48 CFR § 1852.216-85 - 1852.216-85 Estimated cost and award fee.

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title: "48 CFR § 1852.216-85 - 1852.216-85   Estimated cost and award fee."
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title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
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section_name: "1852.216-85   Estimated cost and award fee."
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# 1852.216-85 1852.216-85   Estimated cost and award fee.

As prescribed in 1816.406-70(e), insert the following clause:

****Estimated Cost and Award Fee (SEP 1993)

The estimated cost of this contract is $______. The maximum available award fee, excluding base fee, if any, is $______. The base fee is $______. Total estimated cost, base fee, and maximum award fee are $______.

****(End of clause)

*Alternate I* (SEP 1993). As prescribed in 1816.405-70(e), insert the following sentence at the end of the clause:

The maximum positive performance incentive is $______. The maximum negative performance incentive is (1).

(1) For research development hardware contracts, insert [equal to total earned award fee (including any base fee)]. For production hardware contracts, insert [$*total potential award fee amount, including any base fee)*].

****(End of clause)

[62 FR 3486, Jan. 23, 1997, as amended at 62 FR 36733, July 9, 1997]