48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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14 sections with “Units of construction”

  • FAR 52.214-18 Preparation of Bids—Construction.
    …ore items on various bases, including— (1) Lump sum bidding; (2) Alternate prices; (3) Units of construction; or (4) Any combination of subparagraphs (1) through (3) above. (c) If the solicitation requires bidding on all items, failure…
  • FAR 52.236-28 Preparation of Proposals—Construction.
    … more items on various bases, including— (1) Lump sum price; (2) Alternate prices; (3) Units of construction; or (4) Any combination of paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(3) of this provision. (c) If the solicitation requires submission of …
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …tage or dollar rate of royalty per unit. (7) Unit price of contract item. (8) Number of units. (9) Total dollar amount of royalties. (10) If specifically requested by the Contracting Officer, a copy of the current license agreement and …
  • FAR 48.104-1 Determining sharing period.
    …opment contracts and contracts containing low-rate-initial-production or early production units, the end of the sharing period is based not on a calendar date, but on acceptance of a specified quantity of future contract units. This quantit…
  • FAR 36.207 Pricing fixed-price construction contracts.
    …k), (2) on a unit-price basis (when a unit price is paid for a specified quantity of work units), or (3) using a combination of the two methods. (b) Lump-sum pricing shall be used in preference to unit pricing except when— (1) Large quant…
  • FAR 48.201 Clauses for supply or service contracts.
    …nd solicitations and contracts containing low-rate-initial-production or early production units, the contracting officer must modify the clause at 52.248-1, Value Engineering, by— (1) Revising paragraph (i)(3)(i) of the clause by substitut…
  • FAR 52.222-32 Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (Actual Method).
    …d work item. The product of this computation will then be divided by the actual number of units ordered in the preceding contract period. The total of these computations for each craft will be added to the current contract unit price to obt…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …bination of alpha and/or numeric characters assigned to identify specific agency offices, units, activities, or organizations by the General Services Administration for civilian agencies and by the Department of Defense for defense agencies…
  • FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
    …nd models of technical equipment and parts will satisfy the agency's needs for additional units or replacement items, and only one source is available. (c) Application for brand-name descriptions. (1) An acquisition or portion of an acquis…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    … good faith effort: (i) Breaking out work to be subcontracted into economically feasible units, as appropriate, to facilitate small business participation. (ii) Conducting market research to identify potential small business subcontractor…
  • FAR 48.102 Policies.
    …y impact. (6) Production period remaining at the time of VECP acceptance. (7) Number of units affected. (h) Contracts for architect-engineer services must require a mandatory value engineering program to reduce total ownership cost in ac…
  • FAR 48.104-2 Sharing acquisition savings.
    …nt and future contract savings. (3) The contractor shares in the savings on all affected units scheduled for delivery during the sharing period. The contractor is responsible for maintaining, for 3 years after final payment on the contract…
  • FAR 52.227-6 Royalty Information.
    …tage or dollar rate of royalty per unit. (6) Unit price of contract item. (7) Number of units. (8) Total dollar amount of royalties. (b) Copies of current licenses. In addition, if specifically requested by the Contracting Officer befor…
  • DFARS 225.7501 Policy.
    …; or bulk material, such as sand, gravel, or other soil material, stone, concrete masonry units, or fired brick; (iii) A particular domestic construction material is not available; (iv) The cost of domestic construction material would exc…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.