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56 sections with “proposed prices”: the first 40

  • 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 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 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 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…
  • DFARS 252.247-7002 Revision of prices.
    …, the Contractor shall submit— (1) A new estimate and breakdown of the unit cost and the proposed prices for the services the Contractor will perform under this contract after the effective date of the price revision, itemized to be consis…
  • 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 15.407-2 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 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 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 25.503 Group offers.
    …aluation factor on the basis of the group of items (see 25.504-4, Example 2). (1) If the proposed price of domestic end products exceeds 50 percent of the total proposed price of the group, evaluate the entire group as a domestic offer. Ev…
  • FAR 32.204 Procedures for contracting officer-specified commercial contract financing.
    …esponsive or otherwise unacceptable. In the event of award to an offeror who declined the proposed contract financing, the contract financing provisions shall not be included in the resulting contract. Contract financing shall not be a basi…
  • 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 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…
  • 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…
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …a firm-fixed-price or fixed-price with economic price adjustment basis, comparison of the proposed prices will usually satisfy the requirement to perform a price analysis, and a cost analysis need not be performed. In limited situations, a …
  • 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 52.216-5 Price Redetermination—Prospective.
    …he end of each redetermination period, except the last, the Contractor shall submit— (i) Proposed prices for supplies that may be delivered or services that may be performed in the next succeeding period, and— (A) An estimate and breakdow…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …ordering activity is responsible for considering the level of effort and the mix of labor proposed to perform, and for determining that the proposed price is reasonable. (vii) The BPA must be established in accordance with paragraph (b)(2)…
  • FAR 15.404-3 Subcontract pricing considerations.
    … subcontractor has an approved purchasing system, has performed cost or price analysis of proposed subcontractor prices, or has negotiated the subcontract prices before negotiation of the prime contract, in determining the reasonableness of…
  • FAR 32.1005 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …s Alternate I in competitive negotiated solicitations if the Government intends to adjust proposed prices for proposal evaluation purposes (see 32.1004(e)).
  • FAR 36.207 Pricing fixed-price construction contracts.
    …from submitting offers or would result in offerors including unwarranted contingencies in proposed prices.
  • FAR 52.216-6 Price Redetermination—Retroactive.
    …on of all services to be performed under this contract, the Contractor shall submit— (i) Proposed prices; (ii) A statement in the format of table 15-2, FAR 15.408, or in any other form on which the parties may agree, of all costs incurred…
  • 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 52.236-28 Preparation of Proposals—Construction.
    …nge appearing on any proposal form. (b) The proposal form may require offerors to submit proposed prices for one or more items on various bases, including— (1) Lump sum price; (2) Alternate prices; (3) Units of construction; or (4) Any…
  • FAR 52.248-1 Value Engineering.
    …ude in each VECP the information described in subparagraphs (1) through (8) below. If the proposed change is affected by contractually required configuration management or similar procedures, the instructions in those procedures relating to…
  • DFARS 215.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …spare parts or support equipment, perform an analysis of— (A) Those line items where the proposed price exceeds by 25 percent or more the lowest price the Government has paid within the most recent 12-month period based on reasonably avail…
  • FAR 3.103-2 Evaluating the certification.
    …uired by the Government. (ii) The fact that a firm has informed prospective customers of proposed or pending publication of new or revised price lists for items being acquired by the Government. (iii) The fact that a firm has sold the sam…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …ork. The contracting officer should establish firm-fixed-prices, as appropriate. (3) For proposed orders exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. In addition to meeting the requirements of 8.405-2(c)(2)(i) and (iii), the following p…
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    …btained in making recent purchases of the same or similar item. (iii) The urgency of the proposed purchase. (iv) The dollar value of the proposed purchase. (v) Past experience concerning specific dealers' prices. (2)(i) When soliciting …
  • FAR 13.106-3 Award and documentation.
    (a) Basis for award. Before making award, the contracting officer must determine that the proposed price is fair and reasonable. (1) Whenever possible, base price reasonableness on competitive quotations or offers. (2) If only one respons…
  • FAR 15.201 Exchanges with industry before receipt of proposals.
    …n process can identify and resolve concerns regarding the acquisition strategy, including proposed contract type, terms and conditions, and acquisition planning schedules; the feasibility of the requirement, including performance requiremen…
  • 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 15.404-4 Profit.
    …ion because of their routine nature, or are elements that contribute significantly to the proposed contract. (D) General management. This subfactor measures the prospective contractor's other indirect costs and general and administrative (…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …rm engineering analyses of contractor cost proposals. (45) Review and analyze contractor-proposed engineering and design studies and submit comments and recommendations to the contracting office, as required. (46) Review engineering chang…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …fferor and/or any of its principals— (1) □ Are, □ are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible for the award of contracts by any Federal agency; (2) □ Have, □ have not, within a three-year period p…
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …he number of days specified on the solicitation cover sheet (unless a different period is proposed by the offeror). (e) Restriction on disclosure and use of data. Offerors that include in their proposals data that they do not want disclose…
  • FAR 52.244-2 Subcontracts.
    … (ii) Identification of the type of subcontract to be used. (iii) Identification of the proposed subcontractor. (iv) The proposed subcontract price. (v) The subcontractor's current, complete, and accurate certified cost or pricing data …
  • DFARS 252.204-7024 Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System.
    …y issues, mission degradation, or monetary loss. Price risk means a measure of whether a proposed price for a product or service is consistent with historical prices paid for that item or service. Supplier risk means the probability that …

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