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84 sections with “pricing action”: the first 40

  • FAR 15.403-4 Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    (a)(1) The contracting officer shall obtain certified cost or pricing data only if the contracting officer concludes that none of the exceptions in 15.403-1(b) applies. However, if the contracting officer has reason to believe exceptional c…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    … If, before agreement on price, the contracting officer learns that any certified cost or pricing data submitted are inaccurate, incomplete, or noncurrent, the contracting officer shall immediately bring the matter to the attention of the p…
  • 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).
    (a) Certified cost or pricing data shall not be obtained for acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold. (b) Exceptions to certified cost or pricing data requirements. The contracting officer shall not require certified …
  • FAR 15.404-3 Subcontract pricing considerations.
    …ility to analyze the contractor's submission, including subcontractor's certified cost or pricing data. (b) The prime contractor or subcontractor shall— (1) Conduct appropriate cost or price analyses to establish the reasonableness of pro…
  • FAR 15.407-3 Forward pricing rate agreements.
    (a) When certified cost or pricing data are required, offerors are required to describe any forward pricing rate agreements (FPRAs) in each specific pricing proposal to which the rates apply and to identify the latest cost or pricing data a…
  • FAR 52.214-27 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed Bidding.
    …4.201-7(b), insert the following clause: Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed Bidding (JUN 2020) (a) This clause shall become operative only for any modification to this contract involving aggr…
  • FAR 52.215-10 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    … 15.408(b), insert the following clause: Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data (AUG 2011) (a) If any price, including profit or fee, negotiated in connection with this contract, or any cost reimbursable under this c…
  • FAR 52.215-11 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.
    … 15.408(c), insert the following clause: Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications (JUN 2020) (a) This clause shall become operative only for any modification to this contract involving a pricing adjustmen…
  • FAR 52.215-20 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …scribed in 15.408(l), insert the following provision: Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data (NOV 2021) (a) Exceptions from certified cost or pricing data. (1) In lieu of submitt…
  • FAR 52.215-21 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.
    …prescribed in 15.408(m), insert the following clause: Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications (NOV 2021) (a) Exceptions from certified cost or pricing data. (1) In l…
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …408(5)(i) and (5)(i)(A), use the following provision: Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Basic (MAY 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Market prices means cur…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …entive-fee contract is contemplated. (b) Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data. The contracting officer shall, when contracting by negotiation, insert the clause at 52.215-10, Price Reduction for Defective Certified …
  • FAR 52.215-2 Audit and Records—Negotiation.
    …or's plants, or parts of them, engaged in performing the contract. (c) Certified cost or pricing data. If the Contractor has been required to submit certified cost or pricing data in connection with any pricing action relating to this cont…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … or an entire business organization that is not divided into segments. Certified cost or pricing data means “cost or pricing data” that were required to be submitted in accordance with FAR 15.403-4 and 15.403-5 and have been certified, or …
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …'s determination of a fair and reasonable price. This may include— (i) Certified cost or pricing data; (ii) Data other than certified cost or pricing data; (iii) Justification for waiver from the requirement to submit certified cost or p…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …detail of the analysis required. (2) Price analysis shall be used when certified cost or pricing data are not required (see paragraph (b) of this subsection and 15.404-3). (3) Cost analysis shall be used to evaluate the reasonableness of …
  • FAR 15.404-2 Data to support proposal analysis.
    (a) Field pricing assistance. (1) The contracting officer should request field pricing assistance when the information available at the buying activity is inadequate to determine a fair and reasonable price. The contracting officer shall ta…
  • FAR 15.406-1 Prenegotiation objectives.
    …e offeror's proposal, taking into consideration all pertinent information including field pricing assistance, audit reports and technical analysis, fact-finding results, independent Government cost estimates and price histories. (b) The co…
  • FAR 15.406-3 Documenting the negotiation.
    …he extent they affected and were considered in the negotiation. (5) If certified cost or pricing data were not required in the case of any price negotiation exceeding the certified cost or pricing data threshold, the exception used and the…
  • FAR 22.101-2 Contract pricing and administration.
    …e bases for allowing costs in cost-reimbursement contracts or for recognition of costs in pricing fixed-price contracts if they result in unreasonable costs to the Government. For a discussion of allowable costs resulting from labor-managem…
  • FAR 52.214-26 Audit and Records—Sealed Bidding.
    … written form, in the form of computer data, or in any other form. (b) Certified cost or pricing data. If the Contractor has been required to submit certified cost or pricing data in connection with the pricing of any modification to this …
  • FAR 52.244-2 Subcontracts.
    …ontract price. (v) The subcontractor's current, complete, and accurate certified cost or pricing data and Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data, if required by other contract provisions. (vi) The subcontractor's Disclosure Statement…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    … and regulatory requirements applicable to the acquisition of the supply or service. (d) Pricing. Supplies offered on the schedule are listed at fixed prices. Services offered on the schedule are priced either at hourly rates, or at a fixe…
  • DFARS 201.170 Peer reviews.
    (a) Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy peer reviews. (1) The Office of the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP), using the procedures at PGI 201.170, will organize teams of revie…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …ovision at 252.215-7003, Requirements for Submission of Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Canadian Commercial Corporation, as prescribed at 215.408(2)(i). (B) Use the clause at 252.215-7004, Requirement for Submission of Data …
  • DFARS 215.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …a comparison of the item description and the proposal price indicates a potential for overpricing; (C) Significant high-dollar-value items. If there are no obvious high-dollar-value items, include an analysis of a random sample of items; a…
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    …ontracting officer, in consultation with the cognizant ACO, should consider including a repricing clause in noncompetitive fixed-price contracts that are negotiated during the period between— (i) The time a business combination is announce…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …ontracts and subcontracts that are subject to Subpart 31.2 or for which certified cost or pricing data were submitted. (ii) For all other situations where assets revert to the contractor, or such assets are constructively received by it fo…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …r Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), and the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy, the directors of the defense agencies have been delegated authority to act as head of the agency for the…
  • DFARS 215.404-4 Profit.
    …otiation 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 FAR 16.405-2) or contracts with Federally Funded Re…
  • DFARS 252.215-7002 Cost Estimating System Requirements.
    …prime contracts or subcontracts, totaling $50 million or more for which certified cost or pricing data were required; or (2) In its fiscal year preceding award of this contract— (i) Received DoD prime contracts or subcontracts totaling $1…
  • FAR 12.207 Contract type.
    … a time-and-materials or labor-hour contract or order, shall— (1) Conduct an analysis of pricing and other relevant factors to determine if the action is in the best interest of the Government; (2) Document the decision in the contract or…
  • FAR 13.203 Purchase guidelines.
    …rice for purchases may more than offset potential savings from detecting instances of overpricing. Therefore, action to verify price reasonableness need only be taken if— (i) The contracting officer or individual appointed in accordance wi…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …complished by a multi-functional team of Government contracting, contract administration, pricing, audit, and engineering representatives. The objective of should-cost reviews is to promote both short and long-range improvements in the cont…
  • FAR 16.103 Negotiating contract type.
    …edicted with an acceptable degree of certainty. However, when a reasonable basis for firm pricing does not exist, other contract types should be considered, and negotiations should be directed toward selecting a contract type (or combinatio…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    … Ensure that the subcontracting goals are consistent with the offeror's certified cost or pricing data or data other than certified cost or pricing data. (4) Evaluate the offeror's make-or-buy policy or program to ensure that it does not c…
  • FAR 30.603-2 Unilateral and desirable changes.
    … for segments with CAS-covered contracts and subcontracts over a period for which forward pricing rates are developed or 5 years, whichever is shorter, and the cost savings are reflected in the forward pricing rates; and (iii) Funds are av…
  • FAR 32.604 Demand for payment.
    …imitation on Payments Statement, Cost Accounting Standards, price reduction for defective pricing), a notification stating that payment should be made promptly, and that interest is due in accordance with the terms of the contract. Interest…
  • FAR 32.607-2 Deferment of collection.
    …the FAR clause at 52.232-17, Interest; or, in the case of a debt arising from a defective pricing or a CAS noncompliance overpayment, interest, as prescribed by the applicable Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data or …
  • FAR 42.1304 Government delay of work.
    …gotiations leading to any adjustment made under the clause, and related certified cost or pricing data, or data other than certified cost or pricing data.

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.