[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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]