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193 sections with “proposed cost”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …scription of differences or inconsistencies between or among the relevant sales data, the proposed price, and the catalog price (including any related discounts, refunds, rebates, offsets, or other adjustments); (D) For items priced based …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ting from known data; and (2) The nature and amount of any contingencies included in the proposed price. Day means, unless otherwise specified, a calendar day. Debarment means action taken by a suspending and debarring official under 9.4…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …tml. (b) Price analysis. (1) Price analysis is the process of examining and evaluating a proposed price without evaluating its separate cost elements and proposed profit. Unless an exception from the requirement to obtain certified cost or…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … in the proposal as the basis for pricing) that will permit an adequate evaluation of the proposed price. I. General Instructions A. You must provide the following information on the first page of your pricing proposal: (1) Solicitation,…
  • FAR 32.205 Procedures for offeror-proposed commercial contract financing.
    …en contract financing terms vary among offerors, the contracting officer must adjust each proposed price for evaluation purposes to reflect the cost of providing the proposed financing in order to determine the total cost to the Government …
  • FAR 52.215-20 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …ch offered price and its relationship to the established catalog price, including how the proposed price relates to the price of recent sales in quantities similar to the proposed quantities; (B) For market-priced items, the source and dat…
  • FAR 52.215-21 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.
    …ch offered price and its relationship to the established catalog price, including how the proposed price relates to the price of recent sales in quantities similar to the proposed quantities. (2) For market-priced items, the source and dat…
  • FAR 52.215-17 Waiver of Facilities Capital Cost of Money.
    …of Money (OCT 1997) The Contractor did not include facilities capital cost of money as a proposed cost of this contract. Therefore, it is an unallowable cost under this contract. (End of clause)
  • FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.
    …or) before implementation of the change. (3) For any change in cost accounting practices proposed in accordance with paragraph (a)(4)(ii) or (iii) of the clauses at FAR 52.230-2 and FAR 52.230-5; or with paragraph (a)(3) of the clauses at …
  • FAR 5.101 Methods of disseminating information.
    …5 U.S.C. 637(e)) and 41 U.S.C. 1708, contracting officers must disseminate information on proposed contract actions as follows: (1) For proposed contract actions expected to exceed $25,000, by synopsizing in the GPE (see 5.201). (2) For p…
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    …al security (e.g., would result in disclosure of classified information). The fact that a proposed solicitation or contract action contains classified information, or that access to classified matter may be necessary to submit a proposal or…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …P Code. (5) Product or Service Code. (6) Contracting Office Address. (7) Subject. (8) Proposed Solicitation Number. (9) Closing Response Date. (10) Contact Point or Contracting Officer. (11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number. (…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …limited sources justification—(1) Circumstances justifying limiting the source. (i) For a proposed order or BPA with an estimated value exceeding the micro-purchase threshold not placed or established in accordance with the procedures in 8.…
  • FAR 9.406-3 Procedures.
    …n, in writing, or through a representative, information and argument in opposition to the proposed debarment. If the suspending and debarring official extends the opportunity for the contractor to submit material in opposition, then the off…
  • 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).
    …potential offerors did not intend to submit an offer; and (2) The determination that the proposed price is based on adequate price competition and is reasonable has been approved at a level above the contracting officer; or (B) Price anal…
  • FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs.
    …tified cost or pricing data whose estimated value is $20 million or more, except when the proposed contract is for research or development and, if prototypes or hardware are involved, no significant follow-on production is anticipated. (2)…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …. (10)(i) No protest under subpart 33.1 is authorized in connection with the issuance or proposed issuance of an order under a task-order contract or delivery-order contract, except— (A) A protest on the grounds that the order increases t…
  • FAR 36.214 Special procedures for price negotiation in construction contracting.
    …fied cost or pricing data is not required (see 15.403-1 and 15.403-2), and any element of proposed cost differs significantly from the Government estimate, the contracting officer should request the offeror to submit cost information concer…
  • FAR 41.301 Requirements.
    (a) Requests for delegations of GSA contracting authority, assistance with a proposed contract as provided in 41.203, and the submission of other information required by this part, shall be sent or submitted to the General Services Administ…
  • FAR 42.1203 Processing agreements.
    …Identify and request that the contractor submit the information necessary to evaluate the proposed agreement for recognizing a successor in interest or a name change. This information should include the items identified in 42.1204 (e) and (…
  • FAR 44.202-2 Considerations.
    …fied cost or pricing data and data other than certified cost or pricing data? (9) Is the proposed subcontract type appropriate for the risks involved and consistent with current policy? (10) Has adequate consideration been obtained for an…
  • FAR 52.232-28 Invitation To Propose Performance-Based Payments.
    …tract performance. The Government will consider performance-based payment financing terms proposed by the offeror in the evaluation of the offeror's proposal. The Contracting Officer will incorporate the financing terms of the successful of…
  • FAR 52.232-31 Invitation To Propose Financing Terms.
    …t shall make contract financing payments during contract performance. The financing terms proposed by the offeror shall be a factor in the evaluation of the offeror's proposal. The financing terms of the successful offeror and the clause, T…
  • DFARS 201.201-1 The two councils.
    …5, Defense Acquisition Regulations (DAR) System. (d)(i) Departments and agencies process proposed revisions of FAR or DFARS through channels to the Director of the DAR Council. Process the proposed revision as a memorandum in the following…
  • DFARS 234.7002 Policy.
    …cial product in accordance with 212.102(a)(iii). For a subsystem of a major weapon system proposed as a commercial product that has not previously been determined to be a commercial product (see 212.102(a)(ii)), follow the procedures in par…
  • DFARS 252.234-7003 Notice of Cost and Software Data Reporting System.
    …ements of the DoD 5000.04-M-1, CSDR Manual, and the Government-approved CSDR plan for the proposed contract; (2) Demonstrate how contractor cost and data reporting (CCDR) will be based, to the maximum extent possible, upon actual cost tran…
  • FAR 15.605 Content of unsolicited proposals.
    … other Federal, State, or local agencies or parties receiving the proposal or funding the proposed effort; (5) Date of submission; and (6) Signature of a person authorized to represent and contractually obligate the offeror. (b) Technica…
  • FAR 15.606-2 Evaluation.
    …ing the proposal objectives; (5) The qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the proposed principal investigator, team leader, or key personnel critical to achieving the proposal objectives; and (6) The realism of the proposed cos…
  • FAR 25.003 Definitions.
    …at award will be made on a group of line items, a domestic offer means an offer where the proposed price of the domestic end products exceeds 50 percent of the total proposed price of the group. Eligible offer means an offer of an eligible…
  • FAR 30.604 Processing changes to disclosed or established cost accounting practices.
    …ion and description of the change in cost accounting practice, the CFAO should review the proposed change concurrently for adequacy and compliance. The CFAO shall— (1) If the description of the change is both adequate and compliant, notify…
  • FAR 30.606 Resolving cost impacts.
    …e, i.e., ensure that compliant cost accounting practices will now be utilized to estimate proposed contract costs; and (v) Shall require the contractor to adjust any invoices that were paid based on noncompliant contract prices to reflect …
  • FAR 31.110 Indirect cost rate certification and penalties on unallowable costs.
    (a) Certain contracts require certification of the indirect cost rates proposed for final payment purposes. See 42.703-2 for administrative procedures regarding the certification provisions and the related contract clause prescription. (b)…
  • FAR 31.205-10 Cost of money.
    …d; and (3) The estimated facilities capital cost of money is specifically identified and proposed in cost proposals relating to the contract under which the cost is to be claimed. (c) Actual interest cost in lieu of the calculated imputed…
  • FAR 31.205-32 Precontract costs.
    …n anticipation of the contract award when such incurrence is necessary to comply with the proposed contract delivery schedule. These costs are allowable to the extent that they would have been allowable if incurred after the date of the con…
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    …(iv) Authorization for trip; and (v) Purpose of trip. (3) Where an advance agreement is proposed (see 31.109), consideration may be given to the following: (i) Whether scheduled commercial airlines or other suitable, less costly, travel …
  • FAR 32.1004 Procedures.
    …any, terms shall be included in all offers; and (ii) The extent to which and how offeror-proposed performance-based payment terms will be evaluated. Unless agencies prescribe other evaluation procedures, if the contracting officer anticipa…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    … documents that the agency intends to withhold from the protester and the reasons for the proposed withholding. Any objection to the scope of the agency's proposed disclosure or nondisclosure of the documents must be filed with the GAO and …
  • FAR 36.203 Government estimate of construction costs.
    …epared and furnished to the contracting officer at the earliest practicable time for each proposed contract and for each contract modification anticipated to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may require a…
  • FAR 36.605 Government cost estimate for architect-engineer work.
    …prepared and furnished to the contracting officer before commencing negotiations for each proposed contract or contract modification expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The estimate shall be prepared on the basis of a d…
  • FAR 42.707 Cost-sharing rates and limitations on indirect cost rates.
    …nal indirect cost rate ceiling in a contract. Examples of such circumstances are when the proposed contractor— (i) Is a new or recently reorganized company, and there is no past or recent record of incurred indirect costs; (ii) Has a rece…

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