[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR37.101]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 37_SERVICE CONTRACTING--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart 37.1_Service Contracts_General
 
Sec.  37.101  Definitions.


    As used in this part--
    Child care services means child protective services (including the 
investigation of child abuse and neglect reports), social services, 
health and mental health care, child (day) care, education (whether or 
not directly involved in teaching), foster care, residential care, 
recreational or rehabilitative programs, and detention, correctional, or 
treatment services.
    Nonpersonal services contract means a contract under which the 
personnel rendering the services are not subject, either by the 
contract's terms or by the manner of its administration, to the 
supervision and control usually prevailing in relationships between the 
Government and its employees.
    Performance-based contracting means structuring all aspects of an 
acquisition around the purpose of the work to be performed as opposed to 
either the manner by which the work is to be performed or broad and 
imprecise statements of work.
    Service contract means a contract that directly engages the time and 
effort of a contractor whose primary purpose is to perform an 
identifiable task rather than to furnish an end item of supply. A 
service contract may be either a nonpersonal or personal contract. It 
can also cover services performed by either professional or 
nonprofessional personnel whether on an individual or organizational 
basis. Some of the areas in which service contracts are found include 
the following:
    (1) Maintenance, overhaul, repair, servicing, rehabilitation, 
salvage, modernization, or modification of supplies, systems, or 
equipment.
    (2) Routine recurring maintenance of real property.
    (3) Housekeeping and base services.
    (4) Advisory and assistance services.
    (5) Operation of Government-owned equipment, facilities, and 
systems.
    (6) Communications services.
    (7) Architect-Engineering (see subpart 36.6).
    (8) Transportation and related services (see part 47).
    (9) Research and development (see part 35).

[48 FR 42365, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 53 FR 43392, Oct. 26, 1988; 
59 FR 67051, Dec. 28, 1994; 62 FR 44815, Aug. 22, 1997; 66 FR 2133, Jan. 
10, 2001]