APPLICABLE TO THE TASK ORDERS. 1. Maximum Ceiling rates for current and future IT services requirements are determined by GSA to be fair and reasonable on the Master Contract, inclusive of the escalation factor. However, the Task Order issuing agencies will perform their own determination for fair and reasonable pricing for each Task Order they award.
2. The Master Contract Maximum Rates that are in effect at the time a Task Order is awarded shall remain with the Task Order award during the entire term of the Task Order, including any Task Orders option periods. Therefore, any price increases in LCATS triggered by the Master Contract’s escalation factor during the term of any active Task Order will not apply. Only newly awarded Task Orders subsequent to an escalation factor’s execution may be considered at the discretion of the Task Ordering issuing agency.
3. Based on the specific Task Order requirements, only the agency OCO is authorized to exceed the Master Contract maximum rates for those labor categories if necessary, for example, Top Secret/SCI labor and/or OCONUS locations, etc. NOTE: The Maximum Rates include the U.S. Government security classification up through the Secret level. The Contractor shall always provide to the agency OCO the detailed rationale in all instances if and when the Maximum Rates of labor are exceeded. See Section F.3 Task Order Period of Performance.
