48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement
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536 sections with “cost or price”: the first 40
- DFARS 215.371-3 Fair and reasonable price and the requirement for additional cost or pricing data.… then then the contracting officer shall comply with the following: (a) If no additional cost or pricing data are required to determine through cost or price analysis that the offered price is fair and reasonable, the contracting officer s…
- FAR 52.214-27 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed Bidding.…bed in 14.201-7(b), insert the following clause: Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed Bidding (JUN 2020) (a) This clause shall become operative only for any modification to this contract involv…
- FAR 52.215-10 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data.…ribed in 15.408(b), insert the following clause: Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data (AUG 2011) (a) If any price, including profit or fee, negotiated in connection with this contract, or any cost reimbursable unde…
- FAR 52.215-11 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.…ribed in 15.408(c), insert the following clause: Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications (JUN 2020) (a) This clause shall become operative only for any modification to this contract involving a pricing a…
- FAR 30.604 Processing changes to disclosed or established cost accounting practices.(a) Scope. This section applies to required, unilateral, and desirable changes in cost accounting practices. (b) Procedures. Upon receipt of the contractor's notification and description of the change in cost accounting practice, the CFAO …
- FAR 14.201-8 Price-related factors.…hall be included in the solicitation when applicable. (See 14.201-5(c).) (a) Foreseeable costs or delays to the Government resulting from such factors as differences in inspection, locations of supplies, and transportation. If bids are on …
- 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 15.406-2 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 31.205-13 Employee morale, health, welfare, food service, and dormitory costs and credits.(a) Aggregate costs incurred on activities designed to improve working conditions, employer-employee relations, employee morale, and employee performance (less income generated by these activities) are allowable, subject to the limitations …
- FAR 36.205 Statutory cost limitations.(a) Contracts for construction shall not be awarded at a cost to the Government— (1) In excess of statutory cost limitations, unless applicable limitations can be and are waived in writing for the particular contract; or (2) Which, with a…
- FAR 36.214 Special procedures for price negotiation in construction contracting.…struction. (b) The contracting officer shall evaluate proposals and associated certified cost or pricing data and data other than certified cost or pricing data and shall compare them to the Government estimate. (1) When submission of cer…
- FAR 52.203-10 Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity.…nment, at its election, may reduce the price of a fixed-price type contract and the total cost and fee under a cost-type contract by the amount of profit or fee determined as set forth in paragraph (b) of this clause if the head of the cont…
- 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 52.215-20 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.As prescribed in 15.408(l), insert the following provision: Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data (NOV 2021) (a) Exceptions from certified cost or pricing data. (1) In lieu of s…
- FAR 52.215-21 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.As prescribed in 15.408(m), insert the following clause: Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications (NOV 2021) (a) Exceptions from certified cost or pricing data. (1) I…
- FAR 52.216-26 Payments of Allowable Costs Before Definitization.As prescribed in 16.603-4(c), insert the following clause: Payments of Allowable Costs Before Definitization (DEC 2002) (a) Reimbursement rate. Pending the placing of the definitive contract referred to in this letter contract, the Govern…
- FAR 52.230-4 Disclosure and Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices—Foreign Concerns.…prescribed in 30.201-4(c)(1), insert the following clause: Disclosure and Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices—Foreign Concerns (JUN 2020) (a) The Contractor, in connection with this contract, shall— (1) Comply with the requirements …
- FAR 52.242-3 Penalties for Unallowable Costs.As prescribed in 42.709-7, use the following clause: Penalties for Unallowable Costs (DEC 2022) (a) Definition. Proposal, as used in this clause, means either— (1) A final indirect cost rate proposal submitted by the Contractor after the…
- FAR 52.249-2 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price).…e any payments to be made by the Government under this contract, credited to the price or cost of the work, or paid in any other manner directed by the Contracting Officer. (c) The Contractor shall submit complete termination inventory sch…
- DFARS 215.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).(b) Exceptions to certified cost or pricing data requirements. (i) Follow the procedures at PGI 215.403-1(b). (ii) Submission of certified cost or pricing data shall not be required in the case of a contract, subcontract, or modification o…
- DFARS 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.…-1 do not exist, except as provided in 225.7303-5, recognize the reasonable and allocable costs of doing business with a foreign government or international organization, even though such costs might not be recognized in the same amounts in…
- DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.… in 215.408(5)(i) and (5)(i)(A), use the following provision: Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Basic (MAY 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Market prices m…
- FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.… of agency acquisition officials, subject to the following requirements: (1)(i) Price or cost to the Government shall be evaluated in every source selection (10 U.S.C. 3206(c)(1)(B) and 41 U.S.C. 3306(c)(1)(B)) (also see part 36 for archit…
- FAR 15.405 Price negotiation.(a) The purpose of performing cost or price analysis is to develop a negotiation position that permits the contracting officer and the offeror an opportunity to reach agreement on a fair and reasonable price. A fair and reasonable price doe…
- FAR 16.505 Ordering.…all clearly describe all services to be performed or supplies to be delivered so the full cost or price for the performance of the work can be established when the order is placed. Orders shall be within the scope, issued within the period …
- FAR 19.807 Estimating the fair market price.…er than those covered in paragraph (c) of this section, the contracting officer shall use cost or price analysis and consider commercial prices for similar products and services, available in-house cost estimates, data (including certified …
- FAR 25.605 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.(a) If the contracting officer has determined that an exception applies because the cost of certain domestic construction material is unreasonable, in accordance with section 25.604, then the contracting officer shall apply evaluation facto…
- FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.… Therefore, the offeror's initial proposal should contain the offeror's best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to b…
- DFARS 252.215-7003 Requirement for Submission of Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Canadian Commercial Corporation.…i), use the following provision: Requirement for Submission of Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Canadian Commercial Corporation (JUL 2012) (a) Submission of certified cost or pricing data is not required. (b) Canadian Comme…
- DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.…sure fair and reasonable prices; (9) Require management level justification and adequate cost or price analysis, as applicable, for any sole or single source award; (10) Perform timely and adequate cost or price analysis and technical eva…
- FAR 36.208 Concurrent performance of firm-fixed-price and other types of construction contracts.In view of potential labor and administrative problems, cost-plus-fixed-fee, price-incentive, or other types of contracts with cost variation or cost adjustment features shall not be permitted concurrently, at the same work site, with firm-…
- DFARS 252.215-7004 Requirement for Submission of Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications-Canadian Commercial Corporation.…)(ii), use the following clause: Requirement for Submission of Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Canadian Commercial Corporation (OCT 2013) This clause, in lieu of FAR 52.215-21, applies only if award is to the …
- FAR 8.406-4 Termination for cause.…r cause shall comply with FAR 12.403, and may include charging the contractor with excess costs resulting from repurchase. (2) The schedule contracting office shall be notified of all instances where an ordering activity contracting office…
- FAR 15.403-2 Other circumstances where certified cost or pricing data are not required.…blished at contract award or initial negotiation does not require submission of certified cost or pricing data. (b) Certified cost or pricing data are not required for proposals used solely for overrun funding or interim billing price adju…
FAR (chapter 1)
- Part 1 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 58 sections
- Part 2 Definitions of Words and Terms 3 sections
- Part 3 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 98 sections
- Part 4 Administrative and Information Matters 116 sections
- Part 5 Publicizing Contract Actions 34 sections
- Part 6 Competition Requirements 34 sections
- Part 7 Acquisition Planning 34 sections
- Part 8 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 67 sections
- Part 9 Contractor Qualifications 106 sections
- Part 10 Market Research 4 sections
- Part 11 Describing Agency Needs 33 sections
- Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 38 sections
- Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 49 sections
- Part 14 Sealed Bidding 82 sections
- Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation 81 sections
- Part 16 Types of Contracts 74 sections
- Part 17 Special Contracting Methods 50 sections
- Part 18 Emergency Acquisitions 34 sections
- Part 19 Small Business Programs 126 sections
- Part 22 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 205 sections
- Part 23 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 38 sections
- Part 24 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 10 sections
- Part 25 Foreign Acquisition 81 sections
- Part 26 Other Socioeconomic Programs 36 sections
- Part 27 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 59 sections
- Part 28 Bonds and Insurance 61 sections
- Part 29 Taxes 23 sections
- Part 30 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 30 sections
- Part 31 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 87 sections
- Part 32 Contract Financing 175 sections
- Part 33 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 23 sections
- Part 34 Major System Acquisition 20 sections
- Part 35 Research and Development Contracting 25 sections
- Part 36 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 81 sections
- Part 37 Service Contracting 46 sections
- Part 38 Federal Supply Schedule Contracting 3 sections
- Part 39 Acquisition of Information Technology 14 sections
- Part 40 Information Security and Supply Chain Security 12 sections
- Part 41 Acquisition of Utility Services 17 sections
- Part 42 Contract Administration and Audit Services 84 sections
- Part 43 Contract Modifications 14 sections
- Part 44 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 24 sections
- Part 45 Government Property 33 sections
- Part 46 Quality Assurance 60 sections
- Part 47 Transportation 106 sections
- Part 48 Value Engineering 13 sections
- Part 49 Termination of Contracts 108 sections
- Part 50 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 34 sections
- Part 51 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 15 sections
- Part 52 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 680 sections
- Part 53 Forms 61 sections
DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)
- Part 201 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 24 sections
- Part 202 Definitions of Words and Terms 1 sections
- Part 203 Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest 28 sections
- Part 204 Administrative and Information Matters 76 sections
- Part 205 Publicizing Contract Actions 11 sections
- Part 206 Competition Requirements 20 sections
- Part 207 Acquisition Planning 22 sections
- Part 208 Required Sources of Supplies and Services 31 sections
- Part 209 Contractor Qualifications 55 sections
- Part 210 Market Research 2 sections
- Part 211 Describing Agency Needs 22 sections
- Part 212 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services 24 sections
- Part 213 Simplified Acquisition Procedures 23 sections
- Part 214 Sealed Bidding 14 sections
- Part 215 Contracting by Negotiation 66 sections
- Part 216 Types of Contracts 36 sections
- Part 217 Special Contracting Methods 64 sections
- Part 218 Emergency Acquisitions 7 sections
- Part 219 Small Business Programs 47 sections
- Part 222 Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions 56 sections
- Part 223 Environment, Sustainable Acquisition, and Material Safety 34 sections
- Part 224 Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information 2 sections
- Part 225 Foreign Acquisition 251 sections
- Part 226 Other Socioeconomic Programs 14 sections
- Part 227 Patents, Data, and Copyrights 99 sections
- Part 228 Bonds and Insurance 17 sections
- Part 229 Taxes 9 sections
- Part 230 Cost Accounting Standards Administration 2 sections
- Part 231 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 232 Contract Financing 74 sections
- Part 233 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals 8 sections
- Part 234 Major System Acquisition 13 sections
- Part 235 Research and Development Contracting 16 sections
- Part 236 Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts 25 sections
- Part 237 Service Contracting 67 sections
- Part 239 Acquisition of Information Technology 38 sections
- Part 241 Acquisition of Utility Services 8 sections
- Part 242 Contract Administration and Audit Services 40 sections
- Part 243 Contract Modifications 18 sections
- Part 244 Subcontracting Policies and Procedures 13 sections
- Part 245 Government Property 23 sections
- Part 246 Quality Assurance 39 sections
- Part 247 Transportation 27 sections
- Part 249 Termination of Contracts 14 sections
- Part 250 Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the Safety Act 16 sections
- Part 251 Use of Government Sources by Contractors 5 sections
- Part 252 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses 405 sections
- Part 253 Forms 10 sections
- Part 270 Defense Contracting Programs 7 sections
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.