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FAR 15.403-2 Other circumstances where certified cost or pricing data are not required.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section lists two situations where certified cost or pricing data are not required. It matters because it tells contractors when they can avoid submitting that data, such as when exercising an option at an already-established price or when proposals are only for overrun funding or interim billing price adjustments.

Applies to: Contractors submitting proposals in these specific circumstances

Key terms: certified cost or pricing data · option · overrun funding · interim billing price adjustments

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) The exercise of an option at the price established at contract award or initial negotiation does not require submission of certified cost or pricing data.

(b) Certified cost or pricing data are not required for proposals used solely for overrun funding or interim billing price adjustments.

Sections that refer to it

  • 36.214 Special procedures for price negotiation in construction contracting.
  • 217.7406 Contract clauses.

← 15.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35). · 15.403-3 Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 15

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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