48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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16 sections with “priced or unpriced contracts”

  • FAR 13.403 Preparation and execution of orders.
    Priced or unpriced contracts, purchase orders, or BPAs using the fast payment procedure shall include the following: (a) A requirement that the supplies be shipped transportation or postage prepaid. (b) A requirement that invoices be subm…
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …nality of the most comparable commercial product in the commercial market. (C) For items priced based on a catalog— (1) A copy of or identification of the Offeror's current catalog showing the price for that item; and (2) If the catalog …
  • FAR 52.215-20 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …e price of recent sales in quantities similar to the proposed quantities; (B) For market-priced items, the source and date or period of the market quotation or other basis for market price, the base amount, and applicable discounts. In add…
  • FAR 52.215-21 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.
    …e price of recent sales in quantities similar to the proposed quantities. (2) For market-priced items, the source and date or period of the market quotation or other basis for market price, the base amount, and applicable discounts. In add…
  • FAR 52.244-2 Subcontracts.
    … is included in a fixed-price type contract, consent to subcontract is required only on unpriced contract actions (including unpriced modifications or unpriced delivery orders), and only if required in accordance with paragraph (c) or (d) o…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … (that is, new contract, change order, price revision/redetermination, letter contract, unpriced order, or other); (6) Proposed cost; profit or fee; and total; (7) Whether you will require the use of Government property in the performance…
  • FAR 32.503-6 Suspension or reduction of payments.
    …entive contracts) to include the not-to-exceed amount for any pending change orders and unpriced orders. (ii) Divide the revised contract price by the sum of the total costs incurred to date plus the estimated additional costs of completin…
  • DFARS 215.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …riate, for approval of such waivers, for partial waivers, and for waivers applicable to unpriced supplies or services. (B) By November 30th of each year, departments and agencies shall provide a report to the Office of the Principal Direct…
  • FAR 32.501-3 Contract price.
    …price is the current amount fixed by the contract plus the not-to-exceed amount for any unpriced modifications. (2) If the contract is redeterminable or subject to economic price adjustment, the contract price is the initial price until mo…
  • FAR 44.201-1 Consent requirements.
    …r cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, labor-hour, or letter contracts, and also for unpriced actions (including unpriced modifications and unpriced delivery orders) under fixed-price contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition thre…
  • FAR 44.204 Contract clauses.
    …i) A fixed-price contract that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold under which unpriced contract actions (including unpriced modifications or unpriced delivery orders) are anticipated; (iv) A time-and-materials contract that excee…
  • DFARS 217.7406 Contract clauses.
    …very contracts; (5) Any other type of contract providing for the use of UCAs; and (6) Unpriced change orders with an estimated value exceeding $5 million. (b)(1) Use the clause at 252.217-7027, Contract Definitization, in— (i) All UCAs;…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …y delivery schedule change with the contracting office. (2) Negotiate prices and execute priced exhibits for unpriced orders issued by the contracting officer under basic ordering agreements. (3) Negotiate or negotiate and execute supplem…
  • DFARS 232.102-70 Provisional delivery payments.
    …asic ordering agreements. (3) Spares provisioning documents annexed to contracts. (4) Unpriced equitable adjustments on fixed-price contracts. (5) Orders under indefinite-delivery contracts. (b) Provisional delivery payments shall be— …
  • FAR 13.302-5 Clauses.
    …(c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.213-3, Notice to Supplier, in unpriced purchase orders. (d)(1) The contracting officer may use the clause at 52.213-4, Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Comme…
  • DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.
    …hresholds): (A) If the not-to-exceed amount for an undefinitized contract action or an unpriced change order exceeds the peer review threshold, then the resultant definitization modification(s) will be subject to peer review regardless of …

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