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DFARS 252.215-7015 Program Should-Cost Review.

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 clause gives the Government the right to conduct a program should-cost review to find ways to reduce program costs, either for a specific proposal or during contract performance. If the Government requests it, the Contractor must provide access to accurate and complete cost data, facilities, and personnel. The Government may also use third-party experts who have signed non-disclosure agreements.

Applies to: Contractors subject to DFARS 252.215-7015

What it requires

  • Provide access to accurate and complete cost data upon Government request
  • Provide access to Contractor facilities and personnel necessary for the review
  • Provide access to facilities and information to third-party experts who signed non-disclosure agreements

Key terms: program should-cost review · cost data · third-party experts · non-disclosure agreements

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

The text

As prescribed in 215.408(8), use the following clause:

Program Should-Cost Review (NOV 2019)

(a) The Government has the right to perform a program should-cost review, as described in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.407-4(b). The review may be conducted in support of a particular contract proposal or during contract performance to find opportunities to reduce program costs. The Government will communicate the elements of the proposed should-cost review to the prime contractor (Pub. L. 115-91).

(b) If the Government performs a program should-cost review, upon the Government's request, the Contractor shall provide access to accurate and complete cost data and Contractor facilities and personnel necessary to permit the Government to perform the program should-cost review.

(c) The Government has the right to use third-party experts to supplement the program should-cost review team. The Contractor shall provide access to the Contractor's facilities and information necessary to support the program should-cost review to any third-party experts who have signed non-disclosure agreements in accordance with the FAR 52.203-16.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
  • 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
  • 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest.

Sections that refer to it

  • 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 252.215-7014 Exception from Certified Cost or Pricing Data Requirements for Foreign Military Sales Indirect Offsets. · 252.215-7016 Notification to Offerors—Postaward Debriefings. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

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

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