48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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11 sections with “cost-sharing contract”

  • 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 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)…
  • FAR 16.307 Contract clauses.
    …acts when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated that provides no fee and is not a cost-sharing contract. (2) If a cost-reimbursement research and development contract with an educational institution or a nonprofit organization that…
  • FAR 52.232-20 Limitation of Cost.
    …overnment more than (1) the estimated cost specified in the Schedule or, (2) if this is a cost-sharing contract, the Government's share of the estimated cost specified in the Schedule. The Contractor agrees to use its best efforts to perfor…
  • FAR 52.232-22 Limitation of Funds.
    …overnment more than (1) the estimated cost specified in the Schedule or, (2) if this is a cost-sharing contract, the Government's share of the estimated cost specified in the Schedule. The Contractor agrees to use its best efforts to perfor…
  • FAR 31.205-23 Losses on other contracts.
    …ver income under any other contract (including the contractor's contributed portion under cost-sharing contracts) is unallowable.
  • FAR 52.216-11 Cost Contract—No Fee.
    …acts 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 $10,000 in lieu of $100,000 as the maximum reserve in paragraph (b) if the Contract…
  • FAR 42.707 Cost-sharing rates and limitations on indirect cost rates.
    (a) Cost-sharing arrangements, when authorized, may call for the contractor to participate in the costs of the contract by accepting indirect cost rates lower than the anticipated actual rates. In such cases, a negotiated indirect cost rate…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …) Other supplies and services if— (i) The contract is a cost-reimbursable contract, or a cost-sharing contract in which the contractor's share of the cost is less than 25 percent; and (ii) The contracting officer determines that technical…
  • FAR 27.408 Cosponsored research and development activities.
    … require the contractor to make substantial contributions of funds or resources (e.g., by cost-sharing or by repayment of nonrecurring costs), and the contractor's and the Government's respective contributions to any item, component, proces…
  • FAR 41.301 Requirements.
    …timates to construct and operate its own utility facilities in lieu of participating in a cost-sharing construction program with the proposed utility supplier. (d) For existing utility service, the agency shall furnish GSA the information …

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.