appropriate Federal agency concerning access to products procured after the effective date. Alternatively, individuals may file suit against an agency. These enforcement remedies do not apply to products procured before the effective date, nor does Section 508 specifically require Federal agencies to retrofit existing products. However, other sections of the Rehabilitation Act make access to existing products and those developed outside a procurement action a relevant concern, though not necessarily to the degree required by the Section 508 standards. The Rehabilitation Act contains provisions that ban discrimination based on disability in Federally funded programs and services (Section 504) and in Federal employment and hiring practices (Section 501). These sections require that "reasonable accommodation" be made for the public or employees as necessary and are enforced through an administrative complaint process similar to the one set up under Section 508. Such accommodations may pertain to the accessibility of a Federal agency's existing electronic or information technology. In general, the requirement for reasonable accommodation affords agencies discretion in how access is achieved. In making reasonable accommodations, Federal agencies will likely use the new 508 standards as a yardstick to gauge access in the absence of similarly descriptive criteria in the 501 and 504 regulations. While Section 508 covers a broad range of technologies, a key concern among many Federal agencies is access to web sites, often the primary portal to an agency's information and services. The provisions for web sites in the 508 standards focus on the interaction with various assistive products people with vision impairments use to access the Internet and other computer-based information. Common among these products are screen readers, which translate what's on a computer screen into automated audible output, and refreshable Braille displays. The standards seek to ensure that web pages and the information they contain are fully available to the users of these assistive technologies. For example, certain conventions, such as verbal tags or identification of graphics and format devices, are necessary so that these devices can "read" them for the user in a sensible way. However, use of graphics or animation are not prohibited or discouraged. Web site provisions also address image maps, style sheets, scripting languages, applets and plug-ins, and electronic forms. In many cases, different sections of the Rehabilitation Act will apply depending on how and when pages are developed for an agency's web site. New pages or sites developed after the effective date through a procurement action, such as a contract with an outside firm, are fully subject to the 508 standards and enforcement provisions. Existing web pages and those developed or updated in-house by agency staff are not covered by 508's enforcement provisions, but access to the information provided is important in view of an agency's obligation to accommodate people with disabilities, including employees, under the Rehabilitation Act. The Board recently issued additional guidance material on section 508 and the
standards, which is available on its web site at www.access-board.gov/508.htm.
For technical assistance or training on the standards, call the Board at (800)
872-2253 (voice) or (800) 993-2822 (TTY) or send an e-mail to
508@access-board.gov. "Section 808 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001" requires contracting personnel in GS-1102 or comparable military positions to have a bachelor's degree and at least 24 credit hours of business-related courses from an accredited institution of higher education. "Securing" means the application of Government-approved telecommunications security equipment, devices, techniques, or services to contractor telecommunications systems. "Security classification." A category to which national security information and material is assigned to denote the degree of damage that unauthorized disclosure would cause to national defense or foreign relations of the United States and to denote the degree of protection required. There are three such categories: "Segment" means one of two or more divisions, product departments, plants, or other subdivisions of an organization reporting directly to a home office, usually identified with responsibility for profit and/or producing a product or service. The term includes-- "Self-insurance" means the assumption or retention of the risk of
loss by the contractor, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. Self-insurance includes the deductible portion of purchased insurance. "Self-insurance charge" means a cost which represents the
projected average loss under a self-insurance plan. "Selling" is a generic term encompassing all efforts to market the contractor's products or services, some of which are covered specifically in other subsections of 31.205. Selling activity includes the following broad categories: "Senior acquisition official (SAO) " means an official at a level no lower than a general or flag officer or member of the Senior Executive Service within the requiring activity or the requiring activity chain of command. "Senior executive" means-- "Senior procurement executive" means, for DoD- "Senior procurement executive" means the individual appointed pursuant to section 16(3) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(3)) who is responsible for management direction of the acquisition system of the executive agency, including implementation of the unique acquisition policies, regulations, and standards of the executive agency. "Sensitive information" means any information the loss, misuse, or modification of which, or unauthorized access to, could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of Federal programs, or the privacy to which individuals are entitled under 5 U.S.C. 552a (the Privacy Act), but which has not been specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive Order or Act of Congress to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy. "Sensitization" is an immunologically mediated cutaneous reaction
to a substance. EPA test methods for evaluating sensitization potential are found in 40 CFR part 798.4100. "Separate contract" means a utility services contract (other than
a GSA areawide contract, an Authorization under an areawide contract, or an interagency agreement), to cover the acquisition of utility services. "Separate smaller contract" as used in this definition [Bundling], means a contract that has been performed by one or more small business concerns or that was suitable for award to one or more small business concerns. "Service and warranty costs" include those arising from fulfillment of any contractual obligation of a contractor to provide services such as installation, training, correcting defects in the products, replacing defective parts, and making refunds in the case of inadequate performance. "Service contract" means a contract that directly engages the time and effort of a contractor whose primary purpose is to perform an identifiable task rather than to furnish an end item of supply. A service contract may be either a nonpersonal or personal contract. It can also cover services performed by either professional or nonprofessional personnel whether on an individual or organizational basis. Some of the areas in which service contracts are found include the following: "Service contract" means any Government contract, the principal purpose of which is to furnish services in the United States through the use of service employees, except as exempted under section 7 of the Act (41 U.S.C. 356; see 22.1003-3 and 22.1003-4), or any subcontract at any tier thereunder. See FAR 22.1003-5 and 29 CFR 4.130 for a partial list of services covered by the Act. "Service Contract Act" means the Service Contract Act of 1965, enacted to ensure that Government contractors compensate their blue-collar service workers and some white-collar service workers fairly; it does not cover bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employees. "Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern"-- "Service employee" means any person engaged in the performance of a service contract other than any person employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as those terms are defined in 29 CFR part 541. The term "service employee" includes all such persons regardless of any contractual relationship that may be alleged to exist between a contractor or subcontractor and such persons. "Service employee," as used in this clause, means any person engaged in the performance of this contract other than any person employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as these terms are defined in Part 541 of Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, as revisedPart 541 of Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, as revised. It includes all such persons regardless of any contractual relationship that may be alleged to exist
between a Contractor or subcontractor and such persons. "Service employee" means any person engaged in the performance of recurring building services other than a person in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as those terms are defined in 29 CFR part 541, and shall include all such persons regardless of any contractual relationship that may be alleged to exist between a contractor and such person. "Service life" means the period of usefulness of a tangible capital asset (or group of assets) to its current owner. The period may be expressed in units of time or output. The estimated service life of a tangible capital asset (or group of assets) is a current forecast of its service life and is the period over which depreciation cost is to be assigned. "Service marks." See p. 2-12 of Intellectual Property: Navigating through Commercial Waters, USD (AT&L), Oct 15, 2001, p. 28 (PDF). "Service power procurement officer" means for the- "Serviceable or usable property" means property that has a potential for use or sale value "as is" or with minor repairs or alterations; only property in Federal Condition Codes A1, A2, A4, A5, B1, B2, B4, B5, F7, or F8. "Serviceable or usable property," as used in this subpart, means property that has a reasonable prospect of use or sale either in its existing form or after minor repairs or alterations. "Services," as used in this subsection, is as defined in the
Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act of the State of New Mexico, Sec 7-9-3(k) NM SA 1978, and means all activities engaged in for other persons for a consideration, which activities involve predominately the performance of a service as distinguished from selling or leasing property. "Services" includes activities performed by a person for its members or shareholders. In determining what is a service, the intended use, principal objective or ultimate objective of the contracting parties shall not be controlling. "Services" also includes construction activities and all tangible personal property that will become an ingredient or component part of a construction project. Such tangible personal property retains its character as tangible personal property until it is installed as an ingredient or component part of a construction project in New Mexico. However, sales of tangible personal property that will become an ingredient or component part of a construction project to persons engaged in the construction business are sales
of tangible personal property. "Set-Asides for Small Business." The purpose of small business set-asides is to award certain acquisitions exclusively to small business concerns. A "set-aside for small business" is the reserving of an acquisition exclusively for participation by small business concerns. A small business set-aside may be open to all small businesses. A small business set-aside of a single acquisition or a class of acquisitions may be total or partial. "Settlement agreement" means a written agreement in the form of a contract modification settling all or a severable portion of a settlement proposal. "Settlement proposal" means a proposal for effecting settlement of a contract terminated in whole or in part, submitted by a contractor or subcontractor in the form, and supported by the data, required by this part. A settlement proposal is included within the generic meaning of the word "claim" under false claims acts (see 18 U.S.C. 287 and 31 U.S.C. 3729). "Shall" means the imperative. "Sharing base" means the number of affected end items on
contracts of the contracting office accepting the VECP. "Sharing period" means the period beginning with acceptance of the first unit incorporating the VECP and ending at a calendar date or event determined by the contracting officer for each VECP. "Shipment" means freight transported or to be transported. "Shipyard" is one of four naval shipyards serving the naval fleet under the cognizance of Naval Sea Systems Command, if the term is used in the context of a Government shipyard. "Shop drawings" means drawings submitted by the construction
contractor or a subcontractor at any tier or required under a construction contract, showing in detail either or both of the following: "Should" means an expected course of action or policy that is to be followed unless inappropriate for a particular circumstance. "Show cause notice" is required by the Default clause to be sent--with proof of delivery requested--if a contract is to be terminated for default, and it has been ascertained that the time remaining in the contract delivery schedule is not sufficient to permit a realistic "cure" period of 10 days or more. "Signature" or "signed" means the discrete, verifiable symbol of
an individual that, when affixed to a writing with the knowledge and consent of the individual, indicates a present intention to authenticate the writing. This includes electronic symbols. "Significant estimating system deficiency" means a shortcoming in the estimating system that is likely to consistently result in proposal estimates for total cost or a major cost element(s) that do not provide an acceptable basis for negotiation of fair and reasonable prices. "Significant interest" means- "Significant revisions," as used in this subpart, means revisions that alter the substantive meaning of any coverage in the FAR System having a significant cost or administrative impact on contractors or offerors, or significant effect beyond the internal operating procedures of the issuing agency. This expression, for example, does not include editorial, stylistic, or
other revisions that have no impact on the basic meaning of the coverage being revised. "Significant weakness" in the proposal is a flaw that appreciably increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance. "Weakness" means a flaw in the proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance. "Simplified acquisition procedures" means the methods prescribed in Part 13 for making purchases of supplies or services. "Simplified acquisition threshold" means $100,000, except that in the case of any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made,
outside the United States in support of a contingency operation (as defined in 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(13)) or a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation (as defined in 10 U.S.C. 2302(8) and 41 U.S.C. 259(d)), the term means $200,000. "Single, Governmentwide point of entry," means the one point of entry to be designated by the Administrator of OFPP that will allow the private sector to electronically access procurement opportunities Governmentwide. "Single Process Initiative." See "SPI process." "Site of construction" means the general physical location of any building, highway, or other change or improvement to real property that is undergoing construction, rehabilitation, alteration, conversion, extension, demolition, or repair; and any temporary location or facility at which a contractor or other participating party meets a demand or performs a function relating to a Government contract or subcontract. "Site of the work" is defined as follows: "Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program" was established by the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988, Public Law 100-656 (15 U.S.C. 644 note). The program is implemented by a joint OFPP and SBA Policy Directive and Implementation Plan, dated May 25, 1999. The program consists of two major components-- "Small business concern" means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR part 121 and size standards in this solicitation. "Small business concern" means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria and size standards in 13 CFR part 121 (see 19.102). Such a concern is "not dominant in its field of operation" when it does not exercise a controlling or major influence on a national basis in a kind of business activity in which a number of business concerns are primarily engaged. In determining whether dominance exists, consideration shall be given to all appropriate factors, including volume of business, number of employees, financial resources, competitive status or position, ownership or control of materials, processes, patents, license agreements, facilities, sales territory, and nature of business activity. "Small business concern" means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR part 121 and the size standard in paragraph (a) of this provision. "Small business concern," as used in this clause, means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the size standards in this solicitation. "Small business firm" means a small business concern as defined at 15 U.S.C. 632 and implementing regulations of the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. (For the purpose of this definition, the size standard contained in 13 CFR 121.3-8 for small business contractors and in 13 CFR 121.3-12 for small business subcontractors will be used. See FAR Part 19.) "Small Business Innovation Research." See SBA - Office of Technology - SBIR-STTR and DoD SBIR-STTR-Fast Track. "Small Business Set-Aside." See "Set-Asides for Small Business." "Small business subcontractor" means a concern, including affiliates, that for subcontracts valued at-- "Small Business Technology Transfer Research." See SBA - Office of Technology - SBIR-STTR and DoD SBIR-STTR-Fast Track. "Small disadvantaged business concern" (except for 52.212-3(c)(2) and 52.219-1(b)(2) for general statistical purposes and 52.212-3(c)(7)(ii), 52.219-22(b)(2), and 52.219-23(a) for joint ventures under the price evaluation adjustment for small disadvantaged business concerns), means an offeror that represents, as part of its offer, that it is a small business under the size standard applicable to the acquisition; and either-- "SNLR." See "Specifically Negotiated License Rights" at p. 2-13 and 2-14 of Intellectual Property: Navigating through Commercial Waters, USD (AT&L), Oct 15, 2001, p 29-30 (PDF). "Software maintenance," as used in this subpart, means services normally provided by a software company as standard services at established catalog or market prices, e.g., the right to receive and use upgraded versions of software, updates, and revisions. "Software product manager," as used in this subpart, means the Government official who manages an enterprise software agreement. "Sole source acquisition" means a contract for the purchase of supplies or services that is entered into or proposed to be entered into by an agency after soliciting and negotiating with only one source. "Solicitation" means an invitation for bids in sealed bidding. "Solicitation provision or provision" means a term or condition used only in solicitations and applying only before contract award. "Source," when restricted by such words as foreign, domestic, qualifying
country, etc., refers to the actual manufacturer or producer of the end product or component. "Source reduction" - also known as waste prevention, refers to any change in the design, manufacturing, purchase, or use of materials or products (including packaging) to reduce their amount or toxicity before they become municipal solid waste. Waste prevention also refers to the reuse of products or materials. "Source selection evaluation board" means any board, team, council, or other group that evaluates bids or proposals. "Source selection information" means any of the following information which is prepared for use by a Federal agency for the purpose of evaluating a bid or proposal to enter into a Federal agency procurement contract, if that information has not been previously made available to the public or disclosed publicly: "Special competency" means a special or unique capability,
including qualitative aspects, developed incidental to the primary functions of the Federally Funded Research and Development Centers to meet some special need. "Spare Parts Breakout Program" "Spares acquisition integrated with production (SAIP)" is a technique used to acquire replenishment parts concurrently with parts being
produced for the end item. "SPAWARSYSCOM" means the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. "Special assembly" is the designing, manufacturing, arranging, assembling, or wiring of equipment to provide telecommunications services that cannot be provided with general use equipment. "Special Casualty Insurance Rating Plan." See "National Defense Projects Rating Plan." "Special construction" normally involves a common carrier giving a special service or facility related to the performance of the basic telecommunications service requirements. This may include- "Special disabled veterans." See FAR Subpart 22.13 (effective December 21, 2001) and FAR 52.222.-35 Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Dec 2001). "Special termination costs," as used in this clause, means only costs in the following categories as defined in Part 31 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)- "Special test equipment," as used in this part, means either
single or multipurpose integrated test units engineered, designed, fabricated, or modified to accomplish special purpose testing in performing a contract. It consists of items or assemblies of equipment including standard or general purpose items or components that are interconnected and interdependent so as to
become a new functional entity for special testing purposes. It does not include material, special tooling, facilities (except foundations and similar improvements necessary for installing special test equipment), and plant equipment items used for general plant testing purposes. "Special tooling," as used in this part, means jigs, dies, fixtures, molds, patterns, taps, gauges, other equipment and manufacturing aids, all components of these items, and replacement of these items, which are of such a specialized nature that without substantial modification or alteration their use is limited to the development or production of particular supplies or parts thereof or to the performance of particular services. It does not include material, special test equipment, facilities (except foundations and similar improvements necessary for installing special tooling), general or special machine tools, or similar capital items. "Special use allowance" means a negotiated direct or indirect allowance- "Specialty metals" means- "Specialty metals" is defined in the clause at 252.225-7014, Preference for Domestic Specialty Metals. "Specifically authorized representative (SAR)" referred to in the clause at FAR 52.243-7, Notification of Changes (Apr 1984), is a "contracting officer's representative" as defined in 202.101 and as discussed in Subpart 201.6. "Specifically Negotiated License Rights (SNLR)." See Intellectual Property: Navigating through Commercial Waters, USD (AT&L), Oct 15, 2001, p. 2-14 (p. 29 PDF). "SpecifiedPaymentDate," as it applies to electronic funds
transfer (EFT), means the date that the Government has placed in the EFT payment transaction instruction given to the Federal Reserve System as the date on which the funds are to be transferred to the contractor's account by the financial agent. If no date has been specified in the instruction, the specified payment date is 3 business days after the payment office releases the EFT payment transaction instruction. "SPI process," as used in this clause, means a management or
manufacturing process that has been accepted previously by the Department of Defense under the Single Process Initiative (SPI) for use in lieu of a specific military or Federal specification or standard at specific facilities. Under SPI, these processes are reviewed and accepted by a Management Council, which includes representatives of the Contractor, the Defense Contract Management Agency, the Defense Contract Audit Agency, and the military departments. "SPM." See Software Product Manager. "Sponsor" means the executive agency which manages, administers,
monitors, funds, and is responsible for the overall use of an FFRDC. Multiple agency sponsorship is possible as long as one agency agrees to act as the "primary sponsor." In the event of multiple sponsors, "sponsor" refers to the primary sponsor. "Spread-gain actuarial cost method" means any of the several projected benefit actuarial cost methods under which actuarial gains and losses are included as part of the current and future normal costs of the pension plan. "SSEB." See Source Selection Evaluation Board. "SSP" means Strategic Systems Programs. " Stakeholder " is any person or organization that is affected by or has an impact on a system or decision. "Standard Commercial License." See p. 2-14 of Intellectual Property: Navigating through Commercial Waters, USD (AT&L), Oct 15, 2001, p. 30 (PDF). "Standard Component Clause" means a component clause prescribed for use in a component regulation. "Standard cost" means any cost computed with the use of preestablished measures. "Standard DFARS '7015' License." See p. 2-14 of Intellectual Property: Navigating through Commercial Waters, USD (AT&L), Oct 15, 2001, p. 30 (PDF). "Standardization." See Defense Standardization Program. "State", as used in this section, means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, an outlying area of the United States, an agency or instrumentality of a State, and multi-State, regional, or interstate entity having governmental duties and powers. "State," as used in this section, means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory or possession of the United States, an agency or instrumentality of a State, and multi-State, regional, or interstate entity having governmental duties and
powers. "State and local taxes" means taxes levied by the States, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, possessions of the United States, or their political subdivisions. "Status quo" means the last uncontested status which preceded the
pending controversy. "Stevedoring" is the- "Stock record," as used in this subpart, means a perpetual inventory record which shows by nomenclature the quantities of each item received and issued and the balance on hand. "Stop-work orders" may be used, when appropriate, in any
negotiated fixed-price or cost-reimbursement supply, research and development, or service contract if work stoppage may be required for reasons such as advancement in the state-of-the-art, production or engineering breakthroughs, or realignment of programs. "Storage" means a non-transitory, semi-permanent or permanent
holding, placement, or leaving of material. It does not include a temporary accumulation of a limited quantity of a material used in or a waste generated or resulting from authorized activities, such as servicing, maintenance, or repair of Department of Defense (DoD) items, equipment, or facilities. "STTR - Small Business Technology Transfer." See SBA - Office of Technology - SBIR-STTR and DoD SBIR-STTR-Fast Track. "Student" means an individual enrolled (or accepted for enrollment) at an institution of higher learning before the term of the student technical support contract. The individual shall remain in good standing in a curriculum designed to lead to the granting of a recognized degree, during the
term of the contract. "Studies, analyses, and evaluations." See "Advisory and assistance services." "Subcontract," as used in this clause, means any agreement (other than one involving an employer-employee relationship) entered into by a Federal Government prime Contractor or subcontractor calling for supplies or services required for performance of the contract or subcontract. "Subcontract" means a contract or contractual action entered into by a prime contractor or subcontractor for the purpose of obtaining supplies, materials, equipment, or services of any kind under a prime contract. "Subcontract," includes a transfer of commercial items between divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of the Contractor or subcontractor at any tier. "Subcontract," as used in this part, includes, but is not limited to, a transfer of commercial items between divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of a contractor or subcontractor. "Subcontract" also includes a transfer of commercial items between divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of a contractor or a subcontractor (10 U.S.C. 2306a(h)(2) and 41 U.S.C. 254b(h)(2)). "Subcontract" means any agreement (other than one involving an employer-employee relationship) entered into by a Federal Government prime Contractor or subcontractor calling for supplies or services required for performance of the contract or subcontract. "Subcontract" means any agreement (other than one involving an employer-employee relationship) entered into by a Government prime contractor or subcontractor calling for supplies and/or services required for performance of the contract, contract modification, or subcontract. "Subcontract" means any agreement or arrangement between a contractor and any person (in which the parties do not stand in the relationship of an employer and an employee)-- "Subcontract" means any contract as defined in Subpart 2.1 entered into by a subcontractor to furnish supplies or services for performance of a prime contract or a subcontract. It includes but is not limited to purchase orders, and changes and modifications to purchase orders. "Subcontract" means any agreement or arrangement between a contractor and any person (in which the parties do not stand in the relationship of an employer and an employee): "Subcontract," includes a transfer of commercial items between divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of the Contractor or subcontractor at any tier. "Subcontractor" means a supplier, materialman, distributor, or vendor at any level below the prime contractor whose contractual obligation to perform results from, or is conditioned upon, award of the prime contract and who is performing any part of the work or other requirement of the prime contract. "Subcontractor" (1) means any person, other than the prime contractor, who offers to furnish or furnishes any supplies, materials, equipment, or services of any kind under a prime contract or a subcontract entered into in connection with such prime contract; and (2) includes any person who offers to furnish or furnishes general supplies to the prime contractor or a higher tier subcontractor. "Subcontractor" means any person who holds, or has held, a subcontract subject to E.O. 11246. The term "first-tier subcontractor" means a subcontractor holding a subcontract with a prime contractor. "Subcontractor" means any supplier, distributor, vendor, or firm that furnishes supplies or services to or for a prime contractor or another subcontractor. "Subcontractor" (see FAR 44.101). "Subcontractor employee," as used in this clause, means any officer, partner, employee, or agent of a subcontractor. "Subject invention" means any invention of the contractor
conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the performance of work under a Government contract; provided, that in the case of a variety of plant, the date of determination defined in section 41(d) of the Plant Variety Protection Act, 7 U.S.C. 2401(d), must also occur during the period of contract performance. "Subject invention" is an invention that is first "made" [an invention is "made" if it is either conceived or first actually reduced to practice under the contract. See 35 U.S. Code 201, FAR 52.227-11(a), and -12(a) (These criteria are discussed further in Chapter 4.)] during the performance of a Government contract. The Government's and contractor's rights and obligations concerning subject inventions are set forth in great detail in the standard FAR patent rights clauses, which are based in part on statutory requirements. "Substantial evidence" means information sufficient to support the reasonable belief that a particular act or omission has occurred. "Substantial reduction" means a reduction of 25 percent or more in the total dollar value of funds obligated by the contract. "Substantially as follows" or "substantially the same as," when used in the prescription and introductory text of a provision or clause, means that authorization is granted to prepare and utilize a variation of that provision or clause to accommodate requirements that are peculiar to an individual acquisition; provided that the variation includes the salient features of the FAR provision or clause, and is not inconsistent with the intent, principle, and substance of the FAR provision or clause or related coverage of the subject matter. "Summary Jury Trial" means summary presentations by counsel in complex cases before a jury impaneled to make findings which are advisory, absent the agreement of the parties otherwise. "Summary record," as used in this subpart, means a separate card, form, document or specific line(s) of computer data used to account for multiple quantities of a line item of special tooling, special test equipment, or plant equipment costing less than $5,000 per unit. "Supplemental agreement" means a contract modification that is accomplished by the mutual action of the parties. "Supplies" means all property, except land and interests in land, that is clearly identifiable for eventual use by or owned by the DoD at the time of transportation by sea. "Supplies" means all property except land or interest in land.
It includes (but is not limited to) public works, buildings, and facilities; ships, floating equipment, and vessels of every character, type, and description, together with parts and accessories; aircraft and aircraft parts, accessories, and equipment; machine tools; and the alteration or installation of any of the foregoing. "Supply management" is the identification, acquisition, access, positioning, and management of resources the organization needs or potentially needs in the attainment of its strategic objectives. "Surety" means an individual or corporation legally liable for the debt, default, or failure of a principal to satisfy a contractual obligation. The types of sureties referred to are as follows: "Surplus property," as used in this subpart, means contractor
inventory not required by any Federal agency. "Surplus Release Date (SRD) ," as used in this subpart, means the date on which screening of personal property for Federal use is completed and the property is not needed for any Federal use. On that date, property becomes surplus and is eligible for donation. "Surveying activity," as used in this subpart, means the cognizant contract administration office or, if there is no such office, another organization designated by the agency to conduct preaward surveys. "Suspending official" means-- "Suspension" means action taken by a suspending official under 9.407 to disqualify a contractor temporarily from Government contracting and Government-approved subcontracting; a contractor that is disqualified is "suspended." "System context" encompasses all those considerations that define and constrain the system to be fielded: functional and non-functional requirements, end-user practices, business drivers, operational environment, constraints, applicable policies, budgets, and schedules. "System of records on individuals" means a group of any records under the control of any agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual. "Systems" means a combination of elements that will function together to produce the capabilities required to fulfill a mission need. "Systems acquisition" means the design, development, and production of new systems. It also includes modifications to existing systems that involve redesign of the system or subsystems. "Systems and other concept formulation studies" means analyses and study efforts either related to specific IR&D efforts or directed toward identifying desirable new systems, equipment or components, or modifications and improvements to existing systems, equipment, or components. "Systems engineering" includes a combination of substantially all of the following activities: determining specifications, identifying and resolving interface problems, developing test requirements, evaluating test data, and supervising design. Technical direction includes a combination of substantially all of the following activities: developing work statements, determining parameters, directing other contractors' operations, and resolving technical controversies. In performing these activities, a contractor occupies a highly influential and responsible position in determining a system's basic concepts and supervising their execution by other contractors. Therefore this contractor should not be in a position to make decisions favoring its own products or capabilities. Need a definition? Clarification? Suggest a new term or definition? |