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302 sections with “rates”: the first 40

  • FAR 42.704 Billing rates.
    …cy official) or auditor responsible under 42.705 for establishing the final indirect cost rates also shall be responsible for determining the billing rates. (b) The contracting officer (or cognizant Federal agency official) or auditor shal…
  • FAR 42.707 Cost-sharing rates and limitations on indirect cost rates.
    …for the contractor to participate in the costs of the contract by accepting indirect cost rates lower than the anticipated actual rates. In such cases, a negotiated indirect cost rate ceiling may be incorporated into the contract for prospe…
  • FAR 52.216-15 Predetermined Indirect Cost Rates.
    As prescribed in 16.307(g), insert the following clause: Predetermined Indirect Cost Rates (APR 1998) (a) Notwithstanding the Allowable Cost and Payment clause of this contract, the allowable indirect costs under this contract shall be ob…
  • FAR 52.222-16 Approval of Wage Rates.
    As prescribed in 22.407(b), insert the following clause: Approval of Wage Rates (MAY 2014) All straight time wage rates, and overtime rates based thereon, for laborers and mechanics engaged in work under this contract must be submitted fo…
  • FAR 52.241-7 Change in Rates or Terms and Conditions of Service for Regulated Services.
    …ibed in 41.501(d)(1), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Change in Rates or Terms and Conditions of Service for Regulated Services (FEB 1995) (a) This clause applies to the extent services furnished under this contra…
  • FAR 52.241-8 Change in Rates or Terms and Conditions of Service for Unregulated Services.
    …ibed in 41.501(d)(2), insert a clause substantially the same as the following: Change in Rates or Terms and Conditions of Service for Unregulated Services (FEB 1995) (a) This clause applies to the extent that services furnished hereunder …
  • DFARS 252.216-7003 Economic price adjustment—wage rates or material prices controlled by a foreign government.
    …escribed in 216.203-4-70(c)(1), use the following clause: Economic Price Adjustment—Wage Rates or Material Prices Controlled by a Foreign Government (MAR 2012) (a) As represented by the Contractor in its offer, the prices set forth in thi…
  • FAR 47.207-6 Rates and charges.
    ….g., unit of weight or per work-hour, leaving sufficient space for offerors to insert the rates offered for each service. (c) The following guidelines apply to the composition of a tabulation of transportation or of transportation-related …
  • FAR 22.1016 Statement of equivalent rates for Federal hires.
    (a) The statement required under the clause at 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires, (see 22.1006(b)) shall set forth those wage rates and fringe benefits that would be paid by the contracting activity to the various c…
  • FAR 42.705 Final indirect cost rates.
    (a) Final indirect cost rates shall be established on the basis of— (1) Contracting officer determination procedure (see 42.705-1) or (2) Auditor determination procedure (see 42.705-2). (b) Within 120 days (or longer period, if approved …
  • DFARS 252.216-7008 Economic price adjustment—wage rates or material prices controlled by a foreign government—representation.
    …ribed in 216.203-4-70(c)(2), use the following provision: Economic Price Adjustment—Wage Rates or Material Prices Controlled by a Foreign Government—Representation (MAR 2012) (a) By submission of its offer, the offeror represents that the…
  • FAR 32.503-10 Establishing alternate liquidation rates.
    …um liquidation rate should be 77.3 percent, computed as follows: (4) Minimum liquidation rates will generally be expressed to tenths of a percent. Decimals between tenths will be rounded up to the next highest tenth (not necessarily the ne…
  • FAR 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires.
    As prescribed in 22.1006(b), insert the following clause: Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 2014) In compliance with the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR par…
  • DFARS 232.501-1 Customary progress payment rates.
    (a) The customary progress payment rates for DoD contracts, including contracts that contain foreign military sales (FMS) requirements, are 80 percent for large business concerns and 90 percent for small business concerns.
  • DFARS 252.232-7004 DoD Progress Payment Rates.
    As prescribed in 232.502-4-70(b), use the following clause: DoD Progress Payment Rates (OCT 2014) If the Contractor is a small business concern, the Progress Payments clause of this contract is modified to change each mention of the progr…
  • FAR 22.1002-2 Wage determinations based on prevailing rates.
    Contractors performing on service contracts in excess of $2,500 to which no predecessor contractor's collective bargaining agreement applies shall pay their employees at least the wages and fringe benefits found by the Department of Labor t…
  • FAR 32.501-1 Customary progress payment rates.
    (a) The customary progress payment rate is 80 percent, applicable to the total costs of performing the contract. The customary rate for contracts with small business concerns is 85 percent. (b) The contracting officer must— (1) Consider a…
  • FAR 32.503-8 Liquidation rates—ordinary method.
    The Government recoups progress payments through the deduction of liquidations from payments that would otherwise be due to the contractor for completed contract items. To determine the amount of the liquidation, the contracting officer app…
  • FAR 32.503-9 Liquidation rates—alternate method.
    (a) The liquidation rate determined under 32.503-8 shall apply throughout the period of contract performance unless the contracting officer adjusts the liquidation rate under the alternate method in this 32.503-9. The objective of the alter…
  • DFARS 242.705 Final indirect cost rates.
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …t, on behalf of all Federal agencies, is responsible for establishing final indirect cost rates and forward pricing rates, if applicable, and administering cost accounting standards for all contracts in a business unit. Combatant commander…
  • FAR 16.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
    …g supplies or services on the basis of— (1) Direct labor hours at specified fixed hourly rates that include wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, and profit; and (2) Actual cost for materials (except as provided for in 31.…
  • FAR 22.404-5 Expiration of project wage determinations.
    …and permit bidders to amend their bids. If the new determination does not change the wage rates and would not warrant amended bids, the contracting officer shall amend the solicitation to include the number and date of the new determination…
  • FAR 31.105 Construction and architect-engineer contracts.
    …cts, including cost-reimbursement subcontracts thereunder; (2) Negotiating indirect cost rates; (3) Proposing, negotiating, or determining costs under terminated contracts; (4) Price revision of fixed-price incentive contracts; and (5) …
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    …imitations contained in this subsection. Costs for transportation may be based on mileage rates, actual costs incurred, or on a combination thereof, provided the method used results in a reasonable charge. Costs for lodging, meals, and inci…
  • FAR 41.204 GSA areawide contracts.
    …. (b) Features. (1) Areawide contracts generally provide for ordering utility service at rates approved and/or established by a regulatory body and published in a tariff or rate schedule. However, agencies are permitted to negotiate other …
  • FAR 41.402 Rate changes and regulatory intervention.
    (a) When a change is proposed to rates or terms and conditions of service to the Government, the agency shall promptly determine whether the proposed change is reasonable, justified, and not discriminatory. (b) If a change is proposed to r…
  • FAR 42.703-1 Policy.
    … A single agency (see 42.705-1) shall be responsible for establishing final indirect cost rates for each business unit. These rates shall be binding on all agencies and their contracting offices, unless otherwise specifically prohibited by …
  • FAR 42.703-2 Certificate of indirect costs.
    …sal shall not be accepted and no agreement shall be made to establish final indirect cost rates unless the costs have been certified by the contractor. (b) Waiver of certification. (1) The agency head, or designee, may waive the certificat…
  • FAR 42.705-1 Contracting officer determination procedure.
    …r cognizant Federal agency official) responsible for establishing the final indirect cost rates: (1) Business units of a multidivisional corporation under the cognizance of a corporate administrative contracting officer (see subpart 42.6),…
  • FAR 42.705-3 Educational institutions.
    (a) General. (1) Postdetermined final indirect cost rates shall be used in the settlement of indirect costs for all cost-reimbursement contracts with educational institutions, unless predetermined final indirect cost rates are authorized an…
  • FAR 47.104-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts.
    (a) 49 U.S.C. 10721 and 13712 rates may be applied to shipments other than those made by the Government if the total benefit accrues to the Government, i.e., the Government shall pay the charges or directly and completely reimburse the part…
  • FAR 49.303-4 Adjustment of indirect costs.
    …otiate the amount of indirect costs for the contract period for which final indirect cost rates have not been negotiated, or to use billing rates as final rates for this period if the billing rates appear reasonable; or (2) Reserve any ind…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …rom the hourly rate: [Insert any subcontracts for services to be excluded from the hourly rates prescribed in the schedule.]; and (E) Indirect costs specifically provided for in this clause. (iv) Subcontract means any contract, as defined…
  • FAR 52.216-4 Economic Price Adjustment—Labor and Material.
    …tor shall notify the Contracting Officer if, at any time during contract performance, the rates of pay for labor (including fringe benefits) or the unit prices for material shown in the Schedule either increase or decrease. The Contractor s…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    … allowable indirect costs under this contract shall be obtained by applying indirect cost rates established in accordance with paragraph (d) below. (4) Any statements in specifications or other documents incorporated in this contract by re…
  • FAR 52.216-29 Time-and-Materials/Labor-Hour Proposal Requirements—Other Than Commercial Acquisition With Adequate Price Competition.
    … of contract resulting from this solicitation. (b) The offeror must specify fixed hourly rates in its offer that include wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, and profit. The offeror must specify whether the fixed hourly ra…
  • FAR 52.222-32 Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (Actual Method).
    … (c) The Contracting Officer will adjust the contract price or contract unit price labor rates to reflect the Contractor's actual increase or decrease in wages and fringe benefits to the extent that the increase is made to comply with, or …
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …t of the wage determination. (iv)(A) The process of establishing wage and fringe benefit rates that bear a reasonable relationship to those listed in a wage determination cannot be reduced to any single formula. The approach used may vary …
  • FAR 52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards—Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts).
    … period, shall apply to this contract. (d) The contract price, contract unit price labor rates, or fixed hourly labor rates will be adjusted to reflect the Contractor's actual increase or decrease in applicable wages and fringe benefits to…

FAR (chapter 1)

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