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26 sections with “cost-reimbursement prime contract”

  • 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 28.307 Insurance under cost-reimbursement contracts.
    Cost-reimbursement contracts (and subcontracts, if the terms of the prime contract are extended to the subcontract) ordinarily require the types of insurance listed in 28.307-2, with the minimum amounts of liability indicated. (See 28.308 f…
  • FAR 49.503 Termination for convenience of the Government and default.
    (a) Cost-reimbursement contracts—(1) General use. Insert the clause at 52.249-6, Termination (Cost-Reimbursement), in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated, except contracts for research and developm…
  • FAR 52.244-2 Subcontracts.
    …asing system, consent to subcontract is required for any subcontract that— (1) Is of the cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, or labor-hour type; or (2) Is fixed-price and exceeds— (i) For a contract awarded by the Department of Defen…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …d as defined in section 2.101 and (2) The contemplated contract type is expected to be a cost-reimbursement type contract as defined in Subpart 16.3; or (B) For DoD, insert the clause when— (1) The total estimated contract or order value…
  • FAR 16.104 Factors in selecting contract types.
    …he contract type requires price revision while performance is in progress; or (2) When a cost-reimbursement contract is being considered and all current or past experience with the contractor has been on a fixed-price basis. See 42.302(a)(…
  • FAR 29.303 Application of State and local taxes to Government contractors and subcontractors.
    …he progress payments clause of fixed-price contracts or the Government property clause of cost-reimbursement contracts) owned by the Government is in the possession of a contractor or subcontractor. Situations may arise in which States or l…
  • FAR 32.412 Contract clause.
    …sallowances, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate I. (c) If a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated, the contracting officer shall use the clause with its Alternate II. (d) If the agency considers a more r…
  • FAR 32.500 Scope of subpart.
    …ugh progress payments based on costs. This subpart does not apply to— (a) Payments under cost-reimbursement contracts, but see 32.110 for progress payments made to subcontractors under cost-reimbursement prime contracts; or (b) Contracts …
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …shall not be construed to be an obligation of the Government for such interest penalty. A cost-reimbursement claim may not include any amount for reimbursement of such interest penalty. (l) Overpayments. If the Contractor becomes aware of …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … fiscal year (unless the parties decide upon a different period) to which it applies. For cost-reimbursement research and development contracts with educational institutions, it may be predetermined; that is, established for a future period…
  • FAR 32.407 Interest.
    …. (2) Contracts solely for the management and operation of Government-owned plants. (3) Cost-reimbursement contracts with governments, including State or local governments, or their instrumentalities. (4) Other classes of contracts, or u…
  • FAR 44.201-1 Consent requirements.
    …actor does not have an approved purchasing system, consent to subcontract is required for cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, labor-hour, or letter contracts, and also for unpriced actions (including unpriced modifications and unpriced …
  • FAR 44.203 Consent limitations.
    …ent or approval specifies otherwise. (b) Contracting officers shall not consent to— (1) Cost-reimbursement subcontracts if the fee exceeds the fee limitations of 15.404-4(c)(4)(i); (2) Subcontracts providing for payment on a cost-plus-a-…
  • FAR 49.002 Applicability.
    … settlement will be the basis of a proposal for reimbursement from the Government under a cost-reimbursement contract. (c) The contracting officer may use this part in determining an equitable adjustment resulting from a modification under…
  • FAR 52.215-2 Audit and Records—Negotiation.
    … the form of computer data, or in any other form. (b) Examination of costs. If this is a cost-reimbursement, incentive, time-and-materials, labor-hour, or price redeterminable contract, or any combination of these, the Contractor shall mai…
  • FAR 52.215-23 Limitations on Pass-Through Charges.
    …ontractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (f), in all cost-reimbursement subcontracts under this contract that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in FAR 2.101 on the date of subcontra…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …a on which the actual subcontract price is based are not themselves defective. (2) Under cost-reimbursement contracts and under all fixed-price contracts except firm-fixed-price contracts and fixed-price contracts with economic price adjus…
  • FAR 16.102 Policies.
    … cost- plus-a-percentage-of-cost subcontracts (see clauses prescribed in subpart 44.2 for cost-reimbursement contracts and subparts 16.2 and 16.4 for fixed-price contracts). (d) No contract may be awarded before the execution of any determ…
  • FAR 44.202-2 Considerations.
    …red to the Government in comparable circumstances; or (4) Subcontracts are proposed on a cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, or labor-hour basis.
  • FAR 45.104 Responsibility and liability for Government property.
    … held liable for loss of Government property under the following types of contracts: (1) Cost-reimbursement contracts. (2) Time-and-material contracts. (3) Labor-hour contracts. (4) Fixed-price contracts awarded on the basis of submissi…
  • FAR 49.112-1 Partial payments.
    …retention or disposition, or a later date determined by the TCO, or (2) overpayment under cost-reimbursement research and development contracts without profit or fee if the overpayments are repaid to the Government within 30 days after dema…
  • FAR 49.502 Termination for convenience of the Government.
    …ther Nonprofit Institutions), in solicitations and contracts when either a fixed-price or cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated for research and development work with an educational or nonprofit institution on a no-profit or no-fee ba…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …Contractor's expense or at no cost to the Government shall be disregarded for purposes of cost-reimbursement under this clause. (c) Small business concerns. A small business concern may receive more frequent payments than every 2 weeks. (…
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    … determined necessary by the administering office. Alternate II (MAY 2001). If used in a cost-reimbursement contract, substitute the following paragraphs (c) and (e), and subparagraphs (f)(1) and (f)(2) for paragraphs (c) and (e) and subpa…
  • DFARS 228.102-1 General.
    The requirement for performance and payment bonds is waived for cost-reimbursement contracts. However, for cost-type contracts with fixed-price construction subcontracts over $40,000, require the prime contractor to obtain from each of its …

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