48 CFR § 1515.404-472 - 1515.404-472 Other methods.

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title: "48 CFR § 1515.404-472 - 1515.404-472   Other methods."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "1515.404-472"
section_name: "1515.404-472   Other methods."
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
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subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390, as amended, 40 U.S.C. 486(c); and 41 U.S.C. 418b."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 47410, Aug. 31, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1515.404-472 1515.404-472   Other methods.

(a) Contracting officers may use methods other than those prescribed in 1515.404-470 for establishing profit or fee objectives under the following types of contracts and circumstances:

(1) Architect-engineering contracts;

(2) Personal service contracts;

(3) Management contracts, e.g., for maintenance or operation of Government facilities;

(4) Termination settlements;

(5) Services under labor-hour and time and material contracts which provide for payment on an hourly, daily, or monthly basis, and where the contractor's contribution constitutes the furnishing of personnel.

(6) Construction contracts; and

(7) Cost-plus-award-fee contracts.

(b) Generally, it is expected that such methods will:

(1) Provide the contracting officer with a technique that will ensure consideration of the relative value of the appropriate profit factors described under “Profit Factors,” in FAR 15.404-4(d) and

(2) Serve as a basis for documentation of the profit or fee objective.