What FAR Part 11 / 48 CFR Part 11 - Describing Agency Needs requires
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 11 / 48 CFR Part 11 establishes policies and procedures for describing agency needs in federal acquisitions across seven subparts: 11.1 Selecting and Developing Requirements Documents (specifications, standards, performance-based descriptions); 11.2 Using and Maintaining Requirements Documents; 11.3 Acceptable Material (recovered materials, energy efficiency); 11.4 Delivery or Performance Schedules; 11.5 Liquidated Damages; 11.6 Priorities and Allocations (Defense Production Act DPAS); 11.7 Variation in Quantity. FAR 11.002 establishes the foundational policy: 'In fulfilling requirements... agencies shall - (1) Specify needs using market research in a manner designed to - (i) Promote full and open competition (see Part 6), or maximum practicable competition when using simplified acquisition procedures, with due regard to the nature of the supplies or services to be acquired; (ii) Only include restrictive provisions or conditions to the extent necessary to satisfy the needs of the agency or as authorized by law'; FAR 11.002(a)(2) provides the performance-based requirements directive: 'State requirements with respect to an acquisition of supplies or services in terms of - (i) Functions to be performed; (ii) Performance required; or (iii) Essential physical characteristics.' FAR 11.101 establishes the order of precedence for requirements documents: (1) Documents mandated for use by law; (2) Performance-oriented documents (e.g., performance work statements); (3) Detailed design-oriented documents; (4) Standards, specifications, and related publications issued by the Government outside the Defense or Federal series; FAR 11.103 establishes market acceptance considerations for restricting to commercially acceptable products; FAR 11.104 governs brand name or equal purchase descriptions; FAR 11.5 Liquidated Damages enables the recovery of monetary damages for breach of delivery or performance terms; FAR 11.6 implements the Defense Production Act priorities and allocations system administered by the Department of Commerce.
Pillar: Public Sector & Government Procurement · Authority: Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FARC) - codified in 48 CFR Chapter 1 Part 11 · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-11
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- FAR 11.002(a)(1) GENERAL POLICY: 'In fulfilling requirements of 10 U.S.C. 3221, 10 U.S.C. 3252, and 41 U.S.C. 3306(a), agencies shall— (1) Specify needs using market research in a manner designed to— (i) Promote full and open competition (see Part 6), or maximum practicable competition when using simplified acquisition procedures, with due regard to the nature of the supplies or services to be acquired; and (ii) Only include restrictive provisions or conditions to the extent necessary to satisfy the needs of the agency or as authorized by law.'
- FAR 11.002(a)(2) PERFORMANCE-BASED REQUIREMENTS: '(2) State requirements with respect to an acquisition of supplies or services in terms of— (i) Functions to be performed; (ii) Performance required; or (iii) Essential physical characteristics.'
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