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113 sections with “administrative costs”: the first 40

  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    (a) Definitions. As used in this subsection— Costs include, but are not limited to, administrative and clerical expenses; the costs of legal services, whether performed by in-house or private counsel; the costs of the services of accountan…
  • FAR 9.406-1 General.
    …dual) cooperated fully with Government agencies during the investigation and any court or administrative action. (5) Whether the contractor (including an individual) has paid or has agreed to pay all criminal, civil, and administrative lia…
  • FAR 31.205-27 Organization costs.
    …n costs include the cost of any change in the contractor's financial structure, excluding administrative costs of short-term borrowings for working capital, resulting in alterations in the rights and interests of security holders, whether o…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …nitoring and reporting, data collection, budgeting, accounting, performance auditing, and administrative technical support for conferences and training programs. (2) Studies, analyses and evaluations, i.e., contracted services that provide…
  • FAR 31.110 Indirect cost rate certification and penalties on unallowable costs.
    …fication of the indirect cost rates proposed for final payment purposes. See 42.703-2 for administrative procedures regarding the certification provisions and the related contract clause prescription. (b) If unallowable costs are included …
  • FAR 31.201-6 Accounting for unallowable costs.
    …advance agreement under the provisions of 31.109 between the contractor and the cognizant administrative contracting officer or Federal official. The advance agreement should specify the basic characteristics of the sampling process. The co…
  • FAR 42.705-1 Contracting officer determination procedure.
    … (1) Business units of a multidivisional corporation under the cognizance of a corporate administrative contracting officer (see subpart 42.6), with that officer responsible for the determination, assisted, as required, by the administrati…
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    …hapter 31, subchapter IV); (B) Other than individuals employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as those terms are defined in 29 CFR part 541; and (C) Regardless of the contractual relationship alleged t…
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    … planning and analysis, contract administration and oversight, or recurring financial and administrative support). (4) Restructuring costs means the costs, including both direct and indirect, of restructuring activities. Restructuring cost…
  • DFARS 242.803 Disallowing costs after incurrence.
    …f actual costs incurred; (C) Reviewing completion/final vouchers and sending them to the administrative contracting officer; and (D) Issuing DCAA Forms 1, Notice of Contract Costs Suspended and/or Disapproved, to deduct costs where allowa…
  • FAR 14.201-8 Price-related factors.
    …g officer shall assume, for the purpose of making multiple awards, that $500 would be the administrative cost to the Government for issuing and administering each contract awarded under a solicitation. Individual awards shall be for the ite…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …arial accrued liability represents the excess of the present value of future benefits and administrative expenses over the present value of future normal costs for all plan participants and beneficiaries. The excess of the actuarial accrued…
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    …the contracts of a contracting office, an agency, or several agencies. (e) The cognizant administrative contracting officer (ACO), or other contracting officer established in part 42, shall negotiate advance agreements except that an advan…
  • FAR 31.203 Indirect costs.
    …ch office G&A expenses to such plants operating with little or no dependence on corporate administrative activities may require more precise cost groupings, detailed accounts screening, and carefully developed distribution bases. (i) Indir…
  • FAR 31.205-37 Royalties and other costs for use of patents.
    …a free use of the patent; (2) The patent has been adjudicated to be invalid, or has been administratively determined to be invalid; (3) The patent is considered to be unenforceable; or (4) The patent is expired. (b) Care should be exerc…
  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … acceptance of a contract item. The installment payment arrangement is designed to reduce administrative costs. However, if a contract will have a large number of deliveries, the administrative costs may increase to the point where installm…
  • FAR 36.608 Liability for Government costs resulting from design errors or deficiencies.
    …and issue a demand for payment of the amount due, if the recoverable cost will exceed the administrative cost involved or is otherwise in the Government's interest. The contracting officer shall include in the contract file a written statem…
  • FAR 52.214-22 Evaluation of Bids for Multiple Awards.
    …ltiple awards). It is assumed, for the purpose of evaluating bids, that $500 would be the administrative cost to the Government for issuing and administering each contract awarded under this solicitation, and individual awards will be for t…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …ing, operations, maintenance, and logistics support. The term does not include the normal administrative costs of processing the VECP or any increase in this contract's cost or price resulting from negative instant contract savings. Instan…
  • FAR 4.804-1 Closeout by the office administering the contract.
    …ormed. Quick closeout procedures (see 42.708) should be used, when appropriate, to reduce administrative costs and to enable deobligation of excess funds. (c) A contract file shall not be closed if— (1) The contract is in litigation or un…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    … and results in the lowest overall cost alternative (considering price, special features, administrative costs, etc.) to meet the Government's needs. Although GSA has already negotiated fair and reasonable pricing, ordering activities may s…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …on and the need to periodically compare multiple technical approaches or prices; (C) The administrative costs of BPAs; and (D) The technical qualifications of the schedule contractor(s). (4) BPAs shall address the frequency of ordering, …
  • FAR 9.103 Policy.
    …te deliveries, or other unsatisfactory performance resulting in additional contractual or administrative costs. While it is important that Government purchases be made at the lowest price, this does not require an award to a supplier solely…
  • FAR 11.701 Supply contracts.
    …ion in quantity, particularly small dollar value overshipments, it results in unnecessary administrative costs to the Government in determining disposition of the excess quantity. Accordingly, the contract may include the clause at 52.211-1…
  • FAR 13.002 Purpose.
    …e of this part is to prescribe simplified acquisition procedures in order to— (a) Reduce administrative costs; (b) Improve opportunities for small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-own…
  • FAR 13.303-3 Preparation of BPAs.
    …if the accumulation of the individual invoices by the Government materially increases the administrative costs of this purchase method): (i) A summary invoice shall be submitted at least monthly or upon expiration of this BPA, whichever oc…
  • FAR 13.500 General.
    …ded in a simplified manner that maximizes efficiency and economy and minimizes burden and administrative costs for both the Government and industry (10 U.S.C. 3205-3208 and chapter 241 and 41 U.S.C. 3305, 3306, and chapter 37, Awarding of C…
  • FAR 16.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
    …ect labor hours at specified fixed hourly rates that include wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, and profit; and (2) Actual cost for materials (except as provided for in 31.205-26(e) and (f)). (c) Application. A time-and…
  • FAR 17.106-2 Solicitations.
    … will not be made on less than the first program year requirements. (f) The Government's administrative costs of annual contracting may be used as a factor in the evaluation only if they can be reasonably established and are stated in the …
  • FAR 17.106-3 Special procedures applicable to DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.
    …s and other benefits. However, the preparation and evaluation of dual offers may increase administrative costs and workload for both offerors and the Government, especially for large or complex acquisitions. The head of a contracting activi…
  • FAR 22.1904 Annual Executive Order Minimum Wage Rate.
    …orkers' compensation insurance, but will not otherwise include any amount for general and administrative costs, overhead, or profit. (2) The wage rate price adjustment under this clause is the lowest amount calculated by subtracting from t…
  • FAR 25.901 Policy.
    …use these exemptions when the anticipated savings to appropriated funds will outweigh the administrative costs associated with processing required documentation.
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …re findings of fact and issue decisions under the Disputes clause on matters in which the administrative contracting officer (ACO) has the authority to take definitive action. (11) In connection with Cost Accounting Standards (see 48 CFR 3…
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    …ing, operations, maintenance, and logistics support. The term does not include the normal administrative costs of processing the VECP or any increase in instant contract cost or price resulting from negative instant contract savings, except…
  • FAR 48.104-4 Sharing alternative—no-cost settlement method.
    …h one would be in the Government's best interest. Contracting officers should balance the administrative costs of negotiating a settlement against the anticipated savings. A no-cost settlement may be used if, in the contracting officer's ju…
  • FAR 49.206-2 Bases for settlement proposals.
    …r manufacturing cost; (ii) Charges such as engineering costs, initial costs, and general administrative costs; (iii) Costs of settlements with subcontractors; (iv) Settlement expenses; and (v) Other proper charges. (2) An allowance for…
  • FAR 49.402-7 Other damages.
    …ase costs. (b) If the Government has suffered any other ascertainable damages, including administrative costs, as a result of the contractor's default, the contracting officer must, on the basis of legal advice, take appropriate action as …
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ined if it has been assessed. A liability is not finally determined if there is a pending administrative or judicial challenge. In the case of a judicial challenge to the liability, the liability is not finally determined until all judicial…
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …overnment reserves the right to make multiple awards if, after considering the additional administrative costs, it is in the Government's best interest to do so. (7) Exchanges with offerors after receipt of a proposal do not constitute a r…
  • FAR 52.222-32 Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (Actual Method).
    …orkers' compensation insurance, but will not otherwise include any amount for general and administrative costs, overhead, or profit. (e) The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer of any increase claimed under this clause within 3…

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