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  • FAR 52.216-11 Cost Contract—No Fee.
    …rescribed in 16.307(e), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated that provides no fee and is not a cost-sharing contract. This clause may be modified by substituting $10,0…
  • FAR 16.302 Cost contracts.
    (a) Description. A cost contract is a cost-reimbursement contract in which the contractor receives no fee. (b) Application. A cost contract may be appropriate for research and development work, particularly with nonprofit educational insti…
  • FAR 16.303 Cost-sharing contracts.
    (a) Description. A cost-sharing contract is a cost-reimbursement contract in which the contractor receives no fee and is reimbursed only for an agreed-upon portion of its allowable costs. (b) Application. A cost-sharing contract may be use…
  • FAR 16.304 Cost-plus-incentive-fee contracts.
    A cost-plus-incentive-fee contract is a cost-reimbursement contract that provides for an initially negotiated fee to be adjusted later by a formula based on the relationship of total allowable costs to total target costs. Cost-plus-incentiv…
  • FAR 16.306 Cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts.
    (a) Description. A cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is a cost-reimbursement contract that provides for payment to the contractor of a negotiated fee that is fixed at the inception of the contract. The fixed fee does not vary with actual cost, b…
  • 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 47.104-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts.
    …. 10721 and 13712 rates may be used for shipments moving on commercial bills of lading in cost reimbursement contracts under which the transportation costs are direct and allowable costs under the cost principles of Part 31. (b) 49 U.S.C. …
  • FAR 49.403 Termination of cost-reimbursement contracts for default.
    (a) The right to terminate a cost-reimbursement contract for default is provided for in the Termination for Default or for Convenience of the Government clause at 52.249-6. A 10-day notice to the contractor before termination for default is…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    [Insert the following in Block 14 of SF 30 for settlement of cost-reimbursement contracts that are completely terminated, if settlement includes costs.] (a) This supplemental agreement settles the settlement proposal resulting from the Not…
  • FAR 49.603-4 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, with settlement limited to fee.
    [Insert the following in Block 14 of SF 30 for settlement of cost-reimbursement contracts that are completely terminated, if settlement is limited to fee.] (a) This supplemental agreement settles the amount of fee due under the contract, t…
  • FAR 52.214-28 Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed Bidding.
    As prescribed in 14.201-7(c)(1)(i), insert the following clause: Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed Bidding (JUN 2020) (a) The requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this clause shall (1) Become operativ…
  • FAR 52.215-12 Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    As prescribed in 15.408(d)(1), insert the following clause: Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data (JUN 2020) (a) Before awarding any subcontract expected to exceed the threshold for submission of certified cost or pricing data in F…
  • FAR 52.215-13 Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.
    As prescribed in 15.408(e)(1), insert the following clause: Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications (JUN 2020) (a) The requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this clause shall— (1) Become operative only for any modi…
  • FAR 52.216-12 Cost-Sharing Contract—No Fee.
    …rescribed in 16.307(f), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when a cost-sharing contract is contemplated. This clause may be modified by substituting $10,000 in lieu of $100,000 as the maximum reserve in paragraph (b)…
  • DFARS 216.405-2 Cost-plus-award-fee contracts.
    …termining official's final evaluation of the contractor's overall performance against the cost, schedule, and performance outcomes specified in the award-fee plan. (3) Limitations. (i) The cost-plus-award-fee contract shall not be used— …
  • FAR 16.307 Contract clauses.
    (a)(1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement contract or a time-and-materials contract (other than a contract for a commercial produ…
  • FAR 29.402-2 Foreign cost-reimbursement contracts.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.229-8, Taxes—Foreign Cost-Reimbursement Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated and the contract is to be performed wholly or par…
  • FAR 16.305 Cost-plus-award-fee contracts.
    A cost-plus-award-fee contract is a cost-reimbursement contract that provides for a fee consisting of (a) a base amount (which may be zero) fixed at inception of the contract and (b) an award amount, based upon a judgmental evaluation by th…
  • FAR 16.405-2 Cost-plus-award-fee contracts.
    A cost-plus-award-fee contract is a cost-reimbursement contract that provides for a fee consisting of (1) a base amount fixed at inception of the contract, if applicable and at the discretion of the contracting officer, and (2) an award amo…
  • FAR 31.205-32 Precontract costs.
    Precontract costs means costs incurred before the effective date of the contract directly pursuant to the negotiation and in anticipation of the contract award when such incurrence is necessary to comply with the proposed contract delivery …
  • FAR 32.110 Payment of subcontractors under cost-reimbursement prime contracts.
    If the contractor makes financing payments to a subcontractor under a cost-reimbursement prime contract, the contracting officer should accept the financing payments as reimbursable costs of the prime contract only under the following condi…
  • FAR 49.603-5 Cost-reimbursement contracts—partial termination.
    … SF 30, Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract, for settlement agreements for cost-reimbursement contracts as a result of partial termination.] (a) This supplemental agreement settles the termination settlement proposal resulti…
  • DFARS 215.404-74 Fee requirements for cost-plus-award-fee contracts.
    In developing a fee objective for cost-plus-award-fee contracts, the contracting officer shall— (a) Follow the guidance in FAR 16.405-2 and 216.405-2; (b) Not use the weighted guidelines method or alternate structured approach; (c) Apply…
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …leted solicitation sections A, B, and K; (ii) Technical and management proposals; (iii) Cost/price proposals; and (iv) Any other pages of the solicitation that the offeror or quoter has altered or annotated. (11) Contractor's representa…
  • FAR 14.201-7 Contract clauses.
    … amount is expected to exceed the threshold at 15.403-4(a)(1) for submission of certified cost or pricing data. (2)(i) If the acquisition will use funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act…
  • FAR 15.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    (a) Certified cost or pricing data shall not be obtained for acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold. (b) Exceptions to certified cost or pricing data requirements. The contracting officer shall not require certified …
  • FAR 15.403-3 Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data.
    (a)(1) In those acquisitions that do not require certified cost or pricing data, the contracting officer shall— (i) Obtain whatever data are available from Government or other secondary sources and use that data in determining a fair and r…
  • FAR 15.403-4 Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    (a)(1) The contracting officer shall obtain certified cost or pricing data only if the contracting officer concludes that none of the exceptions in 15.403-1(b) applies. However, if the contracting officer has reason to believe exceptional c…
  • FAR 15.403-5 Instructions for submission of certified cost or pricing data and data other than certified cost or pricing data.
    …fficer shall specify in the solicitation (see 15.408 (l) and (m))— (1) Whether certified cost or pricing data are required; (2) That, in lieu of submitting certified cost or pricing data, the offeror may submit a request for exception fro…
  • FAR 15.404-3 Subcontract pricing considerations.
    …rmination of a fair and reasonable price for the prime contract, including subcontracting costs. The contracting officer should consider whether a contractor or subcontractor has an approved purchasing system, has performed cost or price an…
  • FAR 15.406-2 Certificate of current cost or pricing data.
    (a) When certified cost or pricing data are required, the contracting officer shall require the contractor to execute a Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data, using the format in this paragraph, and must include the executed certifica…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    (a) If, before agreement on price, the contracting officer learns that any certified cost or pricing data submitted are inaccurate, incomplete, or noncurrent, the contracting officer shall immediately bring the matter to the attention of th…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    (a) General. (1) Should-cost reviews are a specialized form of cost analysis. Should-cost reviews differ from traditional evaluation methods because they do not assume that a contractor's historical costs reflect efficient and economical op…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …te I, if a fixed-price incentive contract is contemplated; or (2) Its Alternate II, if a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract is contemplated. (b) Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data. The contracting officer shall, wh…
  • FAR 16.103 Negotiating contract type.
    …onsidered together. The objective is to negotiate a contract type and price (or estimated cost and fee) that will result in reasonable contractor risk and provide the contractor with the greatest incentive for efficient and economical perfo…
  • FAR 16.104 Factors in selecting contract types.
    …vide a realistic pricing standard should be carefully considered. (See 15.404-1(b).) (c) Cost analysis. In the absence of effective price competition and if price analysis is not sufficient, the cost estimates of the offeror and the Govern…
  • FAR 16.203-4 Contract clauses.
    …), upon approval by the chief of the contracting office. (c) Adjustments based on actual cost of labor or material. (1) The contracting officer shall, when contracting by negotiation, insert a clause that is substantially the same as the c…
  • FAR 16.402-1 Cost incentives.
    (a) Most incentive contracts include only cost incentives, which take the form of a profit or fee adjustment formula and are intended to motivate the contractor to effectively manage costs. No incentive contract may provide for other incent…
  • FAR 16.403 Fixed-price incentive contracts.
    …act price by application of a formula based on the relationship of total final negotiated cost to total target cost. The final price is subject to a price ceiling, negotiated at the outset. The two forms of fixed-price incentive contracts, …
  • 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.…

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