Late Payments to Contractors by Federal Agencies: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Small Business, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session ... Portland, Oreg., August 26, 1977

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Page 178 - INSPECTION (a) All supplies (which term throughout this clause includes without limitation raw materials, components, intermediate assemblies, and end products) shall be subject to inspection and test by the Government, to the extent practicable at all times and places including the period of manufacture, and in any event prior to acceptance.
Page 73 - ... any fee, commission, percentage or brokerage fee, contingent upon or resulting from the award of this contract, and agrees to furnish information relating to (a) and (b) above as requested by the Contracting Officer. (For Interpretation of the representation, including the term "bona fide employee," see Code of Federal Regulations.
Page 175 - He further agrees that (except where he has obtained identical certifications from proposed subcontractors for specific time periods) he will obtain identical certifications from proposed subcontractors prior to...
Page 89 - Except as otherwise provided in this contract, acceptance shall be conclusive except as regards latent defects, fraud, or such gross mistakes as amount to fraud.
Page 33 - The decision of the Secretary or his duly authorized representative for the determination of such appeals shall be final and conclusive unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been fraudulent, or capricious, or arbitrary, or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply bad faith, or not supported by substantial evidence.
Page 75 - Equal Opportunity clause; that he will retain such certifications in his files; and that he will forward the following notice to such proposed subcontractors (except where the proposed subcontractors have submitted identical certifications for specific time periods) : NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE SUBCONTRACTORS OF REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATIONS OF NONSEGREGATED FACILITIES. A Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities...
Page 89 - Failure to agree to such reduction of price shall be a dispute concerning a question of fact within the meaning of the clause of this contract entitled "Disputes.
Page 89 - Supplies or lots of supplies which have been rejected or required to be corrected shall be removed, or, if permitted or required by the Contracting...
Page 75 - The certification may be submitted either for each subcontract or for all subcontracts during a period (ie, quarterly, semiannually, or annually) . NOTE: The penalty for making false statements in offers is prescribed in 18 USC 1001 or 15U.SC 714m(a).
Page 178 - The Contractor shall provide and maintain an inspection system acceptable to the Government covering the work hereunder. Records of all Inspection work by the Contractor shall be kept complete and available to the Government during the performance of this contract and for such longer period as may be specified elsewhere in this contract.

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