FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 16: Types of Contracts › Subpart 16.2
FAR 16.206-4 Contract clause.
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 tells the contracting officer to include the Price Redetermination—Retroactive clause in certain negotiated fixed-price contracts. It matters to contractors because it means their contract may allow the price to be redetermined retroactively under the stated conditions.
Applies to: Contracting officers using negotiated fixed-price contracts
What it requires
- Insert the clause at 52.216-6, Price Redetermination—Retroactive, in solicitations and contracts when the stated conditions apply
Key terms: Price Redetermination—Retroactive · contracting by negotiation · fixed-price contract · solicitations
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
The contracting officer shall, when contracting by negotiation, insert the clause at 52.216-6, Price Redetermination—Retroactive, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and the conditions in 16.206-2 and 16.206-3(a) through (d) apply.
Sections it refers to
Sections that refer to it
- 52.216-6 Price Redetermination—Retroactive.
← 16.206-3 Limitations. · 16.207 Firm-fixed-price, level-of-effort term contracts. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 16
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 16, 17, and 35 ↗ · proposed 2026-09-18 · comments due 2026-10-19
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Protests of Orders Under Certain Multiple-Award Contracts ↗ · proposed 2025-06-12
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts ↗ · proposed 2025-06-12
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Protests of Orders Under Certain Multiple-Award Contracts ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Rerepresentation of Size and Socioeconomic Status ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.