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Title 48Federal Acquisition Regulations SystemPart / Section
Chapter 2Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense200 – 299
Subchapter CContracting Methods and Contract Types213 – 218
Part 215Contracting by Negotiation215.101 – 215.604
Subpart 215.4Contract Pricing215.401 – 215.470
215.401Definitions.
215.402Pricing policy.
215.403Obtaining certified cost or pricing data.
215.403-1Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
215.403-3Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data.
215.403-5Instructions for submission of certified cost or pricing data and data other than certified cost or pricing data.
215.404Proposal analysis.
215.404-1Proposal analysis techniques.
215.404-2Data to support proposal analysis.
215.404-3Subcontract pricing considerations.
215.404-4Profit.
215.404-70DD Form 1547, Record of Weighted Guidelines Method Application.
215.404-71Weighted guidelines method.
215.404-71-1General.
215.404-71-2Performance risk.
215.404-71-3Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.
215.404-71-4Facilities capital employed.
215.404-71-5Cost efficiency factor.
215.404-72Modified weighted guidelines method for nonprofit organizations other than FFRDCs.
215.404-73Alternate structured approaches.
215.404-74Fee requirements for cost-plus-award-fee contracts.
215.404-75Fee requirements for FFRDCs.
215.406Documentation.
215.406-1Prenegotiation objectives.
215.406-2Certificate of current cost or pricing data.
215.406-3Documenting the negotiation.
215.407Special cost or pricing areas.
215.407-1Defective certified cost or pricing data.
215.407-2Make-or-buy programs.
215.407-3Forward pricing rate agreements.
215.407-4Should-cost review.
215.407-5Estimating systems.
215.407-5-70Disclosure, maintenance, and review requirements.
215.408Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
215.470Estimated data prices.