Part 9 - Contractor Qualifications

• 9.000 Scope of part.

• Subpart 9.1 - Responsible Prospective Contractors

  • 9.100 Scope of subpart.

  • 9.101 Definitions.

  • 9.102 Applicability.

  • 9.103 Policy.

  • 9.104 Standards.

    • 9.104-1 General standards.

    • 9.104-2 Special standards.

    • 9.104-3 Application of standards.

    • 9.104-4 Subcontractor responsibility.

    • 9.104-5 Representation and certifications regarding responsibility matters.

    • 9.104-6 Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.

    • 9.104-7 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

  • 9.105 Procedures.

    • 9.105-1 Obtaining information.

    • 9.105-2 Determinations and documentation.

    • 9.105-3 Disclosure of preaward information.

  • 9.106 Preaward surveys.

    • 9.106-1 Conditions for preaward surveys.

    • 9.106-2 Requests for preaward surveys.

    • 9.106-3 Interagency preaward surveys.

    • 9.106-4 Reports.

  • 9.107 Surveys of nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne Program.

  • 9.108 Prohibition on contracting with inverted domestic corporations.

    • 9.108-1 Definitions.

    • 9.108-2 Prohibition.

    • 9.108-3 Representation by the offeror.

    • 9.108-4 Waiver.

    • 9.108-5 Solicitation provision and contract clause.

  • 9.109 Prohibition on contracting with an entity involved in activities that violate arms control treaties or agreements with the United States.

    • 9.109-1 Authority.

    • 9.109-2 Prohibition.

    • 9.109-3 Exception.

    • 9.109-4 Certification by the offeror.

    • 9.109-5 Solicitation provision.

  • 9.110 Reserve Officer Training Corps and military recruiting on campus.

    • 9.110-1 Definitions.

    • 9.110-2 Authority

    • 9.110-3 Policy.

    • 9.110-4 Procedures.

    • 9.110-5 Contract clause.

• Subpart 9.2 - Qualifications Requirements

  • 9.200 Scope of subpart.

  • 9.201 Definitions.

  • 9.202 Policy.

  • 9.203 QPL’s, QML’s, and QBL’s.

  • 9.204 Responsibilities for establishment of a qualification requirement.

  • 9.205 Opportunity for qualification before award.

  • 9.206 Acquisitions subject to qualification requirements.

    • 9.206-1 General.

    • 9.206-2 Contract clause.

    • 9.206-3 Competition.

  • 9.207 Changes in status regarding qualification requirements.

• Subpart 9.3 - First Article Testing and Approval

  • 9.301 Definition.

  • 9.302 General.

  • 9.303 Use.

  • 9.304 Exceptions.

  • 9.305 Risk.

  • 9.306 Solicitation requirements.

  • 9.307 Government administration procedures.

  • 9.308 Contract clauses.

    • 9.308-1 Testing performed by the contractor.

    • 9.308-2 Testing performed by the Government.

• Subpart 9.4 - Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility

  • 9.400 Scope of subpart.

  • 9.401 Applicability.

  • 9.402 Policy.

  • 9.403 Definitions.

  • 9.404 Exclusions in the System for Award Management.

  • 9.405 Effect of listing.

    • 9.405-1 Continuation of current contracts.

    • 9.405-2 Restrictions on subcontracting.

  • 9.406 Debarment.

    • 9.406-1 General.

    • 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.

    • 9.406-3 Procedures.

    • 9.406-4 Period of debarment.

    • 9.406-5 Scope of debarment.

  • 9.407 Suspension.

    • 9.407-1 General.

    • 9.407-2 Causes for suspension.

    • 9.407-3 Procedures.

    • 9.407-4 Period of suspension.

    • 9.407-5 Scope of suspension.

  • 9.408 [Reserved]

  • 9.409 Contract clause.

• Subpart 9.5 - Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest

  • 9.500 Scope of subpart.

  • 9.501 Definition.

  • 9.502 Applicability.

  • 9.503 Waiver.

  • 9.504 Contracting officer responsibilities.

  • 9.505 General rules.

    • 9.505-1 Providing systems engineering and technical direction.

    • 9.505-2 Preparing specifications or work statements.

    • 9.505-3 Providing evaluation services.

    • 9.505-4 Obtaining access to proprietary information.

  • 9.506 Procedures.

  • 9.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.

    • 9.507-1 Solicitation provisions.

    • 9.507-2 Contract clause.

  • 9.508 Examples.

• Subpart 9.6 - Contractor Team Arrangements

  • 9.601 Definition.

  • 9.602 General.

  • 9.603 Policy.

  • 9.604 Limitations.

• Subpart 9.7 - Defense Production Pools and Research and Development Pools

  • 9.701 Definition.

  • 9.702 Contracting with pools.

  • 9.703 Contracting with individual pool members.