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30 sections with “negotiated settlement”

  • DFARS 204.804 Closeout of contract files.
    … meeting the requirements of paragraph (3)(i) of this section may be closed out through a negotiated settlement with the contractor. Except as provided in paragraph (3)(ii)(B) of this section, the contract closeout process shall include a b…
  • FAR 49.110 Settlement negotiation memorandum.
    …e memorandum shall be distributed in accordance with 15.406-3. (b) If the settlement was negotiated on the basis of individual items, the TCO shall specify the factors considered for each item. If the settlement was negotiated on an overal…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …e included in and made a part of the resultant contract. The subcontracting plan shall be negotiated within the time specified by the Contracting Officer. Failure to submit and negotiate the subcontracting plan shall make the Offeror inelig…
  • FAR 15.405 Price negotiation.
    …ontracting officer is responsible for exercising the requisite judgment needed to reach a negotiated settlement with the offeror and is solely responsible for the final price agreement. However, when significant audit or other specialist re…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …ts. If costs of compensation established under “arm's length” labor-management agreements negotiated under the terms of the Federal Labor Relations Act or similar state statutes are otherwise allowable, the costs are reasonable unless, as a…
  • FAR 49.103 Methods of settlement.
    …ent contracts and fixed-price contracts terminated for convenience may be effected by (a) negotiated agreement, (b) determination by the TCO, (c) costing-out under vouchers using SF 1034, Public Voucher for Purchases and Services Other Than…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    …equently be reserved and that should be scrutinized at the time a settlement agreement is negotiated (see 49.109-2). The suggested language of the excepted items on the list may be varied at the discretion of the contracting officer. If acc…
  • FAR 49.603-4 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, with settlement limited to fee.
    …equently be reserved and that should be scrutinized at the time a settlement agreement is negotiated (see 49.109-2). The suggested language of the excepted items on the list may be varied at the discretion of the contracting officer. If acc…
  • FAR 15.403-4 Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …ase of existing contracts, the threshold specified in the contract: (i) The award of any negotiated contract (except for undefinitized actions such as letter contracts). (ii) The award of a subcontract at any tier, if the contractor and e…
  • FAR 42.705-3 Educational institutions.
    …titution's costs for the year immediately preceding the year in which the rates are being negotiated. If this is not possible, an earlier audit may be used, but appropriate steps should be taken to identify and evaluate significant variatio…
  • FAR 49.112-2 Final payment.
    (a) Negotiated settlement. After execution of a settlement agreement, the contractor shall submit a voucher or invoice showing the amount agreed upon, less any portion previously paid. The TCO shall attach a copy of the settlement agreement…
  • FAR 49.303-4 Adjustment of indirect costs.
    … indirect costs for the contract period for which final indirect cost rates have not been negotiated, or to use billing rates as final rates for this period if the billing rates appear reasonable; or (2) Reserve any indirect cost adjustmen…
  • FAR 52.216-10 Incentive Fee.
    …et cost, as used in this contract, means the estimated cost of this contract as initially negotiated, adjusted in accordance with paragraph (d) below. (2) Target fee, as used in this contract, means the fee initially negotiated on the assu…
  • DFARS 249.7000 Terminated contracts with Canadian Commercial Corporation.
    …s are not subject to the approval and ratification of the TCO. However, when the proposed negotiated settlement exceeds the total contract price of the prime contract, the TCO shall obtain from the U.S. contracting officer prior to final se…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …r types of F.o.b., see 47.303). Forward pricing rate agreement means a written agreement negotiated between a contractor and the Government to make certain rates available during a specified period for use in pricing contracts or modificat…
  • FAR 49.203 Adjustment for loss.
    …uidated advance and progress payments previously made under the contract: (1) The amount negotiated or determined for settlement expenses. (2) The contract price, as adjusted, for acceptable completed end items (see 49.205). (3) The rema…
  • FAR 52.216-5 Price Redetermination—Prospective.
    … following the effective date of price redetermination. (f) Contract modifications. Each negotiated redetermination of prices shall be evidenced by a modification to this contract, signed by the Contractor and the Contracting Officer, stat…
  • 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 215.404-4 Profit.
    … use a structured approach for developing a prenegotiation profit or fee objective on any negotiated contract action when certified cost or pricing data is obtained, except for cost-plus-award-fee contracts (see 215.404-74, 216.405-2, and F…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …spective bidders. (iv) The Contractor shall solicit bids to obtain adequate competition. Negotiated sales are subject to obtaining such competition as is feasible under the circumstances of the negotiated sale. (v) The Contractor shall so…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …ount paid or to be paid in settlement of a claim; or (6) The estimated monetary value of negotiated overhead or other rates when applied to the Government portion of the applicable allocation base. Official means— (1) An officer, as defi…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …. The CAO shall notify the contracting officer when the purchase order is canceled. (64) Negotiated and execute one-time supplemental agreements providing for the extension of contract delivery schedules up to 90 days on contracts with an …
  • FAR 49.109-1 General.
    When a termination settlement has been negotiated and all required reviews have been obtained, the contractor and the TCO shall execute a settlement agreement on Standard Form 30 (Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract) (see 49.…
  • FAR 49.202 Profit.
    …completed; (8) The rate of profit both parties contemplated at the time the contract was negotiated; and (9) Character and difficulty of subcontracting, including selection, placement, and management of subcontracts, and effort in negotia…
  • FAR 49.502 Termination for convenience of the Government.
    …ld be placed on a no-profit or no-fee basis, and the subcontract should incorporate or be negotiated on the basis of the cost principles in part 31 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
  • FAR 49.603-1 Fixed-price contracts—complete termination.
    …equently be reserved and that should be scrutinized at the time a settlement agreement is negotiated (see 49.109-2). The suggested language of the excepted items on the list may be varied at the discretion of the contracting officer. If acc…
  • FAR 49.603-2 Fixed-price contracts—partial termination.
    …equently be reserved and that should be scrutinized at the time a settlement agreement is negotiated (see 49.109-2). The suggested language of the excepted items on the list may be varied at the discretion of the contracting officer. If acc…
  • FAR 52.216-6 Price Redetermination—Retroactive.
    …services performed by the Contractor under this contract. (e) Contract modification. The negotiated redetermination of price shall be evidenced by a modification to this contract, signed by the Contractor and the Contracting Officer. (f) …
  • FAR 53.243 Contract modifications (SF 30).
    …02-5, and elsewhere in this chapter. The form may also be used to amend solicitations for negotiated contracts, as specified in 15.210(b). Pending the publication of a new edition of the form, Instruction (b), Item 3 (effective date), is re…
  • DFARS 252.232-7007 Limitation of Government's obligation.
    … with regard to the rights or obligations of the parties concerning equitable adjustments negotiated under paragraphs (d) or (e) of this clause. (h) Nothing in this clause affects the right of the Government to terminate this contract purs…

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