48 CFR § 436.205 - 436.205 Statutory cost limitations.

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title: "48 CFR § 436.205 - 436.205   Statutory cost limitations."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "436.205"
section_name: "436.205   Statutory cost limitations."
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING"
part_number: "436"
part_name: "CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301 and 40 U.S.C. 486(c)."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 81015, Oct. 7, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
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# 436.205 436.205   Statutory cost limitations.

(a) When it appears that funds may be insufficient for all the desired features of construction, the contracting officer 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 progressively add or omit specified features of the work in a stated order of priority.

(b) In the alternative, the contracting officer may use the policies and procedures found in FAR 17.2, Options.