Common use of Cost-Reimbursement Task Orders Clause in Contracts

Cost-Reimbursement Task Orders. A contractor interested in participating in Cost-Reimbursement (CR) type task orders as defined in FAR 16.301-1 will be required to demonstrate that they have an accounting system that is adequate for determining costs applicable to the contract by the time the task order is awarded. This is an accounting system that the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), or any federal civilian audit agency, or a third-part accounting firm has audited and determined adequate for determining costs applicable to this contract in accordance with FAR 16.301-3(a)(1). The applicable task order can include use of the contractor’s most recent Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)-approved provisional indirect billing and actual rates for both direct and indirect costs, or if a contractor does not have DCAA-approved rates, their indirect rates in accordance with FAR Part 31. The fee will be negotiated for each task order consistent with statutory limitations. If the task order type is to be CPAF or CPIF, the fixed portion of fee and the award portion will be clearly differentiated. Such task orders will be subject to the additional clauses under FAR 16.307. The OCO must determine fair and reasonable pricing, analyze and negotiate fee for all cost-reimbursement task orders as required under FAR 15.4, Pricing, and FAR 16.3, Cost- Reimbursement Contracts. The government will reimburse the contractor for all reasonable, allowable, and allocable costs detailed in FAR 31, Contract Cost Principles and Procedures.