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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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98 sections with “fixed-price solicitations and contracts”: the first 40

  • FAR 46.307 Fixed-price research and development contracts.
    …cting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-7, Inspection of Research and Development—Fixed-Price, in solicitations and contracts for research and development when (1) the primary objective of the contract is the delivery of end items o…
  • FAR 49.504 Termination of fixed-price contracts for default.
    …plies and services. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.249-8, Default (Fixed-Price Supply and Service), in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exc…
  • FAR 52.232-2 Payments Under Fixed-Price Research and Development Contracts.
    …nt due dates in accordance with agency regulations, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price research and development contract is contemplated: Payments Under Fixed-Price Research and Development Contracts (APR 1984) The Governme…
  • FAR 29.402-1 Foreign fixed-price contracts.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.229-6, Taxes—Foreign Fixed-Price Contracts, in solicitations and contracts expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold when a fixed-price contract is contemplated and the…
  • FAR 47.206 Preparation of solicitations and contracts.
    …nsportation or for transportation-related services as prescribed elsewhere in the FAR for fixed-price service contracts to the extent that those requirements are applicable and not inconsistent with the requirements in subpart 47.2. (b) In…
  • FAR 46.302 Fixed-price supply contracts.
    The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-2, Inspection of Supplies—Fixed-Price, in solicitations and contracts for supplies, or services that involve the furnishing of supplies, when a fixed-price contract is contemplated a…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …cant value, the contracting officer shall use the clause with— (1) Its Alternate I, if a fixed-price incentive contract is contemplated; or (2) Its Alternate II, if a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract is contemplated. (b) Price Reduction …
  • FAR 46.304 Fixed-price service contracts.
    The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.246-4, Inspection of Services—Fixed-Price, in solicitations and contracts for services, or supplies that involve the furnishing of services, when a fixed-price contract is contemplated a…
  • DFARS 216.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
    …y; (3) Address why a cost-plus-fixed-fee term or other cost-reimbursement, incentive, or fixed-price contract or order is not appropriate; for contracts (including indefinite-delivery contracts) and orders for other than commercial product…
  • FAR 27.202-5 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …he other offerors. (c) Insert the clause at 52.227-9, Refund of Royalties, in negotiated fixed-price solicitations and contracts when royalties may be paid under the contract. If a fixed-price incentive contract is contemplated, change “pr…
  • FAR 36.503 Site investigation and conditions affecting the work.
    …te Investigation and Conditions Affecting the Work, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amoun…
  • FAR 36.508 Other contracts.
    …all insert the clause at 52.236-8, Other Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amoun…
  • FAR 36.509 Protection of existing vegetation, structures, equipment, utilities, and improvements.
    …Structures, Equipment, Utilities, and Improvements, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amoun…
  • FAR 36.510 Operations and storage areas.
    … clause at 52.236-10, Operations ald Storage Areas, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amoun…
  • FAR 36.521 Specifications and drawings for construction.
    …6-21, Specifications and Drawings for Construction, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amoun…
  • FAR 22.407 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    …Pricing Method), in solicitations and contracts if the contract is expected to be— (1) A fixed-price contract subject to the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute that will contain option provisions by which the contracting officer m…
  • DFARS 216.203-4-70 Additional provisions and clauses.
    … Adjustment—Basic Steel, Aluminum, Brass, Bronze, or Copper Mill Products, may be used in fixed-price supply solicitations and contracts for basic steel, aluminum, brass, bronze, or copper mill products, such as sheets, plates, and bars, wh…
  • DFARS 246.710 Contract clauses.
    … (i) Use the basic clause in solicitations and contracts that are not firm-fixed price or fixed-price incentive. (ii) Use alternate I in fixed-price-incentive solicitations and contracts. (iii) Use alternate II in firm-fixed-price solicit…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    … selection. Discuss the rationale for the selection of contract type. For other than firm-fixed-price contracts, see 16.103(d) for additional documentation guidance. Acquisition personnel shall document the acquisition plan with findings th…
  • FAR 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … clause; (2) An option is not to be exercised at the time of contract award; (3) A firm-fixed-price contract, a fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment, or other type of contract approved under agency procedures is contemplate…
  • FAR 22.1006 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …shes the same purpose, in solicitations and contracts if the contract is expected to be a fixed-price, time-and-materials, or labor-hour service contract containing the clause at 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards, and is a multipl…
  • FAR 32.111 Contract clauses for noncommercial purchases.
    …regulations— (1) The clause at 52.232-1, Payments, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price supply contract, a fixed-price service contract, or a contract for nonregulated communication services is contemplated; (2) The clause at…
  • FAR 36.507 Permits and responsibilities.
    …e clause at 52.236-7, Permits and Responsibilities, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price or cost-reimbursement construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated.
  • FAR 36.514 Availability and use of utility services.
    …2.236-14, Availability and Use of Utility Services, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated, the contract is to be…
  • FAR 46.710 Contract clauses.
    …pplies of a Noncomplex Nature, in solicitations and contracts for noncomplex items when a fixed-price supply contract is contemplated and the use of a warranty clause has been approved under agency procedures. If the contractor's design rat…
  • FAR 49.502 Termination for convenience of the Government.
    (a) Fixed-price contracts that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (short form)—(1) General use. The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.249-1, Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price) (Short …
  • FAR 49.503 Termination for convenience of the Government and default.
    …all use the clause with its Alternate V. (b) Insert the clause at 52.249-7, Termination (Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer), in solicitations and contracts for architect-engineer services, when a fixed-price contract is contemplated. (c) Sub…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …e of Independent Price Determination. This provision applies to solicitations when a firm-fixed-price contract or fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment is contemplated, unless— (A) The acquisition is to be made under the simp…
  • FAR 52.211-11 Liquidated Damages—Supplies, Services, or Research and Development.
    …t]. (b) If the Government terminates this contract in whole or in part under the Default—Fixed-Price Supply and Service clause, the Contractor is liable for liquidated damages accruing until the Government reasonably obtains delivery or pe…
  • FAR 52.236-14 Availability and Use of Utility Services.
    …s prescribed in 36.514, insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated, the contract is to be…
  • FAR 52.249-7 Termination (Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer).
    …he following clause in solicitations and contracts for architect-engineer services when a fixed-price contract is contemplated: Termination (Fixed-Price Architect-Engineer) (APR 1984) (a) The Government may terminate this contract in whol…
  • DFARS 215.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …— (i) Cost-reimbursement, if the contract value is expected to exceed $700,000; or (ii) Fixed-price, if the contract value is expected to exceed $500 million; or (2) In lieu of 252.215-7010, in a solicitation, including solicitations usi…
  • DFARS 236.570 Additional provisions and clauses.
    (a) Use the following clauses in all fixed-price construction solicitations and contracts— (1) 252.236-7000, Modification Proposals-Price Breakdown; and (2) 252.236-7001, Contract Drawings and Specifications. (b) Use the following provis…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …ly, including for cost-reimbursement and other high-risk contracts (e.g., other than firm-fixed-price contracts) requiring a written acquisition plan. A written plan shall be prepared for cost reimbursement and other high-risk contracts oth…
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …ally, competition establishes price 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 p…
  • FAR 29.401-1 Indefinite-delivery contracts for leased equipment.
    …, State and Local Taxes, in solicitations and contracts for leased equipment when— (a) A fixed-price indefinite-delivery contract is contemplated; (b) The contract will be performed wholly or partly in the United States or its outlying ar…
  • FAR 29.401-3 Federal, State, and local taxes.
    …ct is to be performed wholly or partly in the United States or its outlying areas; (2) A fixed-price contract is contemplated; and (3) The contract is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. (b) In a noncompetitive contr…
  • FAR 32.1005 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …citations that may result in contracts providing for performance-based payments; and (2) Fixed-price contracts under which the Government will provide performance-based payments. (b)(1) Insert the solicitation provision at 52.232-28, Invi…
  • FAR 35.007 Solicitations.
    …criteria (e.g., unrealistically low cost estimates in proposals for cost-reimbursement or fixed-price incentive contracts). Although cost or price is not normally the controlling factor in selecting a contractor to perform R&D, it should no…
  • FAR 36.502 Differing site conditions.
    … the clause at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amoun…

FAR (chapter 1)

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