---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 4.1701"
title: "48"
number: "4.1701"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/4.1701"
---

# §4.1701. Definitions.


As used in this subpart—

FAIR Act agencies means the agencies required under the FAIR Act to submit inventories annually of the activities performed by Government personnel.

First-tier subcontract means a subcontract awarded directly by the contractor for the purpose of acquiring supplies or services (including construction) for performance of a prime contract. It does not include the contractor's supplier agreements with vendors, such as long-term arrangements for materials or supplies that benefit multiple contracts and/or the costs of which are normally applied to a contractor's general and administrative expenses or indirect costs.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 78 FR 80374, Dec. 31, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42113, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.