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247 sections with “total cost”: the first 40

  • FAR 31.201-1 Composition of total cost.
    (a) The total cost, including standard costs properly adjusted for applicable variances, of a contract is the sum of the direct and indirect costs allocable to the contract, incurred or to be incurred, plus any allocable cost of money pursu…
  • FAR 16.405-1 Cost-plus-incentive-fee contracts.
    …e initially negotiated fee to be adjusted later by a formula based on the relationship of total allowable costs to total target costs. This contract type specifies a target cost, a target fee, minimum and maximum fees, and a fee adjustment …
  • FAR 30.604 Processing changes to disclosed or established cost accounting practices.
    …-covered contracts and subcontracts. (ii) The change in indirect rates multiplied by the total estimated base computed for each of the following groups: (A) Fixed-price contracts and subcontracts. (B) Flexibly-priced contracts and subcon…
  • FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.
    …-covered contracts and subcontracts. (ii) The change in indirect rates multiplied by the total estimated base computed for each of the following groups: (A) Fixed-price contracts and subcontracts. (B) Flexibly-priced contracts and subcon…
  • FAR 52.232-20 Limitation of Cost.
    …rred, will exceed 75 percent of the estimated cost specified in the Schedule; or (2) The total cost for the performance of this contract, exclusive of any fee, will be either greater or substantially less than had been previously estimated…
  • FAR 52.249-6 Termination (Cost-Reimbursement).
    …als, less previous payments for fee. (ii) If the contract is terminated for default, the total fee payable shall be such proportionate part of the fee as the total number of articles (or amount of services) delivered to and accepted by the…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ral agency under two or more separate contracts, each of which was lower in cost than the total cost of the contract for which offers are solicited; or (ii) Requirements of the Federal agency for construction projects to be performed at tw…
  • 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).
    …exempt from the requirement for submission of certified cost or pricing data provided the total price of all such modifications under a particular contract action does not exceed the greater of the threshold for obtaining certified cost or …
  • FAR 31.205-35 Relocation costs.
    …or newly recruited employees who were not homeowners before the relocation; and (ii) The total costs shall not exceed 5 percent of the purchase price of the new home. (7) Mortgage interest differential payments, except that these costs ar…
  • FAR 49.203 Adjustment for loss.
    …s on an inventory basis (see 49.206-2(a)), the contractor shall not be paid more than the total of the amounts in subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) below, less all disposal credits and all unliquidated advance and progress payments previously…
  • FAR 49.206-2 Bases for settlement proposals.
    …n of a unit-price (as distinguished from a lump-sum) professional services contract. (b) Total cost basis. (1) When use of the inventory basis is not practicable or will unduly delay settlement, the total-cost basis (SF-1436) may be used i…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …s and payment schedule or, if no reimbursement for indirect costs, insert ‘None’).”] (2) Total cost. It is estimated that the total cost to the Government for the performance of this contract shall not exceed the ceiling price set forth in…
  • FAR 52.216-5 Price Redetermination—Prospective.
    …ause: Price Redetermination—Prospective (JAN 2022) (a) General. The unit prices and the total price stated in this contract shall be periodically redetermined in accordance with this clause, except that (1) the prices for supplies deliver…
  • FAR 52.216-6 Price Redetermination—Retroactive.
    …lause: Price Redetermination—Retroactive (JAN 2022) (a) General. The unit price and the total price stated in this contract shall be redetermined in accordance with this clause, but in no event shall the total amount paid under this contr…
  • FAR 52.216-16 Incentive Price Revision—Firm Target.
    …ct to price revision in accordance with this clause; provided, that in no event shall the total final price of these items exceed the ceiling price of ___ dollars ($___). Any supplies or services that are to be (1) ordered separately under,…
  • FAR 52.216-17 Incentive Price Revision—Successive Targets.
    …ct to price revision in accordance with this clause; provided, that in no event shall the total final price of these items exceed the ceiling price of ___ dollars ($___). The prices of these items shown in the Schedule are the initial targe…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …re a withhold of 5 percent of the amounts due under paragraph (a) of this clause, but the total amount withheld for the contract shall not exceed $50,000. The amounts withheld shall be retained until the Contractor executes and delivers the…
  • FAR 52.232-16 Progress Payments.
    …ount, the Government will compute each progress payment as 80 percent of the Contractor's total costs incurred under this contract whether or not actually paid, plus financing payments to subcontractors (see paragraph (j) of this clause), l…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    …) and (2)(ii), respectively for Blocks 24a and 24b. Add Blocks 24a and 24b and insert the totals in Block 24c. (4) Only complete this block when the prospective contract is a fixed-price contract containing provisions for progress payments…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    …ation of both means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, o…
  • DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.
    …ation of both means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, o…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …ntion of the contracting officer; (iii) The contract was based on an agreement about the total cost of the contract and there was no agreement about the cost of each item procured under such contract; or (iv) Certified cost or pricing dat…
  • FAR 30.606 Resolving cost impacts.
    … of the cost impact based on the ratio of the cost impact of each Executive agency to the total cost impact. (3) For unilateral changes and noncompliances, the CFAO shall— (i) To the maximum extent practical, not adjust the price upward f…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …d units to the cost of the units of inventory on hand and dividing this figure by the new total number of units. Nonqualified pension plan means any pension plan other than a qualified pension plan as defined in this part. Normal cost mea…
  • FAR 50.103-4 Facts and evidence.
    …wances, and profit. (2) A statement and evidence of the contractor's present estimate of total costs under the contracts involved if it is enabled to complete them, broken down between costs accrued to date and completion costs, and betwee…
  • FAR 52.203-10 Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity.
    … Government, at its election, may reduce the price of a fixed-price type contract and the total cost and fee under a cost-type contract by the amount of profit or fee determined as set forth in paragraph (b) of this clause if the head of th…
  • FAR 52.214-27 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed Bidding.
    …ntion of the Contracting Officer; (iii) The contract was based on an agreement about the total cost of the contract and there was no agreement about the cost of each item procured under the contract; or (iv) The Contractor or subcontracto…
  • FAR 52.215-10 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …ntion of the Contracting Officer. (iii) The contract was based on an agreement about the total cost of the contract and there was no agreement about the cost of each item procured under the contract. (iv) The Contractor or subcontractor d…
  • FAR 52.215-11 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.
    …ntion of the Contracting Officer. (iii) The contract was based on an agreement about the total cost of the contract and there was no agreement about the cost of each item procured under the contract. (iv) The Contractor or subcontractor d…
  • FAR 52.215-22 Limitations on Pass-Through Charges—Identification of Subcontract Effort.
    … by the Contractor or a subcontractor. (1) The offeror shall identify in its proposal the total cost of the work to be performed by the offeror, and the total cost of the work to be performed by each subcontractor, under the contract, task …
  • DFARS 231.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …f this section. Major contractor means any contractor whose covered segments allocated a total of more than $11 million in IR&D costs and B&P costs to covered contracts during the preceding fiscal year. For purposes of calculating the doll…
  • DFARS 235.015-70 Special use allowances for research facilities acquired by educational institutions.
    … of allowance generally will be— (A) At least ten years; or (B) A shorter period if the total amount to be allowed is less than the construction or acquisition cost for the research facility; (vi) Generally, provide for allocation of the…
  • DFARS 249.501-70 Special termination costs.
    …(1) The contract term is 2 years or more; (2) The contract is estimated to require— (i) Total RDT&E financing in excess of $25 million; or (ii) Total production investment in excess of $100 million; and (3) Adequate funds are available …
  • DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.
    …ation of both means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, o…
  • DFARS 252.225-7044 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material.
    …ation of both means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, o…
  • FAR 4.1005-2 Exceptions.
    …ntracts may omit the quantity at the line item level for the base award provided that the total contract minimum and maximum, or the estimate, respectively, is stated. (ii) Multiple-award IDIQ contracts awarded using the procedures at 13.1…
  • FAR 4.1703 Reporting requirements.
    …ontracts and first-tier subcontracts for services based on type of contract and estimated total value. For indefinite-delivery contracts, reporting shall be determined based on the type and estimated total value of each order under the cont…
  • FAR 15.403-4 Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    … same modification. Negotiated final pricing actions (such as termination settlements and total final price agreements for fixed-price incentive and redeterminable contracts) are contract modifications requiring certified cost or pricing da…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …represent net income to contractors. Rather, they represent that element of the potential total remuneration that contractors may receive for contract performance over and above allowable costs. This potential remuneration element and the G…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … delivery orders as follows: (A) For civilian agencies, insert the clause when— (1) The total estimated contract or order value exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold as defined in section 2.101 and (2) The contemplated contract ty…

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.