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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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21 sections with “present value analysis”

  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …acts and make related determinations and findings. The term includes certain authorized representatives of the contracting officer acting within the limits of their authority as delegated by the contracting officer. “Administrative contract…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …mparison. If there has been a significant time lapse between the last acquisition and the present one, if the terms and conditions of the acquisition are significantly different, or if the reasonableness of the prior price is uncertain, the…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …her actually or by specific identification, to the Contracting Officer or an authorized representative. As later data come into your possession, it should be submitted promptly to the Contracting Officer in a manner that clearly shows how t…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …al services must be for work performed by the employee in the current year and must not represent a retroactive adjustment of prior years' salaries or wages (but see paragraphs (g), (h), (j), (k), (m), and (o) of this subsection). (2) The …
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …his contract and the terms of this contract. The Contractor may submit to an authorized representative of the Contracting Officer, in such form and reasonable detail as the representative may require, an invoice or voucher supported by a st…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …el means the Contractor's directors, officers, managers, superintendents, or equivalent representatives who have supervision or direction of— (1) All or substantially all of the Contractor's business; (2) All or substantially all of the C…
  • FAR 52.248-2 Value Engineering—Architect-Engineer.
    …pproval by the Contracting Officer, a list of team members and their respective resumes representing the engineering disciplines required to complete the study effort, and evidence of the team leader's qualifications and engineering discipl…
  • DFARS 215.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …pleteness of transaction data. Data must include a sufficient number of transactions to represent the range of relevant sales to all types of customers. The data must also include key information, such as date, quantity sold, part number, p…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …ish the BPA with the schedule contractor(s) that can provide the supply or service that represents the best value. (2) In addition to price (see 8.404(d) and 8.405-4), when determining best value, the ordering activity may consider, among …
  • DFARS 217.170 General.
    … compare the cost of that contract to the cost of an annual procurement approach, using a present value analysis. Do not award the multiyear contract unless the analysis shows that the multiyear contract will result in the lower cost (10 U.…
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    …(4)(ii) of this subsection determines in writing that the audited projected savings, on a present value basis, for DoD resulting from the restructuring will exceed either— (A) The costs allowed by a factor of at least two to one; or (B) T…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …based on cost analysis. (1) Profit or fee prenegotiation objectives do not necessarily represent net income to contractors. Rather, they represent that element of the potential total remuneration that contractors may receive for contract p…
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …acsimile Proposals. Proposals may be withdrawn in person by an offeror or an authorized representative, if the identity of the person requesting withdrawal is established and the person signs a receipt for the proposal before award. (4) Un…
  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    …s and applicants for employment. (6) The Contractor shall send, to each labor union or representative of workers with which it has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract or understanding, the notice to be provided by the Contr…
  • DFARS 209.571-1 Definitions.
    …GI 209.571-7; or (B) Preparation of work statements by contractors, acting as industry representatives, under the supervision and control of Government representatives, in accordance with FAR 9.505-2(b)(1)(ii).
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …ive value of the proposed innovation to the acquisition as a whole. When the innovation represents a minor benefit, the contracting officer should consider using values less than the norm. For innovative efforts that will have a major posit…
  • DFARS 234.7002 Policy.
    …r shall require the offeror to submit to or provide the contracting officer access to a representative sample, as determined by the contracting officer, of prices paid for the same or similar commercial products under comparable terms and c…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …tract using the procedures in 8.405, the ordering activity has concluded that the order represents the best value (as defined in FAR 2.101) and results in the lowest overall cost alternative (considering price, special features, administrat…
  • FAR 15.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …vernment's expressed requirement; (B) Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal represents the best value (see 2.101) where price is a substantial factor in source selection; and (C) There is no finding that the price of the otherw…
  • DFARS 215.404-4 Profit.
    …ors shall not be attempted, the contracting officer may encourage the contractor to— (A) Present the details of its proposed profit amounts in the weighted guidelines format or similar structured approached; and (B) Use the weighted guide…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-4 Facilities capital employed.
    …ies capital cost of money estimated to be incurred each year. The sum of these products represents the estimated contract facilities capital cost of money for the year's effort. (iv) Total contract facilities cost of money is the sum of th…

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