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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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19 sections with “lump sum”

  • FAR 36.207 Pricing fixed-price construction contracts.
    …-fixed-price contracts shall be used to acquire construction. They may be priced (1) on a lump-sum basis (when a lump sum is paid for the total work or defined parts of the work), (2) on a unit-price basis (when a unit price is paid for a s…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    … significantly different from those previously anticipated or (2) to the calculation of a lump-sum payment, which cannot later be revised. Government costs, as used in this clause, means those agency costs that result directly from develop…
  • FAR 31.205-35 Relocation costs.
    …f the old mortgage times 3 years. (ii) When mortgage differential payments are made on a lump-sum basis and the employee leaves or is transferred again in less than 3 years, the amount initially recognized shall be proportionately adjusted…
  • FAR 48.104-2 Sharing acquisition savings.
    …d on concurrent contracts or until future contract savings are calculated, either through lump-sum payment or as each future contract is awarded. (i) When the instant contract is not an incentive contract, the contractor's share of net acq…
  • DFARS 252.236-7004 Payment for mobilization and demobilization.
    …ization and demobilization of all of the Contractor's plant and equipment at the contract lump sum price for this item. (1) ________ percent of the lump sum price upon completion of the contractor's mobilization at the work site. (2) The …
  • FAR 13.101 General.
    …fiscal and accounting officer to obligate funds on purchase documents against a specified lump sum of funds reserved for the purpose for a specified period of time rather than obtaining individual obligational authority on each purchase doc…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …of the employees. (A) Terminal funding occurs when the entire PRB liability is paid in a lump sum upon the termination of employees (or upon conversion to such a terminal-funded plan) to an insurer or trustee to establish and maintain a fu…
  • FAR 32.604 Demand for payment.
    …e contracting officer only becomes aware of the debt when the contractor— (1) Provides a lump sum payment or submits a credit invoice. (A credit invoice is a contractor's request to liquidate the debt against existing unpaid bills due the …
  • FAR 36.208 Concurrent performance of firm-fixed-price and other types of construction contracts.
    …atures shall not be permitted concurrently, at the same work site, with firm-fixed-price, lump sum, or unit price contracts except with the prior approval of the head of the contracting activity.
  • FAR 52.214-18 Preparation of Bids—Construction.
    …uire bidders to submit bid prices for one or more items on various bases, including— (1) Lump sum bidding; (2) Alternate prices; (3) Units of construction; or (4) Any combination of subparagraphs (1) through (3) above. (c) If the solic…
  • FAR 52.236-28 Preparation of Proposals—Construction.
    …fferors to submit proposed prices for one or more items on various bases, including— (1) Lump sum price; (2) Alternate prices; (3) Units of construction; or (4) Any combination of paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(3) of this provision. (c)…
  • FAR 52.241-9 Connection Charge.
    …n charge. The payment shall be in the form of progress payments, advance payments or as a lump sum, as agreed to by the parties and as permitted by applicable law. The total amount payable shall be either the estimated cost of $___ less the…
  • DFARS 227.671 General.
    …ation for providing such foreign license and technical assistance may be in the form of a lump sum payment, payments for each item manufactured by the second source, an agreement to exchange data and patent rights on improvements made to th…
  • DFARS 236.570 Additional provisions and clauses.
    …cessary by the location or nature of the work. (A) Generally, allocate 60 percent of the lump sum price in paragraph (a) of the clause to the cost of mobilization. (B) Vary this percentage to reflect the circumstances of the particular co…
  • DFARS 252.228-7000 Reimbursement for War-Hazard Losses.
    …port payment or denial of each claim; (2) Subject to Contracting Officer approval, makes lump sum final settlement of any open claims and obtains necessary release documents within one year of the expiration or termination of this contract…
  • FAR 49.206-2 Bases for settlement proposals.
    …uction contract. (iii) The complete termination of a unit-price (as distinguished from a lump-sum) professional services contract. (b) Total cost basis. (1) When use of the inventory basis is not practicable or will unduly delay settlemen…
  • FAR 48.001 Definitions.
    … significantly different from those previously anticipated or (2) to the calculation of a lump-sum payment, that cannot later be revised. Government costs means those agency costs that result directly from developing and implementing the V…
  • FAR 49.110 Settlement negotiation memorandum.
    …cify the factors considered for each item. If the settlement was negotiated on an overall lump-sum basis, the TCO need not evaluate each item or group of items individually, but shall support the total amount of the recommended settlement i…
  • DFARS 241.202 Procedures.
    …ated labor cost of installing and removing the facility shall not include salvage cost. A lump-sum connection charge shall be no more than the agreed cost of the connecting facilities less net salvage. The order of precedence for contractua…

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