Federal Subcontractor Law and Legal Definition
As per Federal Acquisition Regulations System, Subcontractor means any supplier, distributor, vendor, or firm that furnishes supplies or services to or for a prime contractor or another subcontractor. 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. 48 CFR 44.101
48 CFR 2.101 defines contract as a mutually binding legal relationship obligating the seller to furnish the supplies or services (including construction) and the buyer to pay for them. It includes all types of commitments that obligate the Government to an expenditure of appropriated funds and that, except as otherwise authorized, are in writing. In addition to bilateral instruments, contracts include (but are not limited to) awards and notices of awards; job orders or task letters issued under basic ordering agreements; letter contracts; orders, such as purchase orders, under which the contract becomes effective by written acceptance or performance; and bilateral contract modifications. Contracts do not include grants and cooperative agreements covered by 31 U.S.C. 6301, et seq.
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- Federal Statute
- Federal Stafford Loan Program [Education]
- Federal Share of Real Property, Equipment, or Supplies [Education]
- Federal Service
- Federal Sentencing Guidelines
- Federal Subcontractor
- Federal Supervisory Agency [Banks & Banking]
- Federal Supplement
- Federal Supplemental Benefits - FSB
- Federal Supply Service [FSS]
- Federal Technical Data Solution
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- Accompanying the Federal Government Outside the United States
- Active Voters [Federal Elections]
- Actuarial Documents [Federal Crop Insurance Corporation]
- Actuarially Appropriate [Federal Crop Insurance Corporation]
- Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
- Administrative Governor [Federal Reserve System]
- Advisory Councils of Federal Reserve System
- Agent [Federal Elections]
- Aggregate Federal Share of Compensation
- Allotment from Federal Employee
