FAR

"The Federal Acquisition Regulation is like the bible for federal contracting," said Michael Johnson, Professor of Contract Management, Defense Acquisition University.

(1) Although the Department of Defense has issued the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) (2) and the Department of the Army has issued the Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS) (3) to implement the FAR, neither the DFARS nor the AFARS further defines, clarifies, or explains the phrase "unauthorized commitment." At first glance, the FAR's definition may seem straightforward since it specifies only 4 simple requirements for a communication or transaction to meet the definition of an unauthorized commitment:

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(6) Federal Acquisition Regulation; Fast Payment Procedures, 71 Fed.

It also prescribed the appointment of Contracting Officer's Representatives (CORs), in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 201.602-2 (Lee, 2004, September 13, p.

TTC contracts will convert the Guaranteed Traffic, or GT, Program, used by the command for more than 17 years, to Federal Acquisition Regulation, or FAR, performance-based contracts.

This action permanently removes the blacklisting regulations from the federal acquisition regulation, the rules for federal procurement.

The federal acquisition regulation (FAR) is the principal system.

This contract award was not competitively procured in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 and 10 U.S.