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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 215: Contracting by Negotiation › Subpart 215.4

DFARS 215.407-3 Forward pricing rate agreements.

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 contracting officers to use forward pricing rate agreement (FPRA) rates when they are available, unless the head of the contracting activity waives that requirement case by case. When a waiver is granted, the contracting activity must notify the administrative contracting officer (ACO), and the ACO is the point of contact for questions about FPRAs or recommended rates.

Applies to: Contracting officers handling forward pricing rate agreements

What it requires

  • Use FPRA rates when available, unless waived case-by-case by the head of the contracting activity
  • Advise the ACO of each case waived
  • Contact the ACO for questions on FPRAs or recommended rates

Key terms: forward pricing rate agreement (FPRA) · ACO · head of the contracting activity · waived

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

The text

(b)(i) Use forward pricing rate agreement (FPRA) rates when such rates are available, unless waived on a case-by-case basis by the head of the contracting activity.

(ii) Advise the ACO of each case waived.

(iii) Contact the ACO for questions on FPRAs or recommended rates.

← 215.407-2 Make-or-buy programs. · 215.407-4 Should-cost review. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 215

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

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