48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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8 sections with “weighted value”

  • DFARS 215.404-4 Profit.
    …opment Centers (FFRDCs) (see 215.404-75). There are three structured approaches— (A) The weighted guidelines method; (B) The modified weighted guidelines method; and (C) An alternate structured approach. (c) Contracting officer responsi…
  • DFARS 215.404-72 Modified weighted guidelines method for nonprofit organizations other than FFRDCs.
    …articular DoD department or agency, compute a fee objective for covered actions using the weighted guidelines method in 215.404-71, with the following modifications: (1) Modifications to performance risk (Blocks 21-23 of the DD Form 1547).…
  • FAR 49.305-2 Construction contracts.
    …ilization. (b) Each of the applicable factors in paragraph (a) above shall be assigned a weighted value depending on its importance and difficulty. The total weight value of all factors should be easily divisible (e.g., by 100) to determin…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
    …d costs to complete when completing the contract risk sections of DD Form 1547, Record of Weighted Guidelines. When costs have been incurred prior to definitization, generally regard the contract type risk to be in the low end of the design…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …. Variance means the difference between a preestablished measure and an actual measure. Weighted average cost means an inventory costing method under which an average unit cost is computed periodically by dividing the sum of the cost of b…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-1 General.
    (a) The weighted guidelines method focuses on four profit factors— (1) Performance risk; (2) Contract type risk; (3) Facilities capital employed; and (4) Cost efficiency. (b) The contracting officer assigns values to each profit factor…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-4 Facilities capital employed.
    …he DD Form 1861 provides a means of linking the Form CASB-CMF and DD Form 1547, Record of Weighted Guidelines Application. It— (i) Enables the contracting officer to differentiate profit objectives for various types of assets (land, buildi…
  • DFARS 215.404-73 Alternate structured approaches.
    …justment is needed for the following reason: The values of the profit factors used in the weighted guidelines method were adjusted to recognize the shift in facilities capital cost of money from an element of profit to an element of contrac…

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