SLAC General Terms and Conditions Supplemental Rider Rev August 2026.pdf

This is a General Terms and Conditions Supplemental Rider for SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory under DOE Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515.

The document modifies SLAC's standard terms and conditions by incorporating, deleting, and updating Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses applicable to subcontracts. Section 1 incorporates 14 FAR clauses into all subcontracts, including provisions on small business utilization, DEI discrimination addressing, biased product reporting, ozone-depleting substances, refrigeration equipment maintenance, Buy American requirements for supplies and construction materials, text messaging while driving policies, security prohibitions, commercial product/service subcontracting, and privately owned vessel preferences for ocean transportation. Section 2 deletes 8 FAR clauses as inapplicable, including prohibitions on Kaspersky Lab products, segregated facilities, equal opportunity requirements, and EPEAT/EPA energy efficiency standards. Section 3 implements changes from Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06, increasing the micro-purchase threshold from $10,000 to $15,000, the simplified acquisition threshold from $250,000 to $350,000, and modifying small business subcontracting plan thresholds and construction thresholds. Section 4 applies specific cost accounting and pricing reduction clauses to subcontracts valued at $2.5 million or more. Section 5 updates invoicing and payment links to direct contractors to the SLAC supplier portal for reimbursement procedures. This rider is effective as of August 2026, Revision 1.