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37 sections with “definitize”

  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …ments as a handicap or adverse factor in the award of subcontracts. (k) Limitations on undefinitized contract actions. Notwithstanding any other progress payment provisions in this contract, progress payments may not exceed 80 percent of c…
  • DFARS 204.7106 Contract modifications.
    …entifications to existing contract or exhibit line items, the following rules apply— (i) Definitized and undefinitized items. (A) The original line item or subline item number may be used if the modification applies to the total quantity o…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    … incurred as of the date the contractor submits a qualifying proposal, such as under an undefinitized contract action, (excluding facilities capital cost of money) into the Block 24a column titled Base. (ii) Insert the amount of Government…
  • DFARS 252.217-7027 Contract Definitization.
    …es required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) on the date of execution of the undefinitized contract action; (2) All clauses required by law on the date of execution of the definitive contract action; and (3) Any other mutually …
  • DFARS 217.7404 Limitations.
    See PGI 217.7404 for additional guidance on obtaining approval to authorize use of an undefinitized contact action, documentation requirements, and other limitations on their use. (a) Foreign military sales contracts. (1) A contracting of…
  • DFARS 232.102-70 Provisional delivery payments.
    …ces delivered to and accepted by the Government under the following contract actions if undefinitized: (1) Letter contracts contemplating a fixed-price contract. (2) Orders under basic ordering agreements. (3) Spares provisioning documen…
  • FAR 32.501-1 Customary progress payment rates.
    ….S.C. 4504(b), the limit for progress payments is 80 percent on work accomplished under undefinitized contract actions. The contracting officer must not authorize a higher rate under unusual progress payments or other customary progress pay…
  • FAR 43.204 Administration.
    …ccordance with agency procedures, record and maintain data regarding the time required to definitize equitable adjustments associated with change orders for construction. The definitization of an equitable adjustment begins upon receipt of …
  • FAR 52.232-5 Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts.
    …t of Claims Act of 1940 (31 U.S.C. 3727 and 41 U.S.C. 6305). (i) Limitation because of undefinitized work. Notwithstanding any provision of this contract, progress payments shall not exceed 80 percent on work accomplished on undefinitized …
  • DFARS 204.1603 Procedures.
    …not change; and (iv) Use Z only in position 2, and only to identify a modification which definitizes a letter contract or a previously issued undefinitized modification. (2) Positions 4 through 6. These positions are always numeric. Use a…
  • DFARS 204.7101 Definitions.
    …t or incorporated by reference, which does not establish a requirement for deliverables. Definitized item, as used in this subpart, means an item for which a firm price has been established in the basic contract or by modification. Exhibi…
  • DFARS 205.303 Announcement of contract awards.
    …hat have a face value, excluding unexercised options, of more than $9 million. (A) For undefinitized contractual actions, report the not-to-exceed (NTE) amount. Later, if the definitized amount exceeds the NTE amount by more than $9 millio…
  • DFARS 217.7401 Definitions.
    … on, or determination of, contract terms, specifications, and price, which converts the undefinitized contract action to a definitive contract. Qualifying proposal means a proposal that contains sufficient information to enable DoD to cond…
  • DFARS 217.7404-4 Limitations on obligations.
    …unt to obligate, the contracting officer shall assess the contractor's proposal for the undefinitized period and shall obligate funds only in an amount consistent with the contractor's requirements for the undefinitized period.
  • DFARS 217.7404-6 Allowable profit.
    …negotiation of the final price. However, if a contractor submits a qualifying proposal to definitize a UCA, and the contracting officer for such action definitizes the contract after the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date on wh…
  • DFARS 218.201 Contingency operation.
    …d by the head of the contracting activity, support contingency. See 216.601(d)(3). (9) Undefinitized contract actions. The head of the agency may waive certain limitations for undefinitized contract actions if the head of the agency determ…
  • DFARS 243.204-70-7 Plans and reports.
    …npriced change orders, departments and agencies shall— (a) Include in the Consolidated Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) Management Plan required by 217.7405, the actions planned and taken to ensure that unpriced change orders are defini…
  • FAR 15.403-4 Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …eshold specified in the contract: (i) The award of any negotiated contract (except for undefinitized actions such as letter contracts). (ii) The award of a subcontract at any tier, if the contractor and each higher-tier subcontractor were…
  • FAR 19.705-5 Awards involving subcontracting plans.
    …orated into and made a material part of the contract. (b) Letter contracts and similar undefinitized instruments, which would otherwise meet the requirements of 19.702(a)(1)(i) and (ii), shall contain at least a preliminary basic plan addr…
  • FAR 32.102 Description of contract financing methods.
    …ogress payments may not exceed 80 percent of the eligible costs of work accomplished on undefinitized contract actions. (f) Performance-based payments are contract financing payments made on the basis of— (1) Performance measured by objec…
  • FAR 36.203 Government estimate of construction costs.
    … the independent Government estimate shall be prepared when the contract requirements are definitized. (c) Access to information concerning the Government estimate shall be limited to Government personnel whose official duties require know…
  • FAR 36.211 Distribution of advance notices and solicitations.
    …e agency's past performance, for the prior 3 fiscal years, regarding the time required to definitize equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts (see 43.204). If fewer than 3 fiscal years of data are available, agen…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    … these instructions. (6) Negotiate changes to interim billing prices. (7) Negotiate and definitize adjustments to contract prices resulting from exercise of an economic price adjustment clause (see subpart 16.2). (8) Issue change orders …
  • FAR 43.103 Types of contract modifications.
    …Make negotiated equitable adjustments resulting from the issuance of a change order; (2) Definitize letter contracts; and (3) Reflect other agreements of the parties modifying the terms of contracts. (b) Unilateral. A unilateral modifica…
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    …rrent contract savings, that are net reductions in the prices of other contracts that are definitized and ongoing at the time the VECP is accepted; and (3) Future contract savings, that are the product of the future unit cost reduction mul…
  • FAR 52.232-10 Payments Under Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer Contracts.
    …) of this clause, progress payments shall not exceed 80 percent on work accomplished on undefinitized contract actions. A contract action is any action resulting in a contract, as defined in FAR subpart 2.1, including contract modifications…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …rent contract savings, which are net reductions in the prices of other contracts that are definitized and ongoing at the time the VECP is accepted; and (3) Future contract savings, which are the product of the future unit cost reduction mu…
  • DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.
    …iew (see also FAR 1.108(c), Dollar thresholds): (A) If the not-to-exceed amount for an undefinitized contract action or an unpriced change order exceeds the peer review threshold, then the resultant definitization modification(s) will be s…
  • DFARS 211.274-3 Policy for valuation.
    …he unit price identified in the contract at the time of delivery; (2) For cost-type or undefinitized line, subline, or exhibit line items, the contractor's estimated fully burdened unit cost to the Government at the time of delivery; and …
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …ly, qualifying proposal (as defined in 217.7401) in furtherance of definitization of an undefinitized contract action, and the proposal demonstrates effective cost control from the time of award to the present, the contracting officer may a…
  • DFARS 217.7103-4 Emergency work.
    … on a vessel. (b) Follow the procedures at PGI 217.7103-4 when processing this type of undefinitized contract action.
  • DFARS 217.7402 Exceptions.
    (a) The following undefinitized contract actions (UCAs) are not subject to this subpart. However, the contracting officer shall apply the policy and procedures to them to the maximum extent practicable (also see paragraph (b) of this sectio…
  • DFARS 217.7403 Policy.
    DoD policy is that undefinitized contract actions shall— (a) Be used only when— (1) The negotiation of a definitive contract action is not possible in sufficient time to meet the Government's requirements; and (2) The Government's intere…
  • DFARS 243.204-70-4 Limitations on obligations.
    …ents). (b) Obligations should be consistent with the contractor's requirements for the undefinitized period.
  • DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation.
    …he unit price identified in the contract at the time of delivery; (2) For cost-type or undefinitized line, subline, or exhibit line items, the Contractor's estimated fully burdened unit cost to the Government at the time of delivery; and …
  • DFARS 252.217-7028 Over and above work.
    …iate a settlement for the over and above work. Contract modifications will be executed to definitize all over and above work. (f) Failure to agree on the price of over and above work shall be a dispute within the meaning of the Disputes cl…
  • DFARS 252.232-7004 DoD Progress Payment Rates.
    …he progress payment rate and liquidations rate (excepting paragraph (k), Limitations on Undefinitized Contract Actions) to 90 percent. (End of clause)

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