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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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88 sections with “total cost basis”: the first 40

  • 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 52.249-6 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 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 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 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 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 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 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    …ribes) and women-owned small business concerns as subcontractors; (2) A statement of the total dollars planned to be subcontracted and a statement of the total dollars planned to be subcontracted to small business (including ANCs and India…
  • FAR 30.605 Processing noncompliances.
    …and subcontracts. (iii) Any other method that provides a reasonable approximation of the total increase or decrease in contract and subcontract prices and cost accumulations; (3) The contractor may submit a DCI proposal in lieu of a GDM p…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    … wages (but see paragraphs (g), (h), (j), (k), (m), and (o) of this subsection). (2) The total compensation for individual employees or job classes of employees must be reasonable for the work performed; however, specific restrictions on i…
  • 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 31.205-42 Termination costs.
    …sal is on the inventory basis, initial costs should normally be allocated on the basis of total end items called for by the contract immediately before termination; however, if the contract includes end items of a diverse nature, some other…
  • FAR 49.602-1 Termination settlement proposal forms.
    …ed on an inventory basis (see 49.206-2(a)). (b) Standard Form 1436, Settlement Proposal (Total Cost Basis), shall be used to submit settlement proposals resulting from the termination of fixed-price contracts if the proposals are computed …
  • 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 52.216-10 Incentive Fee.
    …provided that the Contracting Officer withholds a reserve not to exceed 15 percent of the total incentive fee or $100,000, whichever is less, to protect the Government's interest. The Contracting Officer shall release 75 percent of all fee …
  • FAR 52.216-16 Incentive Price Revision—Firm Target.
    …ct to price revision in accordance with this clause; provided, that in no event shall the total final price of these items exceed the ceiling price of ___ dollars ($___). 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 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …alling for supplies or services required for performance of the contract or subcontract. Total contract dollars means the final anticipated dollar value, including the dollar value of all options. Untimely payment means a payment to a sub…
  • 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 52.249-2 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price).
    …lause, exclusive of costs shown in subparagraph (g)(3) of this clause, may not exceed the total contract price as reduced by (1) the amount of payments previously made and (2) the contract price of work not terminated. The contract shall be…
  • 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 225.7303-2 Cost of doing business with a foreign government or an international organization.
    … on a nonrepayable basis is limited to the contract's allocable share of the contractor's total IR&D expenditures and total B&P expenditures. In pricing contracts for such FMS— (1) Use the best estimate of reasonable costs in forward prici…
  • DFARS 252.215-7002 Cost Estimating System Requirements.
    …d of this contract, received Department of Defense (DoD) prime contracts or subcontracts, totaling $50 million or more for which certified cost or pricing data were required; or (2) In its fiscal year preceding award of this contract— (i)…
  • 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 19.502-2 Total small business set-asides.
    …o responsible small business concerns; and (2) Award will be made at fair market prices. Total small business set-asides shall not be made unless such a reasonable expectation exists (see 19.502-3 for partial set-asides). Although past acq…
  • FAR 25.504-4 Group award basis.
    …d not specified all-or-none award, award would be made on Offer C for line items 3 and 4, totaling an award of $32,000. (b) Example 2. Problem: The solicitation specifies award on a group basis. Assume the Buy American statute applies and…
  • 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 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …recovering the development costs in the sale price of the product provided that— (i) The total amount of IR&D costs applicable to the product can be identified; (ii) The proration of such costs to sales of the product is reasonable; (iii…
  • FAR 49.305-2 Construction contracts.
    (a) The percentage of completion basis refers to the contractor's total effort and not solely to the actual construction work. Generally, the effort of a contractor under a cost-reimbursement construction or professional services contract c…
  • FAR 49.603-1 Fixed-price contracts—complete termination.
    …o paragraph (7) below, to retain this sum and agrees that it constitutes a portion of the total amount to which the Contractor is entitled in settlement of the contract. (ii) Further, the Government agrees to pay to the Contractor or its a…
  • 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 52.244-2 Subcontracts.
    … threshold, as defined in FAR 2.101 on the date of subcontract award, or 5 percent of the total estimated cost of the contract; or (ii) For a contract awarded by a civilian agency other than the Coast Guard and the National Aeronautics and…
  • FAR 52.249-3 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements).
    …ph (f) or paragraph (g) of this clause, exclusive of settlement costs, may not exceed the total contract price as reduced by (1) the amount of payments previously made and (2) the contract price of work not terminated. The contract shall be…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-5 Cost efficiency factor.
    … may increase the prenegotiation profit objective by an amount not to exceed 4 percent of total objective cost (Block 20 of the DD Form 1547) to recognize these efforts (Block 29). (b) To determine if using this factor is appropriate, the …
  • 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…
  • FAR 52.227-6 Royalty Information.
    …royalties. When the response to this solicitation contains costs or charges for royalties totaling more than $250, the following information shall be included in the response relating to each separate item of royalty or license fee: (1) Na…

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