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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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29 sections with “economic analysis”

  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … does not involve a process of valuation. Useful life refers to the prospective period of economic usefulness in a particular contractor's operations as distinguished from physical life; it is evidenced by the actual or estimated retirement…
  • FAR 12.207 Contract type.
    …this section, agencies shall use firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services. (b)(1) A time-and-materials contract or labor-hour contr…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …usted to account for materially differing terms and conditions, quantities and market and economic factors. For similar items, the contracting officer must also adjust the prior price to account for material differences between the similar …
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …s whose skills, facilities, and technical assets can be expected to lead to efficient and economical contract performance. The subfactors in paragraphs (d)(1)(i) (A) through (D) of this subsection shall be considered in determining contract…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …ods because they do not assume that a contractor's historical costs reflect efficient and economical operation. Instead, these reviews evaluate the economy and efficiency of the contractor's existing work force, methods, materials, equipmen…
  • DFARS 215.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …icer shall consider materially differing terms and conditions, quantities, and market and economic factors (see PGI 215.404-1(b)(v)). For similar items, the contracting officer shall also consider material differences between the similar it…
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    …erials necessary to manufacture a weapon system, including advance procurement to achieve economic lot purchases or more efficient production rates (see paragraphs (h)(3) and (4) of this section regarding economic order quantity procurement…
  • DFARS 237.102-71 Limitation on service contracts for military flight simulators.
    …ecretary— (1) Determines that a waiver is in the national interest; and (2) Provides an economic analysis to the congressional defense committees at least 30 days before the waiver takes effect. This economic analysis shall include, at a …
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … contemplated that a make-or- buy program will be incorporated in the contract. If a less economical “make” or “buy” categorization is selected for one or more items of significant value, the contracting officer shall use the clause with— …
  • FAR 16.104 Factors in selecting contract types.
    …contract performance. (g) Period of performance or length of production run. In times of economic uncertainty, contracts extending over a relatively long period may require economic price adjustment or price redetermination clauses. (h) C…
  • FAR 17.207 Exercise of options.
    …tor within the time period specified in the contract. (b) When the contract provides for economic price adjustment and the contractor requests a revision of the price, the contracting officer shall determine the effect of the adjustment on…
  • FAR 31.204 Application of principles and procedures.
    … to any tier above the first firm-fixed-price subcontract or fixed-price subcontract with economic price adjustment provisions. (c) Costs incurred as payments under firm-fixed-price subcontracts or fixed-price subcontracts with economic pr…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …loss, damage or destruction to Government property that reduces the Government's expected economic benefits of the property. Loss of Government property does not include purposeful destructive testing, obsolescence, normal wear and tear or …
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …applied and value added by the contractor; (iv) The contractor's support of Federal socioeconomic programs; (v) The expected reliability of the contractor's cost estimates (including the contractor's cost estimating system); (vi) The ade…
  • DFARS 217.170 General.
    … Pub. L. 105-56 and similar sections in subsequent DoD appropriations acts); (ii) Employ economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20 million in any one year of the contract (see 10 U.S.C. 3501(l)(1) and section 8008(a) of Pub. L. …
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …f responsibility. (42) When limiting competition, or awarding on a sole source basis, to economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concerns or women-owned small business (WOSB) concerns eligible under the WOSB Program …
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …(s) and underlying assumptions, including the rationale for quantity, learning-curve, and economic adjustment factors. Describe how objectives are to be applied, tracked, and enforced. Indicate specific related solicitation and contractual …
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …ice reasonableness. Therefore, when contracting on a firm-fixed-price or fixed-price with economic price adjustment basis, comparison of the proposed prices will usually satisfy the requirement to perform a price analysis, and a cost analys…
  • 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).
    …t prices for the same or similar items, adjusted to reflect changes in market conditions, economic conditions, quantities, or terms and conditions under contracts that resulted from adequate price competition. (2) Prices set by law or regu…
  • FAR 15.405 Price negotiation.
    …a type and with a price providing the contractor the greatest incentive for efficient and economical performance. The negotiation of a contract type and a price are related and should be considered together with the issues of risk and uncer…
  • FAR 16.103 Negotiating contract type.
    … contractor risk and provide the contractor with the greatest incentive for efficient and economical performance. (b) A firm-fixed-price contract, which best utilizes the basic profit motive of business enterprise, shall be used when the r…
  • FAR 32.205 Procedures for offeror-proposed commercial contract financing.
    …e period shall be used. Appendix C is updated yearly, and is available from the Office of Economic Policy in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
  • FAR 42.101 Contract audit responsibilities.
    …ar contractor. In those instances, the two agencies shall agree on the most efficient and economical approach to meet contract audit requirements. For educational institutions (defined as institutions of higher education in the OMB Uniform …
  • DFARS 215.404-71-4 Facilities capital employed.
    … enhancing benefits resulting from the facilities capital investment, including— (A) The economic value of the facilities capital, such as physical age, undepreciated value, idleness, and expected contribution to future defense needs; and …
  • DFARS 217.174 Multiyear contracts for electricity from renewable energy sources.
    …ffective; and (2) It would not be possible to purchase electricity from the source in an economical manner without the use of a contract for a period in excess of 5 years. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the DoD…
  • DFARS 231.205-22 Lobbying and political activity costs.
    …ociated with preparing any material, report, list, or analysis on the actual or projected economic or employment impact in a particular State or congressional district of an acquisition program for which all research, development, testing, …
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …d higher-tier subcontractors or suppliers shall not use their power to award contracts as economic leverage to obtain rights in technical data from their subcontractors or suppliers. (5) In no event shall the Contractor use its obligation …
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …d higher tier subcontractors or suppliers shall not use their power to award contracts as economic leverage to obtain rights in technical data or computer software from their subcontractors or suppliers. (5) In no event shall the Contracto…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …11) Document negotiations in accordance with FAR 15.406-3; (12) Seek, take, and document economically feasible purchase discounts, including cash discounts, trade discounts, quantity discounts, rebates, freight allowances, and company-wide…

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.