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Track agreement wide terms and conditions #6

Open djfurman opened 7 years ago

djfurman commented 7 years ago

Agreements and contracts are subject to terms and conditions, some of which span the entire agreement. Items such as Free-on-base point and remediation requirements can and should be defined.

The government adds to these terms and conditions by adding entire regulatory doctrines which can be referenced. Since these change the behavior of the business functionality of the agreement through its lifecycle, they are called out separately and tracked.

In the US Federal government, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) section 52 is dedicated to such restrictions (referred to as clauses).

The Department of Defense extends the FAR with the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) where section 252 adds additional clauses and then adds Procedures Guidance and Information (PGIs) that can further modify behavior. Each branch and command of the armed forces then adds to these.

Since these regulations are common across services and include analogs in non-DoD agencies (e.g., the US General Services Administration (GSA) Acquisition Manual (GSAM) includes parts

All of which define these behaviors.

These must be tracked with respect to their