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13 sections with “indirect cost pool”

  • FAR 49.303-4 Adjustment of indirect costs.
    …ins the clause at 52.216-7, Allowable 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 contract…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …irect travel; (E) Other direct in-house costs; and (F) Properly allocable and allowable indirect costs, as shown in the records maintained by the Contractor for purposes of obtaining reimbursement under Government contracts; and (iii) Th…
  • FAR 30.606 Resolving cost impacts.
    …ntive type contracts. (3) When using an alternate method that excludes the costs from an indirect cost pool, the CFAO shall— (i) Apply such exclusion only to the determination of final indirect cost rates (see 42.705); and (ii) Adjust th…
  • FAR 31.202 Direct costs.
    …other costs incurred for the same purpose in like circumstances have been included in any indirect cost pool to be allocated to that or any other final cost objective. Direct costs of the contract shall be charged directly to the contract. …
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …supervision and coordination needed to perform the contract task. (C) Conversion-related indirect costs. This subfactor measures how much the indirect costs contribute to contract performance. The labor elements in the allocable indirect c…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …This term includes both direct assignment of cost and the reassignment of a share from an indirect cost pool. Compensated personal absence means any absence from work for reasons such as illness, vacation, holidays, jury duty, military tra…
  • FAR 31.201-6 Accounting for unallowable costs.
    …ampling process. (iii) The statistical sampling permits audit verification. (3) For any indirect cost in the selected sample that is subject to the penalty provisions at 42.709, the amount projected to the sampling universe from that samp…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …ss of fair market value, the contractor shall credit the amount of the excess to the same indirect cost pools that were charged for the ESOP contributions in the year in which the stock purchase occurs. However, when the trust purchases the…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …vely at private expense means development was accomplished entirely with costs charged to indirect cost pools, costs not allocated to a Government contract, or any combination thereof. (1) Private expense determinations should be made at t…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …vely at private expense means development was accomplished entirely with costs charged to indirect cost pools, costs not allocated to a government contract, or any combination thereof. (1) Private expense determinations should be made at t…
  • 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.
    …vely at private expense means development was accomplished entirely with costs charged to indirect cost pools, costs not allocated to a government contract, or any combination thereof. (1) Private expense determinations should be made at t…
  • FAR 37.115-2 General policy.
    …osals and subcontractor proposals. This includes uncompensated overtime hours that are in indirect cost pools for personnel whose regular hours are normally charged direct. (c) Contracting officers must ensure that the use of uncompensated…
  • FAR 52.237-10 Identification of Uncompensated Overtime.
    …at the prime or subcontract level. This includes uncompensated overtime hours that are in indirect cost pools for personnel whose regular hours are normally charged direct. (c) The offeror's accounting practices used to estimate uncompensa…

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