48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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8 sections with “award-fee plan”

  • DFARS 216.405-2 Cost-plus-award-fee contracts.
    (1) Award-fee pool. The award-fee pool is the total available award fee for each evaluation period for the life of the contract. The contracting officer shall perform an analysis of appropriate fee distribution to ensure at least 40 percent…
  • FAR 16.401 General.
    …signed by the head of the contracting activity, shall be completed for all incentive- and award-fee contracts justifying that the use of this type of contract is in the best interest of the Government. This determination shall be documented…
  • DFARS 216.401 General.
    …Practice. (d) The determination and findings justifying that the use of an incentive- or award-fee contract is in the best interest of the Government, may be signed by the head of contracting activity or a designee— (i) No lower than one …
  • FAR 16.001 Definitions.
    As used in this part— Award-Fee Board means the team of individuals identified in the award-fee plan who have been designated to assist the Fee-Determining Official in making award-fee determinations. Established price means a price that—…
  • DFARS 216.405-2-70 Award fee reduction or denial for jeopardizing the health or safety of Government personnel.
    …t Personnel. (b) The contracting officer shall include in the evaluation criteria of any award-fee plan, a review of contractor and subcontractor actions that jeopardized the health or safety of Government personnel, through gross negligen…
  • DFARS 216.405-2-71 Award fee reduction or denial for failure to comply with requirements relating to performance of private security functions.
    …zation Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as amended, the contracting officer shall include in any award-fee plan a requirement to review contractor compliance with, or violation of, applicable requirements of the contract with regard to the perform…
  • FAR 19.708 Contract clauses.
    …rom a fully quantified schedule of payments based on actual subcontract achievement to an award-fee approach employing subjective evaluation criteria (see paragraph (c)(3) of this section). The incentive should not reward the contractor for…
  • FAR 19.705-1 General.
    …viding monetary incentives such as payments based on actual subcontracting achievement or award-fee contracting (see the clause at 52.219-10, Incentive Subcontracting Program, and 19.708(c)). When using any contractual incentive provision b…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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