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281 sections with “contract adjustment”: the first 40

  • FAR 50.103-3 Contract adjustment.
    (a) Contractor requests. A contractor seeking a contract adjustment shall submit a request in duplicate to the contracting officer or an authorized representative. The request, normally a letter, shall state as a minimum— (1) The precise a…
  • FAR 50.103-2 Types of contract adjustment.
    …) Amendments without consideration. (1) When an actual or threatened loss under a defense contract, however caused, will impair the productive ability of a contractor whose continued performance on any defense contract or whose continued op…
  • FAR 50.103 Contract adjustments.
    This section prescribes standards and procedures for processing contractors' requests for contract adjustment under Pub. L. 85-804 and E.O. 10789.
  • FAR 50.102-2 Contract adjustment boards.
    An agency head may establish a contract adjustment board with authority to approve, authorize, and direct appropriate action under this Subpart 50.1 and to make all appropriate determinations and findings. The decisions of the board shall n…
  • DFARS 250.102-2 Contract adjustment boards.
    The Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force each have a contract adjustment board. The board consists of a Chair and not less than two nor more than six other members, one of whom may be designated the Vice-Chair. A majority constitute…
  • DFARS 250.103-3 Contract adjustment.
    (a) Contractor requests should be filed with the procuring contracting officer (PCO). However, if filing with the PCO is impractical, requests may be filed with an authorized representative, an administrative contracting officer, or the Off…
  • DFARS 250.103 Contract adjustments.
  • FAR 52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards—Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts).
    …ibed in 22.1006(c)(1), insert the following clause: Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards—Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (AUG 2018) (a) This clause applies to both contracts subject to area p…
  • FAR 52.222-44 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards—Price Adjustment.
    …ibed in 22.1006(c)(2), insert the following clause: Fair Labor Standards Act And Service Contract Labor Standards—Price Adjustment (MAY 2014) (a) This clause applies to both contracts subject to area prevailing wage determinations and con…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    (a) Description. The contract type risk factor focuses on the degree of cost risk accepted by the contractor under varying contract types. The working capital adjustment is an adjustment added to the profit objective for contract type risk.…
  • FAR 33.207 Contractor certification.
    (a) Contractors shall provide the certification specified in paragraph (c) of this section when submitting any claim exceeding $100,000. (b) The certification requirement does not apply to issues in controversy that have not been submitted…
  • DFARS 252.216-7003 Economic price adjustment—wage rates or material prices controlled by a foreign government.
    … Material Prices Controlled by a Foreign Government (MAR 2012) (a) As represented by the Contractor in its offer, the prices set forth in this contract— (1) Are based on the wage rates or material prices established and controlled by the …
  • DFARS 252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment.
    …quitable Adjustment (DEC 2022) (a) The amount of any request for equitable adjustment to contract terms shall accurately reflect the contract adjustment for which the Contractor believes the Government is liable. The request shall include …
  • FAR 1.109 Statutory acquisition-related dollar thresholds—adjustment for inflation.
    … Subchapter IV, Wage Rate Requirements (Construction); (2) 41 U.S.C. chapter 67, Service Contract Labor Standards; or (3) The United States Trade Representative pursuant to the authority of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2511…
  • FAR 11.702 Construction contracts.
    Construction contracts may authorize a variation in estimated quantities of unit-priced items. When the variation between the estimated quantity and the actual quantity of a unit-priced item is more than plus or minus 15 percent, an equitab…
  • FAR 12.207 Contract type.
    … Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, agencies shall use firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services. (b)(1) A time-an…
  • FAR 14.201-1 Uniform contract format.
    (a) Contracting officers shall prepare invitations for bids and contracts using the uniform contract format outlined in Table 14-1 to the maximum practicable extent. The use of the format facilitates preparation of the solicitation and cont…
  • FAR 14.201-9 Simplified contract format.
    … or fixed-price with economic price adjustment acquisitions of supplies and services, the contracting officer may use the simplified contract format in lieu of the uniform contract format (see 14.201-1). The contracting officer has flexibil…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a) Changes or Additions to Make-or-Buy Program. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.215-9, Changes or Additions to Make-or-Buy Program, in solicitations and contracts when it is contemplated that a make-or- buy program wi…
  • FAR 16.104 Factors in selecting contract types.
    There are many factors that the contracting officer should consider in selecting and negotiating the contract type. They include the following: (a) Price competition. Normally, effective price competition results in realistic pricing, and …
  • FAR 16.203-4 Contract clauses.
    (a) Adjustment based on established prices—standard supplies. (1) The contracting officer shall, when contracting by negotiation, insert the clause at 52.216-2, Economic Price Adjustment—Standard Supplies, or an agency-prescribed clause as …
  • FAR 16.403-1 Fixed-price incentive (firm target) contracts.
    (a) Description. A fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract specifies a target cost, a target profit, a price ceiling (but not a profit ceiling or floor), and a profit adjustment formula. These elements are all negotiated at the outset.…
  • FAR 16.403-2 Fixed-price incentive (successive targets) contracts.
    (a) Description. (1) A fixed-price incentive (successive targets) contract specifies the following elements, all of which are negotiated at the outset: (i) An initial target cost. (ii) An initial target profit. (iii) An initial profit ad…
  • FAR 16.405-1 Cost-plus-incentive-fee contracts.
    (a) Description. The cost-plus-incentive-fee contract is a cost-reimbursement contract that provides for the initially negotiated fee to be adjusted later by a formula based on the relationship of total allowable costs to total target costs…
  • FAR 16.503 Requirements contracts.
    (a) Description. A requirements contract provides for filling all actual purchase requirements of designated Government activities for supplies or services during a specified contract period (from one contractor), with deliveries or perform…
  • FAR 17.109 Contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.217-2, Cancellation Under Multiyear Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a multiyear contract is contemplated. (b) Economic price adjustment clauses. Economic price adjust…
  • FAR 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ntially the same as the provision at 52.217-4, Evaluation of Options Exercised at Time of Contract Award, in solicitations when the solicitation includes an option clause, the contracting officer has determined that there is a reasonable li…
  • FAR 22.404-12 Labor standards for contracts containing construction requirements and option provisions that extend the term of the contract.
    (a) Each time the contracting officer exercises an option to extend the term of a contract for construction, or a contract that includes substantial and segregable construction work, the contracting officer must modify the contract to incor…
  • FAR 22.407 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    (a) Insert the following clauses in solicitations and contracts in excess of $2,000 for construction within the United States: (1) 52.222-6, Construction Wage Rate Requirements. (2) 52.222-7, Withholding of Funds. (3) 52.222-8, Payrolls …
  • FAR 22.1006 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a)(1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards, in solicitations and contracts (except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section) if the contract is subject to the Service Contrac…
  • FAR 27.202-3 Adjustment of royalties.
    (a) If at any time the contracting officer believes that any royalties paid, or to be paid, under a contract or subcontract are inconsistent with Government rights, excessive, or otherwise improper, the contracting officer shall promptly re…
  • FAR 30.607 Subcontract administration.
    …negotiated CAS price adjustment or a determination of noncompliance is required at the subcontract level, the CFAO for the subcontractor shall furnish a copy of the negotiation memorandum or the determination to the CFAO for the contractor …
  • FAR 32.501-3 Contract price.
    …pose of making progress payments and determining the limitation on progress payments, the contract price shall be as follows: (1) Under firm-fixed price contracts, the contract price is the current amount fixed by the contract plus the not…
  • FAR 32.503-11 Adjustments for price reduction.
    (a) If a retroactive downward price reduction occurs under a redeterminable contract that provides for progress payments, the contracting officer shall— (1) Determine the refund due and obtain repayment from the contractor for the excess o…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    (a) The contracting officer normally delegates the following contract administration functions to a CAO. The contracting officer may retain any of these functions, except those in paragraphs (a)(5), (a)(9), (a)(11), and (a)(12) of this sect…
  • FAR 43.103 Types of contract modifications.
    Contract modifications are of the following types: (a) Bilateral. A bilateral modification (supplemental agreement) is a contract modification that is signed by the contractor and the contracting officer. Bilateral modifications are used t…
  • FAR 49.104 Duties of prime contractor after receipt of notice of termination.
    After receipt of the notice of termination, the contractor shall comply with the notice and the termination clause of the contract, except as otherwise directed by the TCO. The notice and clause applicable to convenience terminations genera…
  • FAR 49.115 Settlement of terminated incentive contracts.
    (a) Fixed-price incentive contracts. The TCO shall settle terminated fixed-price incentive (FPI) contracts under the provisions of paragraph (j) of the clause at 52.216-16, Incentive Price Revision—Firm Target, and 52.249-2, Termination for…
  • FAR 49.203 Adjustment for loss.
    …or determination of any settlement, the TCO shall not allow profit if it appears that the contractor would have incurred a loss had the entire contract been completed. The TCO shall negotiate or determine the amount of loss and make an adju…
  • FAR 49.208 Equitable adjustment after partial termination.
    Under the termination clause, after partial termination, a contractor may request an equitable adjustment in the price or prices of the continued portion of a fixed-price contract. The TCO shall forward the proposal to the contracting offic…

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