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29 sections with “recurring costs”

  • FAR 17.106-1 General.
    …e remaining requirements subject to cancellation. For example, consider that the total nonrecurring costs (see 15.408, Table 15-2, III. Formats for Submission of Line Item Summaries C(8)) are estimated at 10 percent of the total multiyear p…
  • DFARS 245.302 Contracts with foreign governments or international organizations.
    …, do not assess the foreign government or international organization rental charges or nonrecurring recoupments for the use of such property. (2) Special tooling and special test equipment. (i) DoD normally recovers a fair share of nonrec…
  • DFARS 252.234-7003 Notice of Cost and Software Data Reporting System.
    …ndard reporting categories required in the CCDR data item descriptions; (4) Describe how recurring and nonrecurring costs will be segregated; (5) Provide comments on the adequacy of the CSDR contract plan and related Resource Distribution…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …equals Column (4). (5) Enter your estimate for cost of work added by the change. When nonrecurring costs are significant, or when specifically requested to do so by the Contracting Officer, provide a full identification and explanation of …
  • FAR 52.217-2 Cancellation Under Multiyear Contracts.
    …d by the Contracting Officer. (f) The Contractor's claim may include— (1) Reasonable nonrecurring costs (see Subpart 15.4 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation) which are applicable to and normally would have been amortized in all supplie…
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    …n 3 years of the business combination. (3) Restructuring activities means nonroutine, nonrecurring, or extraordinary activities to combine facilities, operations, or workforce, in order to eliminate redundant capabilities, improve future o…
  • DFARS 252.239-7007 Cancellation or Termination of Orders.
    …on shall continue to apply to the facilities and equipment in their new location. Monthly recurring charges shall continue to be paid during the period. (e) When there is another requirement or foreseeable reuse in place of cancelled or te…
  • FAR 17.103 Definitions.
    … establishing and having to exercise an option for each program year after the first. Nonrecurring costs means those costs which are generally incurred on a one-time basis and include such costs as plant or equipment relocation, plant rear…
  • FAR 17.106-3 Special procedures applicable to DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.
    …m-fixed-price, fixed-price with economic price adjustment, or fixed-price incentive. (e) Recurring costs in cancellation ceiling. The inclusion of recurring costs in cancellation ceilings is an exception to normal contract financing arrang…
  • FAR 27.408 Cosponsored research and development activities.
    …stantial contributions of funds or resources (e.g., by cost-sharing or by repayment of nonrecurring costs), and the contractor's and the Government's respective contributions to any item, component, process, or computer software, developed …
  • FAR 31.205-42 Termination costs.
    …ble as follows: (1) Starting load costs not fully absorbed because of termination are nonrecurring labor, material, and related overhead costs incurred in the early part of production and result from factors such as— (i) Excessive spoilag…
  • FAR 43.203 Change order accounting procedures.
    …segregable and accountable under the terms of the Change Order Accounting clause: (1) Nonrecurring costs (e.g., engineering costs and costs of obsolete or reperformed work). (2) Costs of added distinct work caused by the change order (e.g…
  • DFARS 252.239-7011 Special construction and equipment charges.
    …ch are covered by— (1) A cancellation or termination liability; or (2) The Contractor's recurring or other nonrecurring charges. (e) The Contractor represents that— (1) Recurring charges for the services, facilities, and equipment do no…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ey also include, but are not limited to, such factors as— (1) Vendor quotations; (2) Nonrecurring costs; (3) Information on changes in production methods and in production or purchasing volume; (4) Data supporting projections of busines…
  • FAR 3.501-2 General.
    …he contracting officer to preclude recovery of buying-in losses (e.g., amortization of nonrecurring costs (see 15.408, Table 15-2, paragraph A., column (2) under “Formats for Submission of Line Item Summaries”) and treatment of unreasonable…
  • FAR 31.205-28 Other business expenses.
    The following types of recurring costs are allowable (a) Registry and transfer charges resulting from changes in ownership of securities issued by the contractor. (b) Cost of shareholders' meetings. (c) Normal proxy solicitations. (d) P…
  • FAR 35.001 Definitions.
    …pment, as used in this part, means the recovery by the Government of Government-funded nonrecurring costs from contractors that sell, lease, or license the resulting products or technology to buyers other than the Federal Government.
  • FAR 41.101 Definitions.
    …ity supplier to order service under an areawide contract. Connection charge means all nonrecurring costs, whether refundable or nonrefundable, to be paid by the Government to the utility supplier for the required connecting facilities, whi…
  • FAR 42.704 Billing rates.
    …djustments from the prior year's indirect cost experience to eliminate unallowable and nonrecurring costs and to reflect new or changed conditions. (c) Once established, billing rates may be prospectively or retroactively revised by mutual…
  • DFARS 217.171 Multiyear contracts for services.
    …to exceed 3 years at prices that do not include charges for plant, equipment, or other nonrecurring costs already amortized. (3) Consider the desirability of reserving the right to take title, under the appropriate circumstances, to the pl…
  • FAR 4.602 General.
    …ol for agencies to report contract actions. The resulting data provides— (1) A basis for recurring and special reports to the President, the Congress, the Government Accountability Office, Federal executive agencies, and the general public…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …transition to a firm-fixed-price contract, because a cost history will be developed for a recurring definitive requirement. (6) Budgeting and funding. Include budget estimates, explain how they were derived, and discuss the schedule for ob…
  • FAR 42.709-6 Waiver of the penalty.
    …monstrate that the controls are effective, and Government audits which have not disclosed recurring instances of expressly unallowable costs); and (2) The unallowable costs subject to the penalty were inadvertently incorporated into the pr…
  • FAR 47.104-1 Government rate tender procedures.
    … may be appropriate: (1) Volume movements are expected. (2) Shipments will be made on a recurring basis between designated places, and substantial savings in transportation costs appear possible even though a volume movement is not involv…
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    … the budget; (3) Cancellation provisions in the contract do not include consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the contractor associated with the production of unfunded units to be delivered under the contract; (4) The contract…
  • DFARS 239.7408-1 General.
    …s provided in the contract or by tariff; (2) A onetime special construction charge; (3) Recurring charges for constructed facilities; (4) A minimum service charge; (5) An expediting charge; or (6) A move or relocation charge. (d) When…
  • DFARS 241.202 Procedures.
    …tion and service charges, nonrefundable. The Government may pay certain nonrefundable, nonrecurring charges including service initiation charges, a contribution in aid of construction, membership fees, and charges required by the supplier's…
  • DFARS 252.223-7002 Safety Precautions for Ammunition and Explosives.
    …ns to allow direction to cease performance of the subcontract if a serious uncorrected or recurring safety deficiency potentially causes an imminent hazard to DoD personnel, property, or contract performance. (2) The Contractor agrees to e…
  • DFARS 252.239-7004 Orders for Facilities and Services.
    …rms and conditions for similar service and facilities offered to any other customer. (f) Recurring charges for services and facilities shall, in each case, start with the satisfactory beginning of service or provision of facilities or equi…

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