48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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9 sections with “negotiated ceiling rates”

  • FAR 42.707 Cost-sharing rates and limitations on indirect cost rates.
    …y accepting indirect cost rates lower than the anticipated actual rates. In such cases, a negotiated indirect cost rate ceiling may be incorporated into the contract for prospective application. For cost sharing under research and developme…
  • FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.
    …R 9903.306(c). The associated increase or decrease is based on the difference between the negotiated incentives, fees, and profits and the amounts that would have been negotiated had the cost impact been known at the time the contracts and …
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …alized when (i) the cost or price is reduced on the instant contract, (ii) reductions are negotiated in concurrent contracts, (iii) future contracts are awarded, or (iv) agreement is reached on a lump-sum payment for future contract savings…
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    …s to the Government of using the multiyear contract; (iii) Include details regarding the negotiated contract terms and conditions; and (iv) Be submitted to OUSD(A&S)(DPCAP) for transmission to Congress via the Secretary of Defense and the…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …res, administrative costs, etc.) to meet the Government's needs. Although GSA has already negotiated fair and reasonable pricing, ordering activities may seek additional discounts before placing an order (see 8.405-4). (e) The procedures u…
  • FAR 48.104-2 Sharing acquisition savings.
    …gs. This may occur on the instant contract or it may not occur until reductions have been negotiated on concurrent contracts or until future contract savings are calculated, either through lump-sum payment or as each future contract is awar…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …le and the Contracting Officer approves overtime work in advance, overtime rates shall be negotiated. (2) Failure to agree upon these overtime rates shall be treated as a dispute under the Disputes clause of this contract. (3) If the Sche…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    … overtime work is approved in advance by the Contracting Officer, overtime rates shall be negotiated. Failure to agree upon these overtime rates shall be treated as a dispute under the Disputes clause of this contract. If the Schedule provi…
  • DFARS 237.104 Personal services contracts.
    …tiations with the highest ranked applicant. If a mutually satisfactory contract cannot be negotiated, the contracting officer shall terminate negotiations with the highest ranked applicant and enter into negotiations with the next highest. …

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.