Contracts Rules & Policies

Table of Contents

• The Rules
• DHHS and NIH Sites
• Cost Principles
• Small Business Assistance
• Travel
• Systems
• Contractor Management Programs
• Contracting Professionals
• General Reference

The Rules

• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
• Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
• OMB Circulars
• GAO Legal Decisions
• Principles of Federal Appropriations Law (Red Book)
• HHS Acquisition Regulation (HHSAR)
• NIH Efficient Spending Policy
• NIH Manual Chapters
• NIH Office of Extramural Research Policy & Compliance
• Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
• NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare

DHHS and NIH Sites

• HHS Technology Transfer Policies and Procedures Manual
• NIH Office of Acquisition Management and Policy (OAMP)
  • Division of Acquisition Policy and Evaluation (DAPE)
  • Division of Financial Advisory Services (DFAS)
  • Division of Simplified Acquisition Policy and Services (DSAPS)
  • Document Generation System (DGS)
  • Acquisition Resources

Cost Principles

• FAR Part 31—Contract Cost Principles and Procedures
• Title 2 CFR, Grants and Agreements
• Title 45 CFR 75, Subpart F Appendix, Principles for Determining Costs Applicable to Research and Development Under Grants and Contracts With Hospitals

Small Business Assistance

• Small Business Administration (SBA)
  • SBA HUBZone Information
  • Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting Program
  • 8(a) Business Development Program
• HHS Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)

Travel

• Federal Travel Regulation
• Passports
• Visas
• International Travel Information
• CDC Travel Information
• Per Diem Rates

Systems

• Electronic Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS)
• Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS)
• Official Contract File Repository (OCFR)
• Simplified Acquisition File Exchange - Micropurchase Professional (SAFE-MP)
• Simplified Acquisition File Exchange – Micropurchase Individual (SAFE-MI)
• Simplified Acquisition File Exchange – Above Micropurchase Professional (SAFE-AMP)
• Acquisitions Electronic Modules—complete listing of systems
   

Contractor Management Programs

• System for Award Management (SAM)
• Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS)

Contracting Professionals

• FAI
• Send FAC-C questions to FAC-C@mail.nih.gov
• Federal Acquisition Certificate in Contracting (FAC-C) 
• Acquisition Career Program (ACP)
• Defense Acquisition University
• Learning Management System
   

General Reference

• Federal Register
• Congress.gov
• Office of Federal Procurement Policy
• NASA Jumpstation
• NIH Enterprise Directory (NED)
• Where in Federal Contracting
• Contract Tool Box

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