CHAPTER 15 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Chapter 15
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SUBCHAPTER A - GENERAL
PART 1500 [RESERVED]
PART 1501 - GENERAL
1501.000 Scope of part.
Subpart 1501.1 - Purpose, Authority, Issuance
1501.101 Purpose.
1501.104 Applicability.
1501.105 Issuance.
1501.105-1 Publication and code arrangement.
1501.105-2 Arrangement of regulations.
1501.105-3 Copies.
Subpart 1501.3 - Agency Acquisition Regulations
1501.301 Policy.
1501.370 OMB approvals under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Subpart 1501.4 - Deviations
1501.401 Definition.
1501.403 Individual deviations.
1501.404 Class deviations.
Subpart 1501.6 - Contracting Authority and Responsibilities
1501.602-3 Ratification of unauthorized commitments.
1501.603 Selection, appointment, and termination of appointment.
1501.603-1 General.
PART 1502 - DEFINITION OF WORDS AND TERMS
Subpart 1502.1 - Definitions
1502.100 Definitions.
PART 1503 - IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES AND PERSONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
1503.000 Scope of part.
Subpart 1503.1 - Safeguards
1503.101-370 Financial conflicts of interest and loss of impartiality.
1503.104-4 Disclosure, protection, and marking of contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information.
Subpart 1503.6 - Contracts With Government Employees or Organizations Owned or Controlled by Them
1503.600-70 Scope of subpart.
1503.600-71 Definitions.
1503.601 Policy.
1503.602 Exceptions.
1503.670 Disclosure provision.
Subpart 1503.9 - Whistleblower Protections for Contractor Employees
1503.905 Procedures for investigating complaints.
Subpart 1503.10 - Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct
1503.1002 Policy.
1503.1003 Requirements.
1503.1004 Contract clause.
1503.1070 Scientific integrity.
1503.1071 Contract clause.
PART 1504 - ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Subpart 1504.6 - Contract Reporting
1504.670 [Reserved]
Subpart 1504.8 - Contract Files
1504.804 Closeout of contract files.
1504.804-5 Detailed procedures for closing out contract files.
SUBCHAPTER B - ACQUISITION PLANNING
PART 1505 - PUBLICIZING CONTRACT ACTIONS
1505.000 Scope of part.
Subpart 1505.2 - Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions
1505.202 Exceptions.
1505.203 Publicizing and response time.
1505.271 [Reserved]
Subpart 1505.5 - Paid Advertisement [Reserved]
PART 1506 - COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS
1506.000 Scope of part.
Subpart 1506.2 - Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources [Reserved]
Subpart 1506.3 - Other Than Full and Open Competition
1506.302-5 Authorized or required by statute.
1506.303-2 Content.
PART 1508 - REQUIRED SOURCES OF SUPPLY
Subpart 1508.8 - Acquisition of Printing and Related Supplies
1508.870 Contract clause.
PART 1509 - CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS
1509.000 Scope of part.
Subpart 1509.4 - Debarment, Suspension and Ineligibility
1509.403 Definitions.
1509.406 Debarment.
1509.406-3 Procedures.
1509.407 Suspension.
1509.407-3 Procedures.
Subpart 1509.5 - Organizational Conflicts of Interests
1509.500 Scope of subpart.
1509.502 Applicability.
1509.503 Waiver.
1509.505-4 Obtaining access to proprietary information.
1509.505-70 Information sources.
1509.507-1 Solicitation provisions.
1509.507-2 Contract clause.
PART 1511 - DESCRIBING AGENCY NEEDS
1511.000 Scope of part.
1511.011 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses.
1511.011-70 Reports of work.
1511.011-71 [Reserved]
1511.011-72 Monthly progress report.
1511.011-73 Level of effort.
1511.011-74 Work assignments.
1511.011-75 Working files.
1511.011-76 Legal analysis.
1511.011-77 Final reports.
1511.011-78 Advisory and assistance services.
1511.011-79 Information resources management.
PART 1512 - ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS
Subpart 1512.1 - Special Requirements for the Acquisition of Commercial Items
1512.101 Unenforceability of unauthorized obligations.
1512.1070 Contract clause.
SUBCHAPTER C - CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES
PART 1513 - SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES
1513.000 Scope of part.
Subpart 1513.1 - General
1513.170 Competition exceptions and justification for sole source simplified acquisition procedures.
1513.170-1 Contents of sole source justifications.
Subpart 1513.4 - Imprest Fund [Reserved]
Subpart 1513.5 - Purchase Orders
1513.505 Purchase order and related forms.
1513.507 Contract clauses.
Subpart 1513.6 - Actions at or Below the Micro-Purchase Threshold
PART 1514 - SEALED BIDDING
Subpart 1514.2 - Solicitation of Bids
1514.201 Preparation of invitations for bids.
1514.201-6 Solicitation provisions.
1514.201-7 Contract clauses.
1514.205 Solicitation mailing lists.
Subpart 1514.4 - Opening of Bids and Award of Contract
1514.404 Rejection of bids.
1514.406 Mistakes in bids.
PART 1515 - CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION
1515.000 Scope of part.
Subpart 1515.2 - Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and Information
1515.209 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
Subpart 1515.4 - Contract Pricing
1515.404-4 Profit.
1515.404-470 Policy.
1515.404-471 EPA structured approach for developing profit or fee objectives.
1515.404-472 Other methods.
1515.404-473 Limitations.
1515.404-474 Waivers.
1515.404-475 Cost realism.
1515.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
Subpart 1515.6 - Unsolicited Proposals
1515.604 Agency points of contact.
1515.606-70 Contracting methods.
PART 1516 - TYPES OF CONTRACTS
Subpart 1516.3 - Cost-Reimbursement Contracts
1516.301-70 Payment of fee.
1516.303 Cost-sharing contracts.
1516.303-71 Definition.
1516.303-72 Policy.
1516.303-73 Types of cost-sharing.
1516.303-74 Determining the value of in-kind contributions.
1516.303-75 Amount of cost-sharing.
1516.303-76 Fee on cost-sharing contracts by subcontractors.
1516.303-77 Administrative requirements.
1516.307 Contract clauses.
1516.370 Solicitation provision.
Subpart 1516.4 - Incentive Contracts
1516.401-1 General.
1516.401-70 Award term incentives.
1516.401-270 Definition.
1516.405-2 Cost-plus-award-fee contracts.
1516.405-270 Definitions.
1516.405-271 Limitations.
1516.405-272 Waiver.
1516.406 Contract clauses.
Subpart 1516.5 - Indefinite-Delivery Contracts
1516.505 Contract clauses.
Subpart 1516.6 - Time-and-Materials, Labor-Hour, and Letter Contracts
1516.603 Letter Contracts.
1516.603-1 What is a Notice to Proceed?
1516.603-2 What are the requirements for use of an NTP?
1516.603-3 Limitations.
PART 1517 - SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS
Subpart 1517.2 - Options
1517.204 Contracts.
1517.207 Exercise of options.
1517.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
SUBCHAPTER D - SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS
PART 1519 - SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS
Subpart 1519.2 - Policies
1519.201 Policy.
1519.201-71 Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.
1519.201-72 Small business specialists.
1519.202-5 [Reserved]
1509.203--1519.204 [Reserved]
Subpart 1519.5 - Set-Asides for Small Business
1519.501 Review of acquisitions.
1519.503 Class set-aside for construction.
Subpart 1519.6 [Reserved]
Subpart 1519.7 - The Small Business Subcontracting Program
1519.705-2 Determining the need for a subcontract plan.
1519.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
1519.705-70 Synopsis of contracts containing Pub. L. 95-507 subcontracting plans and goals.
PART 1520 - LABOR SURPLUS AREA CONCERNS
Subpart 1520.1 - General [Reserved]
Subpart 1520.3 - Labor Surplus Area Subcontracting Program [Reserved]
PART 1522 - APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS
Subpart 1522.8 - Equal Employment Opportunity
1522.803 Responsibilities.
1522.804 Affirmative action programs.
1522.804-2 Construction.
Subpart 1522.10 - Service Contract Act of 1965 [Reserved]
Subpart 1522.13 - Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans [Reserved]
Subpart 1522.14 - Employment of the Handicapped [Reserved]
PART 1523 - ENVIRONMENTAL, CONSERVATION, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, AND DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE
Subpart 1523.3 - Hazardous Material and Material Safety Data
1523.303 Contract clause.
1523.303-70 Protection of human subjects.
1523.303-71 Decontamination of Government-furnished property.
1523.303-72 Use and care of laboratory animals.
Subpart 1523.7 - Contracting for Environmentally Preferable Products and Services
1523.703 Policies and procedures.
1523.703-1 Acquisition of environmentally preferable meeting and conference facilities and services.
PART 1524 - PROTECTION OF PRIVACY AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
Subpart 1524.1 - Protection of Individual Privacy
1524.104 Solicitation provisions.
Subpart 1524.2 - Freedom of Information Act [Reserved]
PART 1525 - FOREIGN ACQUISITION
Subpart 1525.1 - Buy American Act - Supplies [Reserved]
SUBCHAPTER E - GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS
PART 1527 - PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS
Subpart 1527.4 - Rights in Data and Copyrights
1527.404 Basic rights in data clause.
1527.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
PART 1528 - BONDS OF INSURANCE
Subpart 1528.3 - Insurance
1528.301 Insurance liability to third persons.
PART 1529 - TAXES
Subpart 1529.3 - State and Local Taxes
1529.303 Application of State and local taxes to Government contractors and subcontractors.
Subpart 1529.4 [Reserved]
PART 1530 - COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
Subpart 1530.3 - CAS Contract Requirements [Reserved]
PART 1531 - CONTRACT COST PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES
Subpart 1531.1 - Applicability [Reserved]
PART 1532 - CONTRACT FINANCING
1532.003 Simplified acquisition procedures financing.
1532.006 Reduction or suspension of contract payments upon finding of fraud.
1532.006-1 General.
1532.006-2 Definitions.
1532.006-3 Responsibilities.
Subpart 1532.1 - General
1532.102 Description of contract financing methods.
1532.111 Contract clauses.
1532.170 Forms.
Subpart 1532.2 - Commercial Item Purchase Financing
1532.201 Statutory authority.
Subpart 1532.4 - Advance Payments [Reserved]
Subpart 1532.8 - Assignment of Claims
1532.805 Procedure.
1532.805-70 Forms.
Subpart 1532.9 - Prompt Payment
1532.908 Contract clauses.
Subpart 1532.10 - Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations
1532.1070 Contract Clauses.
PART 1533 - PROTESTS, DISPUTES AND APPEALS
Subpart 1533.1 - Protests
1533.103 Protests to the Agency.
Subpart 1533.2 - Disputes and Appeals
1533.203 Applicability.
SUBCHAPTER F - SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING
PART 1535 - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTING
1535.007 Solicitations.
1535.007-70 Contract clauses.
PART 1536 - CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS
Subpart 1536.2 - Special Aspects of Contracting for Construction
1536.209 Construction contracts with architect-engineer firms.
Subpart 1536.5 - Contract Clauses
1536.521 Specifications and drawings for construction.
Subpart 1536.6 - Architect-Engineer Services
1536.602 Selection of firms for architect-engineer contracts.
1536.602-2 Establishment of evaluation boards.
PART 1537 - SERVICE CONTRACTING
Subpart 1537.1 - Service Contracts - General
1537.110 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
PART 1539 - ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Subpart 1539.1 - Commercial Supplier Agreements
Subpart 1539.2 - Open Source Software
§ 1539.2071 Contract clause.
SUBCHAPTER G - CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
PART 1542 - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
Subpart 1542.7 - Indirect Cost Rates
1542.703-2 Certificate of indirect costs.
1542.705 Final indirect cost rates.
1542.705-70 Solicitation and contract clause.
Subpart 1542.12 - Novation and Change of Name Agreements
1542.1200 Scope of subpart.
1542.1202 Responsibility for executing agreements.
1542.1203 Processing agreements.
PART 1545 - GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
Subpart 1545.1 - General
1545.107 Government property clauses.
Subpart 1545.3 - Providing Government Property to Contractors
1545.309 Providing Government production and research property under special restrictions.
PART 1546 - QUALITY ASSURANCE
Subpart 1546.7 - Warranties
1546.704 Authority for use of warranties.
PART 1548 - VALUE ENGINEERING [RESERVED]
SUBCHAPTER H - CLAUSES AND FORMS
PART 1552 - SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES
Subpart 1552.2 - Texts of Provisions and Clauses
1552.203-70 Current/former agency employee involvement certification.
1552.203-71 Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline poster.
1552.203-72 Scientific integrity.
1552.204-70 [Reserved]
1552.208-70 Printing.
1552.209-70 Organizational conflict of interest notification.
1552.209-71 Organizational conflicts of interest.
1552.209-72 Organizational conflict of interest certification.
1552.209-73 Notification of conflicts of interest regarding personnel.
1552.209-74 Limitation of future contracting.
1552.209-75 Annual certification.
1552.210-71 [Reserved]
1552.210-73--1552.210-74 [Reserved]
1552.211-70 Reports of work.
1552.211-72 Monthly progress report.
1552.211-73 Level of effort - cost-reimbursement contract.
1552.211-74 Work assignments.
1552.211-75 Working files.
1552.211-76 Legal analysis.
1552.211-77 Final reports.
1552.211-78 Advisory and assistance services.
1552.211-79 Compliance with EPA policies for information resources management.
1552.213-70 Notice to suppliers of equipment.
1552.214-71 Contract award - other factors - formal advertising.
1552.215-70--1552.215-71 [Reserved]
1552.215-72 Instructions for the Preparation of Proposals.
1552.215-73 General financial and organizational information.
1552.215-74 Advanced understanding - uncompensated time.
1552.215-75 Past performance information.
1552.215-76 [Reserved]
1552.216-70 Award Fee.
1552.216-71 Date of incurrence of cost.
1552.216-72 Ordering - by designated ordering officers.
1552.216-73 Fixed rates for services - indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract.
1552.216-74 Payment of fee.
1552.216-75 Base fee and award fee proposal.
1552.216-76 Estimated cost and cost-sharing.
1552.216-77 Award term incentive.
1552.216-78 Award term incentive plan.
1552.216-79 Award term availability of funds.
1552.217-70 Evaluation of contract options.
1552.217-71 Option to extend the term of the contract - cost-type contract.
1552.217-72 Option to extend the term of the contract - cost-plus-award-fee contract.
1552.217-73 Option for increased quantity - cost-type contract.
1552.217-74 Option for increased quantity - cost-plus-award-fee contract.
1552.217-75 Option to extend the effective period of the contract - time and materials or labor hour contract.
1552.217-76 Option to extend the effective period of the contract - indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract.
1552.217-77 Option to extend the term of the contract fixed price.
1552.219-70--1552.219-74 [Reserved]
1552.223-70 Protection of human subjects.
1552.223-71 EPA Green Meetings and Conferences.
1552.223-72 Use and care of laboratory animals.
1552.224-70 Social security numbers of consultants and certain sole proprietors and Privacy Act statement.
1552.227-76 Project employee confidentiality agreement.
1552.228-70 Insurance liability to third persons.
1552.229-70 [Reserved]
1552.232-70 Submission of invoices.
1552.232-71--1552.232-73 [Reserved]
1552.232-74 Payments - simplified acquisition procedures financing.
1552.232-75 Commercial supplier agreements - unenforceable clauses.
1552.233-70 Notice of filing requirements for agency protests.
1552.235-70 Screening business information for claims of confidentiality.
1552.235-71 Treatment of confidential business information.
1552.235-72 [Reserved]
1552.235-73 Access to Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Confidential Business Information (APR 1996).
1552.235-74 [Reserved]
1552.235-75 Access to Toxic Substances Control Act Confidential Business Information (APR 1996).
1552.235-76 Treatment of Confidential Business Information (APR 1996).
1552.235-77 Data Security for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act Confidential Business Information (DEC 1997).
1552.235-78 Data Security for Toxic Substances Control Act Confidential Business Information (DEC 1997).
1552.235-79 Release of contractor confidential business information.
1552.235-80 Access to confidential business information.
1552.235-81 Institutional oversight of life sciences dual use research of concern - Representation.
1552.235-82 Institutional oversight of life sciences dual use research of concern.
1552.236-70 Samples and certificates.
1552.237-70 Contract publication review procedures.
1552.237-71 Technical direction.
1552.237-72 Key personnel.
1552.237-73 [Reserved]
1552.237-74 Publicity.
1552.237-75 Paperwork Reduction Act.
1552.237-76 Government-Contractor Relations.
§ 1552.239-71 Open Source Software.
1552.242-70 Indirect costs.
1552.242-72 Financial administrative contracting officer.
1552.245-70 Government property.
1552.245-71 Government-furnished data.
Subpart 1552.3 - FAR and EPAAR Class Deviations
1552.312-4 Contract terms and conditions - commercial items (far deviation).
1552.332-39 Unenforceability of unauthorized obligations (far deviation).
PART 1553 - FORMS
1553.000 Scope of part.
Subpart 1553.2 - Prescription of Forms
1553.213 Simplified acquisition procedures.
1553.213-70 EPA Form 1900-8, Procurement Request/Order.
1553.216 Types of contracts.
1553.216-70 EPA Form 1900-41A, CPAF Contract Summary of Significant Performance Observation.
1553.216-71 EPA Form 1900-41B, CPAF Contract Individual Performance Event.
1553.232 Contract financing.
1553.232-70 EPA Form 1900-3, Assignee's Release.
1553.232-71 EPA Form 1900-4, Assignee's Assignment of Refunds, Rebates, Credits and Other Amounts.
1553.232-72 EPA Form 1900-5, Contractor's Assignment of Refunds, Rebates, and Credits.
1553.232-73 EPA Form 1900-6, Contractor's Release.
1553.232-74 EPA Form 1900-10, Contractor's Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation.
1553.232-75 EPA Form 1900-68, notice of contract costs suspended and/or disallowed.
1553.232-76 [Reserved]
PARTS 1554-1599 [RESERVED]