48 CFR § 1436.571 - 1436.571 Additive and deductive items.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s1436.571"
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title: "48 CFR § 1436.571 - 1436.571   Additive and deductive items."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "1436.571"
section_name: "1436.571   Additive and deductive items."
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING"
part_number: "1436"
part_name: "CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390, 40 U.S.C. 486(c); and 5 U.S.C. 301."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 19829, Apr. 15, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1436"
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# 1436.571 1436.571   Additive and deductive items.

If it appears that funds available for a construction project may be insufficient for all the desired features, the CO may provide in the solicitation for a base bid item covering the work as specified and for one or more additive or deductive bid items which add or omit specified features of the work in a stated order of priority. Such solicitations shall include a provision substantially as set forth in 1452.236-71, and the low bidder and the bid items to be awarded shall be determined as provided in the provision.