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32 sections with “final negotiated total cost”

  • FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.
    …part 16.4); (3) Orders issued under indefinite-delivery contracts and subcontracts where final payment is not based on actual costs incurred (FAR Subpart 16.5); and (4) The fixed-hourly rate portion of time-and-materials and labor-hours c…
  • FAR 49.303-4 Adjustment of indirect costs.
    …able Cost and Payment, and it appears that adjustment of indirect costs will unduly delay final settlement, the TCO, after obtaining information from the appropriate audit agency, may agree with the contractor to— (1) Negotiate the amount …
  • FAR 15.403-4 Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …required are included for administrative convenience in the same modification. Negotiated final pricing actions (such as termination settlements and total final price agreements for fixed-price incentive and redeterminable contracts) are co…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …e Federal agency that, on behalf of all Federal agencies, is responsible for establishing final indirect cost rates and forward pricing rates, if applicable, and administering cost accounting standards for all contracts in a business unit. …
  • FAR 30.604 Processing changes to disclosed or established cost accounting practices.
    …r closed) or the fiscal year(s) in which the costs are incurred (i.e., whether or not the final indirect rates have been established); (2) Combine the cost impact for all affected CAS-covered contracts and subcontracts for all segments if …
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …rence. The Contractor shall proceed diligently with performance of this contract, pending final resolution of any dispute arising under the contract. (e) Definitions. The clause at FAR 52.202-1, Definitions, is incorporated herein by refer…
  • FAR 52.216-5 Price Redetermination—Prospective.
    …of the last preceding period, except that the parties may agree to vary the length of the final period. The first day of the second and each succeeding period shall be the effective date of price redetermination for that period. (d) Data s…
  • FAR 52.216-6 Price Redetermination—Retroactive.
    …ars that the then-current billing prices will be substantially greater than the estimated final prices, or if the Contractor submits data showing that the redetermined prices will be substantially greater than the current billing prices, th…
  • FAR 52.216-16 Incentive Price Revision—Firm Target.
    …price revision in accordance with this clause; provided, that in no event shall the total final price of these items exceed the ceiling price of ___ dollars ($___). Any supplies or services that are to be (1) ordered separately under, or ot…
  • FAR 52.216-17 Incentive Price Revision—Successive Targets.
    …price revision in accordance with this clause; provided, that in no event shall the total final price of these items exceed the ceiling price of ___ dollars ($___). The prices of these items shown in the Schedule are the initial target pric…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …had been incurred after the increase in the ceiling price. (f) Audit. At any time before final payment under this contract, the Contracting Officer may request audit of the vouchers and supporting documentation. Each payment previously mad…
  • FAR 52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price.
    …ement, or correction shall be considered a cost incurred, or to be incurred, in the total final negotiated cost fixed under the incentive price revision clause. However, replacements or corrections by the Contractor after the establishment …
  • FAR 16.204 Fixed-price incentive contracts.
    …ontract is a fixed-price contract that provides for adjusting profit and establishing the final contract price by a formula based on the relationship of final negotiated total cost to total target cost. Fixed-price incentive contracts are c…
  • FAR 16.403 Fixed-price incentive contracts.
    …ontract is a fixed-price contract that provides for adjusting profit and establishing the final contract price by application of a formula based on the relationship of total final negotiated cost to total target cost. The final price is sub…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    …titutes a portion of the total amount to which the Contractor is entitled in complete and final settlement of the contract. (ii) Further, the Government agrees to pay to the Contractor or its assignee, upon presentation of a proper invoice…
  • FAR 52.216-10 Incentive Fee.
    …5 percent of all fee withholds under this contract after receipt of an adequate certified final indirect cost rate proposal covering the year of physical completion of this contract, provided the Contractor has satisfied all other contract …
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …osts when there is reason to believe they should be suspended or disapproved, and approve final vouchers. (8) Issue Notices of Intent to Disallow or not Recognize Costs (see subpart 42.8). (9) Establish final indirect cost rates and billi…
  • FAR 52.216-4 Economic Price Adjustment—Labor and Material.
    …eriod that the Contracting Officer may approve in writing, but not later than the date of final payment under this contract. The notice shall include the Contractor's proposal for an adjustment in the contract unit prices to be negotiated u…
  • FAR 52.246-19 Warranty of Systems and Equipment under Performance Specifications or Design Criteria.
    …e Contractor in complying with this clause shall be considered when negotiating the total final price under the Incentive Price Revision clause of this contract. After establishment of the total final price, Contractor compliance with this …
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    (a) General. The objective of proposal analysis is to ensure that the final agreed-to price is fair and reasonable. (1) The contracting officer is responsible for evaluating the reasonableness of the offered prices. The analytical techniqu…
  • FAR 30.605 Processing noncompliances.
    …osts paid by the Government, in the aggregate; and (4) The net effect of any interim and final voucher billing adjustments made to correct a cost accumulation noncompliance will not result in the recovery of more than the increased cost pa…
  • DFARS 252.216-7001 Economic Price Adjustment-Nonstandard Steel Items.
    …ctor shall be paid the contract unit price for deliveries made. (2) Within 30 days after final delivery (or such other period as may be authorized by the Contracting Officer), the Contractor shall furnish a statement identifying the correc…
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    …o comply with the comprehensive subcontracting plan, the Contracting Officer will issue a final decision to the Contractor to that effect and require the Contractor to pay liquidated damages to the Government in the amount identified in the…
  • FAR 15.405 Price negotiation.
    …eeded to reach a negotiated settlement with the offeror and is solely responsible for the final price agreement. However, when significant audit or other specialist recommendations are not adopted, the contracting officer should provide rat…
  • FAR 17.106-1 General.
    …rors may provide information requiring a change in cancellation ceilings and dates before final negotiation and contract award. (e) Payment of cancellation charges. If cancellation occurs, the Government's liability will be determined by t…
  • FAR 31.205-11 Depreciation.
    …if the election is made, and contractors must continue to follow it until notification of final acceptance of all deliverable items on all open negotiated Government contracts. (c) For contracts to which 48 CFR 9904.409 is not applied, exc…
  • FAR 32.1004 Procedures.
    …n the contract. The method of liquidation shall ensure complete liquidation no later than final payment. (1) If the contracting officer establishes the performance-based payments on a delivery item basis, the liquidation amount for each li…
  • FAR 48.104-2 Sharing acquisition savings.
    …ring the sharing period. The contractor is responsible for maintaining, for 3 years after final payment on the contract under which the VECP was accepted, records adequate to identify the first delivered unit incorporating the applicable VE…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …equired for performance of the contract or subcontract. Total contract dollars means the final anticipated dollar value, including the dollar value of all options. Untimely payment means a payment to a subcontractor that is more than 90 d…
  • FAR 52.244-2 Subcontracts.
    … certified cost or pricing data in determining the price objective and in negotiating the final price; (E) The extent to which it was recognized in the negotiation that the subcontractor's certified cost or pricing data were not accurate, …
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …or shall maintain records adequate to identify the first delivered unit for 3 years after final payment under this contract. (2) The Contracting Officer shall calculate the Contractor's share of concurrent contract savings by (i) subtracti…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …ions, including laws and regulations involving export controls, host nation requirements, final governing standards, and government-to-government agreements. The Contractor's responsibility to comply with all applicable laws and regulations…

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.