Federal Acquisition Regulation

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federal regulation government-wide acquisition regulation procurement regulation

The Federal Acquisition Regulation is the primary set of rules governing how U.S. federal agencies procure goods and services from contractors.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Federal Acquisition Regulation canonical	86
Federal Acquisition Regulation System	5
Federal Acquisition Regulation system	2
FAR Part 1 – Federal Acquisition Regulations System	1
Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 8.4	1
Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 9.4	1
Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses	1
Federal Acquisition Regulation contracts	1
Federal Acquisition Regulation framework	1
Federal Acquisition Regulation provisions for FFRDCs	1
U.S. federal acquisition system	1
federal acquisition regulatory system of the United States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2912616 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Acquisition Regulation
Context triple: [Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, relatedTo, Federal Acquisition Regulation]

A. Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council is a U.S. government body responsible for overseeing and maintaining the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which governs how federal agencies procure goods and services.
B. Federal Advisory Committee Act
The Federal Advisory Committee Act is a U.S. law that governs the creation and operation of federal advisory committees to ensure transparency, public involvement, and balanced representation in their advice to the government.
C. Code of Federal Regulations
The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules and regulations issued by the departments and agencies of the United States federal government.
D. Office of Federal Procurement Policy
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is a U.S. federal office that provides overall direction for government-wide procurement policies, regulations, and procedures to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in federal contracting.
E. Government Procurement Code
The Government Procurement Code is a plurilateral trade agreement established under the GATT framework to open and regulate government purchasing markets among participating countries, later evolving into the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Acquisition Regulation
Target entity description: The Federal Acquisition Regulation is the primary set of rules governing how U.S. federal agencies procure goods and services from contractors.

A. Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council is a U.S. government body responsible for overseeing and maintaining the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which governs how federal agencies procure goods and services.
B. Federal Advisory Committee Act
The Federal Advisory Committee Act is a U.S. law that governs the creation and operation of federal advisory committees to ensure transparency, public involvement, and balanced representation in their advice to the government.
C. Code of Federal Regulations
The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules and regulations issued by the departments and agencies of the United States federal government.
D. Office of Federal Procurement Policy
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is a U.S. federal office that provides overall direction for government-wide procurement policies, regulations, and procedures to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in federal contracting.
E. Government Procurement Code
The Government Procurement Code is a plurilateral trade agreement established under the GATT framework to open and regulate government purchasing markets among participating countries, later evolving into the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal regulation ⓘ government-wide acquisition regulation ⓘ procurement regulation ⓘ
abbreviation	FAR ⓘ
administeredBy	Civilian Agency Acquisition Council ⓘ linked to: Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council Defense Acquisition Regulations Council ⓘ
appliesTo	executive agencies of the U.S. federal government ⓘ
CFRChapter	1 ⓘ
CFRTitle	48 ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
covers	acquisition planning ⓘ contract administration ⓘ contract clauses ⓘ contract cost principles ⓘ contract management ⓘ contract types ⓘ contracting methods ⓘ debarment and suspension ⓘ disputes ⓘ protests ⓘ socioeconomic programs in contracting ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo	judicial branch procurement ⓘ legislative branch procurement ⓘ
enforcedBy	agency heads ⓘ contracting officers ⓘ
firstEffectiveDate	1984 ⓘ
governs	acquisition of services ⓘ acquisition of supplies ⓘ federal procurement ⓘ
hasPart	FAR Part 1 – Federal Acquisition Regulations System ⓘ linked to: Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR Part 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services ⓘ FAR Part 15 – Contracting by Negotiation ⓘ FAR Part 19 – Small Business Programs ⓘ FAR Part 2 – Definitions of Words and Terms ⓘ FAR Part 31 – Contract Cost Principles and Procedures ⓘ FAR Part 52 – Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses ⓘ FAR Part 6 – Competition Requirements ⓘ
implementedBy	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement ⓘ agency acquisition regulations ⓘ
isPartOf	Federal Acquisition Regulation System ⓘ linked to: Federal Acquisition Regulation
issuedBy	Department of Defense ⓘ General Services Administration ⓘ linked to: U.S. General Services Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ linked to: NASA
jointAuthorityOf	Administrator of General Services ⓘ NASA Administrator ⓘ Secretary of Defense ⓘ linked to: United States Secretary of Defense
language	English ⓘ
legalAuthority	Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act ⓘ linked to: Office of Federal Procurement Policy
purpose	to ensure best value to the government ⓘ to ensure integrity and fairness in federal procurement ⓘ to promote competition in federal contracting ⓘ to provide uniform policies and procedures for acquisition by executive agencies ⓘ
relatedTo	Office of Federal Procurement Policy ⓘ
replaced	Defense Acquisition Regulation ⓘ Federal Procurement Regulations ⓘ
scope	all stages of the acquisition life cycle ⓘ
structure	organized into parts, subparts, sections, and subsections ⓘ
updatedBy	Federal Acquisition Circulars ⓘ
website	https://www.acquisition.gov/far ⓘ

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Referenced by (102)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 → relatedTo → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Office of Acquisition Management (FAS) → usesRegulatoryFramework → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Office of Acquisition (TTS) → usesFramework → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Multiple Award Schedules Program → legalBasis → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Office of General Supplies and Services (FAS) → compliesWith → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Office of Assisted Acquisition Services → regulatoryFramework → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

subject linked to: Office of Assisted Acquisition Services (FAS)

Office of the Chief Procurement Officer of DHS → usesRegulation → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization → follows → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

FBI contractors → governedBy → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting Program → implementedThrough → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Department of Energy nuclear contractors → follows → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Service Contract Act → implementedBy → Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses ⓘ

linked to: Federal Acquisition Regulation

Space Act Agreements → distinctFrom → Federal Acquisition Regulation contracts ⓘ

linked to: Federal Acquisition Regulation

OFPP → oversees → Federal Acquisition Regulation system ⓘ

linked to: Federal Acquisition Regulation

OFPP → uses → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Chief Acquisition Officers Council → relatedTo → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council → oversees → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council → maintains → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council → componentOf → federal acquisition regulatory system of the United States ⓘ

linked to: Federal Acquisition Regulation

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council → subjectOf → Federal Acquisition Regulation System ⓘ

linked to: Federal Acquisition Regulation

Title 41 of the United States Code → implementedBy → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Title 41 of the United States Code → authorityFor → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Federal Acquisition Regulation → isPartOf → Federal Acquisition Regulation System ⓘ

linked to: Federal Acquisition Regulation

Federal Acquisition Regulation → hasPart → FAR Part 1 – Federal Acquisition Regulations System ⓘ

linked to: Federal Acquisition Regulation

U.S. defense acquisition system → governedBy → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

SAM.gov → regulatoryBasis → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

FPDS-NG → regulatoryBasis → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Federal Procurement Data System → regulatesBy → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

FBO.gov → governedBy → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

FedBizOpps → regulatoryBasis → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

eSRS → regulatoryContext → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

GSA Acquisition Regulation → isSupplementTo → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

GSA Acquisition Regulation → basedOn → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

GSA Acquisition Regulation → partOf → U.S. federal acquisition system ⓘ

linked to: Federal Acquisition Regulation

OAM (FAS) → uses → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Federal Acquisition Service business lines → regulatoryFramework → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

MAS Program → isGovernedBy → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Federal Supply Schedules Program → legalBasis → Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 8.4 ⓘ

linked to: Federal Acquisition Regulation

Federal Supply Schedules Program → regulatedBy → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

GSA Schedules Program → legalAuthority → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Federal Acquisition Service → regulatoryFramework → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Special Item Numbers → regulatedBy → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity → regulatoryFramework → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

460th Contracting Squadron → regulatoryFramework → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Air Force Installation Contracting Center → usesFramework → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

United States defense companies → regulation → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Office of Small Business Programs → regulatoryFramework → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation → supplements → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation → augments → Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ

Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation → basedOn → Federal Acquisition Regulation system ⓘ

linked to: Federal Acquisition Regulation

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