Federal Procurement Regulations
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Federal Procurement Regulations were the former set of rules governing U.S. federal government purchasing and contracting procedures prior to the adoption of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Procurement Regulations canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12915520 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Procurement Regulations Context triple: [Federal Acquisition Regulation, replaced, Federal Procurement Regulations]
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A.
Federal Acquisition Regulation
The Federal Acquisition Regulation is the primary set of rules governing how U.S. federal agencies procure goods and services from contractors.
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B.
Federal Acquisition Circulars
Federal Acquisition Circulars are official periodic documents issued by the U.S. government to announce and implement changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation governing federal procurement.
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C.
Federal Procurement Data System
The Federal Procurement Data System is a U.S. government database that tracks and reports information on federal contracts and procurement activities.
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D.
GSA Acquisition Regulation
The GSA Acquisition Regulation is a supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation that provides agency-specific policies and procedures governing how the U.S. General Services Administration conducts its procurement and contracting activities.
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E.
Federal Supply Schedules Program
The Federal Supply Schedules Program is a U.S. General Services Administration procurement program that provides government agencies with pre-negotiated contracts for a wide range of commercial products and services at volume-discounted prices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Procurement Regulations Target entity description: Federal Procurement Regulations were the former set of rules governing U.S. federal government purchasing and contracting procedures prior to the adoption of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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A.
Federal Acquisition Regulation
The Federal Acquisition Regulation is the primary set of rules governing how U.S. federal agencies procure goods and services from contractors.
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B.
Federal Acquisition Circulars
Federal Acquisition Circulars are official periodic documents issued by the U.S. government to announce and implement changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation governing federal procurement.
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C.
Federal Procurement Data System
The Federal Procurement Data System is a U.S. government database that tracks and reports information on federal contracts and procurement activities.
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D.
GSA Acquisition Regulation
The GSA Acquisition Regulation is a supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation that provides agency-specific policies and procedures governing how the U.S. General Services Administration conducts its procurement and contracting activities.
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E.
Federal Supply Schedules Program
The Federal Supply Schedules Program is a U.S. General Services Administration procurement program that provides government agencies with pre-negotiated contracts for a wide range of commercial products and services at volume-discounted prices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal regulation
ⓘ
federal procurement regulation system ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
U.S. federal government agencies
ⓘ
federal construction contracts ⓘ federal service contracts ⓘ federal supply contracts ⓘ |
| basedOn | statutory procurement authorities of the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| excludes | Department of Defense procurement (covered by separate regulations) ⓘ |
| field |
government contracts
ⓘ
public procurement ⓘ |
| governingBody | U.S. federal executive branch ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to ensure compliance with federal procurement statutes
ⓘ
to provide uniform rules for federal purchasing ⓘ to standardize federal procurement policies ⓘ |
| historicalRole | primary civilian federal procurement regulation system before the FAR ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | regulation ⓘ |
| legalStatus | administrative regulation ⓘ |
| legalSystem | United States federal law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | United States federal procurement system ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Federal Acquisition Regulation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates |
bid evaluation
ⓘ
competition requirements in federal procurement ⓘ contract administration ⓘ contract award ⓘ contract clauses ⓘ federal government contracting procedures ⓘ federal government purchasing ⓘ procurement documentation requirements ⓘ procurement ethics and conduct rules ⓘ procurement methods ⓘ solicitation procedures ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Federal Acquisition Regulation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | civilian federal agencies ⓘ |
| status | superseded ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
contracting
ⓘ
procurement ⓘ |
| usedBy |
federal contracting officers
ⓘ
federal procurement officials ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Procurement Regulations Description of subject: Federal Procurement Regulations were the former set of rules governing U.S. federal government purchasing and contracting procedures prior to the adoption of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.